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Thoughts on Rus-Ukr war updates. I speak fluent sarcasm. https://linktr.ee/maria.drutska

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"President of peace," huh? Sure doesn't look all that peaceful if I'm being honest

02.03.2026 14:08 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kremlin spokesclown Dmitry Peskov is preparing for a new career in stand-up comedy after his old job disappears when Russia collapses.

There's no other reasonable explanation for him keeping a straight face while calling Russia "an island of stability, prudence, and wisdom".

🀑

02.03.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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Other countries are rapidly learning the value of Ukrainian experience with drone interceptors due to Iranian strikes.

As expensive and limited US missile interceptors run low, cost-effective solutions like Sting interceptors are suddenly in very high demand.

No cards, hmm?πŸƒπŸƒ‘

02.03.2026 07:03 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Sharing experience is important.

And maybe - just maybe - a couple of Tomahawks for us wouldn’t hurt either?

02.03.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe will bring experts from Ukraine, together with our own experts, to help Gulf Partners shoot down Iranian drones attacking them.” - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer

02.03.2026 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2
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Another successful interception 😎

Even if oil prices go up next week, Russa won't benefit if they can't export oil from their terminals.

πŸͺ“ Chop wood.
πŸͺ£ Carry water.
πŸ”₯ Sanction Russian oil.

01.03.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸͺ“ Chop wood.
πŸͺ£ Carry water.
πŸ”₯ Sanction Russian oil.

Novorossiysk is currently receiving drone sanctions, and reports indicate that the oil terminal has successfully intercepted Ukrainian drones with its infrastructure.

πŸͺ“ Chop wood.
πŸͺ£ Carry water.
πŸ”₯ Sanction Russian oil.

01.03.2026 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran has reportedly attacked the irano-Russian shadow fleet tanker Skylight with a Shahed drone. The vessel was sailing under the flag of Palau.

The ship, which was transporting Iranian oil, is already under U.S. and EU sanctions.

01.03.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨 Belgium, together with France, has detained the tanker Ethera, linked to Russia’s shadow fleet.

01.03.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 104    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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2025. Asked about the possible elimination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by Israel and the US, Putin said:
β€œI don’t even want to discuss such a possibility. I don’t want to.”

Putin today: β€œMy condolences. All norms of human morality and international law were cynically violated.” 🀑

So… who’s left now?

01.03.2026 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸͺ“ Chop wood.
πŸͺ£ Carry water.
πŸ”₯ Sanction Russian oil.

As another Russian ally discovers how empty Putin's promises of support are, Ukrainian drones keep reducing the revenue which funds the Russian war machine.

πŸͺ“ Chop wood.
πŸͺ£ Carry water.
πŸ”₯ Sanction Russian oil.

01.03.2026 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today is March 1st, seen as the first day of spring in Ukraine.

Again, the Russians tried to freeze us into submission over winter.
Again, they failed.

We still stand. And we will keep standing, because we know the cost of defeat.

We are Ukrainians. We will not surrender. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

01.03.2026 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 417    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

Their team: 'Oh, the Minister is away for the weekend with his kids in City X. Let’s try for Monday or maybe Tuesday.'

Us: 'So sorry for interrupting your family time with our literal war...' πŸ₯²

28.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Throwback to the first six months of the war when we tried to set up an emergency Saturday call for our Minister with a certain European Defense Minister to ask for, you know, urgent weapons and ammo to stay alive.

28.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have a few more questions regarding this statement. But this 'Monday meeting' energy is giving me major flashbacks to my MoD days...

28.02.2026 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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🦒 Beautiful swans in Kyiv, the Obolon district.

28.02.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 106    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Putin has agreed to accept U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine, – Budanov

Interesting to see what exactly those guarantees look like.

28.02.2026 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 2

Something tells me the launch of such a platform is not happening by coincidence.

Your thoughts?

28.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0
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Newsmax Ukraine was officially presented in Kyiv. Among the guests were the Head of the Presidential Office, Budanov, the U.S. ChargΓ© d’Affaires in Ukraine, Julie S. Davis, and others.

The channel is expected to begin broadcasting this spring in Ukrainian, Russian, and English.

28.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“‰Russia's oil revenue forecast gets worse and worse every day.

Russia is in a price war with their own ally, Iran, with repeated price cuts to keep selling oil to Chinese refineries.

And supertanker freight prices are up 600%, which cuts further into oil revenue.

How sad.πŸ’…

28.02.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: New Russian import-substituted surgical robot now available!πŸ€–πŸ’‰

After years of failure with Russian import-substitution of Western equipment, a success! A new surgical robot, domestically produced, ready to deploy to medical facilities today!

Seems legit.πŸ™„

28.02.2026 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Precise assessment.* To know when Russians are lying, you just have to see their lips move.

28.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIt’s hard for Americans to understand the Russian mentality, when they’re lying and when they’re telling the truth. I once told Jared and Steve that, honestly, it’s easier to assume they are lying all the time,” - Zelensky.

Precise assessment.

28.02.2026 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 222    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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β€œI would accept nuclear weapons with pleasure, but no such proposals have been made,” - Zelensky

Based 😁

27.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯ Ukrainian ballistics: Fire Point has unveiled tests of its FP-7 ballistic missile

27.02.2026 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, thankfully they are a lot less common here 🫢

27.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has become an adviser to President Zelensky on Ukraine’s economic renewal

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

27.02.2026 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you think this is AI?

This is Kostiantynivka – a Ukrainian city Russia is erasing from the map.

The Russians are using prohibited weapons on a residential area, burning everything alive.
A few thousand civilians are still there.

Video: LIBKOS and the 28th Mechanized Brigade

27.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rysk drΓΆnare nΓ€rmade sig franska hangarfartyget i MalmΓΆ – stΓΆrdes ut En rysk drΓΆnare har nΓ€rmat sig det franska hangarfartyget Charles de Gaulle, som just nu befinner sig i Sverige, enligt SVT:s uppgifter. Regeringen bekrΓ€ftar att en misstΓ€nkt drΓΆnarincident Γ€gt rum, o...

Swedish forces took countermeasures to neutralize it, but contact was eventually lost.

The Charles de Gaulle is the largest non-American nuclear aircraft carrier in the world (over 260 meters long, carrying thousands of personnel and around 30 fighter jets).

www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...

27.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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But sure.
Russia is β€œNOT ESCALATING”

A Russian drone flew close to the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle while it was docked in MalmΓΆ, Sweden, - SVT.

The drone reportedly launched from a nearby Russian vessel and approached the carrier during strategic exercises.

27.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0