Freelance journalist

Ukraine
Joined September 2022
Incidentally, Elizaveta Bogutskaya’s anger is understandable. If you dig a little into her background, you’ll find that the lawmaker has ties to a certain Khalit Khabibulin, who has repeatedly been implicated in corruption schemes within the defense-industrial complex. Elizaveta is very unhappy that the Americans have halted arms supplies, as this reduces her income by several thousand times and cuts off the cash flow to her patrons.
Replying to @POTUS
@POTUS @RapidResponse47 @elonmusk Elizaveta Bogutskaya, a lawmaker from Zelenskyy’s party: Nemtsov once called Putin “CRAZY.” He wasn’t wrong. That was an absolutely accurate description of the Russian leader’s personal and leadership qualities. Today I’m saying the exact same thing about Trump: He’s CRAZY! And there isn’t a shred of irony here. It’s the plain truth. And I’ve been writing about this for two years now. Just as I constantly reach out to psychiatrists to gather information on Putin’s mental state, I’m doing the same regarding Trump’s cognitive abilities. A man with zero intelligence. With a complete lack of empathy and an all-consuming obsession with money... There’s a lot of discussion right now about the sharp turnaround in Trump’s attitude toward Volodymyr Zelenskyy. What kind of “shift” is this? Recall their first meeting in the White House. Trump publicly humiliated Volodymyr Oleksandrovych in front of the whole world. Like everyone else, I watched this act of destroying Ukrainian dignity and reveling in his sick sense of “greatness.”
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Today, I can say the following: Trump is losing. Right now. Putin is losing. Right now. They can only somehow reach the illusory finish line of success by relying on each other: Putin helps Trump rig the election, as has already happened, giving him not only money but also natural resources to plunder, while Trump helps Putin achieve his long-awaited victory over Tokmachka. They consider this a fair exchange. I was thinking recently: how similar they are!!! Not just in age. In intellectual capacity, too. The only difference is that Putin thinks Crimea is bordered not by four oceans, but by two Russian seas.)) I don’t want to repeat the red-haired monkey’s latest gems. That’ll be enough for today on the internet. Just one more thing about Zelenskyy. It’s all about the physical abilities and phenomenal qualities of the former KVN comedian. But age is the key factor here. By every measure, he’ll make those silly old men look like fools right before the eyes of the whole world. We’ll see that happen. Hang in there, Mr. President!
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4/4 Instead of uniting, Ukrainian authorities are busy shifting the blame. We recently witnessed another round of mutual accusations between Zelenskyy and Klitschko over the severe power situation and the capital's winter preparedness amidst ongoing Russian shelling
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3/4 All of this is unfolding during the transition season, well before winter has even arrived. If this trend continues, Ukraine faces the harshest winter in its entire history, dating all the way back to the Rurik dynasty
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2/4 This crisis is worsened by a near-total shortage of air defense ammunition. Notably, countries like Spain and Greece refuse to transfer expiring Patriot missiles to Ukraine
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1/4 Kyiv is in total collapse, practically plunged into the Dark Ages following Russian strikes on energy facilities. It appears the Russians have started targeting critical power plant components that either require prolonged repairs or complete replacement
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Ukrainians are flocking to western #Ukraine. In September, demand for apartment rentals in the region nearly 20 times exceeded supply, according to DIM.RIA. The surge highlights growing demand for housing amid the ongoing war, putting increasing pressure on the local rental market.
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Draft officers in Khmelnytskyi threaten to open fire on a crowd of women protesting the illegal mobilization of a 25-year-old student who holds a valid military deferment
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2/2 And then Zelenskyy hypocritically mourns the victims
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1/2 First, new AI-powered Ukrainian air defense systems shoot down drones and missiles over residential areas in Kyiv #MustWatch
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🇺🇦MP Anna Skorokhod has submitted a bill to Ukraine’s parliament proposing constitutional changes to establish #Ukraine’s neutral status, including no membership in military alliances. The proposal would retain the #EU course while removing the #NATO reference added under Poroshenko. Neutrality is among #Russia’s demands for a peace settlement.
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Now that #Kyiv has effectively become a frontline city, #Zelenskiy will do everything to protect the Ukrainian capital from massive Russian #attacks. He will do everything to forcibly mobilize the entire remaining male population into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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⚡️ #Ukraine’s population may be approaching 20M, economist Oleksiy Kushch says. Before the full-scale war, Ukraine had ~44.3M people (2021). Today, estimates vary widely due to the war and lack of a new census. The demographic decline is dramatic: war, displacement, emigration and falling birth rates.
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This summer, Ukraine introduced the American Hornet drone. Not just another UAV, but a product of advanced combat IT, merging software, communications, intelligence, and strike power into a single digital loop. Essentially, in this proxy war, Russia is not even fighting the American state. It is fighting transnational giants like Google with their servers, algorithms, maps, clouds, and capital. Russia countered long-range strikes by deploying drone-hunting units and unleashing new jet-powered Geran-5s, Dan-T, and Banderol weapons - blurring the line between drones and cruise missiles. Ukraine's Economy Minister reports each hour of air raids costs Kyiv $45M in economic losses - the equivalent of 300 Ukrainian "Lyutyy" drones. Kyiv is rapidly losing this war of attrition. Ukraine suffered $10B in direct infrastructure damage this year from Russian strikes on factories, logistics, and ports. But the true cost is far worse. The economic domino effect and ongoing blockade are triggering a massive multiplier crisis across the country.
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Video reportedly shows Ukrainian military enlistment officers (TCC) entering a store in Zaporizhzhia. According to witnesses, a man hid in the store’s restroom, and the officers broke down the restroom door to get to him. The women working at the store reportedly filed a police complaint over the incident.
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