Anton Gerashchenko
@antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Ukrainian patriot. Advisor to Internal Affairs Minister (2021-2023). Support my team of volunteer translators: http://patreon.com/TwitterAG
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Ukrainian Security Service hit a Russian submarine in Novorossiysk
‼️For the first time in history,SubSea Baby drones have blown up a Russian Varshavianka 636.3 submarine.It was critically damaged
4 Kalibr launchers were located on the submarine.The submarine was worth about $400 million
Glory!
‼️For the first time in history,SubSea Baby drones have blown up a Russian Varshavianka 636.3 submarine.It was critically damaged
4 Kalibr launchers were located on the submarine.The submarine was worth about $400 million
Glory!
Chancellor Merz:
The outcome of the war will decisively determine the future of the entire European peace order.
And already Russia is bombarding us with hybrid attacks every day, with drone overflights, assassinations, sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation campaigns.
The outcome of the war will decisively determine the future of the entire European peace order.
And already Russia is bombarding us with hybrid attacks every day, with drone overflights, assassinations, sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation campaigns.
December 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Chancellor Merz:
The outcome of the war will decisively determine the future of the entire European peace order.
And already Russia is bombarding us with hybrid attacks every day, with drone overflights, assassinations, sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation campaigns.
The outcome of the war will decisively determine the future of the entire European peace order.
And already Russia is bombarding us with hybrid attacks every day, with drone overflights, assassinations, sabotage, espionage, cyberattacks, and targeted disinformation campaigns.
The Berlin Leaders' Statement on Ukraine (December 15,2025)-my thoughts on its strengths and weaknesses.
◼️What is this document:
The Statement is a joint political statement by a group of European leaders&the EU leadership against the backdrop of active negotiations to end the war⤵️
◼️What is this document:
The Statement is a joint political statement by a group of European leaders&the EU leadership against the backdrop of active negotiations to end the war⤵️
December 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The Berlin Leaders' Statement on Ukraine (December 15,2025)-my thoughts on its strengths and weaknesses.
◼️What is this document:
The Statement is a joint political statement by a group of European leaders&the EU leadership against the backdrop of active negotiations to end the war⤵️
◼️What is this document:
The Statement is a joint political statement by a group of European leaders&the EU leadership against the backdrop of active negotiations to end the war⤵️
#Zaporizhzhia
At least 26 civilians have been injured, and the number may still rise. The attacks damaged apartment blocks,private homes,critical infrastructure. Fires broke out at several sites.
At least 26 civilians have been injured, and the number may still rise. The attacks damaged apartment blocks,private homes,critical infrastructure. Fires broke out at several sites.
December 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#Zaporizhzhia
At least 26 civilians have been injured, and the number may still rise. The attacks damaged apartment blocks,private homes,critical infrastructure. Fires broke out at several sites.
At least 26 civilians have been injured, and the number may still rise. The attacks damaged apartment blocks,private homes,critical infrastructure. Fires broke out at several sites.
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❗️Russian defense minister Belousov showed a graph saying Russia had damaged 70% of Ukrainian power plants and 37% hydroelectric power plants.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
❗️Russian defense minister Belousov showed a graph saying Russia had damaged 70% of Ukrainian power plants and 37% hydroelectric power plants.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
Ursula von der Leyen:
We are entering a new era: Europe’s energy independence from Russian fossil fuels.Thanks to REPowerEU, Russian gas imports - both LNG and pipeline -are down from 45% at the beginning of the war to 13% today. Coal imports are down from 51% at the beginning of the war to zero.
We are entering a new era: Europe’s energy independence from Russian fossil fuels.Thanks to REPowerEU, Russian gas imports - both LNG and pipeline -are down from 45% at the beginning of the war to 13% today. Coal imports are down from 51% at the beginning of the war to zero.
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ursula von der Leyen:
We are entering a new era: Europe’s energy independence from Russian fossil fuels.Thanks to REPowerEU, Russian gas imports - both LNG and pipeline -are down from 45% at the beginning of the war to 13% today. Coal imports are down from 51% at the beginning of the war to zero.
We are entering a new era: Europe’s energy independence from Russian fossil fuels.Thanks to REPowerEU, Russian gas imports - both LNG and pipeline -are down from 45% at the beginning of the war to 13% today. Coal imports are down from 51% at the beginning of the war to zero.
The Soviet Union's impunity for the occupation of the Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind Putin's actions. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said.
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Soviet Union's impunity for the occupation of the Baltic states in the 1940s is one of the reasons behind Putin's actions. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys said.
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
"Our history teaches us how vital accountability and reparations are for international wrongful acts”, he said
Putin:"Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union,it seemed to us that we would very quickly become members of the so-called civilized family of European nations-of the civilized Western world in general.Today it turns out that there is no civilization there at all,only outright degradation"
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Putin:"Immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union,it seemed to us that we would very quickly become members of the so-called civilized family of European nations-of the civilized Western world in general.Today it turns out that there is no civilization there at all,only outright degradation"
Yesterday, an important event took place in The Hague: a Convention was signed that established the International Claims Commission for Ukraine on behalf of the EU.
This is a crucial milestone on the road to provide justice and accountability for Ukraine and Ukrainians
This is a crucial milestone on the road to provide justice and accountability for Ukraine and Ukrainians
December 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Yesterday, an important event took place in The Hague: a Convention was signed that established the International Claims Commission for Ukraine on behalf of the EU.
This is a crucial milestone on the road to provide justice and accountability for Ukraine and Ukrainians
This is a crucial milestone on the road to provide justice and accountability for Ukraine and Ukrainians
❗️Russian defense minister Belousov showed a graph saying Russia had damaged 70% of Ukrainian power plants and 37% hydroelectric power plants.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
❗️Russian defense minister Belousov showed a graph saying Russia had damaged 70% of Ukrainian power plants and 37% hydroelectric power plants.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
Russia kept lying they were only targeting military objects in Ukraine.
Now they don't even bother to lie anymore.
Russian defense minister claims that NATO is preparing to attack Russia:
"Accelerated preparations have begun by the combined NATO armed forces for a confrontation with Russia around the turn of the 2030s.Such a policy creates real conditions for the continuation of military actions into 2026"
"Accelerated preparations have begun by the combined NATO armed forces for a confrontation with Russia around the turn of the 2030s.Such a policy creates real conditions for the continuation of military actions into 2026"
December 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Russian defense minister claims that NATO is preparing to attack Russia:
"Accelerated preparations have begun by the combined NATO armed forces for a confrontation with Russia around the turn of the 2030s.Such a policy creates real conditions for the continuation of military actions into 2026"
"Accelerated preparations have begun by the combined NATO armed forces for a confrontation with Russia around the turn of the 2030s.Such a policy creates real conditions for the continuation of military actions into 2026"
Putin plans on continuing the war.Russia doesn't want peace:
The goals of the special military operation will be completed.We would prefer to do it.But if the opposing country&their foreign patrons refuse to have a constructive discussion,Russia will achieve liberating its historic lands militarily
The goals of the special military operation will be completed.We would prefer to do it.But if the opposing country&their foreign patrons refuse to have a constructive discussion,Russia will achieve liberating its historic lands militarily
December 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Putin plans on continuing the war.Russia doesn't want peace:
The goals of the special military operation will be completed.We would prefer to do it.But if the opposing country&their foreign patrons refuse to have a constructive discussion,Russia will achieve liberating its historic lands militarily
The goals of the special military operation will be completed.We would prefer to do it.But if the opposing country&their foreign patrons refuse to have a constructive discussion,Russia will achieve liberating its historic lands militarily
Putin said once more that Russia has no plans to attack Europe.
He's been saying this so often recently...
Putin:
I've said it numerous times, it's lies, nonsense, pure nonsense about some non-existing Russian threat to the European countries. But it's done quite consciously.
He's been saying this so often recently...
Putin:
I've said it numerous times, it's lies, nonsense, pure nonsense about some non-existing Russian threat to the European countries. But it's done quite consciously.
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Putin said once more that Russia has no plans to attack Europe.
He's been saying this so often recently...
Putin:
I've said it numerous times, it's lies, nonsense, pure nonsense about some non-existing Russian threat to the European countries. But it's done quite consciously.
He's been saying this so often recently...
Putin:
I've said it numerous times, it's lies, nonsense, pure nonsense about some non-existing Russian threat to the European countries. But it's done quite consciously.
At least 21 people injured by the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, a child among them.
Casual Russian terror.
Casual Russian terror.
December 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
At least 21 people injured by the Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, a child among them.
Casual Russian terror.
Casual Russian terror.
Russia has failed to find funding to build a chip manufacturing plant in Tatarstan.
For several years,Element,a Russian microelectronics holding,had been developing plans to construct a factory within the Innopolis special economic zone.
For several years,Element,a Russian microelectronics holding,had been developing plans to construct a factory within the Innopolis special economic zone.
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Russia has failed to find funding to build a chip manufacturing plant in Tatarstan.
For several years,Element,a Russian microelectronics holding,had been developing plans to construct a factory within the Innopolis special economic zone.
For several years,Element,a Russian microelectronics holding,had been developing plans to construct a factory within the Innopolis special economic zone.
In #Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces struck a residential building with a guided aerial bomb (KAB), the regional military administration reported.
There might be people trapped under the debris.
The Russian attack on the city continues.
There might be people trapped under the debris.
The Russian attack on the city continues.
December 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In #Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces struck a residential building with a guided aerial bomb (KAB), the regional military administration reported.
There might be people trapped under the debris.
The Russian attack on the city continues.
There might be people trapped under the debris.
The Russian attack on the city continues.
TikTok creator Mory, in one of his "Exploring until it's Ugly" series, picked #Ukraine, and using Google Earth, he roamed the country in search of a place he could call ugly.
Friends, what do you know about Ukraine? Which cities or places would you like to visit after the war ends?
📹moryexplores
Friends, what do you know about Ukraine? Which cities or places would you like to visit after the war ends?
📹moryexplores
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
TikTok creator Mory, in one of his "Exploring until it's Ugly" series, picked #Ukraine, and using Google Earth, he roamed the country in search of a place he could call ugly.
Friends, what do you know about Ukraine? Which cities or places would you like to visit after the war ends?
📹moryexplores
Friends, what do you know about Ukraine? Which cities or places would you like to visit after the war ends?
📹moryexplores
President Trump on Steve Witkoff:
Steve's a great dealmaker, but I noticed one thing about him. He had the greatest personality. He was a real estate guy in New York.
He knew less about rivers and meets and bounds in Russia and the various places he's working on. He knew nothing about it.
Steve's a great dealmaker, but I noticed one thing about him. He had the greatest personality. He was a real estate guy in New York.
He knew less about rivers and meets and bounds in Russia and the various places he's working on. He knew nothing about it.
December 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
President Trump on Steve Witkoff:
Steve's a great dealmaker, but I noticed one thing about him. He had the greatest personality. He was a real estate guy in New York.
He knew less about rivers and meets and bounds in Russia and the various places he's working on. He knew nothing about it.
Steve's a great dealmaker, but I noticed one thing about him. He had the greatest personality. He was a real estate guy in New York.
He knew less about rivers and meets and bounds in Russia and the various places he's working on. He knew nothing about it.
Reposted by Anton Gerashchenko
In a secret Brussels workshop, volunteers produce drones and camouflage nets for #Ukraine's front line.
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In a secret Brussels workshop, volunteers produce drones and camouflage nets for #Ukraine's front line.
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
Ukrainian Defenders of the 127th Kharkiv Heavy Mechanized Brigade rescued 14 civilians, including a family with three children, from a basement in Kupiansk, Donetsk region.
There were also two Russian soldiers in the basement, who were using civilians as human shields.
There were also two Russian soldiers in the basement, who were using civilians as human shields.
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Ukrainian Defenders of the 127th Kharkiv Heavy Mechanized Brigade rescued 14 civilians, including a family with three children, from a basement in Kupiansk, Donetsk region.
There were also two Russian soldiers in the basement, who were using civilians as human shields.
There were also two Russian soldiers in the basement, who were using civilians as human shields.
Reposted by Anton Gerashchenko
❗️Moldovan authorities have decided to return the oil depot at Chișinău Airport to state ownership, after it had been under the control of Russia’s Lukoil since 2005, citing risks to national security, Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu said.
December 16, 2025 at 12:24 PM
❗️Moldovan authorities have decided to return the oil depot at Chișinău Airport to state ownership, after it had been under the control of Russia’s Lukoil since 2005, citing risks to national security, Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu said.
Reposted by Anton Gerashchenko
Yesterday, Chancellor Merz proposed that Russia declare a ceasefire during the Christmas holidays.
"Perhaps the Russian leadership has a shred of human decency left and will at least leave the population in peace from this terror for a few days over Christmas," he said.
"Perhaps the Russian leadership has a shred of human decency left and will at least leave the population in peace from this terror for a few days over Christmas," he said.
December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Yesterday, Chancellor Merz proposed that Russia declare a ceasefire during the Christmas holidays.
"Perhaps the Russian leadership has a shred of human decency left and will at least leave the population in peace from this terror for a few days over Christmas," he said.
"Perhaps the Russian leadership has a shred of human decency left and will at least leave the population in peace from this terror for a few days over Christmas," he said.
In a secret Brussels workshop, volunteers produce drones and camouflage nets for #Ukraine's front line.
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
In a secret Brussels workshop, volunteers produce drones and camouflage nets for #Ukraine's front line.
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
Thank you!
📹🖊️DW
"Sakha" has come a long way — from a civilian technician at a mine to the commander of the motor transport battalion of the 20th Operational Brigade Lubart.
Today, he is an officer who has turned his love for machinery into a military profession
📹LubartB
Today, he is an officer who has turned his love for machinery into a military profession
📹LubartB
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Sakha" has come a long way — from a civilian technician at a mine to the commander of the motor transport battalion of the 20th Operational Brigade Lubart.
Today, he is an officer who has turned his love for machinery into a military profession
📹LubartB
Today, he is an officer who has turned his love for machinery into a military profession
📹LubartB
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The NYT published an editorial column about the secret Overmatch brief-an internal Pentagon briefing which,according to the logic of the article,reveals an unpleasant trend:in the scenario of a major US-China war over Taiwan,the "traditional" American trump cards may🔽
December 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The NYT published an editorial column about the secret Overmatch brief-an internal Pentagon briefing which,according to the logic of the article,reveals an unpleasant trend:in the scenario of a major US-China war over Taiwan,the "traditional" American trump cards may🔽
This is what the occupiers call the city’s «liberation»: #Kostiantynivka is being hit with aerial bombs capable of destroying not just individual buildings but entire residential neighborhoods.
📷 🖊️93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade
📷 🖊️93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade
December 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is what the occupiers call the city’s «liberation»: #Kostiantynivka is being hit with aerial bombs capable of destroying not just individual buildings but entire residential neighborhoods.
📷 🖊️93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade
📷 🖊️93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade