Sarah Whitmore
@drsarahwhitmore.bsky.social
Reader in Politics, Oxford Brookes University. Researching Ukrainian politics since 1998, current projects: defence reform; parliament@war. Lang: Ukr, Rus
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Kyiv and the region are under intense drone attacks today. russians seem to have changed tactics — dispersing drone strikes throughout the day & night to paralyze daily life and disrupt businesses. They also resumed targeting our energy infrastructure, hoping to freeze us into surrender. Terrorists.
October 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Kyiv and the region are under intense drone attacks today. russians seem to have changed tactics — dispersing drone strikes throughout the day & night to paralyze daily life and disrupt businesses. They also resumed targeting our energy infrastructure, hoping to freeze us into surrender. Terrorists.
A NEW THREAT TO FREEDOM? ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/09/07/a...
A NEW THREAT TO FREEDOM?
Sian Norris reports on the new threat to abaortion rights in Ukraine In June this year, the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council put in a public appeal to Ukraine’s RADA to suspend the right to safe and le…
ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org
September 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A NEW THREAT TO FREEDOM? ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org/2025/09/07/a...
In a depressingly familiar story, deputy Zhelezhniak explains how the schemers in Poltava produced decorations not fortifications and got promoted for their trouble
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPuD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPuD...
Куди зникли гроші на оборону Донеччини: фортифікації на папері, мільйони з бюджету та нові посади
YouTube video by Залізний нардеп
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September 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In a depressingly familiar story, deputy Zhelezhniak explains how the schemers in Poltava produced decorations not fortifications and got promoted for their trouble
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPuD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPuD...
Failure to learn the lessons from Afghanistan has profound consequences, including for the UK's commitment to support Ukraine, according to this damning RUSI commentary www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
Afghanistan: The Enduring Stain on the British State
The legacy of the UK’s involvement in Afghanistan is one of compounding whole-of-government failure.
www.rusi.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Failure to learn the lessons from Afghanistan has profound consequences, including for the UK's commitment to support Ukraine, according to this damning RUSI commentary www.rusi.org/explore-our-...
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What did the US get in return? Why now? What did Kremlin do to earn this? So many questions.
Trump administration just lifted sanctions on several Russian banks close to Putin.
June 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What did the US get in return? Why now? What did Kremlin do to earn this? So many questions.
I'm currently reading @shaunwalker7.bsky.social's account of the scrupulous recruitment, years of training and diligent handling of the USSR's 'illegals'. The contrast with the crude FSB op detailed here couldn't be more striking. www.reuters.com/investigates...
Russia recruited a teenage spy. His arrest led to a crypto money trail
Russia is using untrained spies after operatives were expelled from Europe in 2022. The case against a Canadian teen shows how Moscow conducts the operations.
www.reuters.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm currently reading @shaunwalker7.bsky.social's account of the scrupulous recruitment, years of training and diligent handling of the USSR's 'illegals'. The contrast with the crude FSB op detailed here couldn't be more striking. www.reuters.com/investigates...
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As the diplomatic theater drags on, I'm here to remind you that nothing has changed politically/militarily to move the status quo. Ru wants capitulation, Ukraine won't surrender, Europe is w Ukr rhetorically but is unable to step up big time, Trump wants a quick end but perhaps not at any cost.
May 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
As the diplomatic theater drags on, I'm here to remind you that nothing has changed politically/militarily to move the status quo. Ru wants capitulation, Ukraine won't surrender, Europe is w Ukr rhetorically but is unable to step up big time, Trump wants a quick end but perhaps not at any cost.
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A chilling story about my ex colleague, journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, detained by Russia on the occupied territories of Ukraine while reporting. She was tortured and killed, her body returned to Ukraine several months later with missing organs, as brain www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A chilling story about my ex colleague, journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, detained by Russia on the occupied territories of Ukraine while reporting. She was tortured and killed, her body returned to Ukraine several months later with missing organs, as brain www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Yesterday we published our investigation into torture & death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.
Now, what I & several Guardian colleagues have been working on for past few months: inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons for Ukrainians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Now, what I & several Guardian colleagues have been working on for past few months: inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons for Ukrainians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Inside Taganrog: beatings, electrocution and starvation at prison where Ukrainians were tortured
Russia is holding an estimated 16,000 civilians in arbitrary detention at 180 separate facilities. Taganrog was the most notorious.
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Yesterday we published our investigation into torture & death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.
Now, what I & several Guardian colleagues have been working on for past few months: inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons for Ukrainians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Now, what I & several Guardian colleagues have been working on for past few months: inside one of Russia's worst torture prisons for Ukrainians
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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War and Peace in Ukraine
🗓️Weds 7 May, 3pm-5pm
Join us for a discussion on possible peace deals & plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, featuring exhibit posters from Yurko Gutsulyak’s ‘Blue-Yellow Series’ 🇺🇦
Tea/coffee & Ukrainian snacks provided!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1259287907...
🗓️Weds 7 May, 3pm-5pm
Join us for a discussion on possible peace deals & plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, featuring exhibit posters from Yurko Gutsulyak’s ‘Blue-Yellow Series’ 🇺🇦
Tea/coffee & Ukrainian snacks provided!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1259287907...
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
War and Peace in Ukraine
🗓️Weds 7 May, 3pm-5pm
Join us for a discussion on possible peace deals & plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, featuring exhibit posters from Yurko Gutsulyak’s ‘Blue-Yellow Series’ 🇺🇦
Tea/coffee & Ukrainian snacks provided!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1259287907...
🗓️Weds 7 May, 3pm-5pm
Join us for a discussion on possible peace deals & plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine, featuring exhibit posters from Yurko Gutsulyak’s ‘Blue-Yellow Series’ 🇺🇦
Tea/coffee & Ukrainian snacks provided!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1259287907...
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Moscow killed Mike Yohansen in 1937 and banned his books. I never expected Washington to try to kill my translation of his best novel in 2025. Read @katetsurkan.bsky.social's latest for @kyivindependent.com on Trump's attack on Ukrainian literature in translation. kyivindependent.com/publishing-h...
Publishing house of Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute latest target of Trump’s federal budget cuts
The future of Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI) publishing program is in jeopardy, as it has become the latest target of sweeping grant cuts under the administration of U.S. President Dona...
kyivindependent.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Moscow killed Mike Yohansen in 1937 and banned his books. I never expected Washington to try to kill my translation of his best novel in 2025. Read @katetsurkan.bsky.social's latest for @kyivindependent.com on Trump's attack on Ukrainian literature in translation. kyivindependent.com/publishing-h...
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No longer hiding behind nonsense propaganda about NATO or "protecting Russian speakers" or "nazis", Russians now admit that their aim in Ukraine is merely genocide.
Russia's Lieutenant Colonel Selivanov lays out the core of Russian culture.
Russia's Lieutenant Colonel Selivanov lays out the core of Russian culture.
April 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
No longer hiding behind nonsense propaganda about NATO or "protecting Russian speakers" or "nazis", Russians now admit that their aim in Ukraine is merely genocide.
Russia's Lieutenant Colonel Selivanov lays out the core of Russian culture.
Russia's Lieutenant Colonel Selivanov lays out the core of Russian culture.
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Europe is about to commit its greatest strategic mistake. on.ft.com/4bVGZZ9
Europe is about to make its biggest strategic mistake
[FREE TO READ] Control over Moscow’s blocked foreign reserves empowers the EU to shape how the Ukraine war ends
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March 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Europe is about to commit its greatest strategic mistake. on.ft.com/4bVGZZ9
Join us in Oxford for a timely public roundtable on 7/5 w/ leading Ukr experts, plus poster exhib. Pls register via link
Spkrs:
Kateryna Busol
@simonpirani.bsky.social
Anastasiia Riabchuk
@olgatokariuk.bsky.social
Andrew Wilson #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-and-pe...
Spkrs:
Kateryna Busol
@simonpirani.bsky.social
Anastasiia Riabchuk
@olgatokariuk.bsky.social
Andrew Wilson #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-and-pe...
War and Peace in Ukraine
Join us to explore the nature of possible peace deals and plans for post-war reconstruction in Ukraine
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Join us in Oxford for a timely public roundtable on 7/5 w/ leading Ukr experts, plus poster exhib. Pls register via link
Spkrs:
Kateryna Busol
@simonpirani.bsky.social
Anastasiia Riabchuk
@olgatokariuk.bsky.social
Andrew Wilson #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-and-pe...
Spkrs:
Kateryna Busol
@simonpirani.bsky.social
Anastasiia Riabchuk
@olgatokariuk.bsky.social
Andrew Wilson #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-and-pe...
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Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov asserted that there will be no ceasefire and peace will happen only on Russia's terms. He mocked American politicians who pledged to stand with Ukraine, but now their support is nowhere to be seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...
Vladimir Solovyov says Russia won't agree to a ceasefire
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov asserted that there will be no ceasefire and peace will happen only on Russia's terms. He mocked American politicians who pledged to stand with Ukraine, but now their support is nowhere to be seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyO...
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During a meeting with Putin, the mother of a deceased Russian soldier openly admitted to abducting a child from the occupied Kherson region and taking them to Russia. Another example of a heinous violation of human rights by Russia and its people.
March 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
During a meeting with Putin, the mother of a deceased Russian soldier openly admitted to abducting a child from the occupied Kherson region and taking them to Russia. Another example of a heinous violation of human rights by Russia and its people.
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Some scattered thoughts after the most shocking and horrible moment of US diplomacy most of us have ever seen. Not even sure what the point of writing anything about this is, but here goes. 1/
February 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Some scattered thoughts after the most shocking and horrible moment of US diplomacy most of us have ever seen. Not even sure what the point of writing anything about this is, but here goes. 1/
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America’s withdrawal from Ukraine appears to be moving to warp speed now.
February 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
America’s withdrawal from Ukraine appears to be moving to warp speed now.
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Voting with Russia, Trump has placed the US together with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Nicaragua & rogue African military dictatorships friendly with Russia.
Trump has taken the US out of the family of democratic countries.
Even China, Cuba & Iran abstained.
Shame!
Trump has taken the US out of the family of democratic countries.
Even China, Cuba & Iran abstained.
Shame!
Ukraine resolution at the UN called Russia an aggressor and demands the full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
February 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Voting with Russia, Trump has placed the US together with Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Nicaragua & rogue African military dictatorships friendly with Russia.
Trump has taken the US out of the family of democratic countries.
Even China, Cuba & Iran abstained.
Shame!
Trump has taken the US out of the family of democratic countries.
Even China, Cuba & Iran abstained.
Shame!
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New: Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy.
Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy
[FREE TO READ] FT documentary investigates rise in cases of Russian soldiers executing Ukrainian POWs
on.ft.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:55 AM
New: Russia’s executions of Ukrainian prisoners point to systematic policy.
Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
Investigation with @christopherjm.ft.com @joesinft.ft.com @alisonkilling.bsky.social @digitalcampbell.ft.com @peter.andringa.me
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Lots of talk about "spheres of influence" in the context of the Trump admin's novel approach to foreign policy and their apparent plan to hand some/all of Ukraine to Russia, which is very keen on the "spheres of influence" idea. It's a non-starter for both Russia and the US 🧵
February 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Lots of talk about "spheres of influence" in the context of the Trump admin's novel approach to foreign policy and their apparent plan to hand some/all of Ukraine to Russia, which is very keen on the "spheres of influence" idea. It's a non-starter for both Russia and the US 🧵
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
Foreign Strongmen Cheer as Musk Dismantles U.S. Aid Agency (Gift Article)
Leaders in Russia, Hungary and El Salvador welcomed the Trump administration’s assault on U.S.A.I.D., which many authoritarians have seen as a threat.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/w...
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Belarusians march against #election2025 in Warszawa
“We will take back our country and we will definitely return home!”
“What is happening in Belarus today has already been called different words. Farce, comedy, special operation.”
Taken from Tsikhanouskaya’s telegram
“We will take back our country and we will definitely return home!”
“What is happening in Belarus today has already been called different words. Farce, comedy, special operation.”
Taken from Tsikhanouskaya’s telegram
January 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Belarusians march against #election2025 in Warszawa
“We will take back our country and we will definitely return home!”
“What is happening in Belarus today has already been called different words. Farce, comedy, special operation.”
Taken from Tsikhanouskaya’s telegram
“We will take back our country and we will definitely return home!”
“What is happening in Belarus today has already been called different words. Farce, comedy, special operation.”
Taken from Tsikhanouskaya’s telegram
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Reports Gulag historian Yury Dmitriev, 68, has been sent to solitary confinement in Russia's Mordovia colony for "unsatisfactory stretching." The most evil kind of evil. Descendants of the KGB officers he implicated first jailed him. Now they appear after after his life.
Историка Юрия Дмитриева отправили в ШИЗО за «неправильное выполнение зарядки» в мордовской колонии — Новая газета
17 января 68-летнего экс-главу карельского «Мемориала» Юрия Дмитриева поместили в штрафной изолятор на 6 суток. Официальной причиной наказания стало «неправильное выполнение утренней зарядки»,…
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January 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Reports Gulag historian Yury Dmitriev, 68, has been sent to solitary confinement in Russia's Mordovia colony for "unsatisfactory stretching." The most evil kind of evil. Descendants of the KGB officers he implicated first jailed him. Now they appear after after his life.