US historian Sarah Paine analyses the age-old process by which the russians successfully disseminate disinformation through 'useful idiots', which then becomes an established narrative in the mainstream media, aiming to fracture societies.

A bit of comic relief...but also a strong message for American voters. Courtesy The Raging Grannies. youtu.be/-9W79RPmOnI?...

What Shall We Do With a Useless Congress?

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Important...urgent...message from President Clinton to the American people. youtu.be/3wwR4IQSNJ0?...

"What Happened in Moscow Today Is Worse Than You Think!" | Bill Clinton

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💔 This video makes me cry… This is Kyiv, Ukraine. A man and rescuers are desperately trying to bring a cat back to life after pulling it from a building damaged by a russian strike.

this is now completely normal and allowed zero repercussions for russia/ns they're getting really used to being barbarians and getting away with it .....they'll do this everywhere else too something tells me Moldova might be attacked next

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social · 19h ago

Russia struck one of the largest residential areas in Kyiv this morning.

Before you go to sleep tonight, remember Ukraine: We’re tired beyond words. But this is our home. And we’re still fighting for the right to live freely in it.

Your home on Wednesday night when Russia is your neighbour Photo, shared : lecksia/threads

I’m from Ukraine. And I’m tired of being strong. I’m tired of proving my pain is real. I’m tired of explaining why my country matters. But I’m still here. Because leaving would mean Accepting their story instead of ours. #ukraine #ukrainian #ukrainians #ukrainiangirl #war

Friends, I’m immensely happy to announce my second book, The Land of Tears and Hope: The Ukrainian Story. Pre-order here: bloomsbury.com/us/land-of-t... Many of you know me as a defense reporter who spent years breaking bread with Ukrainian soldiers in trenches....

A post from Margo Gontar, 3:30am Thursday in Kyiv. Please follow Margo. Just excellent, often poignant posts. Please support her.

Margo Gontar@margogontar.bsky.social · 13h ago

‘I work at shopping mall Russia bombed today’ a Ukrainian shares on socials .’got a lot of texts , people asking if I was okay. Such a shame we live in a time when loved ones first ask not ‘how are you?’ but ‘are you alive?’

"For them, it's funny. It's like a sport." President Zelenskyy described how Russian forces in Kherson actively target civilians using FPV strike drones.

The Butcher of freedom and life. A sick, warped old man that will die in a hole

Not like you and me.

Natalka@natalkakyiv.bsky.social · 9h ago

“Don’t think of a pink elephant” — the pro-Russian Donetsk version: “I’ve forbidden myself from having any memories of how good things used to be.”

If reading this does not shatter your heart, you are not human. viktorkravchuk.substack.com/p/while-besi...?

While Beside You Is Still Possible

For the woman whose hands are everywhere inside this journal

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A viral video by Ukrainian author Tanya Good highlights the bitter contrast between launching new books and holding copies charred in Russian attacks.

thanks for the betrayal of a great nation world....

Roman Sheremeta@rshereme.bsky.social · 13h ago

A heartbreaking conversation between a Ukrainian mother and her son: “I'm so sick of them! God knows they are bad. Why did He create Russia?”

OTD in 1939 USSR sent congratulations to Nazi Germany for their conquest of Warsaw. Imagine today Russia being aligned with the German far right..

🇷🇺 Russia: $20.7 billion per month, $684 million per day, $29 million per hour spent on the war. “It could have simply made the life of every Russian much better, but Putin chose to make the lives of Ukrainians worse.” — Ukrainian political analyst Borys Tizenhauzen

For the first time since 1910s, an air war is being waged over Siberia and, for the first time ever, its Arctic coast: Ukrainian long-range drones reached YaNAO and, reportedly, Khanty-Mansiysk (in Yugra). YaNAO and Yugra are the heart of Russia's energy industry. A defenseless one, turns out.

Attacking the weakest members. Typical bully.

Euromaidan Press@euromaidanpress.bsky.social · 21h ago

Russia has struck at least five Ukrainian border crossings with Moldova and NATO member Romania since late August, far from any front line The strikes targeted places packed with civilian traffic and pushed the war's edge right up against NATO territory euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/09/f...

Agreed!

OSINTRadar@osintradar.bsky.social · 21h ago

🇺🇦⚡️🇷🇺 “Moscow should not enter the winter with the feeling that missile and drone terror will simply go unpunished.” — Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Need more of this to happen in every country in the world.

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d ago

Romania’s SRI intelligence service prevented a sabotage operation coordinated by Russia on Romanian territory. A 40-year-old Russian citizen was detained. Between February and July, he made photo-video materials with targets of strategic military interest, including Romanian&allied military bases

I'm beginning to think that Ukraine's best strategy to win this thing is by making ruzzia so decrepit that it becomes unprofitable for outside corporate vultures to exploit.

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 23h ago

BREAKING: 2800km from the frontline, deepest Ukrainian drone attack during the war is currently underway. Russians report that Ukrainian drones are attacking Novy Urengoy in Russia’s Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug for the first time since the start of the war, around 2,800 from the Ukrainian border

Because they secretly want to rule a captive nation as well.

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 22h ago

Ukraine was on its way into European democratic family, and that is precisely the real danger to Putin’s regime in Russia. And you in AfD know that, yet you remain unchanged on Russia’s side when it comes to defending our freedom here as well.

Who would negotiate with cancer? It requires decisive treatment, not diplomatic talks.

Second consecutive day of Russian terror drone attacks on passenger trains across Ukraine. We know for a fact that these attacks are deliberate, not least because Russians are posting videos from their remotely-guided drones.

Olena Halushka@halushka.bsky.social · 23h ago

This is what a war of extermination looks like. russia is cancer of mankind.

Photo of the decade: AfD leader Alice Weidel

They are so barbaric.

Naida46@naida46.bsky.social · 24h ago

💙💛 Russian Shaheds Deliberately Strike Trains For Second Day In A Row — Aftermath Of Strike In Kharkiv Region Today, September 9, a passenger train in Kharkiv region and a residential area in Zaporizhzhia district came under attack by drones and FPV drones. uatv.ua/en/russian-s...

Moscow claims that ‘Russia is defending Christianity, tradition and historical truth in Ukraine’.   Yesterday, smoke from another Russian strike rose behind St Andrew’s Church, one of Kyiv’s most recognisable 18th-century landmarks.