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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠπŸŒŠ Profile picture
@abstractedaway
Oct 25 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‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠπŸŒŠ Profile picture
Nov 21
"I would like to see Maidan commemorated not in the annual cycle of fasting on the anniversaries of the beginning, storming, dispersal, and shooting, but rather in the efforts to punish those who organized and committed bloody crimes against peaceful protesters..."
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"You can go to the courts in Maidan cases so that judges do not see empty indifferent halls and a bunch of urban crazies, but rather the public's demand for justice.

The schedule of courts is published weekly by the Advocates' Advisory Group on Facebook"
"There is still room to cover Maidan affairs and Maidan stories - I thank those who are doing so and encourage others to join.

If you are a journalist, blogger, podcaster, youtuber, your contribution will be valuable."
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠπŸŒŠ Profile picture
Oct 20
Treating Ukrainians lives as expendable is everything wrong with the world's response, and crap tourniquets are an insidious manifestation of that evil.

@sector_m14 did, in fact, point out russian connections to Dnipro TQs. Back to that after I translate Olga's thread: πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡
"In comments on Instagram, Dmytro Kozyatynskyi, a military medical servicemember, shared his experience from the ground of the Dnipro TQs: his wounds were bleeding under them.

In response, the host of the Dnipro TQ manufacturer's YouTube attacked:"
Olga reports the host used such smears as:

”Hypocrite”, β€œschoolboy”, β€œstoryteller”, β€œboy”, β€œjoker”, ”stupid”, and also, "the military's comments were paid for".
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠπŸŒŠ Profile picture
Aug 27
Impressive report! Come Back Alive's got a cost-effective counter to russian reconnaissance drones that saves costly air defense missiles for other needs.
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"We continue to implement the 'Drone Attack” project, providing the units that effectively hunt down russian reconnaissance UAVs with everything they need.

During the second week, we provided four units with transport, communications, power, tablets and laptops, and, of course, FPV and components worth UAH 9 million 358 thousand 24.32

Thus, the 38th Marine Brigade, 126th Air Assault Brigade, 1129th Air Assault Brigade and one of the Special Forces units received a total of:

βœ… 4 Peugeot Landtrek pickups and 2 Toyota Land Cruiser jeeps
βœ… 50 FPV and 300 antennas and transmitters
βœ… laptops, tablets, Starlinks, monitors, cables, radios, etc.

Our task is to provide the units with everything they need to shoot down enemy reconnaissance UAVs in a short period of time: 'Zal”, 'Supekam', 'Orlan' and others, in the most effective way - thanks to customized FPV interceptors!

Currently, 9 military units from Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Kharkiv regions are working on the project, and several more will join this week.

Thanks to this project, we can 'cut the wings” of russian intelligence, which in turn will prevent them from quickly directing aircraft and Iskanders at priority targets: our air defense systems, equipment clusters, warehouses, aircraft at airfields, etc."
"...we save anti-aircraft guided missiles costing $50-200K and shoot down the enemy at a cost around $700-1000. This saves tremendous resources and significantly depletes russian resources due to the constant need to replace expensive reconnaissance UAVs."
"Follow the project on the website

savelife.in.ua/dronopad

Donate to the collection jar

bit.ly/3LUq64L

Get involved! Let's work together to crash some ru drones!"
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Aug 2
"Recently in πŸ‡²πŸ‡±, Tuareg rebels KO'd Wagner and sent regards to πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦.

Would you like to hear Tuareg music on this occasion?

A 🧡 about desert blues β€” a distinct genre from freedom-loving nomadic people β€” who plays it, what DakhaBrakha and Jack White have to do with it."
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[Ed. β€” In sane and peaceful times, translating and researching cool stuff about musical traditions from around the world would be my jam. How I miss news full of this, and what a treat to see people from amazing cultures appreciating and helping each other! -D]
"Tishoumaren or β΅œβ΅‰β΅›β΅“β΅Žβ΄°β΅”β΄»β΅, known as Desert Blues, was born in the 1980s in the Sahara as a fusion of rock with traditional music of the Berbers and nearby peoples.

It was the Tuareg who pioneered the genre, spreading it to πŸ‡²πŸ‡±πŸ‡³πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡±πŸ‡ΎπŸ‡©πŸ‡ΏπŸ‡§πŸ‡«."
"By combining the melodic traditions of the Sahara and meditative African percussion with psychedelic electric guitar riffs, Tuareg people express their struggle, embody their rebellious nature, and find an emotive voice for their present-day culture."
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠπŸŒŠ Profile picture
Jul 10
No, just no. Not only do you not need Bellingcat to tell you it was a ru Kh-101 missile that hit the hospital: parts of that org demonstrate russophilia and bad faith towards respected Ukrainian orgs like @InformNapalm whom they stole from.
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Here's what impeccable Ukrainian OSINT looks like:
x.com/InformNapalm/s…

"A russian X-101 cruise missile was targeted from a Tu-95MS at the Okhmatdyt children's hospital.

It is worth reminding that the crews of at least 8 russian Tu-95MS are known(informnapalm.org/ua/hto-bombyt-…) to have committed war crimes in the shelling of civilian targets in both Ukraine and Syria. However, they have not yet been punished for these actions, and impunity gives war criminals a sense of untouchability.

If at least 3-4 pilots of these crews were physically targeted on the territory of russia, it would not lead to escalation, but rather would force the perpetrators of war crimes to refuse to carry out criminal orders.

This should be a matter of honor not only for the Ukrainian intelligence services, but also for the intelligence services of all countries threatened by russia. When russia was bombing schools and hospitals in Syria, we warned that russians were training to kill civilians and that Ukrainians could be the next victims of attacks. Now that russian pilots are killing Ukrainian children, it's time for NATO countries to think about what they should do: destroy the planes and pilots on russian territory."

Platforming Bellingcat with its spotty track record on subjects related to russia and Ukraine not only positions them to do more harm, but also bypasses reliable, high-quality Ukrainian sources.

Follow @InformNapalm instead.
There's aging like milk, and then there's Bellingcat's Aric Toler casting shade on Ukraine's @InformNapalm for documenting ru pilots who bomb Syria. That's directly relevant to who you make your source about russia's heinous crime at Okhmatdyt hospital.
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Daniel Asher in solidarity πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŠπŸŒŠ Profile picture
Jun 30
A notable article on @TextyOrgUa's site:

"πŸ€”What is the strategy for victory? @MBielieskov, senior analyst at Come Back Alive, expressed his opinion on key points upon which Ukraine's optimal strategy in the war with russia should be based."
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@TextyOrgUa @MBielieskov Important to note, of couse: "All opinions expressed in the text are personal and in no way should be interpreted as the official position of NISS or Come Back Alive." However, @MBielieskov is highly credible.

With that out of the way, I'll translate a few key excerpts:
"'The challenge for strategy in the course of war is to balance ends and means, where both may change in the course of the war itself.' - Sir Lawrence Friedman (from the book 'Modern Warfare: Lessons from Ukraine')."

"The public's conceptual vacuum is dangerous for two reasons. First, the lack of a strategic vision makes it difficult to maintain two points of consensus: internal (on the need to continue the struggle to strengthen the negotiating position) and external (on the need to assist Ukraine in exercising its right to self-defense)."

"Second, the lack of clarity and at least internal agreement on the triangle of 'goals, resources, and means of achieving goals' creates a favorable environment for various russian influence operations aimed at eroding the two consensus points mentioned above."Image
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