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German security expert, Fire protection officer, EMT and IT professional he/him || Noomba || Fella

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Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 2h

Tuesday already?
That's three days without donations! 😨
Caolan Robertson & SpiritofUkraine want to supply the 🇺🇦 93rd Brigade Alcatraz with Buggies!
Mud season is hard for MedEvacs, so lets make it easier for April & the boys!

Please repost!
#NAFO #FNDRUA #StandWithUkraine #DonateToUkraine #Ukraine

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Friends, please help 93rd brigade Alcatraz!
How? Buggies!
On the frontline in Donetsk Oblast, the Alcatraz Battalion of the 93rd Brigade faces daily bombardment and relentless combat.
Their ability to survive, and to save their brothers-in-arms, depends on speed and mobility.

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Uncle_Wolf @demiurg.bsky.social · 5h

This is a very good observation.
And the reason for why we might never truly lift all the sanctions, or open the border back up fully.
The obvious answer is to balkanize Russia into stamp-sized micro-nations, that can be dealt with individually.

Kraut @derparrot.bsky.social · 13h

A post-war Russia will probably engage in exactly the type of crap North Korea does. Drug production and smuggling, people trafficking, illegal arms trade, production of counterfeit currency. The Russian border with Europe will become a hot spot of criminal activity.

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Uncle_Wolf @demiurg.bsky.social · 5h

It should also be noted that Sweden and SAAB are further along with their 6th Generation Program than FCAS is.

Nerdic Defence @nerdicdefence.bsky.social · 5h

en.defence-ua.com/industries/s...

Sweden Become Germany's Plan B For 6-Generation Fighter After FCAS Project Faltered With France | Defense Express

France's push to dominate the FCAS fighter program drives Germany to seek new partners and Sweden, eyeing a Gripen successor, steps in

en.defence-ua.com

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Denys from Kharkiv @glushko.bsky.social · 31m

🤬 Russia attacked trucks carrying UN World Food Programme humanitarian aid in Bilozerska hromada, Kherson Oblast with drones and artillery, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.

One truck burned down, another was seriously damaged. 2 more escaped the attack. The drivers weren't injured.

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Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1m

As I understand it, "forever" lasted two weeks after that incident, then they came back again.

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 29m

"Russia’s exit from the anti-torture convention is a stark declaration: the Russian state will act as it pleases and reject the oversight that might restrain its worst impulses," writes lawyer and serviceman Nestor Barchuk in his recent op-ed.

Russia has tortured Ukrainian POWs for years. Now they're even more vulnerable

On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making Russia the first country in history to aban...

kyivindependent.com

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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 4h

Ukraine’s fight for freedom continues.
And so does our support.

In Kyiv, I was glad to hand over equipment worth €6.5 million to Ukrainian services.

This includes drone jamming systems, minibuses and four-wheel drive vehicles to reach remote and inaccessible locations.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 1h

I'm sorry, but if he didn't have the courage to speak what he knew to be the truth about Brexit to the people who elected him, then he's been putting his career above the country all along. How are we supposed to trust him on the NHS or any other issue now? He lost all credibility.
#BlueLabour

I’m glad we can now talk about Brexit damage, says Wes Streeting

The prime minister is gearing up to blame Nigel Farage and Brexit for Britain’s expected downturn in productivity at the November Budget

www.independent.co.uk

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OldDudeFella @olddudefella.bsky.social · 24m

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 3h

⚡️ China has boosted drone component exports to Russia tenfold, fueling Moscow’s war machine.

China Boosts Drone Component Exports to Russia Tenfold, Strengthening Moscow’s War Machine

China’s increased exports of drone components to Russia are reshaping Ukraine's battlefield dynamics, enhancing Moscow’s military capabilities.

united24media.com

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Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1h

I love that. 🫶

Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1h

She's right.
If you don't let children fall on their nose making their own mistakes, they will not learn.
And that's exactly what is needed. Learning.

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Birding Fella 🇺🇸🇺🇦🐦 @birdingfella.bsky.social · 3h

Harsh but I understand

StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 6h

When you finally run out of fucks to give.

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NAFO_trinzu @trinzu.bsky.social · 6h

🚨 HELP US KEEP THE MEDEVACS ROLLING 🚨
🎯 Goal: €7,500
📍 Collected: €1,086

💔 No fuel = no evacuations
💔 No base = no medics

Every euro keeps us saving lives.
🔗 paypal.me/FrontlineMedics
🔗 donate.stripe.com/28o5le3Zm0Fvfny000

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Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1h

Prisoners have basic human rights under the Geneva convention, so the US started using the new term "detainee" to avoid giving their any rights.
Just like russia and its sattelites use "pre-trial detention" for the same reason.
We failed to correct the convention wording for 24 years now.

Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1h

Sidenote:
The Vietnam War already had US troops shoot peaceful protesters at home.
The lesson to never federalize the National Guard was not learned, and by now it was even expanded.
The War on Terror brought them Gibmo and the new term "detainee", put into use to avoid calling people "prisoner".
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SAINT JAVELIN @saintjavelin.bsky.social · 2h

Ukrainian energy workers are true heroes

While russia keeps targeting critical infrastructure, these people go underground, into destroyed substations, and work under constant threat just to bring light back to millions of homes.

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The Life of Sharks 🇮🇪🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @thelifeofsharks.com · 2h

An Israeli ceasefire is where they get back the hostages and they keep murdering Palestinians.

news.sky.com/story/gaza-h...

Gaza latest: 'Six killed' as Israeli troops open fire on 'suspects' after 'violation of ceasefire agreement'

Israel says its troops have opened fire after "suspects" approached its troops in Gaza. Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he wants to rebuild the territory, but hasn't committed to a Palestinian state. Lis...

news.sky.com

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Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1h

Over here, things work a bit differrent. 🤔
Reposts are worth gold. Quoted, too.
Replies bring up the original on people's feed together with the new reply, so that's great too!
Likes are okay-ish but don't do much, only Discover & Popular with Friends feeds use them to figure out what to show you.

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Fellas for Europe e.V. @fellas4europe.bsky.social · 2h

Der Fundraiser hat sein Ziel fast erreicht!

🎯 10.000 €
✅ 8.950 €
❌ 1.050 €

Endspurt! Wir bestellen schon mal alles, damit unser fleißiges 🔧Team am Wochenende weiterbauen kann! -
Transport in die 🇺🇦 #Ukraine um den 1.11. geplant.

Fellas for Europe e.V. @fellas4europe.bsky.social · Sep 8

💡❗️New fundraiser ❗️💡

We build 20 NAFO⚡️NRGY portable #powerstations and deliver them to 🇺🇦 Ukraine. ~ 400 € / unit + transport costs, total

🎯 €10,000

Electricity for light, heat, and different devices when russian attacks destroy electricity infrastructure.

#lightwillwinoverdarkness

💙🙏💛Thank you!

Sharepic. New fundraiser of Fellas for Europe e.V.

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Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪 @cwinters.bsky.social · 1h

Random thought:
I wonder how long it will be before the Ukrainian Air Force shoots down the first bombers.
It does seem like a good time for it is coming up. 🤔

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Civil.ge @civil.ge · 2h

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Russia to pay Georgia more than 253 million euros in compensation for thousands of victims of human rights violations stemming from the tightening of administrative boundary lines after the 2008 war.

ECtHR Orders Russia to Pay Georgia 253 Million Euros Over Post-2008 War Rights Violations - Civil Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ordered Russia to pay Georgia more than 253 million e

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2h

The Kyiv Independent spent several days with one of the International Battalion of Ukraine’s Azov Corps' drone crews to document how these foreign fighters have integrated into Ukraine’s ranks and adapted to modern drone warfare.

Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIE0...

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 2h

Under the Russian regime in Georgia, financial crimes could be punished by a lifelong ban on exiting Georgia.

I wonder what they’ll apply this to. 1/2

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 8h

Good job Europe, this is the way to win the largest war on your continent in 80 years. 🤦‍♂️
Not only are you too chickenshit to fight, you are even incapable of just arming those who are.
"Military aid from Europe to Ukraine fell by 57% in July and August."
kyivindependent.com/military-aid...

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2h

"We always think about America’s postwar role in Europe as an act of great generosity, the defense of allies from Soviet aggression. But by putting democracy at the center of our international identity, we also helped strengthen our own political system"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The Beacon of Democracy Goes Dark

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself. Not anymore.

www.theatlantic.com

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