Ken McPherson

@NOELreports Time to flush the last vestiges of the Soviet mindset down the drain.

People again took to the streets in Kyiv and several other Ukrainian cities, expressing support for former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, calling for the resignation of Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi, and demanding parliament return from its recess, which is scheduled to last until August 18. The largest demonstrations are expected to begin at 20:00 local time. #Ukraine

@NOELreports Great so we keep buying stuff from China and India because we don't make it here in the US and now we get to pay double for it. Tariffs are a tax on Americans and not a form of sanctions.

❗️ Axios reports the Senate sanctions bill targeting Russia now has support from at least 61 senators, including 39 Republicans and 22 Democrats, enough to overcome a filibuster. The legislation would allow the U.S. president to impose 100% tariffs on the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas, including China and India, and also targets Russia’s shadow fleet. The bill still must be brought to a vote. #US

@ETNnigeria @NOELreports Because using tariffs as a form of sanctions is dumb as shit. All it will do is make Americans pay more for things that we buy from China and India that we are never going to stop buying. Actual sanctions are things like banking restrictions.

@NOELreports Could this mean that this remaining people in the US senate wants this war to continue. What could be their reasons not to sign

@MENA_Mercenary @BurggrabenH The Economist doesn't list the authors. It's possible he is the author of that article. Not a certainty but possible.

@BurggrabenH This section of your article seems lifted verbatim from an article from The Economist. As far as I can tell, there is no attribution. economist.com/europe/2026/07… from The Economist

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@BurggrabenH @RealJakeBroe You would probably find this a good read.

@NOELreports Did you oversleep?

Good night! Sleep well and see you all tomorrow.

@NOELreports Let's not sanctions the FSB agent just because he hides himself as a member of the clergy. Beware the devil who comes wearing the trappings of the church.

❗️ Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova-Chamova said Patriarch Kirill was removed from the EU’s 21st sanctions package on Russia. She argued sanctions should focus on economic damage and hurt Russia more than EU states. Two other EU countries also oppose parts of the package. #Russia

@CheburekCzech @NOELreports Former KGB only because they no longer exist in name. He is an active FSB asset as are many of the "clergy" in the Russian Orthodox Church.

@NOELreports He's a former KGB agent and a huge influencer arguing for the war and the killing. He deserves sanctions even if it wouldn't be as effective as just buying more Ukrainian drones.

@UA_mobilizer @NOELreports Do you blame the manager and the owner for the cashier stealing from the register at the grocery store? Don't be a pedantic idiot.

@NOELreports But Zelensky is AFU Supreme Commander, so it was his fault, the next one is Syrsky.

❗️Ukraine detained former 155th Brigade commander Dmytro Luchanov in Kyiv. He is among 10 suspects, including service members, held over the abduction and murder of two residents of Kalynivka in Kyiv region. Zelensky said investigators will examine the group’s wider activities and that everyone responsible will face justice. #Ukraine

@NOELreports @Cappyarmy you have got to include this in one of your review episodes.

State of the Russian army. Footage shows a Russian mobile fire group training exercise ending in a mishap while using a YakB-12.7 rotary machine gun. #Russia

@OzymandiusUK @NOELreports That was unfortunately one of his only redeeming qualities. Still I wouldn't have wished him any harm. I hope his family finds peace in this moment.

@NOELreports I really quite liked Lyndsey Graham. He was a huge advocate for Ukraine. Rest in peace Mr Graham.

Sen. Lindsey Graham died at 71 after suffering chest pains and cardiac arrest at his Washington home, The Washington Post reported, citing officials. His office said he had returned from a trip to Ukraine and died after a brief and sudden illness. His family asked for prayers and privacy. #US

@agirkusurlu @NOELreports All evidence says otherwise. Turkey was warned repeatedly for months by Congress that aquiring S-400 would kill their chance at F-35 and the legislation passed shows that is the reason. The planes they paid for are still sitting in storage waiting for them to get rid of S-400.

@AgentX2006 @NOELreports Only reason Turkey was not getting them was because Israel liked it that way no other reason simple as that

Türkiye has finalized the sale of its Russian-made S-400 air defense systems to a third country in the Gulf, Hürriyet reported, with Qatar or the UAE named as possible recipients. Ankara is seeking to remove an obstacle to lifting CAATSA sanctions and returning to the F-35 procurement and production program. #Türkiye

@agirkusurlu @NOELreports No it was solely because of the S-400. That actually got a supermajority of both a Republican controlled house and Democrat controlled Senate to pass legislation preventing the sale during Trump's first term. You really have to screw up big time to get that to happen.

@NOELreports I used to think this piece of shit cost us the F-35 but reality is they were always going to find some way to block sale. This was a protest and stance brought Turkey where it is today. So on the final note I think it was worth it

@milleniusz @NOELreports That's my point. Even one bad nobody can make the group look bad to an outsider. Doesn't mean that it's true or fair. It just is what it is. I myself am well aware of where the Polish people stand right now and it's not with this moron.

@AgentX2006 @NOELreports No, he’s nobody, again, nobody

Former Polish official Krzysztof Tołwiński traveled to Belarus to hand over 20 medical kits for Russian troops, describing them as humanitarian aid for “boys in the trenches.” Tołwiński leads the pro-Russian Front party, which calls for the “de-Ukrainization” of Poland. #Poland

@milleniusz @NOELreports It is unfortunately always the few bad apples that make everyone look bad.

he is literally nobody nobody heard of him here, his running some fringe party of morons for morons now, i see mainstream pro-ukraine accounts pulling these nobodies from a dumpster of history to (apparently) prove some narratives. over last week or two i had to unfollow or even mute quite a few of you this is both, sad and sickening bye

@PrimcPrimoz @NOELreports I'm not saying it's useless just that I think the money could be better spent. A jet powered drone is going to be more expensive that what they have and if it end up not being able to engage the jet powered Gerans then invest in something that can instead.

@AgentX2006 @NOELreports They now what flies at what speed of what size against them. At least for this range, so they can use propper response. Coordination has became their top quality

Firebolt Engineering said its Griffen jet interceptor drone downed a Russian Shahed/Geran-2 kamikaze drone for the first time. The British-Ukrainian company called it Ukraine’s first confirmed Shahed kill by a jet-powered interceptor drone. Griffen can fly over 350 km/h, operate above 7,500 meters, and cover up to 120 km. #Ukraine

@PrimcPrimoz @NOELreports True but every single video they have released of these interceptor drones has been from behind chasing down the Gerans. They don't seem to be using them like you would an air defense missile where you aim at and intercept the target where it will be.

@AgentX2006 @NOELreports Intercepting is not chasing

@NOELreports Ukraine will just hit him with kinetic sanctions so it's not that big of a deal.

❗️POLITICO reports Italy has joined Bulgaria in raising objections to proposed EU sanctions on Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill. Rome reportedly cited Vatican concerns over sanctioning the leader of a Christian denomination, while discussions on the 21st sanctions package continue. #Russia

@NOELreports The real kick in the teeth is that they are paying 500% more than before the "SMO" started.

Gasoline prices in occupied Crimea have jumped to 260 rubles per liter, compared with a pre-crisis Russian average of around 70. That equals roughly €2.93/L or $12.70 per gallon, around 71% above the EU average, higher than Denmark, and over 3.3× the average U.S. gasoline price. #Crimea