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coming soon for free on amazon. Noor van Houten was sixteen when she died on MH17. Now she walks the battlefield as something more than a ghost — a guardian with one purpose: to make Russia pay for every soul stolen that day. Her brother Geoff, a Dutch F-16 pilot flying under a false Ukrainian name, has sworn to reach exactly 298 kills — one for each murdered passenger. But as the war grows darker and older evils awaken, Noor discovers that some debts can only be settled by breaking every rule of life and death. From burning Russian supply lines to the hidden horrors behind enemy lines, the sister and brother will stop at nothing to tip the scales of justice. Because in this fight, the dead don’t rest. They return. And they are coming for Russia.

⚡️ Cherkasy mourns eight-year-old Bohdan killed by Russian drone while playing with friends on a playground.

Twelve years ago, on April 17, 2014, in Donbas. Russian special-ops group led by 🇷🇺 FSB-officer Igor Girkin (Strelkov), seized and tortured local 🇺🇦 politician Volodymyr Rybak. A man whose only “crime” was that he was for Ukraine. His stomach was slit, a backpack filled with stones was put on his back, and he was thrown (still alive) into the river. His dead body was fished out days later. Together with him they found Yury Popravka, an 18-year-old student who also suffered a martyr’s death. His “crime” was the same. It was April 2014. There was still no understanding that war had come. But Russians already created a daily Golgotha, to which they and their local collaborators took anyone who was for Ukraine. Let us remember Volodymyr, Yury, and all the others who endured torment in Donbas and Crimea in March, April and May 2014. Let’s not forget who started the bloodshed.

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden began his visit to Ukraine by honoring our fallen warriors together with me. We are deeply grateful for this gesture of respect. The memory of each and every one of them is very important to us – the defenders of Ukraine who fought against Russian aggression. They fought not only for our country, but also for the protection of all of Europe, so that Russian madness and killing would not spread further. Eternal memory to our fallen heroes!

During our meeting, I informed the head of Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, about the battlefield situation and our needs for strengthening the protection of skies. We discussed defense cooperation and agreed that our teams will work out the specifics of a drone deal between our countries. We also addressed the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf against the backdrop of the war in Iran. We shared the outcomes of our talks with the leaders of the region and assessments of key positions. It is critical that after this war, there will be more security, not less, and that the interests of all nations are honored. What security will look like after this war is a global concern. And right now, all of us in Europe especially need to coordinate in a substantive way – to safeguard both our interests and our way of life. Thank you, Italy! Thank you, @GiorgiaMeloni, for the meeting and for your support. In the first days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Italy made a clear value-based choice – in favor of life, in favor of our defense. We feel this in every decision, in every expression of support and solidarity with our people. I am grateful for all the assistance to Ukraine.

🇸🇪 GEN. CLAESSON: One aspect of Ukraine's success, in terms of development, is that they work incrementally. They get things going. They're not risk-averse. They try, they test, they take risks. And as long as we're not at war, we'll never be able to take all the risks that Ukrainians are taking. This is the reason why it's so important to learn from them. We need to be less risk-averse to the extent possible in peacetime and to extract precisely those lessons from Ukrainians — in areas of digitalization, command and control, multi-domain operations, and integration of unmanned and manned systems.

Буча. Мемориал украинских людей погибших от рук фашистских нелюдей.

It's not Gaza. It's not Lebanon. It's not Iran. It's Ukraine. Sloviansk. russia struck the city with a FAB-1500 bomb. 9 apartment buildings, 8 private homes, and an educational facility were damaged. Just another day of war the world chose to ignore.

More background on this: x.com/P_Kallioniemi/…

Vadym Skibitskyi, the deputy head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (GUR): Russia is readying a fresh ground assault in south-eastern Ukraine, dipping into its strategic reserve to add 20,000 fresh troops to its force inside the country. 1/4

I am amazed at how many of the world’s evangelicals time and again choose not to see these attacks…

1. They were never asked to be. There is a formal process to request support and it was never made. 2. The British and French have been actively involved in defending bases in Iraq and Jordan as well as Israel. 3. This is clearly a manufactured issue to fit an anti-NATO narrative

17 nogalināti un vismaz 111 ievainoti krievijas uzbrukumos Ukrainai pagājušā naktī. Ubrukumā Kijivai nogalināti 4, tajā skaitā 12 gadus vecs bērns 💔. Plašāk par cilvēku pārdzīvoto šeit lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/a…

Another painful loss for Ukrainian sport 🕯️ On April 9, 2026, russia killed Nikita Litvinov, a graduate of the gymnastics department of the Sumy sports school. Litvinov was only 23 years old… “Nikita will forever remain in the memory of his teachers and classmates as a kind, fair, and extraordinarily sincere young man. His openness, humanity, and warm smile warmed everyone who knew him.” — his home school shared in remembrance of Nikita. Condolences to his family and loved ones… Eternal Glory 💔

There’s a simple solution; deport all Russians in Europe back to Russia, because they are a national security threat.

“On behalf of all the ordinary men, women and children who were thrust overnight into a new reality they did not choose. On behalf of the children who now go to school in an air-raid shelter. On behalf of the women who keep their families afloat and their country running by working in factories. On behalf of the men who’ve had to swap a suit-and-tie for combat fatigues, and are fighting to defend their territory. Metre by metre. Who are doing so because they know and feel that every square centimetre is a piece not just of Ukraine’s soil, but of its dignity too. That is what they are defending. President Zelenskyy, Volodymyr: this award is for your country. For you as president. And for all the Ukrainian people.” Click here government.nl/documents/spee… to read my speech at the Four Freedoms Awards ceremony. Today in Middelburg it was my privilege to join Elizabeth Roosevelt Johnston (the great-granddaughter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt) in presenting the International Four Freedoms Award to President @ZelenskyyUa of Ukraine. He accepted the award on behalf of the Ukrainian people as a ‘recognition of the courageous fight for our freedom and democracy under exceptionally difficult circumstances’.

❗️Israel has allowed the Russian vessel ABINSK to enter the port of Haifa. The ship is carrying over 43,700 tons of Ukrainian grain stolen from temporarily occupied territories. This was reported by journalist Kateryna Yaresko of the SeaKrime project at the “Myrotvorets” Center.

A recap for a few new followers of my missions to 🇺🇦. I along with most of the civilised, sane world was shocked and outraged in Feb 22 at what Russia had done - and continue to do - to a democratic European sovereign country - only approx a 2 hr flight from the UK . I knew I couldn’t just watch - I had to do something. So sold a vehicle early 22 to help purchase my defender and trailer that I knew I needed to do this work. I procure military equipment from the US and Japan and then drive it to Ukraine and hand deliver it to defenders who need. All self funded initially- 1st few missions to 🇺🇦 I had a few donations to help with fuel / and animal feeds. Since then, as I continued, donations grew so enabled me to get more equipment I knew the 🇺🇦 defenders needed - metal detectors from the US military to help find mines. I’ve taken 475 to date. Then had requests from medics for other equipment like battlefield O2 concentrators ( 42 taken to date) and mobile ventilators ( 90 taken so far) so these were procured and shipped to the UK also . Any equipment that would help save lives, - usable reliable military equipment that can be used time and again, delivered to areas all over Ukraine . Unquantifiable lives saved. You can see past pics of missions in my highlights on my homepage. I’ve been humbled and honoured that many kind folks from all over the world trust me with their donations and get to see where, and who gets the gear in real time. Never ever thought it would get to mission 11 ! Yet here we are, and I could not have done it without them 🙏. I’m as outraged still to this day, as I was back in early 22 of what Ukraine has had to endure, with limited support, yet they continue to do so with dignity and courage, - the world now truly in awe of their resilience. Better days will come without a doubt - Ukraine is steadily growing stronger and stronger now and I look forward to the day when they will be leading European alliance forces. Meantime let the fires of revenge burn in the hearts of all of us, as it does in mine. 🇺🇦🐺🇬🇧

JD Vance, paraphrased: one if my proudest moments was making sure Ukraine is starved of air defenses.

Few people understand what kind of civilizational atrocity Russians committed by occupying Baltic states.