Christian Knapp

‘It’s blitz, blitz, blitz’: Kyiv’s shelters fill up as Russia intensifies aerial attacks People in Ukrainian capital are exhausted and struggling for normality amid a dramatic rise in bombardment

Russia has been pummelling Ukraine's towns and cities since the start of its full-scale invasion. In recent months the attacks have got dramatically worse. "It's blitz, blitz, blitz," Dartsia Liuba told me, of life under fire in #Kyiv. My dispatch for the Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Many EU countries had a big transshipment problem after Russia invaded Ukraine, with tons of goods suddenly going to "Kyrgyzstan." Poland (lhs) and Lithuania (rhs) shut this stuff down. Germany and Italy don't shut it down because they're fine with it. Germany and Italy choose to keep going...

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The German word "scheinheilig" means to be "pretend holy" or - more simply - to be hypocritical. That's Germany (lhs) and Italy (rhs) on Ukraine. As Ukraine burns, German and Italian firms say they export to Kyrgyzstan (black), but little of that stuff ever arrives there (blue). It goes to Moscow...

We face the choice of voting for traditional parties that fail to address any of the underlying threats to democracy, or new parties that will fail to address any of the underlying threats to democracy.

Just so we’re clear, Hegseth might have signed off on this but it was Elbridge Colby’s initiative, yes?

Cages!!! Video inside Alligator Alcatraz. 👇🏼Migrants with NO criminal record will be held here and for anyone saying anything about Obama was sued over detention conditions BUT was also 72 hour hold. This is LONG TERM and looks like 9 bunk beds in each cell.

Bornholm ramt af 'meget kraftig' GPS-jamming under Folkemødet – kan næsten kun være en statslig aktør Læs mere her.

In Danish: Bornholm experienced 'very powerful' GPS-jamming during 'Folkemødet' - only plausible explanation is a state actor.

Goes on to suggest multiple sources, shipborne.

South Baltic sea is experiencing a newish type of GNSS-jamming. It is affecting units at sea level far and wide, much further than one ground based jammer can reach.

The most intense attack so far took place 2 weeks ago as the political elite of Denmark and 100k visitors met at Bornholm. Long 🧵 !

How Putin's long-range drones have taken war in Ukraine to new deadly phase Residents tell The i Paper they are ‘exhausted and nervous’ as casualties rise by 50 per cent amid increased drone strikes

Two of my favourite women - @laurenmedlicott.bsky.social talks to my friend Anna Vlasenko about living with drone strikes in Kyiv

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Russia attacked #Ukraine with 537 aerial strike weapons last night:
• 477 Shahed drones&drones-imitators of various types;
• 4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
• 7 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
• 41 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles;
• 5 Kalibr cruise missiles;

537 aerial weapons fired at Ukraine, biggest attack yet.

Time for my mantra again - intone along with me:

"The war will continue to rise in intensity and expand geographically until the West gives democratic Ukraine enough military and economic support to defeat fascist Russia."

The 54 radio and TV broadcast antennas in Sweden has seen break-ins 50 times so far in 2025.

Several arrests are made.

“We might be seeing preparations for a next step”Stefan Steijnick, head of security for state broadcast company Teracom.

Comment: The “hybrid” war preparations keep on truckin.

Belgrade erupts in mass protests — tens of thousands flood the streets, led by students and anti-corruption activists.

They demand snap elections and an end to Vučić’s 12-year grip on power. Police respond with tear gas and stun grenades.

That’s me checking my karemat + blanket combo for potential night in a hallway tonight. We have threat of attack for all over Ukraine , not direct one for Kyiv right now. my to go bag is packed with documents , and karemats are in hallway . So it’s a usual Saturday night in Kyiv

I am stat testing, plotting and visualizing a newish ongoing attack on navigation in at least this area.

Major post will follow, but I am too excited so here is a preview.

Questions later!

Remember Kherson human safari?

Well, since Russia wasn't punished, it spread.

KHARKIV on the video. Russian drone strikes a civilian car. On purpose.

A Canadian has died in ICE custody, cause under investigation A Canadian in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody has died, according to the government agency.

#BREAKING A Canadian has died in ICE custody, cause under investigation

Once again, to inject some research into this conversation...although millionaires often threaten to move if taxed, that tends not to actually happen. The millionaire tax flight thing is a myth.

See book below ⤵️

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As reported, Russian forces redeploy equipment through occupied Mariupol, prepping a new offensive on the Zaporizhzhia front. Along Rostov-Novoazovsk-Mariupol, ~7 platforms with tanks and 40 trucks with troops moved. A column with 20 trucks and 5 BMP carriers heads via Crimea and Kherson to Mariupol

Russia Triples Deadly Iskander Missile Output Using Chinese Machines Russia’s missile production has surged, with over 700 Iskander missiles made in the past year, aided by machinery sourced from China, Taiwan, and Belarus.

⚡️ Russia has tripled its production of deadly Iskander missiles using machines from China.

The death toll from russia’s missile attacks on Dnipro and the nearby town of Samar has risen to 19.

More than 200 people were injured.

Image Source: Censor.net

This is the result of a Russian missile hit that damaged a civilian train today, carrying regular people, including the elderly, women, and kids. Sadly, people get used to seeing stuff like this, and it won't be all over the news. Don’t let it fade. Keep showing Russia's crimes

Nice NYT piece on who owns AI compute power
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"Hungary and Slovakia have blocked the adoption of the 18th sanctions package against Russia." — Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.

Just two old roosters.

It seems increasingly likely that the two latest state/flagless actually Russian shadow tankers headed for Baltic Sea are escorted by Russian warships as they traverse English Channel.

Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia attacked Kyiv and other cities overnight with 352 Iranian designed Shahed-type drones and decoys; 11 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles; and 5 Iskander-K cruise missiles.

Air defenses took down 354 of the combined 368 missiles and drones.

Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it Trump is back — and with him, the risk that the U.S. could unplug Europe from the digital world.

“Politicians and experts are arguing for a real European technology alternative. “You can feel that you are one executive order away from losing access to critical technology and critical infrastructures,” said Francesca Bria, an innovation professor at University College London.”

The aftermath of yet another massive Russian attack on #Kyiv.
Six killed, at least 10 injured. A whole entrance of a residential building ruined.
Fires in several districts of the city, many more buildings damaged.

In Kyiv region, one person killed, eight more injured.Two rescuers injured.

Whatever it might feel from your media, the war doesn’t stop. ⚠️siren ⚠️It’s midnight in Kyiv and air raid siren is on because Russian decided to attack us with Shahed drones. Sunday night in Ukraine