Nik Ford
@drnikford.bsky.social
PhD Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Chechnya🐺, Democracy, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, terrorism & political violence, identity. USMC. she/her/hers. #polisky #eusky #comparativesky слава Україні🇺🇦 words @FP, WaPo, Defense Post, etc
Just came across this and sharing for absolutely no reason.
July 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Just came across this and sharing for absolutely no reason.
I CANNOT!!!! lol 😭🤣#ElonPrigozhin #MuskTrump
June 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I CANNOT!!!! lol 😭🤣#ElonPrigozhin #MuskTrump
May 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’m only mildly jesting when I say if I had a dime for every time #russia threatened to nuke since 1991, I would have $1million smackaroos rn.
#ukraine #eu #russiaisaterroriststate
#ukraine #eu #russiaisaterroriststate
May 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’m only mildly jesting when I say if I had a dime for every time #russia threatened to nuke since 1991, I would have $1million smackaroos rn.
#ukraine #eu #russiaisaterroriststate
#ukraine #eu #russiaisaterroriststate
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May 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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For levity, meet our new baby chicks, Dill & Pickles. They are a Bantam breed (very smol). Specifically, Mille Fleur d’Uccle. Their parents Jason & Watermelon, to give you an idea of what they will look like full grown. They will be ~1/2 the size of Snowflake. #chickens #dillandpickles
May 7, 2025 at 2:57 AM
For levity, meet our new baby chicks, Dill & Pickles. They are a Bantam breed (very smol). Specifically, Mille Fleur d’Uccle. Their parents Jason & Watermelon, to give you an idea of what they will look like full grown. They will be ~1/2 the size of Snowflake. #chickens #dillandpickles
🇷🇺 wont honor any peace treaty. 🇷🇺 will return for the rest of 🇺🇦 & then perhaps Moldova & beyond.
In 🇺🇦 today there are Ichkerians fighting on the side of Ukraine & there has been since 2014.
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In 🇺🇦 today there are Ichkerians fighting on the side of Ukraine & there has been since 2014.
12/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
🇷🇺 wont honor any peace treaty. 🇷🇺 will return for the rest of 🇺🇦 & then perhaps Moldova & beyond.
In 🇺🇦 today there are Ichkerians fighting on the side of Ukraine & there has been since 2014.
12/x
In 🇺🇦 today there are Ichkerians fighting on the side of Ukraine & there has been since 2014.
12/x
…to begin the 2nd Russo-Chechen war to recollect Ichkeria & do so by creating a false-flag attack on his own people as pretense should surprise no one.
This is why 🇷🇺 must be defeated. 🇷🇺 will only accept peace as a pause… for another bite at the apple once their military is restocked. 11/x
This is why 🇷🇺 must be defeated. 🇷🇺 will only accept peace as a pause… for another bite at the apple once their military is restocked. 11/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
…to begin the 2nd Russo-Chechen war to recollect Ichkeria & do so by creating a false-flag attack on his own people as pretense should surprise no one.
This is why 🇷🇺 must be defeated. 🇷🇺 will only accept peace as a pause… for another bite at the apple once their military is restocked. 11/x
This is why 🇷🇺 must be defeated. 🇷🇺 will only accept peace as a pause… for another bite at the apple once their military is restocked. 11/x
It also tells us if tiny Ichkeria, 1/40 in size & population of #Ukraine can beat 🇷🇺 to a standstill WITHOUT any help from anyone & in the face of genocide, then Ukraine CAN beat 🇷🇺 with our help.
The fact that 🇷🇺 under Yeltsin again, with Putin as his PM, 🇷🇺 would break the peace treaty 9/x
The fact that 🇷🇺 under Yeltsin again, with Putin as his PM, 🇷🇺 would break the peace treaty 9/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
It also tells us if tiny Ichkeria, 1/40 in size & population of #Ukraine can beat 🇷🇺 to a standstill WITHOUT any help from anyone & in the face of genocide, then Ukraine CAN beat 🇷🇺 with our help.
The fact that 🇷🇺 under Yeltsin again, with Putin as his PM, 🇷🇺 would break the peace treaty 9/x
The fact that 🇷🇺 under Yeltsin again, with Putin as his PM, 🇷🇺 would break the peace treaty 9/x
What does this story tell us? What’s happening in Ukraine is not unique. It also tells us this isn’t “Putin’s war”: this is RUSSIA’S war. Yeltsin ordered the first war of genocide against Ichkeria for daring to be free. 8/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
What does this story tell us? What’s happening in Ukraine is not unique. It also tells us this isn’t “Putin’s war”: this is RUSSIA’S war. Yeltsin ordered the first war of genocide against Ichkeria for daring to be free. 8/x
There are monuments & streets named in #Dudayev’s honor particularly in Estonia but across E. Europe including #Ukraine. It was during this time he saved Yeltsin’s life.
A year & 3months later, a peace accord would be signed in which Ichkeria would gain their de facto independence from Russia. 7/x
A year & 3months later, a peace accord would be signed in which Ichkeria would gain their de facto independence from Russia. 7/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
There are monuments & streets named in #Dudayev’s honor particularly in Estonia but across E. Europe including #Ukraine. It was during this time he saved Yeltsin’s life.
A year & 3months later, a peace accord would be signed in which Ichkeria would gain their de facto independence from Russia. 7/x
A year & 3months later, a peace accord would be signed in which Ichkeria would gain their de facto independence from Russia. 7/x
#Dudayev was stationed in #Estonia at the fall of the Soviet Union. He was in charge of the Soviet military presence there. The Soviets ordered use tanks against the Estonians who were calling for independence. Dudayev flatly refused.
He is seen as a hero in Estonia & throughout E. Europe. 6/x
He is seen as a hero in Estonia & throughout E. Europe. 6/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Before his death, #Dudayev gave an interview to Estonian journalists. It was quite the prophecy. He knew what Russia is & knew they’d come for Ukraine using the “Slav excuse” & the Ukrainians would not tolerate recolonization. He admired the Ukrainians, Poles, Estonians… 5/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Before his death, #Dudayev gave an interview to Estonian journalists. It was quite the prophecy. He knew what Russia is & knew they’d come for Ukraine using the “Slav excuse” & the Ukrainians would not tolerate recolonization. He admired the Ukrainians, Poles, Estonians… 5/x
Yeltsin’s team was tipped off the Soviets were going to ensure his plane home met with an unfortunate malfunction. #Dudayev gave him his car & had his driver drive Yeltsin back home to 🇷🇺.
Yet here we are on the 29th anniversary of Dudayev’s assassination at the hands of Yeltsin, of 🇷🇺. ironic? 4/x
Yet here we are on the 29th anniversary of Dudayev’s assassination at the hands of Yeltsin, of 🇷🇺. ironic? 4/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Yeltsin’s team was tipped off the Soviets were going to ensure his plane home met with an unfortunate malfunction. #Dudayev gave him his car & had his driver drive Yeltsin back home to 🇷🇺.
Yet here we are on the 29th anniversary of Dudayev’s assassination at the hands of Yeltsin, of 🇷🇺. ironic? 4/x
Yet here we are on the 29th anniversary of Dudayev’s assassination at the hands of Yeltsin, of 🇷🇺. ironic? 4/x
Even in the face of genocide & the assassination of their elected President the Ichkerians continued to fight: out gunned & outnumbered & without ANY assistance from anyone.
#Dudayev saved the life of Yeltsin once while Dudayev was stationed in Estonia & Yeltsin was in the Baltics 3/x
#Dudayev saved the life of Yeltsin once while Dudayev was stationed in Estonia & Yeltsin was in the Baltics 3/x
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Even in the face of genocide & the assassination of their elected President the Ichkerians continued to fight: out gunned & outnumbered & without ANY assistance from anyone.
#Dudayev saved the life of Yeltsin once while Dudayev was stationed in Estonia & Yeltsin was in the Baltics 3/x
#Dudayev saved the life of Yeltsin once while Dudayev was stationed in Estonia & Yeltsin was in the Baltics 3/x
…Russians do not like seeing their own coming home in body bags. The 2nd Army of the World™️ was incapable of beating tiny Ichkeria during the 1st Russo-Chechen War. So, 🇷🇺 does as it always does. Leans deeply into crimes against humanity & genocide.
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April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
…Russians do not like seeing their own coming home in body bags. The 2nd Army of the World™️ was incapable of beating tiny Ichkeria during the 1st Russo-Chechen War. So, 🇷🇺 does as it always does. Leans deeply into crimes against humanity & genocide.
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Today is the anniversary of Russia’s assassination of Dzhokhar #Dudayev: 1st democratically elected president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. This was Yeltsin’s desperate attempt to defeat Ichkeria before the upcoming 1996 election. The war was incredibly unpopular at home. It turns out… 1/x 🧵
April 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Today is the anniversary of Russia’s assassination of Dzhokhar #Dudayev: 1st democratically elected president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. This was Yeltsin’s desperate attempt to defeat Ichkeria before the upcoming 1996 election. The war was incredibly unpopular at home. It turns out… 1/x 🧵
It’s my birthday. Of the presents my hubs gave me, this is my fav. He had a massive ballon attached.
March 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
It’s my birthday. Of the presents my hubs gave me, this is my fav. He had a massive ballon attached.
