Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻

Ukrainian drones delivered a major blow to Russia’s airpower overnight, striking five fighter jets at the Saky airbase in occupied Crimea.

One Su-30SM was completely destroyed, another damaged. Three Su-24s were also hit, along with a stockpile of aviation munitions.

Isn't this one easy to fix?

Writing lecture notes in Quarto during missile attack in Kyiv underground

#AcademicLife in Ukraine: preparing for lectures at night during a massive missile attack on Kyiv in an overcrowded underground station
#EconSky #UkrainianView #RStats

"Alesha Stupin" on the recent development

Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.

It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.

Concerns grow for 3 OSCE workers jailed since shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine More than three years after they were seized from their homes, concerns are growing for three Ukrainians who worked for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

After 3+ years, three Ukrainians who worked for the #OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine in Donetsk remain behind bars. They were sentenced on fabricated charges of high treason, despite the fact they held diplomatic immunity & were entitled to intl protection.

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What do you call it when one keeps doing the same thing over and over but expects a different outcome?

💔Serch and rescue have concluded their efforts in Kyiv after the massive russian attack on the night of July 31st.

31 people were killed, in their own homes. 179 people were injured.

“This is one of the cruelest strikes on the capital” - President Zelenskyy

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🇭🇺 Under the leadership of Orban, Hungary, despite its status as a NATO and EU member state, has effectively become a hub for Russian defense companies, diplomats, and intelligence agencies that use it to advance Russia’s interests in Europe, — InformNapalm

Update: 31 people died, including five children; 159 injured, ncludig 16 children

Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling

Donald Trump’s war on climate science has staggering implications
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From The Economist

Ukraine: The ruins of Chasiv Yar. Another city destroyed by the Russian fascists as the mighty West just watches on. Enabled by the West's broken promises, appeasement, and even funding of these war crimes through hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian oil & gas purchases.

Мадяр: «Чотири наші розрахунки за 15 хвилин можуть перетворити військову базу, яку я бачив у ЄС, на другий Перл-Харбор…» Командувач Сил безпілотних систем ЗСУ Роберт Бровді, позивний «Мадяр», виступив на безпековому форумі LANDEURO в Німеччині. Колишній командир 414-ї бригади БПЛА поділився баченням війни, оцінкою техно...

Source: wz.lviv.ua/statti/53635...

After visiting one of #NATO's military bases and observing security measures and storage of military equipment, when asked about impression, he said: "without even coming closer than 10 kilometres to that base, four of our drone crews could have turned it into a second Pearl Harbor in 15 minutes."

Spring is around the corner 🌱

Just for some perspective— Ru, the supposed great power, claims to have managed to capture a town w pre-war population of 12K after a 16mo battle, which might put it in a position to attack bigger towns in one Ukrainian region out of 25. Ru is a force of destruction, no doubt, but it’s also pathetic

✅🇺🇦 The Rada adopted draft law #13533 on restoring the independence of anti-corruption bodies of Ukraine.

This is how Russia attacked Ukraine last night. In total, the Russians launched 317 drones and missiles. Ukrainian air defense successfully intercepted 288 out of 309 strike “Shaheds” and other types of drones, as well as 3 out of 8 Iskander-K cruise missiles.

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There is no doubt that this is Putin's response to Trump's threats and ultimatum.

Cowardly child killers cannot think of anything "better" than simply hitting civilians and killing the most defenseless - children.

Are they working on a deal to export some lamb to NZ

6 civilians killed, 52 injured

Другого варианта нет: живым на Украине не должен остаться никто Один из главных информационных парадоксов в рамках конфликта на Украине (особенно сейчас) заключается в том, что безотносительно к реальной ситуации на фронте... РИА Новости, 30.07.2025

It's real ria.ru/20250730/ukr...

TIL Samuel L. Jackson studies marine biology as an undergrad

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This is the headline of an article published today in RIA, the official news agency of the Kremlin

6:30 am tsunami alert generated more searches than yesterday's 4 pm alert

#Dunedin

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This Saturday, 10:30 AM, watch 2000 Meters to Andriivka — a gripping new doco by the Oscar-winning director of 20 Days in Mariupol.
📍 Rialto Cinemas, Dunedin
🎟 www.nziff.co.nz/2025/otepoti...

"two worlds, two ways of life", as soviet propaganda posters used to say