David Bailey retweeted
One of my missions is to bring Ukrainian topics into global conversations and debates. To this end, I have already conducted dozens of podcast conversations with leading intellectuals from around the world on @ukraine_world , the English-language platform I lead. And I intend to develop this further.
A large part of this work is my podcast series Thinking in Dark Times. You can support it at patreon.com/thinkinggg
My latest guest was @FareedZakaria , a prominent Indian-born American intellectual and journalist, and one of CNN’s leading voices.
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
You might also be interested in:
1. @TimothyDSnyder
We’ve had six or seven conversations in total, practically one every year.
- On the deep layers of Ukrainian history
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On why history matters
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On freedom
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On freedom, once again
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- And yet another conversation on freedom (in Kharkiv)
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On values
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
2. Anne Applebaum, @anneapplebaum
- On Trumpism and Russia (our conversation at Lviv Media Forum)
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On autocracies
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On the importance of Ukrainian resistance
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
3. Timothy Garton Ash, @fromTGA
- On how Ukraine is changing Europe
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On Ukraine’s role in Europe
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
4. Marci Shore, @marci_shore
- On resistance vs. nihilism (at the Frankfurt Book Fair, together with Kateryna Mishchenko)
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On Hannah Arendt (at the Kyiv Book Arsenal)
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On Eastern Europe
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
- On Ukraine and resistance — our conversation with her and Timothy Snyder at Yale University
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
5. Margaret Atwood, @MargaretAtwood
- On the fragility of freedom
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
6. David Wengrow @davidwengrow
- On the Cucuteni-Trypillia culture and human prehistory
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
7. David Rieff
- On rethinking the intellectual legacy of the 20th century (together with Tetyana Ogarkova)
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
8. Pascal Bruckne
- On why Europe needs to wake up
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
9. Michael Khodarkovsky (an American historian of Ukrainian origin)
- On the steppe roots of Russian imperialism
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
10. Myroslav Shkandrij @myroshk
- On why Russia fears Ukrainian literature
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
11. Niall Ferguson @nfergus
- On empires and world history
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
12. Botakoz Kassymbekova
- On colonialism and its different forms
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
13. Joseph Stiglitz @JosephEStiglitz
- On neoliberalism and its mistakes
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
14. Gillian Tett (Financial Times) @gilliantett
- On anthropology and imperialism
ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts…
And there is much more interesting content to explore.
The podcasts are available on many platforms. You can choose whichever works best for you:
li.sten.to/explaining-ukrain…
or
li.sten.to/thinkinggg
Support: Patreon.com/thinkinggg
David Bailey retweeted
Situation in Saratov: Following the attack on the local oil refinery, fuel shortages have once again begun.
David Bailey retweeted
Russia is bombing terminally ill children.
This is not war.
This is pure, deliberate cruelty.
A place that exists for one reason—to give critically ill, dying children a shred of peace and comfort in their final days—was turned into a war zone by russian drones. At the House of Butterflies hospice in Chernivtsi, staff had to haul these kids, many on life support and unable to move, out of their beds and into shelters while air-raid sirens screamed, russian drones roared overhead, and nearby strikes lit the night with fires. russia is a cruel evil terrorist state! We can never hate them enough
David Bailey retweeted
❗️❗️Russian troops are equipping underground passages on the left bank of the Kherson region for offensive operations, — Chief of staff of the 34th separate marine brigade, Colonel Alim Kerimov.
Separate sections with underground tunnels cover about 20–30% of the territory of the occupied Left Bank.
At the same time, the Russians have not created a continuous, branched network.
These are underground passages from 50 to 150 meters long, labyrinth-like.
David Bailey retweeted
❗️Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) with the help of Russian money, after which content controls on the platform were weakened and the number of bots and hate speech increased significantly. He emphasized that Russia uses Western social networks to wage an information war against Western societies, and the platforms allow this because they profit from it. Sikorski believes social networks should be held responsible for the spread of illegal content and must remove, in particular, calls for violence, and he advocated for the creation of a European alternative to X.
David Bailey retweeted
⚡️🔥 Today, the Saratov Oil Refinery in the Saratov Region was hit
The design capacity is about 7 million tons of oil per year, which is approximately 2-3% of the total capacity of Russian oil refining.
David Bailey retweeted
Trump is turning the U.S. into a banana republic once and for all.
Trump has suggested that UFC President Dana White should take on the role of White House Press Secretary.
Furthermore, he named six MMA fighters he would like to have on his team. Among them are the Russians Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, as well as Justin Gaethje, Daniel Cormier, Amanda Nunes, and Kayla Harrison.
According to Trump, these athletes are intended to help defend the U.S. against the "crazed Left."
David Bailey retweeted
This is still not verified. But for sure Marsalek was the brain behind that Ruzzian spy cell in UK run by Bulgarians:
🚨 Russian FSB-linked spy claimed he helped topple Austria's chancellor
Jan Marsalek, the fugitive former Wirecard executive reportedly working for Russia's FSB, claimed his network helped bring down Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in 2021.
In secret messages uncovered by The Telegraph, Marsalek boasted that “we've successfully toppled” Kurz by obtaining a close ally's phone containing damaging messages.
If proven, it could expose direct Russian interference in the leadership of an EU country.
However, investigators have not independently confirmed Marsalek's claims.
Source: The Telegraph
David Bailey retweeted
It is being reported that Ukrainian Armed Forces Began Using Israeli HiSky Satellite Terminals for Strikes Against Russia, Causing Discomfort Among Russians
This terminal offers a lower bandwidth than Starlink, but its capabilities are sufficient for exchanging telemetry data and transmitting remote control commands, including route changes and flight path adjustments.
The main advantage of the Israeli satellite is that the terminal operates across the entire territory of Russia. HiSKY does not have its own satellite constellation and connects to various commercial satellites in orbit.
David Bailey retweeted
In a Russian village near Orenburg, a red carpet was rolled out leading to an outdoor toilet ahead of the governor’s arrival.
No AI, no joke. 😂😂😂
David Bailey retweeted
An air raid alert is spreading across several Russian regions right now, including a missile threat.
David Bailey retweeted
Deutschland hat noch 600 total verstaubte Taurus – das würde der Ukraine helfen.
Gestern Abend warnt Selenskyj: Russland bereitet neue Angriffe vor, auf das Stromnetz, auf die Brücken über den Dnipro und auf zivile Ziele. Er bittet die Partner noch einmal dringend um Abfangraketen für die Patriots. „Jeder einzelne Tag bei den Lieferungen ist äußerst wichtig.“
Gegen 23 Uhr Ortszeit schlägt die erste Salve ballistischer Raketen in Kyjiw ein, danach folgen weitere Wellen bis in die frühen Morgenstunden. Es gibt mehrere Verletzte, darunter ein Kind. Wohnhäuser sind beschädigt, ein Kindergarten auch.
Was im Video von @CrimeanVoyager genau einschlägt, ist noch nicht bestätigt, auch nicht die Zahl der Raketen. Der Account spricht von Streumunition und bis zu 30 Raketen. Offiziell ist bisher von mindestens sechs ballistischen Raketen die Rede.
Krieg nach Ansage.
Gestern hatte ich geschrieben, wie ein Gesprächspartner der Financial Times Putins Haltung beschreibt: Er werde die ganze Infrastruktur zerstören, bis die Ukraine zustimmt: Brücken, Häfen, Bahnen, Kraftwerke sollen zerbombt werden.
Neu ist dieser Plan übrigens nicht. Im September 2023 veröffentlichte eine russische Nachrichtenseite Auszüge aus einem angeblich geheimen Papier für den Kreml. Federführend sei Sergej Karaganow gewesen, einer der bekanntesten Vordenker der russischen Außenpolitik. Im Papier steht: Der Westen der Ukraine soll nicht erobert, sondern Verkehr, Energie und Industrie zerstört werden. Übrig bleiben soll ein Agrarland, ein „Puffer“ gegen den Westen. Bestätigt ist dieses Papier nicht.
Bestätigt ist ein anderes. Dieselben Autoren veröffentlichten Ende 2023 einen Bericht, ganz offiziell „unter der Schirmherrschaft“ des russischen Außenministeriums.
Darin steht: Russlands Vertretung in der OSZE müsse „endlich auf ein symbolisches Minimum reduziert werden“. Europas Sicherheit sei nur noch eine „regionale Dimension der eurasischen Sicherheit“. Und um den Westen zum Einlenken zu bringen, solle man Partnerstaaten auf eine Eskalation vorbereiten, „im Extremfall“ bis zum Einsatz des „nuklearen Faktors“.
Jared Kushner träumt auch von einem neuen Rahmen für Europas Sicherheit und möchte dabei auf „bestehenden Institutionen“ aufbauen.
Wie die OSZE, in der Russland bereits drinsitzt und die offenbar nicht mehr gut genug ist.
Und natürlich will Kushner die „Sicherheitsinteressen aller Seiten“ berücksichtigen.
Ja, welche denn? Etwa die aus diesen russischen Wunschpapieren?
David Bailey retweeted
❗️In 🇷🇺Moscow, security forces conducted raids on clubs and bars, detaining over 100 young people (grabbing some even on the streets for unusual clothing) and began massively issuing draft summons to military commissariats, including to students with deferments; some detainees reported beatings.
David Bailey retweeted
Now with White House protection, it's just open mass murder on the streets of Kyiv.
Trump is Putin's whore.
David Bailey retweeted
Drones over Russia 🦅🦅🦅
@DrnBmbr
David Bailey retweeted
Here's the new White House Press Secretary beating up his wife in a public place.
Because of course..
David Bailey retweeted
Let’s finally transfer Russia’s frozen assets to Ukraine!
David Bailey retweeted
A potential naval concentration may be underway in the Kattegat. The Russian merchant vessel Lady D, subject to heavy sanctions, appears to be holding position after transiting the Danish Straits under the monitoring of the corvette Stoiky. While adverse weather conditions or technical delays cannot be ruled out, several OSINT indicators point to a potentially more complex scenario.
Open-source intelligence suggests the possibility of a heavily protected naval convoy. In recent days, the Gorshkov-class frigate Admiral Golovko departed Severomorsk for an extended deployment, accompanied by the Admiral Grigorovich (494), which has reportedly been observed transiting strategic northern routes.
A potential rendezvous with Lady R and Maia-1, approaching from the south, could indicate the formation of a naval escort arrangement intended to protect a cargo of potential military significance. @SONARROW_OSINT @key2med @TiaFarris10 @seawaves_mag @KaptainLOMA @Rockhoppas @UKForcesTracker @te3ej @The_Lookout_N @charly0153 @CeciliaSykala
David Bailey retweeted
Potenzieller ukrainischer Gegenangriff
Umfang und Richtung: Berichte deuten auf eine große Offensive hin, die von Borowa (südlich von Kupyansk) bis zur vitalen Donbas-Festung von Slowjansk–Kramatorsk–Druschkiwka reicht. (Ca 135km Frontlinie)






























