David Mustra 🇺🇦

100% The invasion by #RussiaIsATerroristState in 2022 (which was forces positioned themselves for during the Zapad 2021 exercises) was allowed to occur (Unlike under similar tensions during the Zapad exercises in both 2017 and 2019) due to concessions and attempts of appeasement by Western allies, and it continues to this day either due to their continuing incompetence and inability to see through the #RussianPropaganda that floods their news and briefing materials (while many in the USG seem to ignore those of us with valuable insight and valid on-the-ground experience), or simply their own interests in not losing the economic boost brought to them through their connection to the billions of euros that flow out of Russia due to the vast corruption of #PutinIsAWarCriminal’s regime. The day in February 2022 when @POTUS and @JakeSullivan46 made clear during @JoeBiden’s televised address that not a single American boot would touch the ground in Ukraine and no intervention would take place unless the war extended into Poland, is the day that @POTUS invited this war to begin, which it did less than 10 days later. The administration’s policy of appeasement and efforts behind the scenes to limit the strategic response of Ukraine, have in the end cost the lives of tens, in not hundreds, of thousands of Ukrainian civilians.

Tina Bru takes over as the new leader for Fritt Ukraina. (A free Ukraine) They have done 119 deliveries, and raised 50 Million$! And done alot more than that! frittukraina.no/support-ukrain… @FrittUkraina

Just wrapped an interview with the makers of the Ukrainian Chukya drone detector. They said they have hundreds of ongoing text threads with soldiers at the front providing real time feedback on their product. That's what they innovate off of. Not a government requirements sheet, not the results of a board meeting, but what the soldiers in harms way say is working and what isn't.

A week after Trump took sanctions off Belarus, Lukashenko high tails it to North Korea. Belarus will now act as conduit for all banking for every regime hostile to the US.

russia has been constantly targeting passenger trains since early March, urging Ukrainian Railways update its safety protocols. Trains now stop in case of threats. Passengers evacuate. And sing beloved songs❤️ Help protect these resilient people: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?ut…

What the fuck! At the UN, the Ukraine envoy revealed that Russia is providing Iran with highly classified satellite imagery to systematically target US military bases across the Middle East — and Trump continues to kiss Putin's ass! 😳👇

Our colleague @panyiszabolcs, a journalist for @VSquare_Project (a Central European investigative outlet run by the Polish @FReporterow, part of OCCRP's global network), has come under a brutal, coordinated attack by the Hungarian government. Following his latest investigation into Russian influence in Budapest, the government launched a smear campaign against him. The objective is clear: to undermine his findings, distract the public, and discredit a reporter who reveals compromising information about the regime. This is unfolding in the final days of an election campaign where, for the first time in over a decade, Orbán’s grip on power is under serious threat. More details here: vsquare.org/statement-on-s…

In Europe, we must have full capacity to produce all types of air defense systems and missiles for them. This includes protection against drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic threats. We cannot rely on other partners’ industries. We must be confident in our own industry here in Europe. Please, let’s keep moving this work forward and speed it up. And while we are building this capacity, please remember that we need protection from Russian missiles every single day. I am grateful to those of you who actively support us through the PURL program – it’s critically important. From an address to the JEF Leaders’ Summit in Helsinki (3/3).

Help me make sense of this. On one side, Russia is sending drones, medicine and food to Iran (in addition to targeting info of US interests in the Mid East). On the other, a group of sanctioned Russian lawmakers have been welcomed in Washington for meetings on the Hill

Ukrainian interceptor drones come with names you won’t find in any branding guidelines. When the environment gets brutal, humor gets brutal too – because it’s what keeps people going. It seems Ukrainian companies are now competing in dark humor when it comes to naming. Here are a few examples of popular interceptor drones: • P1-SUN (Pisun – literally “dick” in Ukrainian slang) – SkyFall • UEB-1 (from slang meaning fucker or someone who will fuck you up / hit you hard) – OSIRIS AI • D1L-Duck (wordplay referencing a big dildo – yeah, exactly that) – Falcons At first glance, this might seem like a very specific approach to branding. But in reality, it reflects the environment they’re built in – fast, brutal, and very real.

This is Kherson — once a quiet, provincial city. russians know they’ll never cross the Dnipro again, never retake it. So they turn to terror — drones, artillery, bombs. Civilians under attack every single day. No place is safe. This is what “russkiy mir” really means.

🤔🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺 WSJ: Separately, the Pentagon notified Congress on Monday that it intended to divert about $750 million in funding provided by NATO countries through the PURL program to restock the U.S. military’s own inventories, rather than to send additional assistance to Ukraine. The first official said it was unclear whether European countries providing their funds for the initiative to bolster Ukraine understood how the money was being spent.

⚡ UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has authorized British military personnel to seize Russian shadow fleet vessels operating in UK waters. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/uk…

💥Due to Putin’s ex-interpreter Daria Boyarskaya playing a key role in the OSCE PA’s election monitoring mission, Hungary’s leading NGOs are limiting cooperation and withholding non-public information. Boyarskaya is sanctioned by Poland and was previously detained by Lithuania.

Trump’s war is a disaster for the US but an absolute bonanza for Russia. ig.ft.com/shadow-fleet/

This is outrageous and unacceptable. Russian Duma deputies are under U.S. sanctions. They support bombing churches in Ukraine and supplying Iran with intelligence used to kill U.S. soldiers in the Middle East. The only place these people should be traveling to is The Hague.

Don't even bother posting such "alarm". If you cannot name the aggressor, you enable the aggressor. Rory Finnin and Thomas Grant, April 2022: theconversation.com/west-must-bewa…

On the most recent episode of The Transatlantic, Ambassador Sam Browback discusses how the Kremlin uses the Russian Orthodox Church as a political tool in its war and addresses the claim that Ukraine is persecuting Christians. (1/2)

The United States has reached out to us regarding their bases in Middle Eastern countries. We’ve also been approached by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, and Kuwait. We’re already working with some of them, and our expert teams are already on the ground, assessing the situation and sharing invaluable experience. Because no matter how many Patriots, THAADs, or other air defense systems are in the Middle East, that alone is not enough for fully effective air defense. There are modern interceptors designed to counter heavy drone strikes. Now, we are discussing future deliveries of certain equipment that Ukraine has. We want Middle Eastern countries to give us the opportunity to strengthen ourselves as well. They have some air defense missiles that we lack. We would like to reach agreements on this. Funding is the scarcest resource today. Our defense industry is currently operating at half capacity, and we need more financing to produce drones for ourselves. That’s why we are ready to sell to our partners the systems we have in surplus. And we’re not just selling – we’ll provide our expertise as well. Interceptor drones don’t work without our expertise. It’s the system that works. From an interview with Le Monde (1/5).

❗️Russian strike on Dnipro. A residential building on fire. Five injured already. Pure hell, caused by Russia.

We do not see any genuine desire from Russia to end the war, and we share this view with our partners. The United States believes that Putin wants the war to end. Our views here are completely different. On one hand, that’s not a problem – it’s normal for opinions to differ. But on the other hand, when we want to end the war, to accelerate this process, we raise the issue of putting pressure on Russia. We know that Putin does not want to end the war. We call for additional pressure to make him want to. But the U.S. believes he wants to end it, so why apply extra pressure if Russia is showing it is also ready for peace? There are different perspectives on certain issues, and this is something we need to work through. From an interview with Le Monde (3/5).