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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 2

Nina Holubieva (37) cleaned blood and carried bodies after Russian strikes in a Ukrainian frontline town, earning $158/month.

Her husband beat her. Pregnant, she fled to a shelter and gave birth in a basement — NYT.

But the shelter isn’t safe — Russia strikes nearby daily. 1/

Nina lived in Bilopillia, 10 km from the Russian border. Blasts blew out her windows in winter.

She patched them with plastic. In spring, another explosion tore that down. She and her 9-year-old son slept in coats. 2/

She didn’t want to leave. “Bilopillia is all I know,” she said. But she was pregnant and abused, and her son was terrified of shelling.

They fled. Three weeks later, she gave birth in a bomb shelter turned maternity ward. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 2

Russian political prisoner Alexei Gorinov sits in solitary in Colony No. 10, Siberia.

He’s seriously ill, part of a lung removed, signs of tuberculosis. Guards took his meds, legal papers, and writing tools, The Insider.

His crime? In 2022, he spoke up for Ukrainian kids. 1/

Gorinov lost part of a lung earlier. In May 2025, he showed signs of tuberculosis during transfer. In June, he landed in a hospital with acute bronchitis. They sent him back to cold cells. No meds. No care.

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On July 15, Gorinov said he was still recovering. But prison officials gave him two more weeks in solitary. They claimed his signature included extremist symbols.

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 2

Bessent: India has been a large buyer of sanctioned Russian oil that they then resell as refined products. They have not been a great global actor. 1/

Bessent: I believe we have the makings of a deal with China. They announced a 90-day roll, which was a bit premature. Ambassador Greer and I will speak to Trump about whether we’ll do the roll by the August 12 deadline. Technical details remain. 2/

Bessent: China used rare earth magnets as a negotiating card, but we’ve got plenty of our own. We had 12 national security-based countermeasures on; we’ve dropped them. The magnets are flowing. Unlike past, we’re negotiating with both our top economic and military rival. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 2

The U.S. is losing the drone war.

Schneider & Macdonald, Foreign Affairs: Ukraine deploys 200,000 FPVs per month — most сost <$1,000.

U.S. drones are still in prototype, cost up to $20M, and follow outdated Cold War doctrine: built for distant, centralized, low risk wars. 1/

The U.S. Air Force’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft costs $15M–$20M per drone.

The Army’s Low Altitude Stalking and Strike Ordnance: $70K–$170K. Neither is in mass production. 2/

Israel and Ukraine use cheap, tactical drones from trenches to scout, resupply, strike, and self-destruct — no top-down approval needed.

U.S. drones are too expensive and centralized for this kind of adaptation. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 1

In 2014, Russians captured Anatoly Tokarev in occupied Ukraine

FSB tortured him for a month. They broke both his legs and shot one, the Telegraph.

In 2019, at 60, Anatoly turned his roadside cafe into a war museum with battlefield debris and 400 plaques for fallen soldiers. 1/

After retiring in 2016, Anatoly opened a café with his wife. Both are former snipers.

They felt confused seeing people drink and laugh near the front. In 2019, they shut it down.

“Enough,” his wife said. They began collecting war wreckage instead and opened a museum. 2/

Tokarev built his cafe, now a museum, on a dusty roadside near Pavlohrad [eastern Ukraine].

Outside stand a Russian tank, a howitzer barrel, and a Kalibr missile turned into flowerpot. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Aug 1

[Putin accepted that war in Ukraine is a question of the whole Europe's security. It doesn't stop in Ukraine]

Putin: The Ukrainian negotiators who suggest that we need to discuss European security as a whole, not just Ukrainian — are probably right.

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Putin: The European Union is an economic giant, but a political dwarf.

These aren't my words, I don't want to offend anyone.

We've read this in the Western press.

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