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Dec 9 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Russia doesn’t want peace. Russia wants to conquer Ukraine by force.
Russian pundits make this clear with their violent rhetoric.
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Dec 5 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
As Russia bans Western games and services, its own products are increasingly used as propaganda tools, even children’s cartoons like *Masha and the Bear*.
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Dec 4 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Ukraine’s railway crews keep the country moving under Russian bombings, evacuating families and holding the nation together.
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Nov 30 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
The Russian Red Cross is tied to Russia’s war machine while still getting €13.5 million from global Red Cross bodies in 2024.
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Nov 30 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Today we mark International Information Security Day with a quick look at Ukraine’s bold cyber hits on Russia.
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Nov 28 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
German CNC machines still support Russia’s military production thanks to @priminer_here co-director Benjamin Kaehlcke.
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Nov 25 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Former MEP Nathan Gill got 10.5 years for taking bribes to spread pro Russian messages.
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Nov 25 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
⚡️ Two volunteers pulled off a heroic frontline rescue in eastern Ukraine.
They walked five hours under constant Russian fire to evacuate 13-year-old Lyuba.
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Nov 24 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Russia is using the same tricks in Europe that it used before attacking Ukraine, which signals it may be preparing for another war.
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Nov 18 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Russia is running a large-scale looting scheme to wipe out Ukrainian culture.
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Nov 18 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
⚡️ Russia is reviving Soviet-style deportations of Ukrainians to Siberia.
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Nov 17 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Russian command again orders executions of its own soldiers, including women, amid mass desertions near Pokrovsk.
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Nov 16 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
When was slavery really abolished in your country?
The Soviet Union promised equality, yet millions lived as state-bound peasants — a form of restored serfdom that lasted into the 1970s.
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Nov 14 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Ukraine’s documentary about women soldiers won Best Short Film at the Women and the World International Film Festival.
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Nov 13 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Here’s what happens when Russia occupies a city.
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Nov 9 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
Russia is abducting Ukrainian children, changing their identities, and placing them with Russian families under the guise of “adoption.”
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Nov 9 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
A heartwarming trend is spreading across Ukraine: cafés let kids “buy” drinks with autumn leaves, bringing a bit of joy and wonder amid Russia's brutal war.
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Nov 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Moments of fragile sleep on Ukraine’s front line captured by photographer Viacheslav Ratynskyi.
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Nov 8 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Canadian volunteer survives Russian drone strike, calls Ukraine his new home.
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Nov 7 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Russian regime now inspects kids’ phones in occupied Ukraine.
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Nov 5 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Russian authorities finish “restoration” of Mariupol Theater built over a mass grave.