Sergei Zonov

1492nd day since Russia invaded. Ukraine resists. Ukraine stands firmly. #StandWithUkraine️

Helsinki braces for traffic disruptions as the leaders of the UK, Netherlands, Nordics and Baltics gather for a defence summit. Overhead, there's a no-fly zone for drones. yle.fi/a/74-20217369

Searching for an internet connection in Moscow 😂

The critic finds Konrad Mägi’s work deeply underwhelming. Honestly, the review itself invites that doubt. Mägi comes from a completely different climate – literally and culturally. #Mägi’s colour language is tied to #Nordic light, not Parisian #modernism. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

#Finnair adds #summer departures to #Helsinki–#Kuressaare link news.err.ee/1609976037/fin… #ERR

Collapse of #Atlantic Ocean current system, known as #AMOC, would leave #Estonia with harsh #winters and warm #summers news.err.ee/1609975410/col… #ERR

#Estonia joins creation of special #tribunal for #Russia’s crimes

The US is no longer the same: Finland’s president on Washington’s new role Alexander Stubb said that America no longer behaves like a “benevolent hegemon” and has become far more unpredictable. According to him, the US at least used to consult allies and the UN before carrying out strikes. In his view, Europe is now left to “save what it can.”

From a mainstream Russian tabloid, surprising criticism of the authorities: “Either they see us as kids too small & brainless to be trusted or to have anything explained to us [or] the system's now so unbalanced one part no longer knows what the other is doing.” #ReadingRussia

1489th day since Russia invaded. Ukraine resists. Ukraine stands firmly. #StandWithUkraine️

🚨 Drones struck Russia’s largest oil port on the Baltic Sea About 60% of Russia’s seaborne oil exports pass through the port in Primorsk. Judging by the photos, the fire after the attack is still raging 🔥 Ukrainian drones had already hit Primorsk before — on September 12. Back then, part of the berths was knocked out, and oil shipment schedules were disrupted for several days. The aerial attack on the Leningrad region began late the previous evening and lasted nearly 12 hours. Putin-style “action” 💥

Impose tariffs Threaten Canada Insult Zelenskyy Threaten Greenland Insult Britain Threaten Ukraine Insult British veterans Praise Putin Insult NATO allies Pull Russia sanctions Insult Europe Then expect support for a war you launched ‘on a feeling’

Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Secretary of Defense, commented on the shortage of Tomahawk missiles in the U.S., claiming that “weapon stockpiles were depleted back under Biden due to shipments to Ukraine.” In reality, the U.S. has never supplied Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine — Hegseth is simply lying. They started a war without having the cards, and now they’re blaming Ukraine.

"We must attack Narva to destroy NATO and break Europe's will." Russian state TV is making no secret of Putin's plans. They're now openly claiming that Russia is planning to attack the town of Narva on the Russian-Estonian border. Russian state propaganda convinces Russians that Europe won't respond and this attack will help them win. The Russians said exactly the same thing before their invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Back then, we didn't believe it was serious. Now, there's no doubt that Putin will attack Europe.

The Kremlin is blocking everything it can as it prepares for protests — Reuters Russia is tightening control over society and the internet amid fears of possible protests after the end of the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Authorities are expanding restrictions. Internet shutdowns and connection disruptions are becoming routine: VPNs, navigation, and services are working worse and worse. At the same time, security forces are gaining more powers: operators can be forced to disconnect users at the request of the FSB, while intelligence agencies are being given new tools to exert pressure. The Kremlin remembers how Afghanistan ended — with the collapse of the country. Now it is trying to prevent a repeat, tightening control in advance and studying the experience of China and Iran.

1488th day since Russia invaded. Ukraine resists. Ukraine stands firmly. #StandWithUkraine️

🤡 “We don’t use your Internet, we don’t need phones” Russian federal channels are now airing songs about how great it is to live without the internet. At this rate, they’re not even hiding it anymore — just skipping straight to the North Korea starter pack.

Russia, a country with 217,000 documented war crimes, is allowed to exhibit in Venice. The organizers of the Venice Biennale, with their cynical formalism – “no violation of EU sanctions” – are acting as willing lackeys of a regime that commits war crimes daily. While Ukrainian civilians are dying, being tortured, and executed, while Russian troops are beheading prisoners of war and distributing these videos as trophies, these repugnant cultural functionaries seriously consider the letter of the law more important than bloodshed. Are we soon to be able to admire torture methods from Bucha, Mariupol, or Izyum as an “artistic installation” in the Russian pavilion? Or are they still waiting for some actual body parts as a “performance”?