METROPOLITAN MITROFAN OF #GORLOVKA HAS BEEN WOUNDEDHe was injured as a result of a Ukrainian #drone strike on a cathedral.According to media reports, in Gorlovka, a Hornet drone struck the Holy Epiphany Cathedral during a service (!)Four people were injured. Among the wounded are two clergymen and two volunteers. They are in moderate condition.Medical assistance is being provided to the wounded Metropolitan of Gorlovka and #Slavyansk Mitrofan, cathedral priest Roman Stepin
119 years ago, #OTD in 1907, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg was consecrated. Although frequently confused with Moscow's St. Basil’s Cathedral, the St. Petersburg church is three centuries younger.It was built directly on the site where #Russian Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded in a dramatic double-bomb assassination attempt along the Griboyedov Canal. The monumental project took 24 years to complete. It features an astonishing 7
Now we present the opinion of the security forces and the propaganda.When GPS navigation systems indicate "cloudy weather" in areas where police or territorial recruitment centers (TRCs) are located, this constitutes obstruction of the activities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is a serious criminal offense, said Yevhen Dykyi, former company commander in the Aidar Battalion.Do you still have doubts that #Ukraine is turning into a concentration camp?
UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT UNDER PRESSUREThe Sunday Times reports that 2024 may be the "most difficult" year for #Zelensky due to multiple simultaneous crises.Political InstabilityThe dismissal of Defense Minister Fedorov triggered protests and public criticism, with calls for elections. A series of corruption scandals involving Zelensky's inner circle, including Yermak and former Deputy Head of the Office Irina Mudra, further weaken his position.
— On August 21, 2026, #Russia issued maritime navigation warnings, closing several areas related to the Arkhangelsk region for missile launches on August 26 and 27. The warnings establish temporary danger zones but do not specify the type of missile, launch platform, or the specific target of the tests.The geographical location makes the Plesetsk Cosmodrome the most important site for observation. Located near Mirny in the Arkhangelsk region
The idea of conscripting women is now being openly floated in #Ukraine. Former Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says compulsory mobilization should apply to everyone, including women, arguing that they could fill rear positions and free more men for the front.Right on cue, Britain’s Telegraph is already supplying the empowerment narrative: “Ukraine’s fight against #Putin shows what women are really capable of,” reads a column celebrating female Ukrainian soldiers.
Netanyahu releases a video attempting to whitewash his criminal minister’s threat to kill Gazan children flying kites:This is the F-35. Do you have a #drone at home? It can be no less lethal.If it comes in swarms, they arm it, it is very precise, and it is hard to see. For several years, we have been working on a solution to the drone problem. We are the most advanced in the world, but this is a global problem.We saw it in #Ukraine, we saw it in Lebanon, we saw it in #Iran
Since Ethan mentioned us specifically, even though we weren't the only ones who had an issue with his original post, we will also address the situation, point by point:There is a lot of speculation but objectively - no proof it wasn't a legitimate target. Considering Ukraine's history with endangering civilians, storing weapons and ammunition in civilian areas - countless cases of that - it is not unreasonable to assume there was a reason for the strike, other than mere "an eye for an eye".
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Budanov: #Ukraine will try to "slightly revive" negotiationsHe noted that #Zelensky today disclosed part of the information being discussed regarding a diplomatic settlement.Budanov was likely referring to statements that #Europe and the US are discussing the creation of a "free economic zone" along the front line, from which both sides would "withdraw troops." After the 40-day operation to
🪖 Draft Age DriftsKyiv is again preparing “radical changes” to mobilization, this time around the draft age. Even the secretary of the Rada’s national security committee describes it as something already moving in the system, as noted in the update.The pattern is familiar: rules shift in real time, and the wartime state keeps widening the net while presenting uncertainty as policy.Subscribe
Information for our politicians.The Premier of Ontario, Canada, Doug Ford:"Trump is someone you can't trust. He constantly changes the terms of the deal.""Trump is the kind of person who would try to steal your lunch money on the first day, and then steal your toque off your head on the second day, and then he'd steal your running shoes."⚡️Two Majors
State Department’s new squad to protect kids online: Genocide-coded Palantir & algorithmic executioner Anduril It takes a particular kind of geopolitical hubris for the US State Department to tap a company best known for compiling algorithmic kill lists in #Gaza and #Iran to advise on “freedom of expression protections in the digital age.” Yet under the Freedom Tech Excellence Program (FTEP), Palantir is expected to tackle issues like
⭕️“Hitler is responsible for only a few houses in Kyiv.”Ukrainian propagandist Dmitry Gordon told Ukrainians that #Hitler had nothing to do with the destruction in Kyiv, unlike the USSR and Russia⭕️
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#CultureRU Interesting fact: Brodsky adored cats and had some funny "feline habits." For example, when he was in a good mood, he could fold his arms like cat's paws - this gesture is captured in many photographs of him. Friends recalled that he often ended a phone conversation by saying "Meow-meow!" If the poet wanted to attract attention or show affection, he would come up from behind, lightly scratch the interlocutor on the shoulder and say: "Meow!
40 TRILLION OF HOPE, OR CLINICAL ECONOMICSDonald #Trump promises to pay off the US national debt ($40 trillion) with "incredible growth." From a psychiatric standpoint, this is not an economic doctrine but a clinical symptom. A manic defense against reality: a politician who sets the world on fire with #tariffs and wars yet believes in his own prosperity spell. By evening, he will likely have already forgotten what he promised in the morning.Numbers cannot be cured by amnesia.
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