KI Insights
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KI Insights provides an inside perspective on Ukraine’s political and economic developments — and road to reconstruction.
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🚨 Ukraine’s political crisis is set to intensify next week, as NABU/SAPO investigations into Timur #Mindich, a longtime presidential associate, and several senior officials deepen.
What else should you watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine
What else should you watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨 Ukraine’s political crisis is set to intensify next week, as NABU/SAPO investigations into Timur #Mindich, a longtime presidential associate, and several senior officials deepen.
What else should you watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine
What else should you watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andrii Nesterenko/Global Images Ukraine
The biggest scandal of Zelensky’s presidency.🧵
Everyone is talking about it. We asked the experts.
🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
#Ukraine #NABU #Mindich #Zelensky
Everyone is talking about it. We asked the experts.
🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
#Ukraine #NABU #Mindich #Zelensky
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The biggest scandal of Zelensky’s presidency.🧵
Everyone is talking about it. We asked the experts.
🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
#Ukraine #NABU #Mindich #Zelensky
Everyone is talking about it. We asked the experts.
🎙️ Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0A4O...
#Ukraine #NABU #Mindich #Zelensky
🪖 Russian infiltration forces have overrun (but don’t yet fully control) large swathes of #Pokrovsk as fears of a #Myrnohrad encirclement grow.
OSINT shows RU troops have reached the central train station & infiltrated most areas north of the tracks.
What’s happening inside the city? 🧵👇
OSINT shows RU troops have reached the central train station & infiltrated most areas north of the tracks.
What’s happening inside the city? 🧵👇
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🪖 Russian infiltration forces have overrun (but don’t yet fully control) large swathes of #Pokrovsk as fears of a #Myrnohrad encirclement grow.
OSINT shows RU troops have reached the central train station & infiltrated most areas north of the tracks.
What’s happening inside the city? 🧵👇
OSINT shows RU troops have reached the central train station & infiltrated most areas north of the tracks.
What’s happening inside the city? 🧵👇
📢1 day to go!
1 week to go!🚨
Join us on Nov 13 for our next KI Insights Monthly Briefing:
“Battlefield Update: #Ukraine's Frontline Situation Ahead of Winter.”
🕓 16:30 Kyiv | 15:30 Brussels | 14:30 London | 09:30 DC
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-batt...
Join us on Nov 13 for our next KI Insights Monthly Briefing:
“Battlefield Update: #Ukraine's Frontline Situation Ahead of Winter.”
🕓 16:30 Kyiv | 15:30 Brussels | 14:30 London | 09:30 DC
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-batt...
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📢1 day to go!
☠️Russia's road from propaganda to a death cult
@jessikka.bsky.social & @aksybera.bsky.social dive deep into RU evolving disinformation machine — from 2014 troll farms to AI-driven #propaganda.
🚨How effective has #Moscow been in shaping opinions?
🎧Find out now! open.spotify.com/episode/1Kld...
@jessikka.bsky.social & @aksybera.bsky.social dive deep into RU evolving disinformation machine — from 2014 troll farms to AI-driven #propaganda.
🚨How effective has #Moscow been in shaping opinions?
🎧Find out now! open.spotify.com/episode/1Kld...
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
☠️Russia's road from propaganda to a death cult
@jessikka.bsky.social & @aksybera.bsky.social dive deep into RU evolving disinformation machine — from 2014 troll farms to AI-driven #propaganda.
🚨How effective has #Moscow been in shaping opinions?
🎧Find out now! open.spotify.com/episode/1Kld...
@jessikka.bsky.social & @aksybera.bsky.social dive deep into RU evolving disinformation machine — from 2014 troll farms to AI-driven #propaganda.
🚨How effective has #Moscow been in shaping opinions?
🎧Find out now! open.spotify.com/episode/1Kld...
🪙Ukraine’s economy is under fire, but far from broken.
Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine @waschukcan.bsky.social talks with @kyivindependent.com Independent business reporter Lili Bivings about how Ukrainian entrepreneurs are adapting, surviving, & preparing for recovery 👇
Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine @waschukcan.bsky.social talks with @kyivindependent.com Independent business reporter Lili Bivings about how Ukrainian entrepreneurs are adapting, surviving, & preparing for recovery 👇
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🪙Ukraine’s economy is under fire, but far from broken.
Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine @waschukcan.bsky.social talks with @kyivindependent.com Independent business reporter Lili Bivings about how Ukrainian entrepreneurs are adapting, surviving, & preparing for recovery 👇
Former Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine @waschukcan.bsky.social talks with @kyivindependent.com Independent business reporter Lili Bivings about how Ukrainian entrepreneurs are adapting, surviving, & preparing for recovery 👇
💶 The EU Economic & Financial Affairs Council #ECOFIN meets on Nov 13 – with UA 2026 funding still unresolved. #Belgium continues to block reparations loan proposal, raising questions over shared risks.
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Simon Wohlfahrt
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Simon Wohlfahrt
November 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
💶 The EU Economic & Financial Affairs Council #ECOFIN meets on Nov 13 – with UA 2026 funding still unresolved. #Belgium continues to block reparations loan proposal, raising questions over shared risks.
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Simon Wohlfahrt
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Simon Wohlfahrt
1 week to go!🚨
Join us on Nov 13 for our next KI Insights Monthly Briefing:
“Battlefield Update: #Ukraine's Frontline Situation Ahead of Winter.”
🕓 16:30 Kyiv | 15:30 Brussels | 14:30 London | 09:30 DC
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-batt...
Join us on Nov 13 for our next KI Insights Monthly Briefing:
“Battlefield Update: #Ukraine's Frontline Situation Ahead of Winter.”
🕓 16:30 Kyiv | 15:30 Brussels | 14:30 London | 09:30 DC
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-batt...
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
1 week to go!🚨
Join us on Nov 13 for our next KI Insights Monthly Briefing:
“Battlefield Update: #Ukraine's Frontline Situation Ahead of Winter.”
🕓 16:30 Kyiv | 15:30 Brussels | 14:30 London | 09:30 DC
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-batt...
Join us on Nov 13 for our next KI Insights Monthly Briefing:
“Battlefield Update: #Ukraine's Frontline Situation Ahead of Winter.”
🕓 16:30 Kyiv | 15:30 Brussels | 14:30 London | 09:30 DC
🔗 kyivindependent.com/ukraine-batt...
🤝 Next week, the “Coalition of the Willing” convenes for a secret summit in Spain (Nov 4) – discussions expected to focus on ramping up international aid to Ukraine & outlining post-war security guarantees.
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Ludovic Marin / Pool
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Ludovic Marin / Pool
October 31, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🤝 Next week, the “Coalition of the Willing” convenes for a secret summit in Spain (Nov 4) – discussions expected to focus on ramping up international aid to Ukraine & outlining post-war security guarantees.
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Ludovic Marin / Pool
What else should we watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Ludovic Marin / Pool
⚡ Trump’s Ukraine U-turns: a week of surprises
The US President has been hot and cold on Ukraine over the past weeks. Why? A potentially defining meeting with Xi Jinping in 🇰🇷 South Korea is looming… 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #USUA #USChina
Photo: Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images
The US President has been hot and cold on Ukraine over the past weeks. Why? A potentially defining meeting with Xi Jinping in 🇰🇷 South Korea is looming… 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #USUA #USChina
Photo: Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
⚡ Trump’s Ukraine U-turns: a week of surprises
The US President has been hot and cold on Ukraine over the past weeks. Why? A potentially defining meeting with Xi Jinping in 🇰🇷 South Korea is looming… 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #USUA #USChina
Photo: Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images
The US President has been hot and cold on Ukraine over the past weeks. Why? A potentially defining meeting with Xi Jinping in 🇰🇷 South Korea is looming… 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #USUA #USChina
Photo: Kyodo News Stills via Getty Images
🪖 Russia’s autumn offensive: slower, but not stalled. Despite losing momentum in central #Donbas, Russian forces are tightening the noose around several Ukrainian towns — most critically, #Pokrovsk.
What’s happening on the ground? 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #WarInUkraine
What’s happening on the ground? 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #WarInUkraine
October 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🪖 Russia’s autumn offensive: slower, but not stalled. Despite losing momentum in central #Donbas, Russian forces are tightening the noose around several Ukrainian towns — most critically, #Pokrovsk.
What’s happening on the ground? 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #WarInUkraine
What’s happening on the ground? 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #WarInUkraine
🛫 Next week, President Donald Trump embarks on an Asia tour — visiting Malaysia, Japan, and ending in South Korea, where a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping is expected.
What else should we watch for next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
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What else should we watch for next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
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October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🛫 Next week, President Donald Trump embarks on an Asia tour — visiting Malaysia, Japan, and ending in South Korea, where a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping is expected.
What else should we watch for next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images
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What else should we watch for next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images
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📢1 day to go! Who are the new players on Ukraine’s oligarchic stage? Which of the old elites still wield real influence? And how are Ukraine’s major oligarchs trying to return to political life?
🔥These questions and more will be examined in the upcoming KI Insights briefing:
🔥These questions and more will be examined in the upcoming KI Insights briefing:
💰In 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky swept to victory in Ukraine’s presidential election – propelled in large part by his promise to take on the oligarchs. Then came 2022, and Russia’s full-scale invasion upended everything.
What has become of Ukraine’s oligarchs today? 🧵👇
#UkraineAnalysis #Oligarchs
What has become of Ukraine’s oligarchs today? 🧵👇
#UkraineAnalysis #Oligarchs
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
📢1 day to go! Who are the new players on Ukraine’s oligarchic stage? Which of the old elites still wield real influence? And how are Ukraine’s major oligarchs trying to return to political life?
🔥These questions and more will be examined in the upcoming KI Insights briefing:
🔥These questions and more will be examined in the upcoming KI Insights briefing:
⚡ Ukraine’s strategy to bring #Russia to the table is built on pressure — military, economic, and psychological. Here’s how it works, and why #Tomahawk missiles could matter more politically than militarily 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate
#UkraineUpdate
October 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
⚡ Ukraine’s strategy to bring #Russia to the table is built on pressure — military, economic, and psychological. Here’s how it works, and why #Tomahawk missiles could matter more politically than militarily 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate
#UkraineUpdate
🚨 Zelensky’s trip to the US didn’t go as planned. Instead of breakthroughs – tense talks, new Trump-Putin dynamics, and growing unease in Kyiv 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #US
Photo: Mandel NGAN/AFP
#UkraineUpdate #US
Photo: Mandel NGAN/AFP
October 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 Zelensky’s trip to the US didn’t go as planned. Instead of breakthroughs – tense talks, new Trump-Putin dynamics, and growing unease in Kyiv 🧵👇
#UkraineUpdate #US
Photo: Mandel NGAN/AFP
#UkraineUpdate #US
Photo: Mandel NGAN/AFP
🔊 Democracy under attack?
In new episode of #KIInsightsPodcast, @aksybera.bsky.social talks to MEP Markéta Gregorová about strategies for countering disinformation.
What works, and what doesn’t? What are broader challenges of hybrid warfare?
🔥 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/47znnt9
In new episode of #KIInsightsPodcast, @aksybera.bsky.social talks to MEP Markéta Gregorová about strategies for countering disinformation.
What works, and what doesn’t? What are broader challenges of hybrid warfare?
🔥 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/47znnt9
October 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🔊 Democracy under attack?
In new episode of #KIInsightsPodcast, @aksybera.bsky.social talks to MEP Markéta Gregorová about strategies for countering disinformation.
What works, and what doesn’t? What are broader challenges of hybrid warfare?
🔥 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/47znnt9
In new episode of #KIInsightsPodcast, @aksybera.bsky.social talks to MEP Markéta Gregorová about strategies for countering disinformation.
What works, and what doesn’t? What are broader challenges of hybrid warfare?
🔥 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/47znnt9
💰In 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky swept to victory in Ukraine’s presidential election – propelled in large part by his promise to take on the oligarchs. Then came 2022, and Russia’s full-scale invasion upended everything.
What has become of Ukraine’s oligarchs today? 🧵👇
#UkraineAnalysis #Oligarchs
What has become of Ukraine’s oligarchs today? 🧵👇
#UkraineAnalysis #Oligarchs
October 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
💰In 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky swept to victory in Ukraine’s presidential election – propelled in large part by his promise to take on the oligarchs. Then came 2022, and Russia’s full-scale invasion upended everything.
What has become of Ukraine’s oligarchs today? 🧵👇
#UkraineAnalysis #Oligarchs
What has become of Ukraine’s oligarchs today? 🧵👇
#UkraineAnalysis #Oligarchs
💰Where Are Ukraine’s Oligarchs Now? Power, Projects, and Political Futures
Monthly KI Insights briefing will explore how once-powerful oligarchs are adapting to the post-war reality
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Monthly KI Insights briefing will explore how once-powerful oligarchs are adapting to the post-war reality
🔒For subscribers only
Not a subscriber? Sign up now at insights.kyivindependent.com and get a 1-month free access! 👇
October 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
💰Where Are Ukraine’s Oligarchs Now? Power, Projects, and Political Futures
Monthly KI Insights briefing will explore how once-powerful oligarchs are adapting to the post-war reality
🔒For subscribers only
Not a subscriber? Sign up now at insights.kyivindependent.com and get a 1-month free access! 👇
Monthly KI Insights briefing will explore how once-powerful oligarchs are adapting to the post-war reality
🔒For subscribers only
Not a subscriber? Sign up now at insights.kyivindependent.com and get a 1-month free access! 👇
🤝 Next week, PM Svyrydenko leads a UA delegation to #Washington for talks on military aid, sanctions, energy, and peace. President Trump is weighing the delivery of Tomahawk missiles.
What else should we watch for next week? 👇
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Gian Ehrenzeller/POOL/Getty Images
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What else should we watch for next week? 👇
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
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October 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🤝 Next week, PM Svyrydenko leads a UA delegation to #Washington for talks on military aid, sanctions, energy, and peace. President Trump is weighing the delivery of Tomahawk missiles.
What else should we watch for next week? 👇
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Gian Ehrenzeller/POOL/Getty Images
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What else should we watch for next week? 👇
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Gian Ehrenzeller/POOL/Getty Images
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💭 “Kremlin has been weaponizing its own citizens to become, basically, killers”
How does Russia achieve this?
💻 In new episode of our Podcast, @aksybera.bsky.social & Jessikka Aro, explore Russia’s #propaganda tactics since 2014.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48mEYWa
#KIInsightsPodcast
How does Russia achieve this?
💻 In new episode of our Podcast, @aksybera.bsky.social & Jessikka Aro, explore Russia’s #propaganda tactics since 2014.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48mEYWa
#KIInsightsPodcast
October 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
💭 “Kremlin has been weaponizing its own citizens to become, basically, killers”
How does Russia achieve this?
💻 In new episode of our Podcast, @aksybera.bsky.social & Jessikka Aro, explore Russia’s #propaganda tactics since 2014.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48mEYWa
#KIInsightsPodcast
How does Russia achieve this?
💻 In new episode of our Podcast, @aksybera.bsky.social & Jessikka Aro, explore Russia’s #propaganda tactics since 2014.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48mEYWa
#KIInsightsPodcast
📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters
Rising concern over Eurosceptic & pro-Russian forces: new “Sila Natsii” party emerges, calling NABU/SAPO “colonial” & hinting at anti-Western themes.
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Rising concern over Eurosceptic & pro-Russian forces: new “Sila Natsii” party emerges, calling NABU/SAPO “colonial” & hinting at anti-Western themes.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📩 🧵Our weekly report is out! Subscribe to get full weekly reports on #Ukraine straight in your inbox: insights.kyivindependent.com/newsletters
Rising concern over Eurosceptic & pro-Russian forces: new “Sila Natsii” party emerges, calling NABU/SAPO “colonial” & hinting at anti-Western themes.
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Rising concern over Eurosceptic & pro-Russian forces: new “Sila Natsii” party emerges, calling NABU/SAPO “colonial” & hinting at anti-Western themes.
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💭“Ukraine is not this crazy, corrupt country where you cannot make money, where they always lie and cheat you.”
⚙️ How has UA MilTech sector transformed since 2022?
KI Insights Podcast: @jakubparusinski.bsky.social & Mykolaj Suchý speak with Roman Sulzhik.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48BnTI3
⚙️ How has UA MilTech sector transformed since 2022?
KI Insights Podcast: @jakubparusinski.bsky.social & Mykolaj Suchý speak with Roman Sulzhik.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48BnTI3
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
💭“Ukraine is not this crazy, corrupt country where you cannot make money, where they always lie and cheat you.”
⚙️ How has UA MilTech sector transformed since 2022?
KI Insights Podcast: @jakubparusinski.bsky.social & Mykolaj Suchý speak with Roman Sulzhik.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48BnTI3
⚙️ How has UA MilTech sector transformed since 2022?
KI Insights Podcast: @jakubparusinski.bsky.social & Mykolaj Suchý speak with Roman Sulzhik.
🎧 Listen on Spotify: bit.ly/48BnTI3
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🚨 Trump has flipped his Russia rhetoric 180°, #Ukraine hopes US pressure for a bad ceasefire will ease. What happened behind closed doors at the UN General Assembly 🇺🇳?
#UkraineAnalysis #KIISpotReport
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#UkraineAnalysis #KIISpotReport
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September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨 Trump has flipped his Russia rhetoric 180°, #Ukraine hopes US pressure for a bad ceasefire will ease. What happened behind closed doors at the UN General Assembly 🇺🇳?
#UkraineAnalysis #KIISpotReport
Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
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#UkraineAnalysis #KIISpotReport
Photo: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
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📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (Sept 29 - Oct 5): 👇
🌍 Warsaw Security Forum, Sept 29–30, will gather reps from 80+ countries incl. top officials. Expected: strong backing for 🇺🇦 amid talk of possible #US pullback from peace talks.
#KIweekahead
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🌍 Warsaw Security Forum, Sept 29–30, will gather reps from 80+ countries incl. top officials. Expected: strong backing for 🇺🇦 amid talk of possible #US pullback from peace talks.
#KIweekahead
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September 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📅 The Week Ahead: Key Global Security & #Ukraine Agenda 🧵 (Sept 29 - Oct 5): 👇
🌍 Warsaw Security Forum, Sept 29–30, will gather reps from 80+ countries incl. top officials. Expected: strong backing for 🇺🇦 amid talk of possible #US pullback from peace talks.
#KIweekahead
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🌍 Warsaw Security Forum, Sept 29–30, will gather reps from 80+ countries incl. top officials. Expected: strong backing for 🇺🇦 amid talk of possible #US pullback from peace talks.
#KIweekahead
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