Lessa

@libraryofcontext.bsky.social

❤️🇺🇦🇬🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🐸 libraryofcontext.substack.com libraryofcontext.wordpress.com Researcher. Working on a biography of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I do not support the current White House occupiers.

In the first half of 2026, Ukraine received three times fewer air defense missiles compared to the previous year, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following a meeting with military leaders. Supplies of anti-ballistic missiles decreased, even though Ukraine’s partners have them available, he said

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Journalism once vowed to “comfort the afflicted & afflict the comfortable.” Yet as Ukrainian civilians are being hunted by Russian drones and returned POWs show signs of torture, western media outlets look away. Silence isn’t neutrality. It’s suicidal. Ignore atrocity long enough & it comes home.

You might not know that Ukraine has a language, distinct from Russian, not a dialect. Westerners take it for granted that dozens of countries speak Spanish & Arabic - noone questions their unique histories or right to autonomy -but somehow Ukrainians should just disappear into their invader's empire

Ruth Ben-Ghiat@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 3d ago

Putin’s war against Ukraine isn’t just about gaining territory, it aims to obliterate Ukraine as a sovereign country and culture.

🔴 Day 37 of Ukraine’s 40-Day Operation. Today’s strikes stretched 1,600 kilometers deep into Russia, as well as across Crimea and the Black Sea—targeting refineries, rail infrastructure, a naval drone base, and a Rosatom cargo ship.

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Thanks for responding reasonably. We ARE protesting every day. People have died for this. It's hard to see because we're so big and the media can eat a bag of dicks. People are resisting in lots of ways beyond public protest. I see it all around me, and I want to honor their efforts.

🔴 Day 36 of Ukraine’s 40-Day Operation. Today’s strikes focused on Russia’s logistics and support infrastructure, including the first reported attack on an Ozon hub, another Wildberries warehouse, a major Lukoil refinery, and military infrastructure in Volgograd.

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I think a good point to make here for all the useful idiots and trolls that call President Zelensky a dictator. Under martial law in Ukraine, the right to peaceful assembly and public demonstrations can be legally restricted. But it is obviously not restricted, unlike in putin's totalitarian russia.

I hope for the best for Ukraine, but this is a little hard to watch. I want Ukraine to do well and repel the Orcs. The thing is, if he is replaced back as Defense Minister, there is no way he will follow any direction from Zelenskyy, leaving confusion in organization. I am afraid of that scenario.

A busy night for Ukraine's Armed Forces, striking targets from Volgograd to Dagestan. 🔹 Volgograd: Reports indicate that the "Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka" oil refinery and a Wildberries logistics center were hit. Large fires broke out at the sites of the attacks.

Iran has been helping Ru since 2022. Now that Ukr has struck an Iranian military shipment, the right questions to ask are: why isn’t Iran focusing on its own défense? Will it finally reconsider aiding Ru and stop risking more Ukr strikes? « Why would Zelensky do this » is the wrong question!

Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil refineries have eliminated over 30% of actual and 45% of nominal capacity, the Financial Times reports, citing its analysis and data from the Frontelligence Insight group, led by an unnamed ex-Ukrainian officer.

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🤯 Precision strikes by Ukrainian forces have disabled over 30% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, triggering the country's worst fuel crisis in decades, according to the Financial Times.

On the night of July 28-29, 2022, Russian forces blew up a prison barrack in Olenivka, occupied Donechchyna, where 193 Azov POWs were being held. At least 53 were killed. A witness recalls that many people died because evacuation was never even attempted.🧵

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There are few spaces that produce more bullshit than discussing Israel-Ukraine relations. Seems very hard for many people to grasp that UA has its own reasons for hostility to Iran and the Axis, all tied to support for Russia little to do with “Zionism.”

Ukrainian forces struck several Russian targets on July 27 and overnight into July 28, including the Prioritet combine in Russia’s Udmurt Republic and supply depots in occupied Crimea, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

Ukraine hits Russian strategic fuel facility in Udmurtia and depots in occupied Crimea – General Staff

Ukrainian forces struck several Russian targets on July 27 and overnight into July 28, including the Prioritet combine in Russia’s Udmurt Republic and supply depots in occupied Crimea, the General Sta...

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