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Daily Fella @dailyfellanews.bsky.social · 3h

Well here it is, the first edition of the Weekly Fella. Normally we’ll try to publish n Wednesday mornings to give more time for @toonietuesday.bsky.social promotion.
Keep an eye out a bit later as we’ll have a second page of news.

#WeeklyFella #DailyFella #DailyFellaNews #SlavaUkraini #NAFO

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 46m

Drones are redefining warfare.
Having drone defences is no longer optional.

Our target is to have functional anti-drone defences by the end of 2027.

My doorstep ahead of the Foreign Affairs Council on Defence ↓

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 2h

Really concerned to see Tommy Robinson launching a vile personal attack on the brilliant Daisy Cooper for asking about an important national security issue at PMQs. Very low.

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1h

MI5 has produced guidance for MPs that "highlights that the UK is a target of strategic foreign interference and espionage from elements of the Russian, Chinese and Iranian states".

Last year, we found that a quarter of MPs have been funded by the Israel lobby.

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 42m

British energy formed, Gas ⬇️ from 20 to 5% or less of power grid, British rail formed, real wages ⬆️, £28bn into NHS and ⬆️ appointments, aid to Ukraine, Defense budget ⬆️, Russian sanctions ⬆️, ⬆️ minimum wage & NHS wages ⬆️ and ⬆️ in budgets for social housing, new towns, school breakfasts kids
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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 47m

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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO @dailyherald.bsky.social · 1d

Here is our daily update on the achievements of this Labour government.

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Page by Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO | @dailyherald.bsky.social

@horseshoepartyuk.bsky.social, here are Labour's achievements: This government is nationalising the railways (to be completed by 2027) and British Steel, allowed for locally owned buses, created GB E...

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · 6h

Good morning with good news: “Global EV sales topped two million units in a single month for the first time, driven by record-breaking demand across major markets."

2.1 million EVs sold globally in September. Wow!

EV sales are up 26% in Jan-Sept 2025.
rhomotion.com/news/record-... #energysky

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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 6h

There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...

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Ukraine Solidarity Campaign 🇺🇦✊🏽🚩 @ukrainesol.bsky.social · 4h

Report from Scottish UNISON delegation to Kharkiv

Activists from three Scottish branches of public sector trade union UNISON has just returned from visiting Kharkiv and Kyiv on a solidarity delegation. Below is a summary report they have written. As they explain they will be publishing a fuller…

Report from Scottish UNISON delegation to Kharkiv

Activists from three Scottish branches of public sector trade union UNISON has just returned from visiting Kharkiv and Kyiv on a solidarity delegation. Below is a summary report they have written. As they explain they will be publishing a fuller report. You can find more updates, photos, videos, etc, on the delegation's Facebook group here; and on our thread on X beginning…

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Praise The Steph @praisethesteph.bsky.social · 13d

#Ukraine/#Russia 🇺🇦🇷🇺:

The Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Karel Řehka, announced that after completing repairs and modernization of 30 T-72M4CZ tanks (and most likely also 3 VT-72M4CZ ARVs), he plans to recommend that the Czech Government donate these tanks to Ukraine.

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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 9h

Good piece, and I agree with the overall angle. Never mind the issues of one submarine. Rather what we see playing out is further marginalisation of operational reach for the Russian Navy, their modernization in nuclear powered hulls notwithstanding.
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Russia’s Submarine Problem Is Much Worse Than Many Imagine - Naval News

The Russian submarine Novorossiysk, an Improved Kilo-class vessel, has been forced to limp home to the Baltic after a mechanical failure in the Mediterranean. While some reports exaggerated its plight...

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Alex Luck @alxluck.bsky.social · 11h

German missile manufacturer Diehl has demonstrated a successful launch of a navalized Iris-T SLM from a German F125 frigate. My commented cover of the related press release, on @navalnews.com:
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Diehl Demonstrates Navalized Iris-T SLM On German F125 Frigate

Diehl Defence has released information on a successful launch using a navalized Iris-T SLM from German F125 frigate Baden-Wuerttemberg.

www.navalnews.com

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 6h

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Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen @jukka-pekka.bsky.social · 11h

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 7h

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radek Sikorski, presented a Shahed drone to the British Parliament; russia used it to violate Polish airspace.

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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 7h

russian Shahed displayed in British parliament

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 6h

🇩🇪 Germany plans to invest €10 billion ($11.6 billion) in military drones in coming years to help protect European and NATO airspace amid a rising threat from Russia, according to Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, - Bloomberg

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 7h

🇮🇳IAF Sukhoi-30 MKIs and Jaguar aircraft exercised with Royal Navy F-35Bs from @HMS Prince of Wales over the Indian Ocean yesterday

#CSG25

Courtesy @navylookout.bsky.social

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 7h

Shocking decision

They need to triple the size of the airforce as a minimum

With 50 F16s providing 80% sorties this is just outrageous

No concept of the need, and to risk averse.

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 9h

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He cannot go back and explain over 1m casualties and the destruction of Russia and its economy

It would be his death warrant

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madrykot316.bsky.social @madrykot316.bsky.social · 9h

#Novopavlovsk Anyone following Deep State updates has surely noticed that this direction appears almost daily. Last month, over half of Russia's territorial gains came from this sector of the front. I'm attaching today's update.

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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 9h

📌 An international drone coalition, led by the United Kingdom in collaboration with Latvia, will supply Ukraine with around 35,000 interceptor drones to counter Russian Shahed drones.

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Drone Coalition to Deliver 35,000 Interceptor Drones to Counter Russian Shahed UAVs - Militarnyi

An international drone coalition, led by the United Kingdom in collaboration with Latvia, will supply Ukraine with around 35,000 interceptor drones to counter Russian Shahed drones

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Militarnyi @militarnyi.com · 9h

🇬🇧 The United Kingdom has supplied Ukraine with over 85,000 drones in the first half of 2025 as part of its military aid.

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UK Delivers Over 85,000 Drones to Ukraine in First Half of 2025 - Militarnyi

The United Kingdom has supplied Ukraine with over 85,000 drones in the first half of 2025 as part of its military aid

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 9h

You just have to look at chance they put in earlier in the year to know that they know nothing

Sadly another 2 to 3 years.

Putin cannot agree to stop - it would be his death warrant

If he did, it means Russia will start a war somewhere else

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 9h

Or not

Only in the heads of the press who are doing a hachet job to put pressure on him to stop the good work Labour are doing

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