Well done on remembering. What a brave man. My condolences go out to his family. Hope they get the bastards. who did it

Britain will design three new kits for underwater drones used by the U.S., UK and Australia: a high-detail sonar, a sensor that listens for submarines, and a device that works without explosives. They’re due in 2027. defence-blog.com/britain-to-…

In today’s Vatnik Soup, our 400th (!), we introduce the Vatnik Archetype: the recurring character who claims to oppose war while defending invasions, claims to fight imperialism while serving Moscow, and claims to seek truth while repeating the vilest propaganda. 1/21

A German company and a Ukrainian one have tested a remote-controlled gun mount on an unmanned vehicle already in service in Ukraine. Troops will be able to swap weapons, from rifles to grenade launchers, on the same vehicle. defence-blog.com/german-unma…

At least 13 civilians dead in Dnipro after Russian drone attack. There is nothing that even resembles military structures here. Just pure, unfiltered terrorism. Russia is a terrorist state.

1/ 🧵 A Russian-owned refinery in Finland is quietly turning Russian nickel into "Western" metal — and shipping a copper by-product back to Russia. Through 4+ (or 12+) years of war, the EU has never sanctioned it. We built NICKEL22 to expose it. 🇫🇮🇷🇺

Lisää syitä kannattaa aloitetta: Nornickel Harjavalta on venäläisomisteinen tehdas, joka jalostaa venäläistä nikkeliä. Nikkeli leimataan suomalaiseksi ja sitä toimitetaan maihin, jotka ovat kieltäneet venäläisen nikkelin tuonnin. Lue lisää ja allekirjoita: kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite…

I see the tweet is gathering attention outside of Finland. Although I wrote about a Finnish citizen's initiative, the best solution would be to sanction imports of russian nickel at EU level. You can all write your MEP using the tool at nikkeli.eu

Yksi kansalaisaloitteemme perusteluista. Kuparia tarvitaan tykistöammuksiin - arviolta 0,5 kg / ammus. Viron tiedustelun mukaan Venäjä tuotti vuonna 2025 n. 7 miljoonaa ammusta, kranaattia ja rakettia. Venäjä tarvitsee siis miljoonia kiloja kuparia vuodessa. Suomesta vietiin Venäjälle 100 000 t kuparisakkaa vuosina 2022-2025. Tämä kaupankäynti täytyy lopettaa. Jos olet samaa mieltä, kannata kansalaisaloitetta kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite… ja lue lisää perusteluja osoitteesta nikkeli.eu

MORE: Zelensky has repeatedly presented various ceasefires and peace proposals, which Russian officials have continuously rejected and have not yet offered any meaningful concessions toward peace negotiations. Senior Kremlin officials reiterated on October 21 Russia’s long-standing unwillingness to engage in any meaningful peace negotiations while attempting to present Ukraine and Europe as the main obstacles to peace in Ukraine.

Bots are throttling my ability to help #Ukraine and I don’t have the privilege to say it doesn’t matter and move onto something else.

If Elon is doing that to Starlink, he is definitely doing it to X

WTF?

Look at this disgusting, slimy South Korea. 🤮🤮🤮 South Korea is supplying fuel to Russia using sanctioned tankers to offset shortages caused by attacks on oil refineries. In total, seven tankers made 14 voyages to Russia. Three of these vessels are subject to sanctions imposed by the UK and the EU. To conceal their routes, they reported false destination ports (such as Japan or Singapore).

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I’m Welsh and I don’t want Sweden or Spain refuelling ships involved in the alumina trade with russia.

I’m Welsh and I stand with Ukraine.

This is a very insightful message from the Irish Defence Minister. Yet it stands in complete irony when you consider shipments of alumina is still leaving Ireland for russia up to 10 times a month.

‼️The Irish Government secured an agreement from Rusal and Aughinish Alumina Ltd earlier this year to place €31 million into an escrow account to help with the clean-up costs of Aughinish post closure. The problem? There is a 450 acre, 50 million tonne caustic waste dump on-site containing the bye-product waste of producing alumina. The escrowed money equates to €0.62c per tonne. The #Alumina22 campaign understands that the cheapest containment option to deal with this red mud waste, will cost approx €20 a tonne post closure. At 50 million tons, that’s a fee of €1 Billion. I repeat. There’s €31 Million in the escrow account. The Irish taxpayer is therefore liable, at best, and assuming no damage to the estuary, €969,000,000 in clean-up costs. Some may say, if you deal with russia: FAFO.

👀 Ukrainian ground drone shoots down enemy drone with a net gun!

‼️ IMPORTANT STORY TO FOLLOW: The broader West has once again missed a major development in Ukraine’s war technologies. Last week, the Ukrainian military released information about a new technology that has helped it gain an advantage during the ongoing Vivaldi counteroffensive, but the news went almost unnoticed. Basically, Ukrainians combined flying drones with unmanned ground vehicles, essentially robots, to operate deep in the Russian rear and carry out strike and sabotage missions without infantry. It sounds like science fiction: flying robots delivering ground robots that can perform tasks traditionally carried out by infantry, participate in assault operations, and help liberate Ukrainian territory while reducing risks to Ukrainian soldiers. These operations are being carried out by NC13, a strike UGV unit within Ukraine’s Third Army Corps. The tactic is called Gryphon, and it was an important secret part of Operation Vivaldi, a major Ukrainian counteroffensive that has already restored Ukrainian control over 176 square kilometers (68 square miles), of territory. Ground robotic systems are carrying out 80% of logistics and 90% of casualty evacuations during the current Operation Vivaldi. Read more in my article for @KyivIndependent. More good news and exclusives on this story are coming today! kyivindependent.com/washingt…