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Ukraine Aid Operations @ukraineaidops.org · 2h

Also 30 UAO Generators will go with this trip TO 🇺🇦

Originally posted by @MinisterBoomer.bluesky.social & reposted by UAO:
It's been quiet here. Let's change that. Now that we have the financial means to do so, Tour 64 is on its way. Thank you to all the supporters who are making the tour possible.

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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 2h

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and weatherman Evgeny Tishkovets are back with helpful guidance on how to take Kyiv in 3 days and defeat the West.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuBE...

Vladimir Solovyov tells Russian troops how to take Kyiv in 3 days

YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 2h

It is caused by an overhead power line falling and at a time of peak demand

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3h

"I know what he has to say, he wants weapons, he would like to have Tomahawks, everyone would like to have. We have a lot of Tomahawks," Trump said.

Do you need any Tomahawks?

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 3h

Putin was supposed to win the war in a week, now he's dragging into the fourth year, said Trump. He added he’s disappointed by the slow pace of ending the war despite his "good relationship" with Putin.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

🇵🇱🇬🇧 Poland’s Foreign Minister Sikorski displayed a full-size Shahed drone in the British Parliament.

🗣️Sikorski: A drone won't reach London, but a fleet of scrap metal can destroy critical infrastructure.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 3h

"Mass layoffs would mean admitting an economic catastrophe - something the Kremlin is unwilling to do. Instead, authorities pressure enterprises to keep people formally employed while effectively sending them on "short weeks" or unpaid leave."

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 4h

Large Russian enterprises are switching to three- and four-day work weeks, Russian media outlets report.

◾️ Uralvagonzavod - one of the world’s leading manufacturers of armored vehicles (including T-72 tanks) and Russia’s largest producer of freight railcars - is now operating below full capacity.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 2h

Oil depot in occupied Feodosiya continues to burn

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3h

💲Trump on countries wanting to join BRICS:

I said, "Go ahead, but we'll impose tariffs on your country's goods." Everyone refused. They're all leaving BRICS. And now BRICS isn't even mentioned.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 3h

The Belarusian president stated that if Ukraine receives Tomahawks, there will be a nuclear war.

eng.belta.by/president/vi...

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 7h

⚡️ According to the materials of SBU, the citizenship of Odesa Mayor Hennady Trukhanov of Ukraine has been terminated.

On December 15, 2015, Trukhanov received a foreign passport of the occupying country. It was issued for a period of 10 years and is currently a valid document.

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 8h

Reposted as Wes Streeting lied again about hospital waiting lists in Scotland
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/10/n...

NHS waiting list in England is longer per head by quarter of a million patients and shockingly twice as long in Wales, than in Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA MSM Monitor, fast and effective as always, demolished the claims of Baillie and Sarwar yesterday. What are the most recent waiting list figures? Scotland – 718 00…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 14h

OTD in 2002 🇺🇦 began decommissioning its nuclear capable Tu-22 strategic bombers & Kh-22 cruise missiles, as per the Budapest memo.

30 bombers & 230 missiles were destroyed over 2 & half years in exchange for promise 🇷🇺 would never invade.

But you can believe our promises now

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 12h

🗣️ Ben Hodges: If Russia were to attack Poland in 2025 the same way it attacked Ukraine, it would be destroyed by NATO air forces and ground troops.

One can be certain that Kaliningrad would be wiped out within the first hours. All Russian facilities would be destroyed, including in Sevastopol.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 11h

A number of gas stations in Russia's Belgorod region are low on fuel. What's more, they've also followed the lead of elsewhere in Russia/occupied areas, by banning cannister filling.

Angry residents point out they were told to get generators but now cannot fill them😂
#EATP

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 14h

After that strike⬆️in Chernihiv, and hits in Kharkiv and Sumy oblasts, power restrictions are likely to be in effect in these regions.

Residents and visitors should by now always ensure an emergency kit of power bank(s), torches, candles/matches and keep water + food topped up.

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 15h

I'm still going! And Ukraine is still free.
Day 1329 and we all do our bit to stop Russia's imperialism and worse, genocide of Ukraine, its people and culture.

Reporting, sharing, making people care who didn't before, holding politicians to account. It's all so important.
Welcome to the🧵

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Tim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 1d

The day in Crimea is ending as it began, in a huge smoke cloud on the south coast.

Feodosia has an addiction. Smoking non stop for 15 days!

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 1d

Scotlands tax revenue would be spent in scotland. As you are aware VAT, CGT, IT, Corporation tax etc. Ould no longer go straight to the treasury. The we can set our own energy policy to make the revenue .ore equal to cost. A jobs boom would result and our economy would grow!

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 1d

At least one newspaper is on the right side of history!

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 1d

We are extremely concerned Ukraine will be able to use on us the same type of weapons we've been using on them for 3 years and 8 months.

It isn't an escalation when we do it.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 2d

What you won’t see on the BBC:

Scotland:

Drug Deaths ↓13%
Alcohol Deaths ↓7%
Knife Homicides no increase/decrease
Homelessness Deaths ↓18%

England:

Drug Deaths ↑11%
Alcohol Deaths ↑7%
Knife Homicides in 2023/24 ↑8%
Homelessness Deaths ↑ 16%

(@pjwoodside)

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 1d

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/13/t...

The plague of English drug gangs surging 40% in one year and holding back progress on drug deaths – How BBC Highland will tell the truth that cannot be told in BBC Scotland

Professor John Robertson OBA As in the previous two series, BBC Highland Cops, outsourced production, is prepared to make clear that the surge in drug crime and associated extreme violence, across …

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

I’m horrified to hear that two people were kidnapped by ICE in Evanston this morning.

There’s a protest at Home Depot shortly. We’ll be delivering water and supplies to protesters — I hope you’ll join us in standing with our community.

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