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Ed from Ukraine

@EdFromUkraine

I'm Ukrainian. I explore the intersection of technology, history, and the lived experience of this conflict through the lens of those who are shaping it.

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Ed from Ukraine
Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
Ukraine’s drone war is evolving faster than anywhere else on Earth. The Ukrainian SOKIL UAV may represent the birth of a new class of cheap reconnaissance drones. In this video: SOKIL, FPV interceptor drones, and how Ukraine is rewriting the rules of the sky. #Ukraine #Drone
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
DroneBomber@DrnBmbr

❗️Drone Route to the Omsk Oil Refinery After analyzing Russian monitoring channels and local chat groups, we reconstructed the following route. Kazan was the last point where the Russians still had any meaningful air defense coverage and radar tracking. Once the drones passed that area, all information about them disappeared. Russian monitoring channels simply "lost" the drones and from that point onward issued only yellow alerts (potential UAV threat without confirmed tracking). This says a great deal about the actual state of Russian air defenses along the rest of the route. The drones covered approximately 2,800–3,000 km, depending on the estimate. The strike involved upgraded FP-1 attack drones equipped with redesigned wings that were longer and featured a modified aerodynamic profile. According to eyewitness reports and available footage, there were seven impacts at the Omsk Oil Refinery, including hits on two distillation columns. Russian forces reportedly deployed an A-50 AEW&C aircraft to provide radar support and a Su-57 fighter in an attempt to intercept the drones. Based on currently available information, only one out of eight drones was shot down. There was no meaningful air defense around the target. No surface-to-air missile launches or air defense systems were observed in operation—only small-arms fire. The drones approached the facility with little interference, arriving one after another. Even the protective netting that Russian forces had installed around parts of the refinery proved ineffective. They were well aware that this facility was a potential target. It was the only major refinery that had not yet been struck and one of Russia's key fuel production sites, supplying many regions across the country. Either they did not believe Ukrainian drones were capable of flying more than 2,500 km, or they placed too much confidence in those protective nets. I won't go into detail about the route itself. I'll simply say that it reflects a well-planned and carefully executed long-range strike operation. I have not yet seen any detailed Russian analysis of the mission, and there is no reason to reveal our own. Excellent work. ⚡️

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Ed from Ukraine
Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
1/ ‼️Russians are already lining up at gas stations across the country. Now imagine what those lines could look like after today's strike on the Omsk refinery, the largest oil refinery in Russia! Untouched until now. Straight-line distance: 2,500 km (1,550 miles)!
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alban🇹🇷🇦🇱@albancercay2·
Ukrayna askerleri Srebrenica Katliamında Boşnaklara nasıl yardım etti? Binlerce Bosnalı sivili nasıl korudu? (english below) Hollanda'nın Srebrenica'daki Müslüman Boşnakları Sırplara teslim etmesinden sonra yapılan katliamda Sırp güçlerinin bir sonraki hedefi Zepa oldu. Orada BM adına bulunan 79 Ukrayna askeri kuşatma altında kaldı. Kısa sürede gıda ve yakıtları tükendi, bir taraftan da kesintisiz bir ateş altında kaldılar. Artık terk etmek tek seçenek gibi görünse de 79 asker sivilleri teslim etmemek için bölgeden ayrılmadılar. Olaylardan sonra "Gitseydik olacakları biliyorduk." dediler. Zepa'da kaldıkları süre boyunca sırp güçleriyle güçlü müzakereler yaparak sivillerin tahliyesini sağladılar. BM gözetiminde binlerce sivilin otobüslerle bölgeden çıkmasına katkı sağladılar.
Denys@artguild25

@albancercay2 Thank you for your support. I'm curious about something, I wanted to ask: have you, your friends or acquaintances heard about the role of Ukrainian peacekeepers in Bosnia in 1995?

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WarTranslated@wartranslated·
An Italian biker traveling through Russia is shocked to find there is no gasoline in Stavropol and the Rostov region. He only managed to refuel once he reached Voronezh. Don't forget to check the news a bit before traveling somewhere.
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
@bayraktar_1love What's remarkable is that about 90% of what this kid says is extremely strong profanity—and all of it in front of his mother. Please don't say Ukrainians are anything like Russians. In Ukraine, a kid would get their mouth washed out with soap for talking like that.
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
@iraterekh Literally me right now. 😆 I've been waiting for this, and I understand just how significant this strike is.
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terekh@iraterekh·
Achievement unlocked 👉🏻💚👈🏻 By today, the Omsk refinery had remained one of only two refineries in the top 10 that had never been hit by Ukrainian drones. The other is the Angarsk Petrochemical Company in Irkutsk Oblast. Both are beyond the Urals. It was counted on to balance out the fuel crisis after the successful campaign by Ukraine’s Defense Forces (to grasp the scale: its capacity is nearly double that of the Moscow refinery). It is also the only Russian refinery that produces cracking catalysts, meaning the component on which secondary refining at other plants depends.
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
@LauraLoomer @ZelenskyyUa As early as 1857, the greatest Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko wrote the following lines in his poem “The Half-Wit”: When will we greet Our own George Washington at last With the new law of righteousness? Oh, there's no doubt that day we'll see!
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Laura Loomer@LauraLoomer·
Very nice message from Ukraine’s @ZelenskyyUa on July 4th, 2026. I guess I missed Russia’s congratulatory message today. Oh yah, because Russia is too busy working to destroy American superiority and their officials spent America 250 in Iran mourning Khamenei. I am now officially Pro-Ukraine! Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський@ZelenskyyUa

I have congratulated President Trump @POTUS and all Americans on the Independence Day. We’ve had a very good phone call. We are grateful to the United States for all the assistance we have received – from Javelins and Patriots to political support – and we deeply value that America stands by us in defending our independence. I am grateful to every American heart that cares about the future of Ukraine, Europe, and everyone around the world for whom freedom matters. Of course, President Trump and I discussed the current situation on the frontline as well as our diplomatic efforts. There is a real prospect to put an end to this war, and America’s resolve is decisive. We have agreed to continue these discussions during the NATO Summit in Ankara. Thank you, the United States! Thank you, Mr. President! Happy Fourth of July! Wishing Americans continued prosperity and every success.

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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
@DenShtilierman This video shows the original Latin version of Pylyp Orlyk's Constitution (1710). Two original versions in different languages survive: the Latin manuscript, preserved in Sweden's National Archives, and the Old Ukrainian manuscript, held in Moscow.
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Denys Shtilierman@DenShtilierman·
The National Archives of Sweden hold a document that should be shown to anyone who refers to Ukrainians as a ‘young nation’. This is the original ‘Pacta et Constitutiones Legum Libertatumque Exercitus Zaporoviensis’ — the first Ukrainian constitution, drawn up by Hetman Pylyp Orlyk on 5 April 1710 in Bendery. Now for a bit of maths. Orlyk’s constitution appeared 77 years before the US Constitution. It predated the constitutions of Poland and France by 81 years. At a time when absolutism still reigned in Europe, Ukrainians were already laying down the separation of powers, limits on the hetman’s authority, an independent judiciary and the rights of the Cossacks. Not as a gift from a monarch — but as a contract between free people and their government. This is the answer to all the ‘experts’ who still talk about Ukraine as a ‘young nation’ that ‘suddenly emerged in 1991’. No, gentlemen. A nation that drafted one of the world’s first constitutions 316 years ago cannot be young. And that is precisely why Moscow has been destroying our memory for centuries — burning archives, banning our language, and rewriting history. For it was vitally important to the empire that the world regarded us as ‘part of Russia’, rather than as a political culture more mature and far older than Russia itself. And the original copy of Orlyk’s constitution has survived only because it was kept in Sweden — beyond the reach of the empire’s grasp.
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
🚨#Ukrainian Su-27 drops JDAM-ER bombs from an altitude never seen before. 🎧Turn on the sound and watch. First time released from 11,000 m (36,000 ft). This is possible due to heavy degradation of #Russian air defenses. Everything is changing in Ukraine’s favor in the skies.
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Ethan Levins 🇺🇸@EthanLevins2·
Ukraine does not have any formidable defense line beyond the “Fortress Belt” in Donbas. Everyday, the inevitable collapse of the AFU nears. Tick tock!
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
@Maks_NAFO_FELLA As I understand this was done by the new version of the FP-2 drones, which have a 200-kg warhead. Wow! Just imagine—they cost less than 50 thousand dollars. And they’re being produced in quantities of at least dozens a day. x.com/EdFromUkraine/…
Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine

Chief designer Fire Point @DenShtilierman moved fuel tanks FP-2 drones from the fuselage to the wings. This significantly increased warhead weight. Max version: 200 kg (440 lb) warhead with 370 km (230 miles) range. Essentially a precision replacement for 500 lb bombs.

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MAKS 26 🇺🇦👀@Maks_NAFO_FELLA·
💥 Mariupol-Donetsk highway, damaged bridge!
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@bayraktar_1love This animated series was shown in Ukraine in the 1990s. I wonder if the title has anything to do with this drone. 🐝🛩️
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Modified Ukrainian Maya decoy drones struck a concentration of Russian trucks in Donetsk, destroying more than 20. Originally developed as a decoy to saturate Russian air defenses, this appears to be the first documented use of the Mayaas a guided strike drone.
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Ed from Ukraine@EdFromUkraine·
@ImJulianAssange Canada supplying Ukraine with drone training is like Ukraine teaching Canadians how to play hockey.
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Julian Assange@ImJulianAssange·
Canada is supplying Ukraine with drone training, Ukraine is sharing that training with Mexican Cartels via the Ukrainian International Legion Intelligence agencies, including Mexico’s National Intelligence Center and Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), have confirmed that cartel-linked operatives and former special forces have infiltrated the Ukrainian International Legion . The Canadian Armed Forces have continually provided drone training to Ukrainian forces as part of ongoing multinational military efforts, including the multinational Drone Capability Coalition Canada govt is de facto allied with the Mexican Cartels. metro.co.uk/2026/02/25/car…
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🇺🇦 Zelensky: For the second time, our sanctions reached Ufa oil refinery. The distance is over 1,300 kilometers from the front line. Also in the Penza region, our weapons have reached a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex, which is engaged in the development and production of components for missile weapons. The distance to the target is about 600 kilometers from the front line.
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