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@gemsinthegym @AmyNduka2028 @USCWBB Thanks for the shout out, Kameo !!

Congrats to Fresh Faces Damily 2028 @AmyNduka2028 on earning an offer from @USCWBB. She is one of the top 2028’s in the country! Keep working and getting better kid. #GemsInTheGym #FreshFaces #Recruiting

@front_ukrainian Time for another Ukrainian kiss . . . Smoochie bang. bang.

❗️Preparation has begun for the salvage/lifting of the 🇷🇺Project 23470 sea tug «Kapitan Ushakov», which has been lying on its side in a semi-submerged state for nearly 10 months at the pier of the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg.

@Heroiam_Slava Russians offering both field and tech support..

The Taliban has signed a military-technical cooperation agreement with Russia.

@Kalshi_Film Sorry, not a fan. Why? If Nolan is spending this amount of energy to bring an authentic film, does he vary at this point?? . . . But he is Christopher Nolan, and I am not.🙂

Lupita Nyong'o is not the first Black woman to portray Helen of Troy. The first was Eartha Kitt, personally chosen by Orson Welles, in a play performed in Paris in 1950.

@TrojansWire I wonder why . . . Gee. . . . Sez, ND. We could lose to USC but we could trounce Stanford. Let's go with Stanford. Another cupcake to pad our win column so we can get to the Natty Tourney. Book it, Dano.

After pausing USC rivalry, Notre Dame extends series with Stanford 📸 Stan Szeto, Stan Szeto-Imagn Images trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/c…

@front_ukrainian Take 'em out. . . . Signal jamming is a form of aggression and might as well be an act of war.

❗️Russia has intensified GPS signal jamming in the Baltic Sea waters near Finland, posing a threat to civilian shipping — Yle.

@MykhailoRohoza First we had TACO - Trump Always Chickens Out and now we have RACO -- Rubio Always Chickens Out But AMERICA NEVER CHICKENS OUT

The Lavrov–Rubio call was no longer diplomacy. It sounded more like an official declaration that terrorist tactics are now state policy. During his phone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov effectively confirmed that Russia would continue carrying out “systematic strikes” on Kyiv — openly, officially, and through the Russian Foreign Ministry itself. Not hidden behind propaganda channels. Not disguised with euphemisms. Directly. A permanent member of the UN Security Council is essentially saying: — we will strike the capital of a neighboring state; — we will attack “decision-making centers”; — and we call it a “response.” This matters enormously. A few years ago, the Kremlin still tried to sell the illusion of “precision strikes” against “military targets.” Then came deliberate attacks on energy infrastructure. After that — apartment buildings, hospitals, shopping centers, playgrounds. Now even Washington is being openly warned about a continuing campaign of pressure and fear directed at Kyiv. What Russia is effectively telling the world is simple: “Yes, we use missiles, fear, and attacks on a capital city as political leverage.” That is no longer “hybrid warfare.” Not a “geopolitical disagreement.” Not a mere “conflict of interests.” It follows the logic of terrorism: intimidate civilians, break political will, force surrender through fear. And the most revealing part is that these statements came during direct contacts with the United States. The message sounded like open coercion: “Accept our terms — or Kyiv will continue to suffer mass strikes.” The real question now is no longer directed at Moscow. Few still expect morality, legality, or humanity from the Kremlin. The question is for the West: How many more such admissions are needed before Russia stops being treated as merely a “difficult partner” and is called what it has become? Because a state that openly threatens systematic strikes against another country’s capital is no longer behaving like a negotiating partner. It is behaving like a state built around terror. And perhaps the most frightening part is this: the Kremlin no longer even tries to hide behind diplomatic masks. The masks are off. What remains is political gangsterism backed by a nuclear arsenal.

@MykhailoRohoza Bomb the Kremlin and every known Putin hide out. Bomb Moscow's airports. Every one. Bomb all of Moscow's commercial buildings. Same goes for St. Petersburg.

Putin’s Last Weapon — and Russia’s Future Wars Russia’s Foreign Ministry has announced the start of a series of daily heavy strikes against Kyiv. These attacks on Ukraine’s capital may actually bring the war closer to its end — not only because every passing day inevitably brings every conflict closer to some conclusion, but because strikes on Kyiv are effectively Putin’s last remaining instrument of pressure. Beyond this lies only the nuclear option, with consequences catastrophic for the entire continent. And in the case of nuclear weapons, the roughly 500 kilometers between Kyiv and Russian territory would mean absolutely nothing. Fallout, destruction, and chaos would affect everyone. Putin has run out of conventional military arguments. The bombardment of civilian targets appears aimed at provoking fear, panic, and eventually public unrest against the Ukrainian government. But the result has been the exact opposite: every new strike only deepens Ukrainian hatred toward the Russian state and everything associated with it. Strategically, this leaves Putin and modern Russia trapped in a dead end. Every additional day of war inside this strategic тупик costs Russia billions economically and takes dozens more lives on both sides. Putin cannot fail to understand the destructive reality he himself created. The only real question is when he — and the people around him — will finally reach the sober conclusion that peace, even along the current military lines, is the only rational outcome left. There is also another issue: the mentality of Russian society itself. What continues to shock many observers is that a huge portion of Russians debating online show little or no shame about the very fact of this war and the aggression against Ukraine. Not a war against countries traditionally portrayed in Russian propaganda as enemies — Azerbaijan, America, Romania, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Turkey — but a war against Ukrainians: people they themselves long described as “brotherly,” historically connected, culturally close, and of the same faith. In this dark picture, it becomes difficult not to conclude that if large numbers of Russians openly celebrate the killing of people they once called “their own,” then aggression against others becomes merely a continuation of a much older historical pattern. Under different rulers and different dictators, the names change, but the cycle remains. Putin is not the first man to embody it — and likely not the last. Peaceful coexistence has rarely been the defining path of Russian imperial history.

@euronews @Tsihanouskaya Ukraine - start droning the Kremlin !!!

"Russia is killing civilians and ruining cities to put pressure on the Ukrainian government" Belarus opposition leader @Tsihanouskaya tells #EuropeToday another Russian attack on Kyiv could come "at any moment", amid warnings from Putin that foreign diplomats should evacuate.

@KyivIndependent Easy -- blow the pipes after sending drones in from both directions. Trap whoever is left alive to suffocate to death.

In the new era of a drone-dominated battlefield, the Russian army is taking advantage of an extensive system of underground Soviet-era infrastructure, using it as a drone-proof route to push troops forward. kyivindependent.com/battle-for-pip…

@OlenaRohoza John McCain was the last Republican who had a sense of American courage, ethics and morals when he was a US Senator. He was the only one who stood tall against Trump. . . . We need John McCains in the US now.

In this photograph taken on October 26, 1967, U.S. Air Force Major John McCain (center) is being pulled from Truc Bach Lake by residents of Hanoi after his aircraft was shot down by the North Vietnamese Army. He would later become a well-known Republican U.S. senator. (AFP / Getty Images)

@aysiacchanell That looks like Warner's lot.

this is so cute

@aysiacchanell Two beautiful peeps, both inside and out.

@JTiphonnet Aye. Konigsberg is European. . . Not Russian. Never has been Russian except for Stalin. Had Roosevelt not died, Stalin would never have had the opportunity to steal Konigsberg. Rise up, Koneigsbergers - return to Europe where you can attain your potential.

Koenigsberg belongs and must return to Europe. It was stolen by Stalin

@georgewbarros @KatStepanenko Fight On, Ukraine !!!! . . . Russia will soon be at the breaking point, both internally and externally. . . Where can Putin go? Who will accept him? . . .

We’re calling it: The war in Ukraine has entered a new phase. @KatStepanenko and I have authored a new special report studying how Ukraine is actively challenging the positional character of the war that has dominated the battlefield since 2023. Data on Russia’s battlefield performance indicates that the character of the war is shifting in favor of Ukrainian forces – at least for now. Russian forces rates of advances are stagnating while Ukrainian forces are employing novel tactics and operational concepts in efforts to break out of positional warfare. Neither Russia nor Ukraine can conduct operational maneuvers yet, however. The bottom line is that the war in Ukraine is competitive and far from stalemated. Ukrainian forces are out-innovating Russian forces in both military technologies and in applying these new technologies in effective operational concepts that can help Ukrainian forces break out of positional warfare. Ukraine is employing mechanized equipment in tactical maneuvers in ways that were impossible 12 months ago. Russia’s ability to conduct infiltration missions will likely continue to degrade as Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign pushes Russia’s logistics and forward operating bases further away from the frontlines, reducing resourcing to sustain infantry tasked with infiltration missions. Ukraine may be able to scale these effects if they resourced properly by international partners. Ukraine’s advantage in intermediate range strikes is notably not permanent, and Russia will very likely eventually develop countermeasures to mitigate Ukraine’s advantages. Ukraine’s international partners thus have a rare and temporary opportunity to help Ukraine exploit favorable battlefield dynamics while Ukraine has the upper hand. Key Points of the report: • Russia’s rate of advance is plummeting during the Russian Spring-Summer 2026 offensive. • Russia is losing more soldiers to make fewer gains, with monthly Russian casualty rates reportedly outpacing monthly recruitment since December 2025. • Ukraine is starting to regain more ground than it is losing for the first time since 2023. • Ukraine’ recent counterattacks feature unique characteristics and deviate from key trends that defined the positional character of the war since 2023. • Ukraine is conducting a pattern of more frequent mechanized counterattacks at the tactical level for the first time since 2023. • The Ukrainian command’s operational planning is maturing. • Ukraine’s early 2026 counterattacks in the south were successful likely due to better planning and preparation of the battlefield. • Ukraine has been conducting a coherent campaign to suppress and destroy Russian air defenses since late 2025, in order to shape the battlefield as part of more sophisticated campaign planning. • Ukraine significantly intensified its intermediate-range strike campaign against dynamic targets in Spring 2026 in order to degrade Russian logistics at operational depths ahead of planned Ukrainian maneuver. • Ukrainian forces started actively disrupting Russian railway logistics in occupied Ukraine and Russian western regions in Spring 2026. • Ukrainian intermediate-range strikes are already achieving notable operational effects, including degrading Russia's ability to use the key Russian highway connecting Russia to occupied Crimea and GLOCs around Donetsk City. • Ukrainian forces decisively seized the initiative in intermediate-range strikes by fielding new technologies such as the US-made Hornet strike UAV, among other systems. • Ukrainian forces are achieving temporary tactical drone overmatch in some frontline sectors, which is slowing Russian offensive operations by degrading the effectiveness of Russian shaping operations. • Ukrainian forces likely achieved tactical drone overmatch in certain frontline sectors after degrading Russia’s drone capabilities in late 2025 to early 2026 - primarily by suppressing drone launch positions and increasingly intercepting Russian tactical UAVs. • Ukraine’s degradation of Russian forces at operational depth combined with tactical-level drone overmatch likely is creating vulnerabilities in the Russian lines. • Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign is likely far from its zenith, assuming continued support from Ukraine’s partners, and will likely intensify over 2026 as Ukraine fields new weapons capable of striking Russian’s operational rear. Link to full report: understandingwar.org/research/russi…

@mattblively What a sweetie. . . And a good Hooper too.

Justė Jocytė is here in Ballhalla. She joined the team last week and is adapting well. We chatted about her arrival, the differences from Euro Ball to the WNBA, a charter plane (!!) and even her In-N-Out thoughts.

@JulieMi17300708 @hovah76 They both feed off each other's strength which makes them better as a team. Love'em both.

Kelsey Mitchell is the better pure scorer. She gets buckets in rhythm, off movement, in transition, and she can carry a scoring quarter by herself. She’s averaging 22.3 PPG for the Fever right now. Caitlin Clark is the better overall engine. She scores and controls the offense. She’s at 23.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, and 9.0 APG, so her value is scoring plus playmaking plus defensive attention. Kelsey Mitchell is an elite bucket. Caitlin Clark is the engine. That’s the difference. Kelsey may be the cleaner pure scorer, but Caitlin bends the whole defense, creates shots for everybody, and still gives you 20+. The Fever don’t need to choose — their ceiling is BOTH.

@front_ukrainian Oh, boy !!! Just more targets for the Ukrainian sharpshooters !!! Ukraine was getting bored just shooting down Orc missiles and drones. . . .

❗️The 🇷🇺Russians claim they have received a new batch of freshly manufactured Su-35S fighters

@KyivIndependent Wake Up, Rubio !!! This is your test. Will you be a RACO !! Or, will you show some USBALLS !!!

⚡️ Update: Rubio says he briefed Trump on Lavrov's threat to target Ukrainian 'decision-making centers.' "The danger in all these wars, as they continue and go on, is that they always carry the threat of escalation," U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. kyivindependent.com/lavrov-rubio-p…

@Heroiam_Slava Wake Up, NATO !!!! This is your test !!!

Putin could be planning a combined assault on the Baltic states, including a thrust toward the Suwalki Gap between Lithuania and Kaliningrad Oblast, as well as possible attacks on Estonia and Latvia from the Leningrad region. The Kremlin reportedly hopes to quickly seize some territory, declare it a ‘victory’, and test NATO’s response. The Baltic countries are taking the threat very seriously — they have already begun consulting with Ukraine on how to build bomb shelters and fortifications.