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Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
Humiliating and dangerous: Trump has now finally just made America an ally of the Kremlin and is aiding Putin in his war against an American friend and partner. Shameful betrayal of a US friend, and pathetic submission to a US enemy.
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Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
Trump's abandonment of a democratic Ukraine and embrace of autocratic Russia during wartime will be recorded in future history books as one of the greatest, tragic mistakes in American foreign policy in our nation's history.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Russian fuel amidst Putin’s ongoing and brutal attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine makes no sense and is a betrayal of the legacy and leadership of the late Senator Lindsey Graham.
While Ukraine fights for its survival, Putin’s war machine continues to prosecute his terrorist war on civilian populations and innocent Ukrainians are dying every day.
Now, Instead of implementing the tough sanctions Lindsey Graham fought to his last breath to enact, President Trump has announced the United States is lifting sanctions on Russian energy, fueling the Putin’s war machine.
As I saw firsthand in Ukraine last month, Putin is losing this war. Ukraine has fought the Russian military to a standstill and reinvented warfare with drones taking the fight into the heart of Russia.
America should not be throwing a lifeline to Putin’s war machine. Now is the time to stand strong against Russian aggression as we did during the first Trump administration.
Putin doesn’t want peace. Putin wants Ukraine. I have no doubt that if Putin overruns Ukraine, it will only be a matter of time until Russia’s military crosses a border that our troops will have to deal with him.
America is the Leader of the Free World. For our National Security, for the security of our Allies in Europe including Ukraine, President Trump should rescind this deal immediately and return to the strong policies of our four years in the White House; impose harsh sanctions on any nation purchasing Russian energy and work with our allies to ensure Ukraine has the military support it needs to repel and defeat this Russian invasion once and for all. Slava Ukraini🇺🇸🇺🇦
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel.
If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
The United States government is now a funder of state sponsored terrorism.
I know that sounds political and hyperbolic, but it is factually true. Russia is intentionally targeting civilians in Ukraine at scale, and Trump is intentionally funding their efforts.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
Canada just announced its new National Council on Artificial Intelligence.
I'm not one to carry water for the government but take a look at the people around the table:
• @professor_ajay — U of T professor; founder of Creative Destruction Lab and NextAI.
• @Yoshua_Bengio — Turing Award winner; pioneer of deep learning; founder of Mila.
• @FidlerSanja — co-founder & CEO of Veeda AI; former VP of AI Research at NVIDIA; co-founder of Vector Institute.
• @JohnGrisham — President & CEO of CPP Investments.
• @ghadfield — Johns Hopkins professor specializing in AI alignment, governance and law.
• @JordanJacobs10 — co-founder of Radical Ventures, Vector Institute and Layer 6 AI, which was acquired by TD.
• EricLamarre — MIT lecturer; former head of McKinsey Technology & AI in North America; co-author of Rewired.
• @vpisano_mila — President & CEO of Mila, one of the world’s major AI research institutes.
• Senator @tompitfield — founder of Data Sciences; technology entrepreneur and former Principal Secretary to PM Carney.
• Jody Thomas — former National Security and Intelligence Advisor to the Prime Minister and former Deputy Minister of National Defence.
• Louis Vachon — former CEO of National Bank; now Operating Partner at J.C. Flowers.
• Michelle @zatlyn — co-founder & President of Cloudflare.
• Patrick Pichette — former Google CFO; now CEO of Digital Transformation Canada.
That is a very high concentration of experience across frontier AI research, commercialization, capital, financial services, technology infrastructure, government and national security.
Great to see them all stepping up for Canada.
Prime Minister Carney launches new National Council on Artificial Intelligence: pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releas…
So proud of Canada today! Sovereignty requires collective resilience. youtube.com/watch?v=MMKmvyXp…
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
Twelve years ago, Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, killing 298 innocent people.
Today, we remember every victim and stand with their families, and all the nations that lost their loved ones on that tragic day. The downing of MH17 was nothing but a terrorist act. Russia has made such terror against civilians a defining feature of its policy – toward its neighbors, the world more broadly, and even its own people.
It is important to ensure that the world doesn’t turn a blind eye and that for every Russian crime – both against Ukrainians and against other people – there is justice and accountability.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
No one could have imagined that decades after Chornobyl – after everything countries have done to ensure radiation safety and protect lives – someone would want to turn Chornobyl, the facilities that remain here, and the Exclusion Zone itself into a territory of war.
And the worst thing is that when the Russians came to Chornobyl, it became clear that they had absolutely no understanding of where they had come and what this place was. This is important to understand about today’s Russia – about this state, about what remains of their culture, and about how they treat people, how they treat life as a whole.
The Russians tried to advance on Kyiv through this territory and seize the capital. They dug military positions here in restricted forests, drove military equipment across this land, deployed artillery here and fired from this area, destroyed equipment, and abused our people who work at the Chornobyl plant and associated facilities. Some of our Ukrainian servicemembers, including those from the National Guard of Ukraine who were guarding the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, are still, unfortunately, in captivity in Russia.
From an address marking the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster (1/3)
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
‼️ ZELENSKYY: For the first time in the war, an enemy position was captured entirely by ground robotic systems and drones - without any infantry. A robot entered the most dangerous zones instead of a soldier and took the positions.
«The future is here, on the battlefield, and Ukraine is creating it. These are our ground robotic systems. For the first time in this war's history, an enemy position was taken exclusively by unmanned GRS platforms and drones. The occupiers surrendered, and this operation was completed without infantry involvement and without losses on our side. Ratel, Termite, Ardal, Lynx, Zmiy, Protector, Volya and other GRS completed over 22 000 missions at the front in just 3 months. In other words, over 22 000 times lives were saved. A robot went into the most dangerous zones instead of a soldier» - Zelenskyy’s address to the workers of Ukraine’s defense-industrial complex. April 13th, 2026.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
Huge win for democracy in Hungary today. Huge win for EU unity. Huge win for Ukraine.
Losers: Putin, Xi, and Trump.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
Congratulations to @magyarpeterMP and the TISZA party on their resounding victory. It is important when constructive approach prevails.
Ukraine has always sought good-neighbourly relations with everyone in Europe and we are ready to advance our cooperation with Hungary.
Europe and every European nation must get stronger, and millions of Europeans seek cooperation and stability.
We are ready for meetings and joint constructive work for the benefit of both nations, as well as peace, security, and stability in Europe.
Grigori Melnik 🇺🇦 retweeted
STATE OF THE PRODUCT JOB MARKET IN EARLY 2026
In spite of the headlines about layoffs and AI taking jobs, we’re actually seeing a lot of promising signs in tech hiring, and some interesting new trends:
1. PM openings are at the highest levels we’ve seen in over three years
2. AI hasn’t slowed the demand for software engineers (at least not yet)
3. AI roles in general are absolutely exploding
4. Design roles have plateaued
5. The Bay Area is increasing in importance
6. Remote work opportunities continue to decline
7. Despite ongoing layoffs, the overall number of tech jobs continues to grow
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Carney pledges $2B for Ukraine, sanctions for Russian 'shadow fleet' as war enters 5th year. Thank you, Canada 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 bit.ly/4tZ2Oji
