To understand the absurdity of “exchanging Ukrainian territories for Ukrainian territories,” imagine this:

You live in your house — born & raised there. All documents prove it’s yours, legally registered in your name.

1/n 2/ One day your neighbor knocks for salt — and knocks you out with a baseball bat.

When you regain consciousness, covered in blood, you find him drinking in your kitchen with his buddies.

What is the russian plan for Ukraine?
 
Erase Ukrainian identity. Replace it with a russian one. Reeducate and brainwash the population. Then use these people as tools for future russian expansion. It’s not new — it’s a pattern.
 
1/n 2/ Just 35 years ago, Soviet troops, including Ukrainians, were stationed in East Germany as part of Moscow’s imperial military machine.

The meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska will be a repeat of the meeting between Chamberlain and Hitler

1/n 2/ Appeasement negotiations with an aggressor don’t work. History already gave us this lesson when Great Britain tried it with Hitler.

UEFA has quietly paid nearly €11 million in “solidarity funds” to russian football clubs after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

These payments are normally meant for clubs that failed to qualify for European competitions — to “maintain competitive balance.”

1/n 2/ Yet despite being banned from international tournaments, russian clubs got €3.3 million each for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons, plus €4.2 million for 2024–25.

Freedom is not free!

In 1991, I was just a 9 year old kid when Ukraine declared independence from the USSR (aka russia). I remember the celebration, the joy, the hope — Ukrainians were finally free after decades of oppression and persecution.

1/n 2/ I also remember my grandfather telling me that this freedom had come at a terrible price — the lives of many Ukrainians. At the time, I couldn’t fully grasp his words. Today, I do. I understand that freedom is not free.

Did Trump Really Change His Position on Russia?

Donald Trump has just signed an executive order imposing an additional 25% tariff on India for buying russian oil.

At first glance, this may look like a major policy shift… But

1/n 2/ India is one of the largest buyers of russian crude. It profits by refining and reselling this oil while Ukraine is being bombed. By targeting India, Trump officially acknowledging that russia’s war is not just a regional conflict but a threat to U.S. national security.

Yeonsoo Go, a 20‑year‑old Purdue University student, went into what she thought was a routine visa hearing in New York. When she walked out, ICE agents were waiting. She was arrested on the spot and sent to a detention center in Louisiana.

1/n 2/ She’s the daughter of an Episcopal priest. A woman of faith. A student trying to build her future. Instead of due process, she’s trapped in a system designed to terrify and dehumanize.

Former President of Poland Lech Walesa wrote the following letter to Trump back in March 2025, after Trump had a meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. Unfortunately, nothing has changed since then. Only empty promises...

Your Excellency, Mr. President,

1/n 2/ We watched your conversation with President Volodymyr Zelensky with fear and distaste. It is insulting that you expect Ukraine to show gratitude for U.S. material aid in its fight against russia.

10 lessons from Ukraine’s fight for existence.

Ukraine’s former Commander-in-Chief, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, has reflected on what this war has taught Ukrainians — and the world.

1/n We are the state. On February 24, 2022, Ukraine survived because ordinary people refused to give up. Not institutions, not abstractions — people. Security always comes at a cost, and society must be ready to pay it. /2

Trump: “I’m disappointed in President Putin. Very disappointed in him. So we’re gonna have to look, and I’m gonna reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number because I think I already know the answer to what’s going to happen.”

1/n 2/ First of all — it was your actions and your appeasement that led to this escalation. Since you took office, russia has tripled its missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian cities and civilians.

"The only way to prevent World War III is to defeat russia soundly – now – before it has a chance to learn from its mistakes, modernize its military, and form a tight alliance with other adversaries. If we fail to act, they will come at the West with full force."

1/n 2/ I wrote these words two years ago. Today, we’re watching them come to life.

“Elon Musk sabotaged a Ukrainian attack on the russian fleet in Crimea by turning off Starlink.”

Comrade Musk is a vatnik. He has always been. The evidence was always there:

1/n 2/ He literally sabotaged a Ukrainian military operation by disabling Starlink during an assault on the russian Black Sea fleet.

I just recently returned from Ukraine. Two things struck me deeply.

First, the mood is grim. You feel it in the air — in people’s eyes, in their silence. There is a constant anxiety about tomorrow.

1/n 2/ Will there be another drone strike tonight? Will their family survive it? Air raid sirens are no longer background noise. They are very real. And terrifying.

Priests from the russian Orthodox Church blessing the russian rocket named “Satan”.

I’ve said it many times: the so-called russian Orthodox Church is not a church — it’s a sect. A state-run intelligence network masquerading as religion, directly controlled by the Kremlin.

1/n 2/ Many russian priests hold both clerical and military ranks. For example, the head of the russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is also a general of the FSB (formerly KGB). The EU Parliamentary Assembly officially named him an accomplice to Putin’s genocidal war.

The so-called russian Orthodox Church is not a church — it’s a demonic sect. A state-run intelligence network masquerading as religion, directly controlled by the Kremlin.

1/n 2/ Many russian priests hold both clerical and military ranks. For example, the head of the russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is also a general of the FSB (formerly KGB).

A Letter to Donald Trump — from a bathtub in Kharkiv

Dear Donald

My name is Anna. I’m writing this from Ukraine — from Kharkiv — from the bathroom where I’m hiding with my dog from russian rockets and drones. There’s already been nine explosions in the city, by my count.

1/n 2/ Before the shelling began, I was watching the news.
As I ran for cover, I didn’t turn off the TV.

Now I hear your voice echoing from the other room — announcing another delay in sanctions.

Fifty more days.

Two quick thoughts on Ukraine’s “new government.”

Usually, I refrain from criticizing the Ukrainian government during wartime. Our primary focus should be rallying international support for Ukraine.

1/n 2/ I want to begin by saying that I support the appointment of Yuliia Svyrydenko as the new Prime Minister of Ukraine. Based on my personal interactions with Yuliia and her team, I believe she will do well as the Prime Minister.

Russian casualties in Ukraine have reached staggering new levels.

Russia’s recent casualty rates are the highest since the invasion began. Independent estimates suggest that russian forces are losing 1,000–1,500 soldiers killed or wounded every single day.

1/n 2/ Over two years into the full-scale invasion, total russian casualties — killed and wounded — may now exceed 1 million.

Why do I continue to talk about russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine?

People tell me I should post less about the war and focus more on “professional” topics — economics, science, leadership. After all, I’m an economist, recognized by Forbes as a Top Economic Thinker.

1/n 2/ First, to those people: I would never want to have anything in common with you. If you think profession or business is more important than human life, we do not share the same values. Please, find a different place to engage. We have nothing in common.

A Lesson from the Russian history

Why Russian society often appears passive and submissive to authority. Why do they have no voice? Some attribute it to fear or systemic repression — and that’s partly true. But a deeper question is: how did it get this way?

1/n 2/ The truth lies in centuries of historical development. Unlike Western Europe, which gradually evolved through stages of agriculture, industrialization, and the rise of individual rights, large parts of Russia were geographically isolated and politically centralized.

Trump may activate drawdown powers for the first time in his current term to approve military aid to Ukraine, according to Reuters.

1/n 2/ The new package — worth around $300 million — may include Patriot missile systems and medium-range guided rockets, exactly the kind of weapons Ukraine urgently needs to defend its cities from russian attacks.