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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 10h
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olddogua.bsky.social Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 16h
Russia invaded, came to our city, stole our family home, killed and tortured my friends, destroyed our community and gave me the death penalty for good measure.

You tell me how I should react to these comments, Zelensky has my respect for NOT punching him right in the kisser.

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Shaun Pinner @olddogua.bsky.social · 16h
Russia invaded, came to our city, stole our family home, killed and tortured my friends, destroyed our community and gave me the death penalty for good measure.

You tell me how I should react to these comments, Zelensky has my respect for NOT punching him right in the kisser.

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 17h
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 23h
“Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed.”

This and Zelensky’s facial expression and body language tells us everything we need to know about where this is.

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 1d
The breakthrough

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 1d
First of the season

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#Mushrooms #fungi

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d
Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 2d
Russians are attacking Kyiv and the region for 10 hours already

t.me/mon1tor_ua/5...

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Maria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 2d
Russia is attacking Kyiv’s power plants with drones and missiles. There are also multiple hits on residential buildings.

Reposted by François Heisbourg, Maksym Polyakov, Steve Murdoch

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 2d
Footage from Kyiv shows the moment a drone strikes a residential high rise in the Pozniaky district. Another direct and deliberate attack on civilian housing.

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Euromaidan Press @euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 2d
Russia sentences young Ukrainian, abducted as a teenager in 2019, to 22 years
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Russia sentences young Ukrainian, abducted as a teenager in 2019, to 22 years
Valery Zaitsev was just 19 when he was seized in occupied Donetsk oblast, together with his mother whom the same ‘court’ sentenced to 10 years
khpg.org

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Margo Gontar @margogontar.bsky.social · 3d
For me as a Ukrainian today is a glorious day: today , 34 years ago , USSR has finally collapsed.

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 4d
I don’t think I will ever figure out cricket

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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 4d
One year ago today we absolutely didn't shoot the Azerbaijani airliner, stop it landing, jam its navigation & send it out to sea in hope it sinks, leaving no evidence.

And in unrelated events, the Azerbaijanis told us to stop spreading lies about what we did not do.

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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 4d
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Jiskefet - English Sports
YouTube video by Jiskefet
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 4d
Tonight, I spent a wonderful Christmas Eve with my family. But I couldn’t stop thinking about the Ukrainian soldiers who are paying the ultimate price so that we can have a peaceful Christmas Eve.

#StandWithUkraine

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Pete @petetheref.bsky.social · 4d
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!

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Denys from Ukraine @glushko.bsky.social · 5d
🇩🇪🇫🇷🇬🇧🇺🇦 Staff from the embassies of Germany , France and the UK joined Ukrainian artists in Kyiv to sing Shchedryk (Carol of the Bells) together as a sign of support and solidarity.

📹 german_embassy_ukraine/Instagram

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Б'єрнберт @bjornbert.nafofellas.com · 5d
I must’ve been good this year, because I got Intent to destroy by
@efinkel.bsky.social for Christmas 🎄

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Ïne Back Ïversen @ineiversen.bsky.social · 5d
All we want for Christmas is…👇🏼

Thank you for your attention on this matter.

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Olena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 5d
Since half of our apartment is still under repair after the Shahed attack, this year our Christmas tree is a mini one.

Warmest greetings from Kyiv, the capital of freedom and dignity. Thank you to everyone who supports Ukraine 💙💛

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Eugene Finkel @efinkel.bsky.social · 5d
All I want for Christmas is no more stupid peace plans

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 6d
Summary of last night's attack
🔗 t.me/mon1tor_ua/5...

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Eugene McParland 🇺🇦 @eugenemcparland.bsky.social · 6d
#Ukraine Repels Massive Attack (22–23 Dec 2025):

673 threats detected (38 missiles, 635 UAVs—400+ Shaheds).

621 destroyed/suppressed (587 UAVs, 34 missiles). 3 Kh-47M2 Kinzhals failed to hit targets.

21 locations struck; debris at 8. Air defenses active.
Infographic by Повітряні Сили (Ukrainian Air Force) as of 23.12.2025, showing 621 enemy targets hit/destroyed: 587 hostile UAVs and 34 X-101/Islander-K missiles during repeated air attacks. Source: t.me/kpszsu

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7d
Italian prosecutors ask to drop case of suspected Russian drone flyovers reut.rs/3KVTcnJ
Italian prosecutors ask to drop case of suspected Russian drone flyovers
Italian prosecutors investigating suspected Russian drone flights over an EU space research centre have concluded their suspicions were unfounded and have requested the case be dropped, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 8d
Tūī feasting on harakeke flowers, the face coated in golden pollen

Taken on my way to work, Galaxy S22, x10 zoom

#nzbirds #birds 🇳🇿🪶

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 8d
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justinwolfers.bsky.social Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 9d
"If I'm sounding more worried to you than I've sounded in months, it's because I am."

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Maksym Polyakov 🇺🇦🌻 @maksympolyakov.bsky.social · 8d
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wartranslated.bsky.social WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 8d
Russian forces crossed the border near Hrabivske village in Sumy region and forcibly took over 50 Ukrainian civilians to Russia, mostly elderly including one woman aged 89, Ukrainian military spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy told Ukrainska Pravda.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 8d
Putin personally chose Steve Witkoff as a key backchannel to the U.S., per WSJ. The Kremlin’s outreach came via Saudi Crown Prince MBS, who relayed Putin’s interest in meeting Witkoff. After vetting Trump’s circle, Moscow settled on him, with aide Kirill Dmitriev involved in the effort.