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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 16h

omg!

"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...

"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Literally

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 1d

🇫🇮🇺🇦”Zelenskyy doesn't need the West's help to surrender, but on the very contrary, Zelenskyy needs help from all of us, to protect what we hold dear, which is freedom and the free choice of people.”

- Elina Valtonen
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland

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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 23h

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Ukrainian cadets win 7 medals at European Judo Cup in Latvia

In total, more than 400 athletes from 24 countries took part in the competitions.

rubryka.com/en/2025/10/2...

Ukrainian cadets win seven medals at European Judo Cup in Latvia

The Open European Judo Cup among cadets (athletes under 18) – Riga Millennium Team Cadet European Cup 2025 – was held in the capital of Latvia, Riga, on October 18-19. Ukrinform reported this. In tota...

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Chelsea Blue @lordye.bsky.social · 1d

Available online

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Mare Kranjc @max970.bsky.social · 6h

The problem is that ordinary Americans don't know their country and have a false image of it. Anti-fascism, anti-communism, human rights, it's all a lie for the sheep. The only thing that is constant about the US is its greed.
www.americanheritage.com/how-america-...

libcom.org/article/how-...

How America Helped Build the Soviet Machine

To bring their nation to the leading edge of technology, Soviet leaders are turning to the United States. Their grandfathers did the same thing.

www.americanheritage.com

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 20h

Only a matter of time, expect more countries to follow…

Dutch intelligence chiefs say the Netherlands has become more selective in sharing information with U.S. agencies due to political uncertainty in Washington, while increasing cooperation with European partners -De Volkskrant

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 1d

Russian Telegram channels report a new explosion at the Orenburg gas processing plant in Russia.

No further details available at the moment.

The plant is one of the largest gas and chemical complexes in the world.

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 23h

🔥 Orenburg gas processing plant:

The compressor-gas fractionation unit was hit. This is the unit where the gas undergoes compression, cooling, and separation into fractions — propane, butane, and stable condensate.

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Fuel shortages hit roughly 76 percent of Russian regions between late August and mid-October 2025, according to monitoring by analyst Stanimir Dobrev.

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Mare Kranjc @max970.bsky.social · 2d

But the Biden administration has deported more immigrants than Trump in the same time frame. Leftists prefer it to be done in secret. There were no Leftist journalists/activists at airports or detention centers reporting heartbreaking stories of families torn apart. There were no protests for them.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 3d

Abakar Abakarov, an activist from the Russian republic of Dagestan who was wanted by Moscow, has been found dead from multiple stab wounds in Istanbul.

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Anders Östlund @andersostlund.bsky.social · 2d

I wouldn't trust Russian documents even if they are for internal use. Russians lie to each other as much as they lie to everybody else. Who would like to bring bad news to superiors in a country like Russia?

Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2d

Russia's now losing 35-50k troops per month, according to its own leaked documents and open-source analysis

The Pokrovsk offensive finally drove casualties to unsustainable levels—Russia's recruitment is still at 32k per month euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/16/h...

Putin’s Pokrovsk push is making Russia run out of Russians

We don't know for sure how many Russian troops are dying in Ukraine right now. But it's more than the Kremlin can replace.

euromaidanpress.com

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2d

Russian President Vladimir Putin persuaded Trump to meet in Budapest out of fear that Ukraine might receive Tomahawk missiles, said expert Pavlo Narozhnyi

Putin “outplayed” Trump, dragging him into talks that will likely lead nowhere, he added
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/18/p...

“Putin outplayed Trump again”: Russia pulls US president into Budapest meeting on its terms, says expert

The pattern was seen during the Alaska summit: talk, no results.

euromaidanpress.com

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 3d

💔 A series of satellite images shows how the Mariupol cemetery has expanded year after year.

The scale of the burials is horrifying. According to various estimates, Russia has killed more than 100,000 residents of Mariupol.

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 2d

Fool me once, shame on you
Fool me twice, shame on me
Fool me every time, make me POTUS

#Tomahawks

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

Judge Dariusz Łubowski on the decision regarding the extradition of the suspect in the Nord Stream bombing:

“Those actions were not unlawful. On the contrary, they were justified, rational, and fair.”

📹 tvp .info

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 2d

👀 A tunnel to Poland from Belarus was discovered by Polish border guards.

It ran under the fence and ended on the territory of Poland, 20 meters from the border.

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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 3d

Center for Countering Disinformation💙💛

⚡️ According to American law enforcement, the number of cases against individuals acting in the interests of the russian federation has increased by 33%

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Lewi @anno1540.bsky.social · 3d

To Budapest! Form the right thoughts in the morning!

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BIRDCHASER @birdchaser49.bsky.social · 2d

Euromaiden Press
Oct 18

Over 25,000 Russian soldiers deserted from a single military district in nine months, per Ukrainian intelligence

Over 30 were executed for refusing orders showing Moscow now kills its own troops to maintain discipline

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3d

It's so hard to tell if they're awful or idiots.

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 3d

Sequence:
1. Ukrainian drones fly to attack a Russian fuel depot in occupied Crimea.
2. Russian Su-30 fighter jet dispatched to shoot down the Ukrainian drones.
3. Russian air defense shoots down the Russian aircraft. 💥
4. Ukrainian drones strike the Russian fuel depot. 💥

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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 3d

New report reveals that weapons and military equipment intended for Mali’s armed forces were rerouted to the Russian Wagner Group between 2021 and 2025, a practice that undermines global arms control regimes and enabled serious human rights abuses.

globalinitiative.net/analysis/pri...

The Wagner group in Mali

This report documents how weapons and military equipment intended for Mali’s armed forces were rerouted to the Wagner Group between 2021 and 2025, a practice that undermines global arms control regime...

globalinitiative.net

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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 3d

The Russians have long been running a 'cultural fund' to promote their war of conquest and cultural genocide against the Ukrainian people. Unsurprisingly, these narratives have also seeped into far-right and far-left political circles in democratic countries.
united24media.com/anti-fake/ho...

How the Kremlin Buys Foreign Love Using Its Western Influencers Like "Sasha Meets Russia"

How much is the Kremlin willing to pay foreign-facing influencers to praise Russia? The bloggers claim nothing. The data says otherwise.

united24media.com

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