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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 9h

Damage to residential buildings in several districts of Kyiv. Two people were killed, 15 were injured, including a child. The western part of the capital without electricity.

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 9h

another difficult night

⚡Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the region, mostly at the energy infrastructure

Over 350 UAV (Geran-2/3, Harpia-A1, Gerbera, Shahed)
~ 30 Kh-101/Iskander-K missiles;
7 Kinzhal missiles
~ 6 Iskander-M missiles
t.me/mon1tor_ua/5...

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monitor @monitor.bsky.social · 13h

05:20 Загальна ситуація:

Групи БпЛА у три потоки концентруються у напрямку Києва з півночі та півдня.

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 1d

"six fingers ai"

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 1d

😱

Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 2d

"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se

Infographic with AI slop published in Nature Scientific Reports

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 1d

The most centrally-planned–economy-minded president of the U.S. ever

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

I had my first ever go at one of those round table talking heads sort of shows, and promised myself ahead of time that I wouldn't turn into a shouting head.

And then one of the panelists said something utterly silly... I didn't shout, but you might be able to hear my eyeroll.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 1d

Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 2d

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 3d

We still need to get from a situation where Russia pretends to negotiate to a situation where they need to negotiate.

Extract from my press remarks following today’s informal Foreign Affairs Council ↓

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

74-year-old Crimean Tatar historian detained and prosecuted over interview about the 1944 Deportation

khpg.org/en/1608815301

74-year-old Crimean Tatar historian detained and prosecuted over interview about the 1944 Deportation

The uncle of three political prisoners is facing prosecution over the entirely accurate comment that the perpetrators of Soviet crimes were not held to account

khpg.org

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

I think you meant it "should be"

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

He is an American of Russian-Jewish descent.
A real estate developer and an old buddy of Trump.

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

If this is in your job description - yes. If you do reviewing outside of your job, it's being a good citizen (or a hobby)

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

Is Witkiff a Putin's advisor?

Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 3d

A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.

NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice

A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.

www.counteroffensive.news

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Tim Mak @timkmak.bsky.social · 3d

A private call between Trump-appointed envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin advisor Yuri Ushakov was just leaked — and it shows the American envoy effectively acting as a strategist for Moscow.

NEWSFLASH: Witkoff was secretly giving Russians advice

A secret transcript reveals that the Trump envoy was helping a Putin advisor formulate a plan.

www.counteroffensive.news

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!!!

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 3d

Zaporizhzhia - an apartment block has been hit by a drone in the last half hour. No more details yet.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

Beautiful Christmas tree at #MissionBay, #Auckland

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

The Economic Impact of Brexit

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

We found out

Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 3d

7 people were killed and more than 10 injured in Kyiv as a result of Russia’s attack on the capital on 25 November 2025

Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure have been damaged in many districts

www.facebook.com/share/p/17mm...

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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 4d

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 4d

Another night of horror in Kyiv: russia attacked the capital again, killing at least 6 civilians, and injuring 14 more.

People screaming inside a burning apartment is a nightmare that came true.
#RussiaIsATerroristState

Help protect Ukrainians:
u24.gov.ua/nafo-dark-ni...

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 4d

🔴 UPD: Six people were killed in Kyiv as a result of the Russian attack overnight, the mayor says.

📹 : hromadske

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 4d

Night in Kyiv

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 4d

TL;DR: here's Economists for Ukraine's peace plan proposal: ai4good-my.sharepoint.com/personal/hod...

Add your signature here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I would like to sign "The Century of Peace Agreement"

please provide your name and affiliation in this form

docs.google.com

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 4d

Some realities people need to keep in mind as we watch world leaders discuss the latest "peace plan" for Ukraine.

Opportunity to signal your support for a real peace plan in the link and thread below.

open.substack.com/pub/ukrainei...