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Over 700 cars are lined up trying to leave occupied Crimea right now. A fuel depot near the Kerch Bridge is on fire. Three ferries are burning. The bridge was closed for hours and just reopened - to a two-hour wait for inspection. Ukraine struck the ferry crossing at Kerch Strait, an oil terminal at Chushka, and the ferry Panagia - the route Russia used to move trucks, fuel and military cargo after banning heavy vehicles from the bridge in 2022. Power outages followed overnight. The only land route left runs through Rostov-on-Don and Mariupol. Since early May, at least 415 trucks have been hit and six bridges damaged along it. Every alternative Russia built into this peninsula is closing, one strike at a time.

Over 700 cars are lined up trying to leave occupied Crimea right now. A fuel depot near the Kerch Bridge is on fire. Three ferries are burning. The bridge was closed for hours and just reopened - to a two-hour wait for inspection. Ukraine struck the ferry crossing at Kerch Strait, an oil terminal at Chushka, and the ferry Panagia - the route Russia used to move trucks, fuel and military cargo after banning heavy vehicles from the bridge in 2022. Power outages followed overnight. The only land route left runs through Rostov-on-Don and Mariupol. Since early May, at least 415 trucks have been hit and six bridges damaged along it. Every alternative Russia built into this peninsula is closing, one strike at a time.

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Russia was moving a missile ship from the Baltic to reinforce its Caspian fleet. Ukraine found it on Lake Onega. Ukraine's Special Operations Forces used several drones to destroy the Grad - a Buyan-M class small missile ship - on October 4, 2025. The vessel was transiting Russia's inland waterways when it was struck. Video of the operation has only now been released. Buyan-M ships are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles. This one never reached its destination. Russia has no safe transit route. Ukraine proved it on a lake 1,500 kilometers from the front line.

Russia was moving a missile ship from the Baltic to reinforce its Caspian fleet. Ukraine found it on Lake Onega. Ukraine's Special Operations Forces used several drones to destroy the Grad - a Buyan-M class small missile ship - on October 4, 2025. The vessel was transiting Russia's inland waterways when it was struck. Video of the operation has only now been released. Buyan-M ships are carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles. This one never reached its destination. Russia has no safe transit route. Ukraine proved it on a lake 1,500 kilometers from the front line.

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Respect for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is when a gas station employee runs outside every time she sees our defenders in the sky and waves the Ukrainian flag at them. And she even worries whether they can see her 🇺🇦

Respect for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is when a gas station employee runs outside every time she sees our defenders in the sky and waves the Ukrainian flag at them. And she even worries whether they can see her 🇺🇦

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Russia installed anti-drone cages around the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary. Ukraine sent a Flamingo. The cages didn't help. The FP-5 Flamingo is a Ukrainian-built cruise missile with a 3,000 km range and a 1,150 kg warhead - developed by Ukrainian firm Fire Point. Cost per unit: around $500,000, roughly one quarter of a US Tomahawk. VNIIR-Progress, now ablaze, produces the Kometa navigation modules used to guide Shaheds, Kalibr missiles, Iskander-M and precision glide bombs - the same weapons Russia uses to strike Ukrainian cities. The plant sits 1,000 km from Ukraine's border. The Flamingo reached it anyway.

Russia installed anti-drone cages around the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary. Ukraine sent a Flamingo. The cages didn't help. The FP-5 Flamingo is a Ukrainian-built cruise missile with a 3,000 km range and a 1,150 kg warhead - developed by Ukrainian firm Fire Point. Cost per unit: around $500,000, roughly one quarter of a US Tomahawk. VNIIR-Progress, now ablaze, produces the Kometa navigation modules used to guide Shaheds, Kalibr missiles, Iskander-M and precision glide bombs - the same weapons Russia uses to strike Ukrainian cities. The plant sits 1,000 km from Ukraine's border. The Flamingo reached it anyway.

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This is how a fallen defender is honored in his hometown of Ivano-Frankivsk. A life given to stop Russia’s invasion — and a city that refuses to forget. Bowing low to the Hero. Heroyam Slava. Slava Ukraine.

This is how a fallen defender is honored in his hometown of Ivano-Frankivsk. A life given to stop Russia’s invasion — and a city that refuses to forget. Bowing low to the Hero. Heroyam Slava. Slava Ukraine.

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Trump says NATO pays when Ukraine buys American weapons, that the US does not need Ukrainian help against drones, and that America has the world’s best drones. Zelensky answered with one line: “Rhetoric is rhetoric. The main thing is that we know what we are doing.” He still thanked the United States for making HIMARS and Patriot purchases possible, while Ukraine keeps doing the work. In this war, reality matters more than ego.

Trump says NATO pays when Ukraine buys American weapons, that the US does not need Ukrainian help against drones, and that America has the world’s best drones. Zelensky answered with one line: “Rhetoric is rhetoric. The main thing is that we know what we are doing.” He still thanked the United States for making HIMARS and Patriot purchases possible, while Ukraine keeps doing the work. In this war, reality matters more than ego.

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Some farewells say more than speeches. ㅤ Swedish instructors said goodbye to Ukrainian defenders after their training at Wretham Camp in the UK. ㅤ No loud words. Just respect, trust, and one more reminder that Ukraine is not standing alone. ㅤ Thank you, Sweden, for believing in our warriors. 🇺🇦🇸🇪 💙💛

Some farewells say more than speeches. ㅤ Swedish instructors said goodbye to Ukrainian defenders after their training at Wretham Camp in the UK. ㅤ No loud words. Just respect, trust, and one more reminder that Ukraine is not standing alone. ㅤ Thank you, Sweden, for believing in our warriors. 🇺🇦🇸🇪 💙💛

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Putin didn't invade Ukraine because of NATO. He invaded because Ukrainians were proving democracy works. Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum puts it plainly: Putin looked at Ukraine's democratic movement and thought, "If they can do it in Ukraine, then people could do it in Russia. So I need to crush this." That's the real threat Ukraine posed. Not missiles. Not borders. A working democracy next door. Applebaum frames the war as a fault line between the democratic and autocratic worlds. Russia isn't just trying to take territory. It's trying to erase Ukraine as a nation, reduce it to a colony, and send a message to every country that the post-1945 rules of Europe no longer apply. Those rules were simple: no invasions, no wars, borders don't change by force. Russia understood exactly what it was breaking when it crossed into Ukraine.

Putin didn't invade Ukraine because of NATO. He invaded because Ukrainians were proving democracy works. Historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Anne Applebaum puts it plainly: Putin looked at Ukraine's democratic movement and thought, "If they can do it in Ukraine, then people could do it in Russia. So I need to crush this." That's the real threat Ukraine posed. Not missiles. Not borders. A working democracy next door. Applebaum frames the war as a fault line between the democratic and autocratic worlds. Russia isn't just trying to take territory. It's trying to erase Ukraine as a nation, reduce it to a colony, and send a message to every country that the post-1945 rules of Europe no longer apply. Those rules were simple: no invasions, no wars, borders don't change by force. Russia understood exactly what it was breaking when it crossed into Ukraine.

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Ukraine isn't testing the SKYNEX air defense system anymore. It's using it - and the results are rewriting Europe's defense orders. All four SKYNEX systems pledged by Germany have been delivered and are operational. Developed by Rheinmetall, each unit combines a 35mm automated anti-aircraft cannon with radar-guided targeting and a networked battle management system - designed specifically to intercept Shahed-type drones before they reach their targets. Ukraine's Air Force called the results "impeccable." Rheinmetall is now planning to scale production to 400 systems per year by 2027 - a decision driven directly by what Ukraine proved in combat. The drone war created the demand. Ukraine created the proof of concept.

Ukraine isn't testing the SKYNEX air defense system anymore. It's using it - and the results are rewriting Europe's defense orders. All four SKYNEX systems pledged by Germany have been delivered and are operational. Developed by Rheinmetall, each unit combines a 35mm automated anti-aircraft cannon with radar-guided targeting and a networked battle management system - designed specifically to intercept Shahed-type drones before they reach their targets. Ukraine's Air Force called the results "impeccable." Rheinmetall is now planning to scale production to 400 systems per year by 2027 - a decision driven directly by what Ukraine proved in combat. The drone war created the demand. Ukraine created the proof of concept.

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779,912 次观看 • 4 个月前

Kyiv said goodbye to Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand volunteer who fell defending Ukraine. During the farewell, a traditional Māori haka rose in the square - grief turning into promise: you are not forgotten.

Kyiv said goodbye to Dominic Abelen, a New Zealand volunteer who fell defending Ukraine. During the farewell, a traditional Māori haka rose in the square - grief turning into promise: you are not forgotten.

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Our people are finally home. Ukraine brought 270 people back from Russian captivity. Thank you, our dear ones, for enduring and holding on. Today, you are home.

Our people are finally home. Ukraine brought 270 people back from Russian captivity. Thank you, our dear ones, for enduring and holding on. Today, you are home.

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Zelensky cut his Ireland visit short mid-press conference. Intelligence just came in. Standing next to Ireland's Prime Minister, he stopped and said it plainly: "Putin has been preparing a massive strike on Ukraine. Tonight is exactly that threat. I am returning to Ukraine immediately." He asked Ukrainians directly - please use the shelters tonight. Protect yourselves, your families, your children. He flew home.

Zelensky cut his Ireland visit short mid-press conference. Intelligence just came in. Standing next to Ireland's Prime Minister, he stopped and said it plainly: "Putin has been preparing a massive strike on Ukraine. Tonight is exactly that threat. I am returning to Ukraine immediately." He asked Ukrainians directly - please use the shelters tonight. Protect yourselves, your families, your children. He flew home.

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Italy just gave Poland the kind of recognition allies rarely say out loud. ㅤ Giorgia Meloni told Donald Tusk that Poland has not wavered in its support and solidarity with Ukraine over the past four years — and called it a lesson for everyone. She also said Italy will continue doing its part to help stop the hostilities and work with Poland on Ukraine’s future reconstruction. ㅤ For Ukraine, real solidarity is not one statement. It is the ability of allies to stay in the fight together. ㅤ

Italy just gave Poland the kind of recognition allies rarely say out loud. ㅤ Giorgia Meloni told Donald Tusk that Poland has not wavered in its support and solidarity with Ukraine over the past four years — and called it a lesson for everyone. She also said Italy will continue doing its part to help stop the hostilities and work with Poland on Ukraine’s future reconstruction. ㅤ For Ukraine, real solidarity is not one statement. It is the ability of allies to stay in the fight together. ㅤ

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Milla Jovovich (Milica Bohdanivna Jovovich) is an American actress, singer, model, and fashion designer of Ukrainian descent (December 17, 1975, Kyiv): "My homeland Ukraine has suffered from numerous missile strikes. Civilians are lying dead on the streets of once peaceful cities, the streets of which I used to walk and admire the beauty. I am devastated by the destruction and cannot imagine the grief my people are going through. I can only tell them that my heart is with them. And it is breaking for them. And I want them to know that I stand with them." Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, Kherson, Ukraine

Milla Jovovich (Milica Bohdanivna Jovovich) is an American actress, singer, model, and fashion designer of Ukrainian descent (December 17, 1975, Kyiv): "My homeland Ukraine has suffered from numerous missile strikes. Civilians are lying dead on the streets of once peaceful cities, the streets of which I used to walk and admire the beauty. I am devastated by the destruction and cannot imagine the grief my people are going through. I can only tell them that my heart is with them. And it is breaking for them. And I want them to know that I stand with them." Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy, Kherson, Ukraine

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🇺🇦 With tears in their eyes, residents of frontline villages welcome Ukrainian soldiers, embrace them, offer them apples, and call them “our boys.” “Everything will be okay,” the defenders assure these people, whose lives have been devastated by the war and whose familiar way of life has been taken away from them.

🇺🇦 With tears in their eyes, residents of frontline villages welcome Ukrainian soldiers, embrace them, offer them apples, and call them “our boys.” “Everything will be okay,” the defenders assure these people, whose lives have been devastated by the war and whose familiar way of life has been taken away from them.

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Every Russian cruise missile launched today was shot down. Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said Ukraine intercepted all Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles in today’s strike. He noted that a 100% interception rate against these missiles is extremely rare — but this time, it happened. For Ukrainians, that means something simple: more people got to stay alive tonight. Slava Heroyam! Slava Ukraine!

Every Russian cruise missile launched today was shot down. Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said Ukraine intercepted all Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles in today’s strike. He noted that a 100% interception rate against these missiles is extremely rare — but this time, it happened. For Ukrainians, that means something simple: more people got to stay alive tonight. Slava Heroyam! Slava Ukraine!

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Russia is building concentration camps on Ukrainian territory. JD Vance calls it a territorial dispute. Historian Anne Applebaum has a sharper read. When Russia bans the Ukrainian language, arrests mayors, teachers, journalists, and priests, and denies Ukraine exists as a nation — it is not fighting over borders. It is dismantling the European order built after 1945, the order that said force cannot rewrite the map. Russia's goal, Applebaum argues, is to prove treaties are meaningless, alliances are hollow, and brute force still decides the fate of nations. That is not a scuffle over lines. That is an imperial war against the rules that kept Europe at peace for eighty years. This page documents that war. Help us keep going. ㅤ or

Russia is building concentration camps on Ukrainian territory. JD Vance calls it a territorial dispute. Historian Anne Applebaum has a sharper read. When Russia bans the Ukrainian language, arrests mayors, teachers, journalists, and priests, and denies Ukraine exists as a nation — it is not fighting over borders. It is dismantling the European order built after 1945, the order that said force cannot rewrite the map. Russia's goal, Applebaum argues, is to prove treaties are meaningless, alliances are hollow, and brute force still decides the fate of nations. That is not a scuffle over lines. That is an imperial war against the rules that kept Europe at peace for eighty years. This page documents that war. Help us keep going. ㅤ or

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Sweden’s king did not begin his visit in a palace. He began by honoring Ukraine’s fallen. ㅤ King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden began his visit to Ukraine by honoring our fallen warriors together with President Zelenskyy. For Ukraine, this matters deeply: these defenders fought not only against Russian aggression on our land, but to stop Russian killing and madness from spreading further into Europe. ㅤ The world should remember who stopped Russian violence from spreading across Europe. ㅤ

Sweden’s king did not begin his visit in a palace. He began by honoring Ukraine’s fallen. ㅤ King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden began his visit to Ukraine by honoring our fallen warriors together with President Zelenskyy. For Ukraine, this matters deeply: these defenders fought not only against Russian aggression on our land, but to stop Russian killing and madness from spreading further into Europe. ㅤ The world should remember who stopped Russian violence from spreading across Europe. ㅤ

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Ukraine isn't applying for membership. It's bringing Europe's most experienced army with it. Zelensky rejected both "NATO light" and "EU light" — Ukraine wants full membership in both alliances, not symbolic half-measures. His argument: Ukraine's army isn't a burden. It's an asset. After three years of full-scale war, it's one of the most experienced fighting forces on the continent. Europe spent decades debating how much to invest in defense. Ukraine built it.

Ukraine isn't applying for membership. It's bringing Europe's most experienced army with it. Zelensky rejected both "NATO light" and "EU light" — Ukraine wants full membership in both alliances, not symbolic half-measures. His argument: Ukraine's army isn't a burden. It's an asset. After three years of full-scale war, it's one of the most experienced fighting forces on the continent. Europe spent decades debating how much to invest in defense. Ukraine built it.

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The US lifted sanctions. Higher oil prices were supposed to refill Russian coffers. Ukraine neutralized the windfall anyway — and Prof. Lucas has the numbers. According to his analysis, Ukraine's daily precision strikes on oil terminals, ports and refineries deep inside Russia have forced maritime export hubs across the Baltic and Black Sea to suspend operations — ports that handle 75% of Russia's seaborne oil trade. The financial boost Moscow was counting on is gone. Ukraine isn't just holding the line. It's rewriting the economics of this war.

The US lifted sanctions. Higher oil prices were supposed to refill Russian coffers. Ukraine neutralized the windfall anyway — and Prof. Lucas has the numbers. According to his analysis, Ukraine's daily precision strikes on oil terminals, ports and refineries deep inside Russia have forced maritime export hubs across the Baltic and Black Sea to suspend operations — ports that handle 75% of Russia's seaborne oil trade. The financial boost Moscow was counting on is gone. Ukraine isn't just holding the line. It's rewriting the economics of this war.

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Kellogg says Putin is worried now. ㅤ He said Putin wants power, wants to occupy Ukraine, and has lost 1.2 to 1.4 million soldiers, numbers America would never accept. ㅤ That is the real picture behind Kremlin confidence: no victory, astronomical losses, and a dictator still trying to turn Ukraine into proof of his own strength. ㅤ Putin started this war for power. ㅤ Now the war is becoming a question of whether power can save him. ㅤ

Kellogg says Putin is worried now. ㅤ He said Putin wants power, wants to occupy Ukraine, and has lost 1.2 to 1.4 million soldiers, numbers America would never accept. ㅤ That is the real picture behind Kremlin confidence: no victory, astronomical losses, and a dictator still trying to turn Ukraine into proof of his own strength. ㅤ Putin started this war for power. ㅤ Now the war is becoming a question of whether power can save him. ㅤ

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A rock band can’t stop a missile. But it can keep Ukraine in the world’s ears. U2 released “Yours Eternally” with Ukraine’s Antytila and Ed Sheeran. The release comes with a short film by Ukrainian filmmaker Illia Mykhailus, using real footage of Ukraine’s defenders. Attention is a form of support — and Ukraine still needs both.

A rock band can’t stop a missile. But it can keep Ukraine in the world’s ears. U2 released “Yours Eternally” with Ukraine’s Antytila and Ed Sheeran. The release comes with a short film by Ukrainian filmmaker Illia Mykhailus, using real footage of Ukraine’s defenders. Attention is a form of support — and Ukraine still needs both.

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Novorossiysk is under attack again, and Russia’s air defenses still cannot keep its Black Sea port safe. ㅤ Ukraine’s pressure on Russia’s Black Sea ports is not easing. The latest attack exposed the limits of the defenses around Novorossiysk. ㅤ A port built to project Russian power is now struggling to protect itself. ㅤ

Novorossiysk is under attack again, and Russia’s air defenses still cannot keep its Black Sea port safe. ㅤ Ukraine’s pressure on Russia’s Black Sea ports is not easing. The latest attack exposed the limits of the defenses around Novorossiysk. ㅤ A port built to project Russian power is now struggling to protect itself. ㅤ

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9:00 AM. Every day, Ukraine stops. Cities go quiet. Traffic stills. Voices fall silent. For one minute, nothing moves — only memory. Ukraine remembers those who stood in its defense and did not come home. Those who gave their lives for the right of Ukraine to be free, strong and unbroken. Those whose names live not only in history — but in the heart of every Ukrainian. Freedom is not abstract here. It has faces. It has names. It has families who still set a place at the table. Every morning at 9:00, Ukraine remembers why it stands — and for whom it keeps going.

9:00 AM. Every day, Ukraine stops. Cities go quiet. Traffic stills. Voices fall silent. For one minute, nothing moves — only memory. Ukraine remembers those who stood in its defense and did not come home. Those who gave their lives for the right of Ukraine to be free, strong and unbroken. Those whose names live not only in history — but in the heart of every Ukrainian. Freedom is not abstract here. It has faces. It has names. It has families who still set a place at the table. Every morning at 9:00, Ukraine remembers why it stands — and for whom it keeps going.

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NATO was built to stop Russia. Ukraine is already doing it. ㅤ Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor says NATO should want Ukraine inside the alliance because Ukraine has proven it can do the very thing NATO exists to do: stop, deter, and fight Russian aggression if it comes. After years of full-scale war, Ukraine has battlefield experience, modern drone warfare skills, and an army that has already held back the largest military threat in Europe. ㅤ Ukraine would not weaken NATO. Ukraine would make NATO stronger where it matters most. ㅤ

NATO was built to stop Russia. Ukraine is already doing it. ㅤ Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor says NATO should want Ukraine inside the alliance because Ukraine has proven it can do the very thing NATO exists to do: stop, deter, and fight Russian aggression if it comes. After years of full-scale war, Ukraine has battlefield experience, modern drone warfare skills, and an army that has already held back the largest military threat in Europe. ㅤ Ukraine would not weaken NATO. Ukraine would make NATO stronger where it matters most. ㅤ

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A little over a year ago, Trump and Vance told Zelensky he had "no cards." Today, Ukraine is helping Gulf nations defend themselves against Iranian drones. Hodges put it simply: what an amazing turn of events. The country written off in the Oval Office became one of the most important sources of real-world defense technology on the planet. In 12 months. That's not spin. That's what three years of fighting the most drone-intensive war in history actually produces.

A little over a year ago, Trump and Vance told Zelensky he had "no cards." Today, Ukraine is helping Gulf nations defend themselves against Iranian drones. Hodges put it simply: what an amazing turn of events. The country written off in the Oval Office became one of the most important sources of real-world defense technology on the planet. In 12 months. That's not spin. That's what three years of fighting the most drone-intensive war in history actually produces.

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