@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-10-14 10:40:03
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-10-14 10:40:03
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-10-13 19:55:42
"Trump’s Message to Ukraine Is Now Crystal Clear"
From The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/trump-ukraine-putin-fuel/688974/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3_uMFFTFvx_hhzLmEDiPF_U
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@usul@piaille.fr2026-09-13 08:42:11
En Ukraine, dans le village martyr d’Andriïvka, antre du « boucher de Boutcha »
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/09/11/en-ukraine-dans-le-village-martyr-d-andriivka-antre-du-bo…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-15 03:22:27
Ukraine will only halt attacks on Russian energy targets if the enemy does likewise and the US guarantees it,
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The announcement came after Donald Trump’s uncorroborated claim that both sides have agreed to such a ceasefire.
Neither Ukraine nor Russia had said so at time of writing.
The US president regularly claims to have brokered what turn out to be nonexistent or extremely shortlived deals between foreign adversaries or with his o…
@gse@norden.social2026-09-15 08:23:36
Da wird eine Britin entlassen, nur weil sie ihren vermissten Sohn in der Urkraine suchen wollte bzw. Hilfe bei einer Zeitung suchte.
Das ist nicht grade was man von einer Regierung erwartet.
https://www.fr.de/politik/ukraine-krieg-br
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-10-14 18:26:44
SpaceX suddenly throttled access to Starlink with no warning, Ukraine says. https://trib.al/rZAjLWp
@pgogl@troet.cafe2026-10-14 17:32:22
Das ist tatsächlich Wahnsinn!
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/afd-siegmund-sachsen-anhalt-friedensinitiative-russland-ukraine-li.3563116
@hippyjo@c.im2026-08-13 18:11:20
Ukraine update from Dylan Combelick: confronting ignorance with truth and receipts.
Share the friend link and make MAGA cry: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-august-13-94c354ca9f2d?sk=e8d8d905962ef9134d14b0c4c8…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-10-14 08:50:51
Ukraine says SpaceX has restricted Starlink by cutting military-grade service at speeds exceeding 100mph, disrupting drone missions, and it received no warning (Yuliia Dysa/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/space
@usul@piaille.fr2026-07-15 04:12:30
Bombe Š Monaco, exécution en Ukraine : l’inquiétante affaire Ermolaev - Podcast
https://podcasts.leparisien.fr/le-parisien-code-source/202607141504-bombe-monaco-execution-en-ukraine-linquietante-affaire-ermol
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-14 22:57:54
As Ukraine reported problems with Starlink satellite internet terminals and US data that warns of Russian ballistic missile attacks,
Kyiv also faced the harsh reality that its European allies cannot offer any ready-made alternatives.
Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday the functioning of Starlink's military-grade service Starshield had been interrupted when terminals were moving at high speed,
hampering Ukrainian drones for attack missions and air defence.
@krone@frawas.de2026-08-13 13:33:03
Drohnenangriff auf Zug - Ukraine: Lok-Crew stirbt, um Passagiere zu retten #News #Nachrichten
@haayman@todon.nl2026-10-12 15:42:28
Het lijkt toch slimmer om een paar cruciale knooppunten te vernielen dan om massaal burgers te bestoken
Far-right bot accounts 'fall silent' as Ukraine strikes cripple Russian data centres
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics
@hippyjo@c.im2026-08-14 18:28:00
Ukraine update from Dylan Combelick: insight and analysis that can't be beat.
Share the friend link and help the world be a little less stupid: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-august-14-990de33fc301?sk=16…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-14 13:48:31
Landmines are a scourge of conflict zones.
Littered across contested territory,
they leave land unusable for years after a war has ended.
Removing them is an expensive and dangerous job.
And the use of long-range drones in Ukraine,
which is often described as the most mine-contaminated country in the world,
is increasing the scale of the problem.
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-10-12 20:47:30
"Trump rewards Putin and betrays Ukraine with Russia diesel deal - The Latest" https://www.theguardian.com/news/video/2026/oct/12/trump-rewards-putin-and-betrays-ukraine-with-russia-diesel-deal-the-latest
@laimis@mstdn.social2026-10-10 22:02:25
I continue to donate to #Ukraine to help its fight against russian terrorists, and donated more today after hearing the latest talks from the white house fool. I hope more people get motivated to do the same today.
My donations go to https://www.libert…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-09-15 06:02:01
Oil and gas markets are becoming a little less gullible. Trump's story that high diesel prices are due to Ukraine's attacks on Russian 'diesel refineries' and his 'agreement' with Russia and Ukraine to stop attacking each other's energy infrastructure hardly made a dent in the oil price.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-14 23:11:12
Elon Musk has suggested that the US government may be behind restrictions on the speed at which some of Ukraine's weapons can travel and stay connected to SpaceX's Starlink internet network.
Starlink is a vital tool allowing Kyiv to guide drones to Russian targets and also protect its own skies,
but on Tuesday night Ukraine said unexpected new speed limits were disrupting its battlefield missions.
An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed the restr…
@Marwe@troet.cafe2026-10-11 23:54:48
Wir müssen uns bei der Ukraine erneut bedanken: die Angriffe auf Russlands Yandex Datencenter reduzieren in Deutschland die Bot-Angriffswelle der AfD und lähmt damit die elektornische Kriegführung gegen unser Land. Bot-Angriffe auf die Demokratie sind um 70% reduziert durch ein paar gezielte Treffer in Russland. Wer es bislang nicht wahrhaben wollte: Russland führt Krieg gegen Deutschland, "hybrid" ist er in vollem Gange und die Unterstützung für Staatsfeinde klar.
@krone@frawas.de2026-09-14 16:52:20
Auf Energieanlagen - Trump: Angriffsstopp zwischen Russland und Ukraine #News #Nachrichten
@hippyjo@c.im2026-10-13 17:03:39
@qbi@freie-re.de2026-10-11 16:52:56
Wenn die #Ukraine jetzt noch #Rostelecom aus dem Netz nimmt, wird #Twitter sogar wieder benutzbar. 🤣
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-10-14 10:30:51
Ukraine's drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupted Yandex's web crawlers, not Russian political bot operations, as Zelenskyy celebrated "less division" (Gaby Del Valle/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/1010424/yandex-dr…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-15 00:41:55
"More and more people are dying.
So the question arises:
wouldn't it be better to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine
rather than, perhaps later, over Poland?
This is a subject for a very serious discussion,
one that should not become a hostage to party-political rivalry,"
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.
@rettichschnidi@swiss.social2026-10-13 21:18:20
Oh, wie seltsam:
> But looking at the average number of likes his [Musks] posts have been receiving does raise eyebrows. Throughout October, his posts garnered an average of between 17,000 and 81,000 likes per day — until the past two days, the averages slid to a dismal 11,000 and 8,000, respectively.
@stargazer@woof.tech2026-10-12 16:19:01
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-10-10 14:32:48
An opportunity for #ecosystemRestoration and more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/10/ukraine-unesco-great…
@paulwermer@sfba.social2026-10-10 14:32:48
An opportunity for #ecosystemRestoration and more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/10/ukraine-unesco-great…
@annsev@troet.cafe2026-10-14 20:11:20
"#AfD und #BSW bringen #SachsenAnhalt mit großer Geste auf Kreml-Linie. Sie fordern die Kapitulation der Ukraine. "
Ich sagte ja schon oft, dass das BSW die fünfte Kolonne Putins ist, an die sich die #AfD
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-10-12 18:15:09
"EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : Volodymyr Zelensky signale la poursuite des frappes russes malgré le cessez-le-feu énergétique annoncé par Donald Trump"
https://www.lemonde.fr/inter…
@marcel@waldvogel.family2026-08-12 17:02:57
«“It’s an absolute disaster,” said one former official in an Army office supervising the project. “The Army should’ve gone after recovering money from General Dynamics,” added the official, who, like others interviewed for this story, spoke on the condition of anonymity.»
https://www.propublic…
@steve@s.yelvington.com2026-10-12 13:44:43
It must be very frustrating to magats that Ukraine destroyed the Russian bot army just as they were trying to circulate their big lie attack on Talarico.
@alex_mastodon@troet.cafe2026-09-14 08:41:19
@… @…
Der Passagierzug fuhr von der Ukraine nach Warschau. Die russichen Drohnen griffen den Zug an und waren dabei nur 800 Meter von der Grenze zu Polen entfernt.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-12 22:52:34
Trump has terminated virtually all U.S. assistance to Ukraine,
with the exception of a relatively small amount legislated by Congress.
In doing so, he gave up some very high-value cards.
Zelenskyy almost certainly would have paid greater heed to Trump’s request to leave Russian oil refineries alone had the United States continued to provide the level of assistance that the Biden administration supplied in 2022-2024
($30-$40 billion a year)
or even a significant…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-10-14 06:30:50
@davej@dice.camp2026-10-13 02:40:30
Content warning: CW: auspol, Ukraine drone strikes.
Now, if only Zelenskyy could retask a couple of sorties to hit Indonesian bot farms, maybe #OneNation will STFU for a bit. 🤔
#auspol https://
@lpryszcz@genomic.social2026-10-06 05:19:56
russia importing fuel from South Korea...
Ukraine attacs on russian petroleum infrastructure were effective
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/06/oil-tankers-south-korea-russia-ukraine-war
@dichotomiker@dresden.network2026-10-06 08:14:35
You thought, only Iron Man represents the Military? No. All Heroes aim for military heroism.
https://www.n-tv.de/mediathek/videos/politik/Neue-Waffe-Ukraine-laesst-Thors-Hammer-gegen-Russland-los-id31381723.html
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-09-13 16:15:34
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries (Shawn Pogatchnik/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-calls-on-ukraine-to-halt-attacks-on-russian-oil-refineries/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260913/p34#a260913p34
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-11 20:15:13
@hippyjo@c.im2026-08-13 17:22:56
Ukraine update from GGiorgio Provinciali: when dealing with Russia, the truth is always disturbingly complicated.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help the world unravel the deception of Kremlin fuckery: https://
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-10-06 13:55:48
Interviews and filings detail claims Fox News and Benjamin Hall ignored warnings before a 2022 Ukraine strike killed Oleksandra Kuvshynova and Pierre Zakrzewski (David Folkenflik/NPR)
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/04/nx-s1-5737621/fox-news-ukraine-deaths
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-12 15:50:59
US threatens to cut intel sharing,
arms shipments to Ukraine
to protect Russian oil refineries
https://kyivindependent.com/us-threatens-to-cut-intel-sharing-with-ukraine-in-push-to-protect-russi…
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-08-05 10:02:11
@krone@frawas.de2026-10-12 09:47:16
Lieferblockade droht - USA machen Druck: Waffen für Ukraine in Gefahr #News #Nachrichten
@ian@phpc.social2026-10-12 02:31:36
Y'all.
Twitter is actually really usable right now.
Turns out the massive shift right was indeed mostly Russian bots.
All it took was Ukraine getting kinetic with some data centers to expose the ruse.
Heck, I bet some corners of the fediverse are quieter too!
@bilbo_le_hobbit@mamot.fr2026-08-11 20:40:46
La base. Jpp de l'indignation sélective de certains partis qui se définissent de gauche. Qu'ils viennent prendre des lecons ici en Espagne...
Cc jonluk!
@hippyjo@c.im2026-08-14 17:33:16
Ukraine update from Giorgio Proviniciali: technology race of war determined by iteration and economy.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help the world be better informed: https://…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-08-26 17:30:28
Britain's Storm Shadow tech transfer to Ukraine will lead to more escalation. We need dialogue! - CND https://cnduk.org/britains-storm-shadow-tech-transfer-to-ukraine-will-lead-to-more-escalation-we-need-dialogue/
@Simone21@mastodon.social2026-07-24 09:38:01
Hier mal ein Link, von dem ich denke, dass er keine Bezahlschranke hat (hoffe ich jedenfalls.)
https://www.srf.ch/news/international/ukraine/drohnenattacken-in-russland-darum-greift-die-ukraine-das-russische-amazon-an
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-09-09 11:13:04
@jaandrle@fosstodon.org2026-08-07 08:15:21
🔒 Ukraine Peace Terms Explored by Ex-European, Russian Officials - Bloomberg - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-05/european-and-russian-ex-officials-held-talks-on-war-in-ukraine?srnd=phx-politics
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-14 13:55:42
Ukraine’s Vulnerability Grows
as Starlink Is Restricted
and Russia Escalates
A huge attack cut power to
600,000 people in Kyiv,
and a Pentagon-funded
satellite internet program
appeared to be curbed
without warning.
https://www.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-13 01:33:02
In the past 72 hours, Donald Trump has dropped all pretense,
torched a couple decades of American policy,
and undermined 18 months of his own diplomacy.
He lifted sanctions on the import of Russian diesel fuel, in violation of the letter and spirit of laws that he himself signed.
He has threatened to stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine, unless Ukraine agrees not to target Russian refineries,
thus demanding that Kyiv give up its most effective weapon while as…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-09-14 12:05:50
Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, citing a global shortage (Associated Press)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/09/13/russia-ukraine-war-drones-odesa-refinery-border-crossing/a29a5f10-af6a-11f1-92c2-5c918f4a6127_story.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260914/p22#a260914p22
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-10-10 06:34:50
"Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian diesel" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/trump-putin-russian-diesel-ukraine
If it wasn't clear before, now we know:
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-14 20:40:38
Poland called out SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk for restricting access to Starlink satellite terminals across Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers have had their access to the internet restricted amid Donald Trump’s demands for a halt to long-range strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, according to reports.
The service provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX provides broadband internet and has been used for government and military communications in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“…
@hippyjo@c.im2026-10-12 17:14:37
Ukraine update from Giorgio Provinciali: independent journalism from the ground in Ukraine.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and help defeat ignorance and corporate media fuckery: https://medium.com/@giorgiop…
@qbi@freie-re.de2026-09-08 09:51:01
@krone@frawas.de2026-10-12 14:53:13
Wirbel in der Ukraine - Karner verteidigt Festnahme von Journalisten #News #Nachrichten
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-13 18:25:17
A train carrying Boris Johnson and the former CIA chief David Petraeus
may have been the target of a Russian drone strike
that hit a train engine near the Poland-Ukraine border, according to Ukrainian Railways.
Ukraine’s foreign ministerAndrii Sybiha described the attack as
“Putin’s terror knocking directly on the doors of the EU and Nato”.
Overnight attacks across Ukraine involving more than 450 Russian drones and missiles killed at least six people and injured…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-09-28 05:00:05
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social2026-08-02 06:48:58
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-09-02 18:58:12
Ukraine officially informs ICAO that Russian airspace is dangerous for civil aviation
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/02/8051543/
@hippyjo@c.im2026-08-10 18:21:46
@krone@frawas.de2026-10-14 12:50:50
Im „Überlebensmodus“ - Kiew brennt erneut – Verbündete schlagen Alarm #News #Nachrichten
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-08-25 05:46:05
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-09-14 16:55:43
Trump says Ukraine and Russia agreed not to hit energy targets (Kevin Breuninger/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/14/trump-ukraine-russia-energy-oil-iran.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260914/p68#a260914p68
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-15 00:54:24
Ukrainian defense tech company Fire Point's first ballistic missile will be ready this fall,
its CEO told POLITICO
— a crucial development if Kyiv hopes to survive the growing ferocity of Russian missile attacks.
Iryna Terekh, who is also Fire Point's chief technology officer,
said it is working on its tactical short-range FP-7 ballistic missile.
With a 200-kilometer range and carrying a 150-kilogram warhead,
the missile can hit ground targets
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-24 04:57:03
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-13 15:22:00
A passenger train travelling from Kyiv to Warsaw
was hit by a Russian drone
two kilometres from the Polish border
in an attack that Ukraine’s foreign minister described as
“Putin’s terror knocking directly on the doors of the EU and Nato”.
Overnight attacks across Ukraine involving more than 450 Russian drones and missiles killed at least six people and injured more than 40.
Ukraine’s air force said it had intercepted 405 drones and four missiles.
We…
@krone@frawas.de2026-08-12 07:53:32
Wettlauf gegen die Uhr - Raketenmangel: Ukraine baut Abwehrwaffen selbst #News #Nachrichten
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-24 00:15:51
Ukraine ratchets up its attacks on warehouses of Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, signaling a new phase in the war as it seeks to hamper Russia's economy (Sam Meredith/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/23/ukraine-russia-war-wildberries-drones-amazo…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-15 03:16:52
A Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian American citizen in Warsaw was thwarted by Poland before it could be carried out,
the Polish prime minister said Thursday,
marking the first time in decades that a Western leader has publicly accused Moscow of plotting to kill a U.S. citizen.
Western officials have previously warned that Russia has stepped up a campaign of targeted killings since President Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine,
saying they have disrupted several p…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.social2026-09-28 14:56:57
@krone@frawas.de2026-10-11 22:44:10
Flop um Waffenruhe - Spott aus Russland: „Geht Trump nur um Ölpreis“ #News #Nachrichten
@hippyjo@c.im2026-10-07 15:56:30
Ukraine update from Dylan Combellick: all the news that's fit to print, and then some.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and kick a billionaire in the nuts: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-octob…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-11 07:10:43
CIA director John Ratcliffe is preparing to take a bigger role in US negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, US officials have told their European counterparts, in a bid to jump-start moribund diplomatic efforts to end the four-and-a-half-year-long war.
The move comes as the White House is considering paring back the involvement of US special envoy Steve Witkoff and president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who have been leading the talks with Moscow and Kyiv, according to five …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-10 23:03:38
Crimea has been a bridgehead for Russia since it seized the territory from Ukraine in 2014.
But the peninsula is now looking vulnerable.
Ukraine has stepped up its drone campaign, targeting strategic infrastructure including electrical substations, bridges, oil depots and airfields.
Drones are also severing the roads, railways and waterways that connect Crimea to Russia.
Isolating the peninsula completely would give Ukraine a strong hand in any future negotiations…
@krone@frawas.de2026-10-10 20:45:00
Ukraine-Spezialfracht - Geheimtransport ohne Kontrollen durch Österreich #News #Nachrichten
@hippyjo@c.im2026-09-06 18:08:29
Ukraine update from Dylan Combelick-
share the friend link to bypass the paywall, and kick Putin in the teeth: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-september-6-85886cea8cdc?sk=7addbad244a39445d69791676a3b1ab5
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-05 22:22:54
Video of a Russian drone chasing down a vegetable seller in southern Ukraine
— a day after a deadly drone blast on a Russian beach packed with tourists
— is highlighting the vulnerability of civilians as aerial warfare increasingly dominates the conflict.
https://www.
@hippyjo@c.im2026-10-08 18:03:07
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-10 01:41:43
Up to 50,000 North Korean soldiers will be deployed in Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said,
while calling on South Korea to provide support for Ukraine’s air defence.
It is an increase from the estimated 30,000 announced by the Ukrainian president in July.
Kyiv had found some North Korean missiles in Ukraine’s territory, he said. “It is absolutely clear that North Korea will continue to build its experience in modern warfare, receive licences from Russia, and receive…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-11 17:19:04
Opinion by Eric Schmidt
the former CEO and chairman of Google and chair of the Special Competitive Studies Project.
Ukraine’s way of fighting war can’t match what’s coming
Russia is mobilizing for total war.
It is considering another vast call-up of troops,
which Ukraine expects to happen this fall,
and is building the industrial capacity to produce weapons in extraordinary quantities.
Ukraine cannot match such enormous capacity on its own.
This…
@hippyjo@c.im2026-10-01 18:15:35
Ukraine update from Giorgio Provincialli: Russia's war on Ukraine compounds the difficulties of water scarcity and ecological collapse of fisheries and farmland.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall and support a world worth living in: https://
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-12 01:05:12
Why is war so economically costly?
Our answer is that modern war lowers output not only by destroying productive factors,
but also by making the surviving economy work less efficiently
Our key policy implication is that restoring allocative efficiency
–and preparing institutional arrangements that facilitate rapid reallocation in times of stress
–is critical for sustaining economic capacity, defense, and national security.
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-06 03:02:51
While President Trump is focused on Iran,
a propitious moment to be the peacemaker in the Russia-Ukraine war could be slipping away.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine have been clear in recent months that they want the United States to re-engage and start intensive negotiations to bring the fighting to an end.
They will not wait forever.
Putin continues to speak approvingly of Trump,
but some senior officials, as wel…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-10 21:45:32
The diesel deal disrupts four years of western financial pressure on Moscow and leaves Kyiv’s allies in Europe and Nato scrambling to adapt their sanctions plan.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, said the diesel deal “provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war”.
“This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t,” she said on Saturday.
“On Monday, EU foreign ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machi…
@hippyjo@c.im2026-09-04 19:34:34
Ukraine update from Dylan Combelick: depth and analysis you wont find in western corporate media.
Share the friend link to bypass the paywall, and spread the gift of truth: https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/ukraine-update-se…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-12 16:21:31
In a rushed process exempted from normal rules,
the Army hired General Dynamics, which brought on a Turkish subcontractor with little vetting, to make artillery shells.
Money for Nothing: Despite being paid $533 million, General Dynamics did not produce a single usable shell at its new factory
— and has not been held publicly accountable.
Wages of Failure: Since the Army halted two production lines at the factory, the General Dynamics unit responsible for the …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-10 08:29:30
“This is what failure looks like.
Failure for President Trump to live up to his promises to lower costs for Americans.
Failure to protect America from its adversaries,”
the Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, joined by Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who is the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee,
and Senator Elizabeth Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Banking Committee, said in a statement.
“Failure to follow the law and the bipartisan will of Congre…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-09 21:29:52
Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to supply more than 4 million tons of diesel to the global market.
Diesel prices have surged around the world as Ukraine has pounded Russian refineries, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports.
Trump is under growing political pressure to take action to reduce fuel prices ahead of the November midterm elections.
Putin is under growing pressure to sell Russian oil , to finance higher s genocidal war against Ukraine …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-01 16:38:25
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary of independence
and Ukraine recently marked its Constitution Day, 30 years after shedding its Soviet past.
America’s and Ukraine’s breaks from foreign occupiers — centuries apart – are reminders of how everyday citizens who embrace their civic duties and fight for freedom can bring about lasting security for themselves and the allies supporting their struggle.
Fast forward to 2026,
five years since Ukrainian democracy’s own…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-11 20:56:16
“We live a double life. During the day, I deal with paperwork. At night, I shoot down drones,”
said Oleksandr, a lawyer, standing beside his truck-mounted machine gun in a field outside Kyiv.
“It’s a strange duality. With time you get used to it.”
But warfare in Ukraine evolves at extraordinary speed
and units such as Mriya are struggling to keep up.
Since the summer, Russia has increasingly deployed jet-powered drones that crews say can travel at about 600km/h …
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-07 20:15:52
Yuri is a 52-year-old Ukrainian who runs a market stall in Kherson,
not far from the front line.
Yesterday, he was sorting through vegetables when he heard the loud, distinctive buzz of a Russian drone.
As he later told the journalist Zarina Zabrisky, he had nothing more than a couple of garlic bulbs in his hands, and no weapons.
“Not even a phone.” He gestured at his tomatoes and peppers, so that the drone operator, whoever and wherever he might be, could see that h…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-07 20:18:45
Danish defense company BlueShadow expects Ukraine's Defense Ministry to certify its BlueDragon maritime air defense system by late 2026,
with deployment planned for spring 2027.
The company says the platform will intercept Russian Shahed drones over the Black Sea before they reach Odesa and other ports
https://www.kyivpost.co…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-09-04 00:14:52
After meeting with Russia’s finance minister, Treasury secretary Bessent said Ukraine’s attacks on Russian oil infrastructure were contributing to a global energy shock
-- which is driven mainly by the U.S. war with Iran.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/busine…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-10-02 16:39:25
An intercepted Russian document details their plan to cause the Ukrainian energy system to collapse through methodical attacks.
The plan, a copy of which The New York Times obtained,
describes a campaign of strikes using up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs.
They would target a wide range of facilities, including electrical substations, hydroelectric and thermal power plants, and boiler houses.
Most alarming, the document says that Russia intends to force Ukraine’s …
