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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
@abstractedaway
Oct 25, 2024 β€’ 12 tweets β€’ 4 min read β€’ Read on X
Check this out! Here's one of the finest efforts to take down russian drones over Ukraine out there:

"'DroneFall' by the numbers πŸ€“πŸ”’

Our project is already 2.5 months old, or 79 days. Today we share with you our numbers and remind you what it's all about 🫢"
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"During this period, we have provided 16 units with everything they need to effectively hunt down enemy UAVs: pickup trucks, interceptor drones and related equipment.

The total value of the aid we have provided so far is UAH 39,581,680 ($958,960 USD) βœ…"
"The military has already converted this amount into 157 downed reconnaissance drones of various types worth the equivalent of ~405 million UAH πŸ”₯"

[Ed.: That's $9,809,702 USD of downed ru drones! There's that sweet 10x cost-effectiveness again. πŸ”₯🀟]
"But the project still needs your help, as our goal is 1000 downed UAVs, and at least 13 new units are waiting for their cars and drones to join the 'DroneFall'.

So please donate here:" (Discussion below)
"So please donate here: "

Translation ends here. I want to pick up here and help other westerners understand how worthwhile it is to navigate the hurdles to donating to Come Back Alive.

Obviously, most of us can't donate via Monobank.bit.ly/3WxEy7X
Yet Come Back Alive is Ukraine's #1 private foundation for supporting ZSU. It's been solid since 2014. They have gone above and beyond what most of us think of as a πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ charity.

You can see this at , and more in the 2022 Annual Report in their archives.savelife.in.ua/en/annual-repo…
Many westerners will be blocked from donating through banking networks, because Come Back Alive is authorized to buy arms directly for ZSU. I've seen others encounter this issue at events which had people donate to Ukrainian charities for admission.

Still, find a way.
Find a way, because if we squeeze this issue into monetary terms, military aid is approximately 10x more cost-effective than hospitalization or refugee aid or reconstruction. They are directly taking on the horrors of war at the source - russia's war machine.
Try your available methods in order of preference.

I've long had to use ETH to donate to Come Back Alive. They now support TRC20, a currency tethered to the dollar, which counters the volatile valuation of USD to ETH and all the resulting confusion.
savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/#…
It's been some time since I had the chance to volunteer for Come Back Alive, but it will always be something I'm proud of, apart from any of the messiness, toxic competitiveness, and slander that's plagued western support.

I'll keep supporting them of my own accord.
@BackAndAlive are the gold standard for helping ZSU. They are able to take defender's needs from a big-picture, end-to-end design perspective.

Keep them at the top of your list, along with official unit fundraisers and advocacy to our officials for our government's aid. πŸ«ΆπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
Oct 4
That "spy dossier" supposedly from Ukraine that Mriya Aid used to attack a journalist, David Pugliese, who called them out early? It never existed.

MA faked "evidence" he was a russian agent, and went after other critics with threats of SA+violence.

Sound familiar?!? πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡Image
Disclaimer: years of sifting through this, and you'll find selfish actors, suspicious ones, and genuine supporters of Ukraine caught in the middle.

I admire Canada, and volunteers who've proven true allies of Ukraine despite this chaos. Let those who caused this own it.
"After [David's] damning article, Mriya+bots spread rumors that he was a ru/Soviet spy.

The jist: 'Don't read that report about deliveries of Chinese knock-off night-vision goggles instead of ones they fundraised for - the author's a ru spy!'"
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
Aug 9
What do you call it when someone, to this day, actively spreads lies A, B, and C, and each of those lies would call BS on the other ones if true? Image
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I must admit, I have a lot of incredulous moments of "How can you actually think that?", and, "Why did you think that was proof?"

It's funny being accused of being an AI for almost four years now, by the same crew that has GrantGPT writing for them.

But wait, there's more. Image
As someone who touched-typed at 80+ WPM before some of these bozos passed a pregancy test: why be mad that literacy existed before AI or the internet?

I asked Grok about this post I just typed. Buckle up, I'm going to show you how "AI" 🀬s up! πŸ˜‚πŸ‘‡
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
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About Georgian Legion's calling Mamuka a unit commander, and changing stories about the chain of command:

πŸ‘‰ Did HUR stutter? When GL was claiming to be under HUR's command, HUR denied they exist and said Mamuka hadn't been contracted since April 2023.

But there's more! πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡ Image
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Take note what defenders had to say about Mamuka's behavior before his contract ended in April 2023.

I'll translate this step-by-step as well. You're going to see a lot of bitter sarcasm. Verify it yourself if you need to. Thread's tail is at:
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"Guys, is there really a unit called the Georgian Legion? Did that Mamuka guy ever actually fight anywhere? What the hell is thisβ€”millions of dollars from Westerners going to some cunning jerk again?"
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
Jul 1
Tearing down the "divine right of kings" - a team effort!

While French thinkers were 🀯 over free 🌎 indigenous societies, they also talked with Cossacks who had elected leaders - in 1648. Ukraine's Orlyk devised a constitution with separation of powers in 1710. Fascinating πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡
This means that the US Constitution came from a rebellion against "divine right" and monarchic power, and Ukraine's Orlyk was absolutely part of this conversation.

Through Montesquieu, Ukraine was no further than one degree of separation from the US's founding inspirations.
There's an overlap between Ukrainians and the First Nations of the Americas:

They're deep-rooted and indigenous.
They had societies founded on freedom, persuasion, and responsibility to the whole.
Their attitudes towards kings blew Europe's minds.
pbs.org/native-america…
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
Jun 22
I've seen some stupid lies before, but damn.

You can never keep too many receipts with GL. They change their stories completely, and their cult doesn't notice or doesn't care.

Reality on the ground for the locals?
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The video in question. You can clearly see there's a huge logo visible from the street. See, I found this video memorable because GL was falsely claiming authority to arrest its critics in Ukraine.
Units can't arrest critics under Ukrainian martial law, much less an NGO.

A unit, GL is not. HUR made that clear.

Pay attention to dates. GL doesn't get to retcon times they claimed to be in Budanov's chain of command during the very timeframe HUR said Mamuka had no contract. Image
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ—½βœŠπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ πŸš«πŸ‘‘ Profile picture
Jun 10
Again? Again.

Same cluster, same behavior. They attack legit orgs and volunteers to keep their LARP $ going.

They threaten critics with death/SA, then impersonate them (the three yyy account was fake) to sow chaos.

There's no bottom.
x.com/NormandeBrigad… x.com/LvivNightingal…Image
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I've seen their behavior since 2022, when they attacked @UK4UA's efforts which saved a defender's leg. "NurseAnna" lied about her involvement, patient consent, deleted/rebooted her threads with moved goalposts.

BBC/Suspilne sank that ship. Grudges much?
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