George Hupka 🇺🇦🇨🇦
@georgehupka.bsky.social
Cinematographer, Saskatoon Canada
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Alarming headline from The Guardian, though the actual story is pretty light on details about this intimidation. Apart from Euroclear execs hiring private security + promised legal/economic retaliation against Belgium, we're left only with some anon speculation about the GRU.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Alarming headline from The Guardian, though the actual story is pretty light on details about this intimidation. Apart from Euroclear execs hiring private security + promised legal/economic retaliation against Belgium, we're left only with some anon speculation about the GRU.
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Russia has promised “the harshest” response if its sovereign assets are used to fund Ukraine, in a threat that has alarmed countries including Belgium, Italy and Austria.
Putin’s retaliation threat over frozen assets rattles EU capitals ft.trib.al/MDP8maR
Putin’s retaliation threat over frozen assets rattles EU capitals
Italy, Belgium and Austria worry about Russia moving against their companies
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December 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Russia has promised “the harshest” response if its sovereign assets are used to fund Ukraine, in a threat that has alarmed countries including Belgium, Italy and Austria.
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Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih.
Four people injured, residential buildings, private homes and other buildings damaged.
📹: someone's home in the first moments after the attack.
Four people injured, residential buildings, private homes and other buildings damaged.
📹: someone's home in the first moments after the attack.
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih.
Four people injured, residential buildings, private homes and other buildings damaged.
📹: someone's home in the first moments after the attack.
Four people injured, residential buildings, private homes and other buildings damaged.
📹: someone's home in the first moments after the attack.
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Putin said Russia will not back down from its mission to “liberate its historic lands” and predicted the European “swine” backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed no readiness to compromise on the goals for his invasion of Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power
Russian president vows to liberate ‘historic lands’ in hardline speech, showing no signs of compromise on invasion goals
www.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Putin said Russia will not back down from its mission to “liberate its historic lands” and predicted the European “swine” backing Kyiv would ultimately lose power, in a speech that showed no readiness to compromise on the goals for his invasion of Ukraine.
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Interesting: a Ukrainian delegation headed by Umerov is also expected to arrive in Miami later this week for talks with Witkoff and Kushner, but no trilateral meeting is currently planned. Puts some pressure on the weekend meeting with the Russians. Do your thing, Florida sunshine!
Putin envoy to hold talks with Trump aides on U.S. peace plan in Miami this weekend
Trump's advisers are expected to try to get Russian officials to agree to the updated proposal on ending the war in Ukraine.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Interesting: a Ukrainian delegation headed by Umerov is also expected to arrive in Miami later this week for talks with Witkoff and Kushner, but no trilateral meeting is currently planned. Puts some pressure on the weekend meeting with the Russians. Do your thing, Florida sunshine!
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I have just published my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week: Putin's Kupiansk lie, Ukrainian forces advance, the Chinese carrier strike group off Japan, as well as my Big Five recommended readings.
mickryan.substack.com/p/my-zelensk...
mickryan.substack.com/p/my-zelensk...
My Zelenskyy Goes to Kupiansk. Putin Huddles in Moscow. Chinese Carrier Off Japan. The Big Five, 14 December edition.
My regular update on war and strategic competition. This week: Putin's Kupiansk lie, Ukrainian forces advance, the Chinese carrier strike group off Japan, as well as my Big Five recommended readings.
mickryan.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I have just published my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week: Putin's Kupiansk lie, Ukrainian forces advance, the Chinese carrier strike group off Japan, as well as my Big Five recommended readings.
mickryan.substack.com/p/my-zelensk...
mickryan.substack.com/p/my-zelensk...
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When Russia talks about “liberation,” “one people,” and “saving Russian speakers,”
remember this: Russia is invading westward. Not NATO. Not Europe. Russia.
remember this: Russia is invading westward. Not NATO. Not Europe. Russia.
December 14, 2025 at 5:47 AM
When Russia talks about “liberation,” “one people,” and “saving Russian speakers,”
remember this: Russia is invading westward. Not NATO. Not Europe. Russia.
remember this: Russia is invading westward. Not NATO. Not Europe. Russia.
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Why do Putin’s children, and the children of Moscow’s elite, live, study, or own property in Europe? 🤔
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
December 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Why do Putin’s children, and the children of Moscow’s elite, live, study, or own property in Europe? 🤔
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
While selling “anti-Western” hysteria at home, figures like propagandist Vladimir Solovyov enjoy villas and residency in Italy.
They don’t believe their own propaganda and never have.
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Reports indicate an overnight attack on occupied Crimea, hitting an oil depot in Simferopol.
December 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Reports indicate an overnight attack on occupied Crimea, hitting an oil depot in Simferopol.
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Services work to restore heat and water after Russian strikes leaving hundreds of thousands without power across seven regions, Zelensky said, noting Russia launched over 1,500 drones, 900 glide bombs and 46 missiles this week, with another mass attack on Odesa overnight.
December 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Services work to restore heat and water after Russian strikes leaving hundreds of thousands without power across seven regions, Zelensky said, noting Russia launched over 1,500 drones, 900 glide bombs and 46 missiles this week, with another mass attack on Odesa overnight.
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Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. In exchange for sanctions relief, Lukashenko pardoned 123 prisoners, the Belta state news agency reported.
Belarus releases Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for US sanctions relief | CNN
Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights gro...
www.cnn.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. In exchange for sanctions relief, Lukashenko pardoned 123 prisoners, the Belta state news agency reported.
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In the history of empires, people have always gone to wherever their resources went. America First is trying to upend that bargain; it demands the benefits of empire without the movement, openness, or obligations that empire has always required. And that's how you lose an empire. 80+ yrs gone in 1.
December 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
In the history of empires, people have always gone to wherever their resources went. America First is trying to upend that bargain; it demands the benefits of empire without the movement, openness, or obligations that empire has always required. And that's how you lose an empire. 80+ yrs gone in 1.
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Don't let Donald Trump gaslight you — he's raising expectations yet again to crush our farmers after the hard year they've had due to his self-manufactured trade crisis.
US farmers say Trump's $12 billion aid package won't cover losses
U.S. farmers facing steep losses this year welcomed President Donald Trump's aid package, but said they would need more than that to fully offset low crop prices and lost export opportunities from his...
www.reuters.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Don't let Donald Trump gaslight you — he's raising expectations yet again to crush our farmers after the hard year they've had due to his self-manufactured trade crisis.
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With five-year social media rules taking effect next year, the 2026 World Cup risks becoming one of the most expensive and least inclusive ever. High costs will price out many fans, while U.S. social media screening may exclude younger attendees who might have a more colorful online history.
December 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
With five-year social media rules taking effect next year, the 2026 World Cup risks becoming one of the most expensive and least inclusive ever. High costs will price out many fans, while U.S. social media screening may exclude younger attendees who might have a more colorful online history.
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If you own or work in a potash mine in Saskatchewan Canada, I would be very worried about my job. If you are a Canadian CUSMA negotiator, there's goes one of your pieces of leverage and if you are a farmer in the US, I would stock up on potash for the spring. #cdnpoli
December 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you own or work in a potash mine in Saskatchewan Canada, I would be very worried about my job. If you are a Canadian CUSMA negotiator, there's goes one of your pieces of leverage and if you are a farmer in the US, I would stock up on potash for the spring. #cdnpoli
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Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the Hungarian capital Budapest to demand Prime Minister Viktor Orban's resignation due to perceived inaction over allegations of child abuse in state-run institutions.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in the Hungarian capital Budapest to demand Prime Minister Viktor Orban's resignation due to perceived inaction over allegations of child abuse in state-run institutions.
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Scores from the final day of competition at the IIHF WJC Div 1A tournament in Bled, Slovenia:
Ukraine 🇺🇦 3 France 🇫🇷 2
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 5 Austria 🇦🇹 4
Norway 🇳🇴 9 Slovenia 🇸🇮 2
Norway finishes first, is promoted to the 2027 World Junior Championship in Edmonton/Red Deer. France is relegated to Div 1B.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 3 France 🇫🇷 2
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 5 Austria 🇦🇹 4
Norway 🇳🇴 9 Slovenia 🇸🇮 2
Norway finishes first, is promoted to the 2027 World Junior Championship in Edmonton/Red Deer. France is relegated to Div 1B.
Scores from day five of the IIHF WJC Div 1A tournament in Bled, Slovenia:
Austria 🇦🇹 9 Ukraine 🇺🇦 2
Norway 🇳🇴 10 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 2
Slovenia 🇸🇮 5 France 🇫🇷 4 (OT)
Austria 🇦🇹 9 Ukraine 🇺🇦 2
Norway 🇳🇴 10 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 2
Slovenia 🇸🇮 5 France 🇫🇷 4 (OT)
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Scores from the final day of competition at the IIHF WJC Div 1A tournament in Bled, Slovenia:
Ukraine 🇺🇦 3 France 🇫🇷 2
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 5 Austria 🇦🇹 4
Norway 🇳🇴 9 Slovenia 🇸🇮 2
Norway finishes first, is promoted to the 2027 World Junior Championship in Edmonton/Red Deer. France is relegated to Div 1B.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 3 France 🇫🇷 2
Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 5 Austria 🇦🇹 4
Norway 🇳🇴 9 Slovenia 🇸🇮 2
Norway finishes first, is promoted to the 2027 World Junior Championship in Edmonton/Red Deer. France is relegated to Div 1B.
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OPINION | Trump is deteriorating rapidly before our eyes, it's hard to know if he's falling apart faster than his own MAGA movement, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
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Trump Is Triggering His Very Own MAGApocalypse
The horror! The horror!
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December 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
OPINION | Trump is deteriorating rapidly before our eyes, it's hard to know if he's falling apart faster than his own MAGA movement, writes @djrothkopf.bsky.social.
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⚡️Update: Zelensky confirms meeting with US envoys, peace talks in coming days amid media reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 13 announced he will meet "with envoys" of U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 13 announced he will meet "with envoys" of U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days.
Witkoff to meet Zelensky, European leaders over the weekend to discuss US peace plan, WSJ reports
The reported meeting involving Zelensky follows news that Kyiv and its European partners handed Washington their revisions to the U.S.-proposed peace framework, with territorial concessions dominating...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
⚡️Update: Zelensky confirms meeting with US envoys, peace talks in coming days amid media reports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 13 announced he will meet "with envoys" of U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days.
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Dec. 13 announced he will meet "with envoys" of U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days.
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Did they just try to cover up the crowd booing Trump at the Army Navy game? Did I mishear that?
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Did they just try to cover up the crowd booing Trump at the Army Navy game? Did I mishear that?
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A huge attack on occupied Crimea is raging.
Monitors say drones and missiles are being fired. Explosions are heard Feodosia, Gvardiysky, Sevastopol, Dzhankoy, Saky and this video shows air defence in Simferopol.
#CrimeaIsUkraine
Monitors say drones and missiles are being fired. Explosions are heard Feodosia, Gvardiysky, Sevastopol, Dzhankoy, Saky and this video shows air defence in Simferopol.
#CrimeaIsUkraine
December 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A huge attack on occupied Crimea is raging.
Monitors say drones and missiles are being fired. Explosions are heard Feodosia, Gvardiysky, Sevastopol, Dzhankoy, Saky and this video shows air defence in Simferopol.
#CrimeaIsUkraine
Monitors say drones and missiles are being fired. Explosions are heard Feodosia, Gvardiysky, Sevastopol, Dzhankoy, Saky and this video shows air defence in Simferopol.
#CrimeaIsUkraine
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The war in Ukraine reaches Day 1389
The next 100 days will be completed on Christmas Eve.
Will we be nearer peace by then? After another night of missiles, no-one in Ukraine thinks so.
I'm here every single day to bring the truth of the war.
Let's begin Saturday's daily thread:
The next 100 days will be completed on Christmas Eve.
Will we be nearer peace by then? After another night of missiles, no-one in Ukraine thinks so.
I'm here every single day to bring the truth of the war.
Let's begin Saturday's daily thread:
December 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The war in Ukraine reaches Day 1389
The next 100 days will be completed on Christmas Eve.
Will we be nearer peace by then? After another night of missiles, no-one in Ukraine thinks so.
I'm here every single day to bring the truth of the war.
Let's begin Saturday's daily thread:
The next 100 days will be completed on Christmas Eve.
Will we be nearer peace by then? After another night of missiles, no-one in Ukraine thinks so.
I'm here every single day to bring the truth of the war.
Let's begin Saturday's daily thread: