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#StandWithUkraine

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"Show of Force"

And the revival of #democracy

Timothy #Snyder Sep 18, 2025

The overall design of Trump’s policy is clear enough: weaken the United States abroad to create an environment friendly to dictators, while using the American armed forces as an intimidation force to make #dictatorship possible at home.

snyder.substack.com/p/show-of-

#TimothySnyder #ThinkingAbout
#FreedomOfSpeech
#america #usa #tyranny #militarism
#Trump
#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Russia

Thinking about... · "Show of Force"By Timothy Snyder

Russia warns oil producers of possible output cuts after Ukrainian drone strikes

#Russia's state-owned #oil #pipeline monopoly #Transneft warned producers they may have to cut output after #UkrainianDrones damaged key export ports & #refineries, 3 industry sources told Reuters

The warning comes as #Ukraine intensifies strikes on Russian energy infrastructure in an effort to undermine the #Kremlin's #war effort and revenues.

kyivindependent.com/russia-war

The Kyiv Independent · Russia warns oil producers of possible output cuts after Ukrainian drone strikes, Reuters reportsBy The Kyiv Independent news desk

#Video shows #Russian drone hiting #Kharkiv #University building

Video of Russian drone hitting university building in #Kharkiv's #Slobidskyi district

Several #civilians wounded in the streets. Victims include 3 women aged 51, 52, 54, & 89 y/o man. All are in stable condition

Strike was in broad daylight, near the city center. Damaged facility was purely civilian target with no connection to military or defense industry

kyivindependent.com/russian-dr

The Kyiv Independent · Video shows moment Russian drone hits Kharkiv university building; 4 injured in the cityBy Martin Fornusek
Continued thread

Good evening, Fediverse.

It's usual day in Dnipro. Few air raid alerts, some shaheds flying nearby.

I'm gonna get a sandwich and go to meditation center.

And 50 UAH from that sandwich is going to support Third Assault Brigade, that's a special promo some of our restaurants/cafes are doing.

Please, donate to this fundraiser, UAV pilots need a van.

send.monobank.ua/jar/8ehVp9FEhG

PayPal in the top post.

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#Ukrainian #swarm #drones #AI startup secures $15 million in record defense investment

The sum represents the single-largest investment in a Ukrainian defense company since the start of Russia’s full-scale war in 2022.

The company’s software allows a single operator to coordinate multiple drones, limiting human involvement to selecting targets and authorizing strikes.

kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-

The Kyiv Independent · Ukrainian swarm drone AI startup secures $15 million in record defense investmentBy Tim Zadorozhnyy

#Ukrainian forces struck #Saratov #oil #refinery overnight on Sept. 16, causing explosions and a fire at the facility

Ukraine's campaign against Russian oil & gas is key source of #Moscow's revenues fuelling its all-out invasion of #Ukraine

Refinery produces over 20 types of petroleum products, including gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, bitumen, & more

The facility, whose processing volume amounted to 4.8 million metric tons in 2023

kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-

The Kyiv Independent · Ukrainian strike sets Russia's Saratov oil refinery ablaze, military reportsBy Martin Fornusek

Ed Davey to boycott Trump banquet as a protest over Gaza. Trump's behaviour over Gaza has been reprehensible, no one with morals should attend that banquet. The list of Trump's immoral behaviour is never ending - Trumps deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles earlier this year had absolutely nothing to do with curbing civil unrest or political violence, Trump 2.0’s massive reductions in expenditures for law enforcement and to the mismanagement of criminal justice for social control purposes is immoral, This administration has also been suppressing any person, place, or point of view that upsets the president’s false narrative, renders Trump’s dystopia and repressive America as merely authoritarian hoaxes, or challenges any fraction of his antidemocratic and anti-constitutional agenda as being un-American or anti-patriotic. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crlz6r #RejoinEU #ClimateCrisis #StandwithUkraine

Donald Trump raises a glass with Queen Elizabeth II during a state banquet as part of his 2019 visit to the UK. He wears a formal black suit, white shirt and bow tie, while she wears a white, long-sleeved dress, silver crown and a ruby and diamond necklace. The pair are touching wine glasses and appear to be attended by two footmen.
BBC NewsDonald Trump state visit: Ed Davey to boycott banquet over GazaThe Lib Dem leader says he wants to send the president a message that he has the power to end the crisis.

#Ukrainian troops clear another village near #Dobropillia in #Donetsk Oblast

#UkrainianForces have spent the past month pushing #Russian #troops back after they advanced nearly 10 kilometers (6 miles) toward the strategic #Dobropillia–Kramatorsk highway, near the embattled city of #Pokrovsk. Since late August, Ukrainian units have regained control of several villages in the area.

kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-

The Kyiv Independent · Ukrainian troops clear another village near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast, military reportsBy Kateryna Hodunova