It is easier to show partners Ukraine retakes land than explain Russia burning thousands of soldiers for a few kilometers.
Ukraine recaptured 300+ sq km on the Oleksandrivsk axis, fastest gains since 2023, and pushes Russian troops from the Dnipropetrovsk border. — United24 1/
Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces launched the offensive to block Russia’s push toward Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia.
Gen. Oleh Apostol leads the operation. The 82nd Bukovyna and 95th Polissia Brigades drive the assault. 2/
Airborne units cleared Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups and keep advancing despite heavy resistance and fresh Russian reserves.
They repel counterattacks while pressing forward. 3/
Zaluzhnyi: The old rules no longer work, but people still have high hopes for them. The new ones have not yet even been formulated yet.
Personally, for me, the main condition is the preservation of democracy and freedom and the standard of living. 1/
Zaluzhnyi: The reconstruction process should begin now, without waiting for a peace deal, which may never happen.
The energy system has become a new front in the war. Its stability determines the outcome of the conflict and the country's ability to survive, therefore to win. 2/
Zaluzhnyi: In Europe there is not a single country with a positive birth rate, so the loss of manpower on the battlefield would have huge socio-economic rather than near military complications.
Evolution towards the robotization of warfare offers an alternative. 3/
X’s algorithm amplifies conservative content and shifts users’ political attitudes to the right within 7 weeks, with no reversal when switched off.
Evidence come from a 2023 randomized field experiment — Nature. 1/
Active US users were randomly assigned to either the algorithmic “For You” feed or the chronological “Following” feed for 7 weeks.
Researchers measured engagement, policy priorities, and views on major political events. 2/
Switching from chronological to algorithmic increased engagement and shifted policy priorities toward more conservative issues such as inflation, immigration, and crime. 3/
In address on Feb 2023, he announced plans to scale up military capabilities, modernize nuclear triad, and called on society for total militarization. 2026 declared year of unity of Russia's peoples around sacred duty — UkrainskaPravda. 1/
Putin promised to increase military capabilities of all branches of russian armed forces.
Special attention to modernization and creation of new weapons, and nuclear triad. Promised to increase army readiness and ability to act in "most difficult conditions." 2/
Putin called russian soldiers who commit war crimes daily, kill civilians and destroy Ukrainian cities "true patriots" and "backbone of the state."
He is heroizing participants of genocidal war and turning them into new elite of society. 3/
Kateryna Mykhalko, who led Ukraine's Technological Forces for 2.5 years: "Cheap Shaheds cannot be shot down with multimillion-dollar missiles.
This is ineffective defense strategy. Europe needs asymmetric solutions" — Hromadske. 1/
On Feb 8, Zelenskyy announced start of Ukrainian weapons export. 10 export centers to open in Europe in 2026.
Germany already started production of Ukrainian drones. Similar production lines began operating in Britain. Technological Forces unite 80+ defense companies. 2/
Mykhalko: "Export is not just about crossing border with piece of metal. First of all, it's about technological cooperation, integration, supply chains to European countries.
This is critical for Ukraine's strategic defense, and for EU security it's no less important." 3/