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@NOELreports Do we know where they are coming from? Those would be good targets as well

Russia is bringing additional air defense systems into Moscow ahead of the Victory Day parade on May 9. #Russia

@ShaunPinnerUA I hope they have tons of drones ready to join the parade

Victory Day Was Meant to Honour the End of Darkness, Now It Risks Celebrating It. May 9th was supposed to mark the defeat of Nazism, a moment of collective memory, sacrifice, and the cost of unchecked power. What was once remembrance now feels like performance and what was once about honouring the victims of tyranny now risks echoing the very behaviours it was meant to condemn. This isn’t just about Ukraine, some will say the signs were always there, in the Soviet era, in Chechnya, in the quiet normalisation of repression dressed up as strength. Maybe they’re right. But today, it’s no longer subtle. We’re watching it unfold in real time, the propaganda, the coercion, the violence, the rewriting of truth. A narrative so far removed from reality that it has to be shouted louder each year, staged bigger, performed harder. Victory Day hasn’t just lost its meaning. It’s being repurposed. From a symbol of defeating tyranny… to a stage that risks reflecting it, that’s the uncomfortable truth. Because when a nation begins to celebrate power over principle, control over truth, and projection over reality, it’s no longer honouring the past. It’s rewriting it. 👉 My latest piece breaks down how Victory Day has changed and why it matters now more than ever to highlight it. open.substack.com/pub/shaunpinne…

@FT It's less than 1% of their flights and even less than that when it comes to total kerosine usage

The German carrier cancelled about 120 daily flights and said it would drop unprofitable routes from Munich and Frankfurt until the end of the summer season. ft.trib.al/MMYTzqp

@Thinkerist @KyivIndependent Or not! Let them swim

@KyivIndependent Sounds like it’s days as a summer seaside resort for vacationing Russians are postponed for a while.

⚡️ Fearing Ukrainian troops landing in Crimea, Russia intensifies coastal mining. "The beaches will now become minefields," Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine's Southern Defense Forces, told the Kyiv Independent. kyivindependent.com/russia-mines-t…

@NOELreports Why not fly over Ukraine? Shortest route

❗️Slovak PM Robert Fico has requested permission to fly through Polish airspace to attend the May 9 parade in Moscow. The request comes after Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia denied overflight, forcing Bratislava to seek alternative routes once again. #Slovakia

@NOELreports A king? Is that the first to visit during wartime?

SitRep - 17/04/26 - Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf has visited Ukraine An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. King Carl Gustaf visited Ukraine. Swedish aid was pledged, and announcements regarding Gripen fighter jets were made. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

@splendid_pete @ShaunPinnerUA Standing up for what you believe is not so bad. But if the goal is corruption, it is

In short: "Who is going to pay me now?"

@wartranslated Ok, getting better... With 2.86 percent processing, the results are: Fidesz-KDNP – 48.18 percent Tisza Party – 43.38 percent

@wartranslated At a processing rate of 1.37 percent, the situation is: Fidesz-KDNP – 53.28 percent Tisza Party – 38.68 percent Probably villages?

Magyar’s supporters rallied again in Hungary. First results are expected soon, and polls from April 8 to 11 put Tisza at about 55 percent and Orban’s Fidesz at 38.

@wartranslated Challenge accepted!

Seven new Pantsir air defense towers were built around Putin’s Valdai residence, bringing the total to 27, Radio Svoboda reports from satellite imagery. The sites form two rings and construction began March 17, with some towers already equipped.

@ShaunPinnerUA I think more European countries should limit the maximum term of prime minister to two terms, Rutte would have been long gone in the Netherlands and wouldn't be the NATO hot shot he is now.

Let’s hope change is coming

@Daractenus I wish I had you confidence! Fingers crossed!!

Unless he is able to pull off some electoral fraud that would make Kim Jong-un blush, given the voter turnout and the extent to which anti-Fidesz areas are overperforming, I dare say we're witnessing the end of Viktor Orban.

@ShaunPinnerUA Shivers when I try to comprehend what you must have been through. A person's worst nightmare and a bit more. Thankful for all your posts and welcome home to those who made it home today

Tonight is a very poignant one for me. Exactly 4 years ago, we attempted to break out of Mariupol after being given the order - get home, or surrender. It took two attempts. This is the actual footage of us being ambushed. After hours on the run, I was eventually captured. As many of you know, the rest is well documented, but some, only just made it home today. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🙏

@BLKBURD1 @wartranslated 50/50, somebody that long in power with the Russians and Americans vouching for him, doesn't go easily

@wartranslated Realistic Odds?

Anti-Orban protests are still going in Hungary. Around 100,000 rallied in Budapest, urging a vote against Orban and chanting "Ruszkik haza".

@wartranslated Same narrative Israel and the US used to attack Iran

A wonderful briefing from Russian intelligence.

@Isabel280959 @KyivIndependent So does Ukraine. It's partially about entrepreneur VAT, for which many countries have a threshold before you are required to register. The main concern is bogus self-employment where companies hire large numbers of freelancers, while they should actually be on the payroll

@KyivIndependent 🇵🇹🇺🇦 All countries In Europe pay VAT taxes.

The IMF is asking Kyiv to impose a value-added tax, or VAT, on individuals earning above a certain threshold who work under a status known in Ukraine as a "self-employed entrepreneur," or FOP, for its Ukrainian acronym. kyivindependent.com/whats-a-fop-an…

@ShaunPinnerUA Main question is: why would she draw attention to it again? Is she trying to get ahead of something? Or just trolling the clown?

That’s is pretty weak, to send the First Lady Or is the ship sinking? Normally it’s women and children first. Why didn’t she call for the release of the files?

@RepJackKimble Is this a parody account? Or just sarcasm

There is a schism between Europe and the United States that can only be repaired by awarding President Trump a NATO Peace Prize.

@RepLuna What would be their end of the deal? Accept being mocked, accept threats of invasion and when some clown decides on his own to bomb Iran, they should be ready to help? Do you have enough brain cells to think? Or are you just repeating Russian propaganda?

NATO has been ripping off the U.S. for a while now. They are a relic of the past. If they aren’t holding up their end of the deal we should leave.