Crimea is Ukraine.
Donetsk is Ukraine.
Luhansk is Ukraine.
Mariupol is Ukraine.
Melitopol is Ukraine.
Berdiansk is Ukraine.

Occupation is temporary, Ukraine is forever.

🔥🔥🔥Fire in Tuapse, - FIRMS

Ukrainian ports met 98% of transhipment target in Q1 2026 despite being attacked every five days Ukrainian ports fulfilled 98% of their transhipment target in the first quarter of 2026, handling over 21 million tonnes of cargo.

👏 Ukrainian ports met 98% of transhipment target in Q1 2026 despite being attacked every five days

❗️ Russian army has begun to receive Lys-2 interceptor drones, which are capable of shooting down Ukrainian UAVs.

The drone has a function of automatic target acquisition, which allows it to hit other drones in the air.

Trump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security

“When you look under the hood, they’re fake national security emergencies…This is a power grab. This is his way of circumventing Congress.”

Actually, you don’t even need to look under the hood.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/u...

Russian companies do not produce their own engines, electronics, plastic, or batteries, they merely assemble drones using imported components.

Russian drones consist of 90% Chinese components

Hackers gained access to a closed-door meeting of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, where the issue of dependency on China was discussed. It is alleged that over 90% of the key components for Russian drones are supplied from the North Korea

The F-35 Is a Masterpiece Built for the Wrong War Think of a violin made by a master craftsman: beautiful, precise, capable of extraordinary performance, but impossible to produce quickly or cheaply. It

The F-35 is delivering exactly the capabilities it was designed for. Yet those capabilities may be insufficient for the future campaigns America is preparing to fight.

Hundreds of Fake Pro-Trump Avatars Emerge on Social Media

Team Trump cannot compete in the world of reality.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/b...

The moment a Russian aeroballistic "Kinzhal" missile falls after being knocked off course by the Ukrainian "Lima" electronic warfare system. Since the beginning of 2026 alone, Ukrainian electronic warfare has downed 26 "Kinzhals," deflected 33 cruise missiles, and intercepted over 10,000 UAVs.

Crimea: Russia cannot secure it, Ukraine cannot liberate it, the West is losing interest – The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune Essays – Russia seized Crimea in 2014 and has held it since. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was supposed to consolidate that position. Instead, it

Dr. Lesia Bidochko: Strikes on Russian logistics, air defenses, and the land corridor are the most practical tool available for keeping Crimea contested.

The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
European Policy Institute in Kyiv - EPIK
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Instead of separate tech to spot mines and subs, the Navy is exploring the convenience of having one sonar that allows a single helicopter to do both.

Three Asian markets are opening to Ukrainian pork—but only if farmers can rebuild a herd that lost a third of its pigs to ASF last year. Photo: tomwieden / Pixabay

Ukrainian pork costs half what EU pork does to produce. Asian pig prices run 3x Ukrainian levels.

Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore just opened to Kyiv. Spain's ASF put them in play.

Ukraine has imported pork for 20 years. It now pitches 3 million tons a year.

The Financial Times reports that Ukraine is being offered a form of partial EU membership, which would allow participation in meetings and discussions, but without voting rights or access to the common budget. France and Germany are currently discussing this option.
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Fascist russia invaded Crimea 12 years, 2 months ago. The rashists invaded Donetsk and Luhansk regions 12 years ago.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been Europe's only defenders, with no fighting allies. NATO and the EU completely wasted the gift of time Ukraine gave them.

America First?

RFK Jr’s podcast has glimmers of his old show – will he address health issues differently? Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health message

RFK Jr’s podcast has glimmers of his old show – will he address health issues differently? Secretary Kennedy Podcast so far seems designed to promote Trump administration talking points over any specific public health message ...

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

(🚨) OK, the time has come.

Everyone needs to read the 2020 bestseller Proof of Corruption, in which the man pictured below is a key antagonist trying to steal the 2020 election for Trump.

Don't care about the money here, just borrow it from the library.

NEW: Russian forces are continuing their cognitive warfare campaign that uses small-scale attacks in previously dormant frontline areas in northern Ukraine to try to convince the West that the frontlines in Ukraine are collapsing. (1/6)

Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar020826

Other Key Takeaways ⬇️

Ukrainian soldier reunites with daughter after months of recovery.

”Poliser måste ha rätt att delta i strid om det blir krig.” Det är mycket oroande att en statlig utredning föreslår att poliser inte längre ska räknas som kombattanter – personer…

Vilka inom Polisen söp ihop detta förslag från början? Vilken sten levde man under så att man kunde missa hur viktigt och i vissa fall avgörande en proffsig polisiär styrka är i ett gråzonsläge eller vid start av fientligheter? Vi behöver snarare en starkare Polis.
www.sydsvenskan.se/opinion/poli...

Tenk så mange liv som ville vore spart om me ikkje hadde venta over to år med å gje Ukraina F-16.

Eskalasjonsfrykta er irrasjonell. Det aller farlegaste me kan gjera er å tillata Russland å vinna.

Send meir våpen.

In their free time, Lithuanians weave camouflage nets, make trench candles, and collect supplies for Ukrainian soldiers.

Thank you! 🇱🇹🇺🇦

📹 Roma Bobkov/Facebook

Germans donated €200,000 in one week to support Ukraine.

This Ukrainian woman, Nataliia, called on people to make donations to purchase gas stoves, heaters, and sleeping bags.

📹 DW

In the Orikhiv direction, in Zaporizhzhya region, the rashists attacked five times in the Shcherbaky, Kam'yans'ke areas and towards Luk'yanivs'ke.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information as of 22:00 on 8 February 2026 regarding the russian invasion

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In the Oleksandrivka direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped seven attacks by the russian fascist invaders in the Pryvillya area of Dnipropetrovsk region as well as towards Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk region and Andriyivka-Klevtsove and Oleksandrohrad in Donetsk region.

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Well, now it turns out that it’s no longer enough for Russia for Ukraine to hand over what remains of Donbas without a fight, its strongest fortified region, so that “the war can end.”

Seconds of the daily reality in Ukraine.

Lyman direction
Burning "convertible" and the remaining choice of buyers

Pilots of the SIGNUM battalion continue to block the front road for a one-block route for shoppers.

📹: Signum

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Zelensky: Ten export centers in Europe will be operating already in 2026 for Ukrainian drone exports.

🦅 We will gain 300-500 billion from drones in about 10 years.