1/ Russia tried to freeze Ukrainians.
Now Ukraine is melting down Russia’s oil empire.

Ukraine has knocked out 13% of Russia's oil refinery capacity in weeks. Kyiv calls it “direct sanctions.”

This was achieved with “toys.” But now Ukraine’s unveiled a monster 🧵⤵️ 2/ Scenes across Russia this week:

🚗 Long lines of cars & trucks at gas stations
⏳ Hours-long waits
💸 Record-high prices

Social media is flooded with videos from regions across Russia—and occupied Crimea—showing the growing Russian fuel crisis. ⤵️

1/ Less than a week after meeting Trump in Alaska, Putin spent more than $4 million to destroy ONE American consumer goods factory.

Here’s what proves it was a deliberate provocation to @realDonaldTrump ...🧵⤵️ 2/ At 4:30 a.m. on Aug 21, Russian Kalibr cruise missiles slammed into the Flex facility in fairytale Mukachevo, Ukraine—just 30 miles from the EU border.

A massive fire tore through the plant.
At least 19 people were injured. ⤵️

1/ Swarms of drones are overwhelming traditional air defenses. Humans can’t react in time.

Ukraine’s AI-powered drone hunter changes the game.

Maybe someone at the Pentagon should read this? 🧵⤵️ 2/ Meet Photon by Defender Dynamics.

It's a flying weapons platform carrying up to six titanium shotgun barrels.

It can fire all six simultaneously or in sequence. And it can select targets automatically. ⤵️

1/ What connects fairy-tale Copenhagen with bombed-out Mykolaiv?

A radical idea: the Danish Model.

If you care about the future of the free world, you need to see this. 🧵⤵️ 2/ Denmark: just 5.9 million people.
LEGO, Hans Christian Andersen, bicycles, hygge (coziness).

And now—a new way to support freedom:

The Danish Model is changing how the free world arms Ukraine—and maybe how wars are won. ⤵️

1/ A leaked letter exposes secret Russian video talks with China’s Ministry of Defence.

The subject: training Chinese paratroopers for a Taiwan assault.

Do you want to know what they’re cooking? 🧵⤵️ 2/ Now, notably this letter was from 2021.

Before Russia’s full-scale f-up in Ukraine.

Was China trusting Moscow’s bravado to help it take Taiwan?

Has Ukraine's resistance protected Taiwan? ⤵️

1/ Yesterday, the White House was the stage set of the most important reality show on Earth.

Here’s the key idea from EACH foreign leader in the room—you won’t find this anywhere else ... 🧵⤵️ 2/ @realDonaldTrump won the presidency because he understands optics.

He favors talks in front of cameras so Americans see what’s at stake.

Yesterday, key European leaders—including Zelenskyy—were speaking not just to Trump, but to America. ⤵️

1/ This device spots landmines in real time—before they blow you up—and works even if Starlink doesn't.

Here's how four Ukrainian veteran friends solved a deadly problem 🧵⤵️ 2/ Mines + hidden explosives litter Ukraine’s lush fields and forests. Every step can be a death trap.

So four friends built BLUE EYES—a portable AI that flags threats even offline.

And now Denmark 🇩🇰 just backed them with €2.4M.

Here's the scoop, via @DefenderMediaUA: ⤵️

1/ The six things Russia is TERRIFIED Zelenskyy will say to Trump today ... 🧵⤵️ 2/ 1️⃣ “Mr. Trump, they’ve tried to kill both you & me—with bullets & missiles.

"Why?

"Because we actually listen to and respect the people. This is why the Global War Machine hates you and me.” ⤵️

1/ 🧵 A wounded Ukrainian warrior texted me today about the Alaska summit.

His first words surprised me:

“It takes tremendous personal courage to do what Trump did in Alaska.”

Here’s what else he wants Americans to hear. 🧵⤵️ 2/ My friend "Matviy," wounded in battle and now creating mil-tech solutions, texted me today:

"Joe, I want to share with you my reflections on the Alaska summit and what I’d tell Trump if I had the chance."

Here are his full thoughts, which I hope @realDonaldTrump reads: ⤵️

1/ 🚨 Before meeting Trump on Monday, Zelenskyy must understand one thing:

He's entering the most consequential reality show ever—the Oval Office Optics.

And I’ve got a trick to share—one I learned from America’s master of political theater 🧵⤵️ 2/ My late mentor Roger Ailes—the man who staged Nixon’s broadcast to the Moon, got Reagan elected, and built Fox News—taught me:

Whoever understands the mood, controls the nation.

Trump has mastered the craft of understanding the American mood.

🎥Russell Crowe as Ailes⤵️

1/ Defense contractors spend billions of dollars and years building anti-drone systems.

A Ukrainian startup went from founding to combat success in 7 months.

The difference?

They stopped trying to build silver bullets. Here's what they did instead 🧵⤵️ 2/ Meet MaXon Systems:

Founded in January, hunting Russo-Iranian Shahed drones by August.

They just proved their system works in combat—and raised $300K to scale it.

This 7-month-old startup knows what billion-dollar defense contractors don't.

cc: @FedorovMykhailo⤵️

1/ Before the Alaska meeting with Putin, Polish President @NawrockiKn reminded Trump that today is the Feast of the Assumption of Mary.

Why? Because on Aug 15, 1920, Poland stopped Russia’s war machine in the Miracle on the Vistula.

The parallels will give you chills… 🧵⤵️ 2/ In 1920, the Soviet Russians were deep inside Poland.

Their aim? Break through to Germany and ignite a Europe-wide communist revolution, destroying religion and culture.

The insane plan: turn the whole continent red—by force. ⤵️

1/ 🧵 💥 7 Ways the World Got Better After Russia Lost Crimea — the FIRST Time

Number one: 🇺🇸 ALASKA BECAME AMERICAN 🧵⤵️ 2/ THE CONTEXT — The Crimean War, 1853–1856:

Britain, France, Sardinia, & the Ottomans united to stop Russia from dominating the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

Russia lost everything—and Crimea, though still in the empire, was demilitarized.⤵️

1/🧵 A Ukrainian soldier races his truck toward the frontline in total darkness.

He kills the headlights, switches to night-vision goggles, and warns his passengers:

If we stop for ANY reason, don't grab your gear—just run for the trees.

Welcome to the drone war. 🧵⤵️ 2/ One of those passengers is war reporter David Kirichenko, (@DVKirichenko) embedded with Ukraine's 110th Brigade drone unit.

For the UK's @LBC, he's documenting the "drone wall" holding back Russian forces.

I want to share with you the wild things he witnessed ⤵️

1/ 🚨 LEAKED: A ceasefire that gives Ukrainian land + resources to Russia would also free Russia's military for Putin's next act—

Supercharging China for Taiwan invasion.

Freshly-leaked Russian defense documents reveal the chilling prep already underway. 🧵⤵️ 2/ The leaked documents, via the credible @blackmoon_group, show just a slice of what's happening—but the picture is clear:

Russian War Machine firms are training Chinese troops.

It's all tailored for the amphibious assault Taiwan fears but which should also scare the West ⤵️

1/ Ukraine has become the world's most intense military tech laboratory.

Not in Silicon Valley boardrooms or Big Defense labs—but in active combat zones where developers test innovations under fire and iterate in weeks, not years.

Here are 7 amazing machines 🧵⤵️ 2/ In a forest glen, 70+ Ukrainian defense companies gathered to unveil battle-tested tech at IRON DEMO 2025 near Lviv.

If you believe in well-armed freedom, this was the place to be. Thanks to @DefenderMediaUA, we've got an inside view.

Let's go! ⤵️

1/ Friday’s Alaska summit could change the course of the war.

From Kyiv, I’ve spotted a subtle but HUGE shift in Trump’s language on Russia —

—one that could absolutely flip America’s view of Ukraine 👇🧵⤵️ 2/ For 3 years, I’ve been the only American reporting live daily from Ukraine—on @WGNRadio.

Now I’ve launched a weekly video report—depth & context from the ground.

📺 Watch Ep. 1 here — or read along for insights, illustrated by @neivanmade:

⤵️

1/ Ukraine once made half the world’s supply of the gas that powers every advanced chip.

Now Russia holds part of it, China makes most of the rest—and together they’re on the verge of controlling a global tech chokehold.

The gas? Neon. Here’s why it matters 🧵⤵️ 2/ While Trump and Zelenskyy ride their emotional rollercoaster, China and Russia are quietly making moves on Ukraine’s hidden tech lifeline for the world.

It’s about neon, yes, but it's most about brilliant human resources falling into War Machine hands ⤵️

1/ Ukraine has an invisible wall that kills Russian drones with math.

It's 1,500 kilometers long, weighs nothing, and operates on frequencies that change by the hour.

Against invading drones, Ukrainians are building an adaptable protective ecosystem 🧵⤵️ 2/ David Kirichenko (@DVKirichenko), reporting for @EuromaidanPress, goes inside Ukraine's secret electronic warfare bunkers, where, 24/7, operators are jamming the jammable among Russia's killer drones—while allowing Ukrainian drones to carry on ⤵️

euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/10/whe…

1/ Before he meets Putin for a baked Alaskan deal, will Trump realize Crimea is the Greenland of the East?

Zelenskyy's focus on Ukraine's constitution misses the bigger point that Trump needs to hear:

As long as Russia holds Crimea, the free world is at risk.

Here's why 🧵⤵️ 2/ Trump has said he will discuss a Ukrainian land swap with Putin.

Zelenskyy's reply? Nope. Our constitution won't allow it.

Problem is, triste dictu, your constitution matters only if you can defend it!

If you want allies, make the strategic case. And Ukraine has one! ⤵️

1/ I brought @BenShapiro to Kyiv to help Zelenskyy explain Ukraine in MAGA terms.

But with @MarioNawfal, I pushed for something different: the voices from Ukraine you've NEVER heard.

Russia desperately wants these people silenced. Read this thread and you'll see why. 🧵⤵️ 2/ Mario Nawfal interviews heads of state—everyone from @PM_ViktorOrban to @JMilei. When @elonmusk was Trump's pal, he reposted Mario the most.

But when Mario came to Kyiv, I wanted him to meet not Zelenskyy but the all-stars you AND the White House have never heard of: ⤵️