100% The invasion by #RussiaIsATerroristState in 2022 (which was forces positioned themselves for during the Zapad 2021 exercises) was allowed to occur (Unlike under similar tensions during the Zapad exercises in both 2017 and 2019) due to concessions and attempts of appeasement by Western allies, and it continues to this day either due to their continuing incompetence and inability to see through the #RussianPropaganda that floods their news and briefing materials (while many in the USG seem to ignore those of us with valuable insight and valid on-the-ground experience), or simply their own interests in not losing the economic boost brought to them through their connection to the billions of euros that flow out of Russia due to the vast corruption of #PutinIsAWarCriminal’s regime. The day in February 2022 when @POTUS and @JakeSullivan46 made clear during @JoeBiden’s televised address that not a single American boot would touch the ground in Ukraine and no intervention would take place unless the war extended into Poland, is the day that @POTUS invited this war to begin, which it did less than 10 days later. The administration’s policy of appeasement and efforts behind the scenes to limit the strategic response of Ukraine, have in the end cost the lives of tens, in not hundreds, of thousands of Ukrainian civilians.

‼️ZELENSKYY: June and July should be productive for Ukraine. There were some successful strikes in occupied Crimea and Russian Volgograd and Krasnodar regions. “There were some successful hits by the Ukrainian Security Service in our temporarily occupied Crimea and by our forces inside Russia, specifically targeting oil facilities in the Volgograd and Krasnodar regions. June and July should be productive for Ukraine and all of Europe” Ukrainian president on Saturday, June 13, 2026.

I recently watched a horrific and brilliant documentary movie about the sexual violence faced by Ukrainian women under occupation and in Russian prisons. Genuinely horrifying and heartbreaking.

ZELENSKYY: Ukraine needs Europe — and Europe needs Ukraine. We expect to make further progress toward EU integration this summer. “The EU has confirmed they're ready to open the first cluster. This gives a new push to our negotiations about Ukraine joining the EU. We've done absolutely everything for this progress. I'm grateful to everyone who helped and everyone working for our country. Ukraine is ready to open six clusters. We expect that this summer we'll achieve more results for our integration into the EU. At least from our side, there will be no delays. And it's important, really important, that partners also feel the full significance of this process. We hear from many leaders that not only does Ukraine need Europe, but Europe needs Ukraine too. That's true”. Ukrainian president on Saturday, June 13, 2026.

Statement from @MFA_Ukraine: “The Ukrainian side has noted another wave of manipulations regarding certain cooperation programs in the field of biosafety and public health in Ukraine. We once again reject these groundless accusations and emphasize that Ukraine consistently fulfills its international obligations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The Ukrainian side has never engaged in any activities related to the development, production, or stockpiling of biological weapons.” “The narrative of alleged "laboratories for the development of biological weapons" is not new—Russia has used it in its propaganda for many years. At the same time, all Russian accusations have been repeatedly debunked at the international level.” Full statement here: mfa.gov.ua/en/news/komentar-…

SEN. KELLY: How many times have Vance and Rubio been to Ukraine? Zero. Has Trump been to Ukraine? No. He invited Putin to United States, but he still failed to send anybody at high level in his government to visit Ukraine. Have Kushner or Witkoff been to Ukraine? They have not.

This video was published in January 2020. And that timing matters, because it shows Russian “Ukrainian biolab” propaganda did not magically appear after the 2022 invasion. Moscow had been dragging this corpse of a conspiracy around for years, especially against Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and other post-Soviet countries that dared to cooperate with the West. The video explains the U.S. Biological Threat Reduction Program as exactly what the name says: a threat-reduction program. Its purpose was to help partner countries secure dangerous Soviet-era pathogens, improve disease detection, strengthen public-health laboratories, and stop natural outbreaks from becoming regional security disasters. In Ukraine, the official priority was to consolidate and secure pathogens and help detect and report disease outbreaks before they became wider threats. The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency also states that the work was peaceful, subject to export-control and vetting processes, and did not sponsor gain-of-function research or human experimentation. The video also makes clear why Russia hated these labs: not because they were secret weapons sites, but because they represented Western cooperation with countries Moscow still treats like stolen property. Georgia’s Lugar Center is the perfect example. Russia smeared it as a U.S. proxy bioweapons facility, while Georgia opened it to international review. In 2018, 22 experts and observers from 17 countries inspected the Lugar Center under the Biological Weapons Convention framework and found transparency around its activities. Russian experts were invited, then refused to participate, because obviously the propaganda works better when you never look at the evidence. So the Russian narrative is not “skepticism.” It is geopolitical sewage with a lab coat thrown over it. The same machine that calls invasions “liberation” and civilian massacres “staged” also tried to turn public-health laboratories into cartoon villain bioweapon factories. The goal was not truth. The goal was fear, confusion, and poisoning public trust in countries moving closer to the West. The whole point of the video is transparency: these projects were not classified, scientists were encouraged to publish, international experts were invited in, and the work was described as peaceful public-health cooperation. Russia’s claim was the opposite: secret U.S. bioweapons plots on Russia’s borders. One side offered inspections, publications, and open cooperation. The other side offered paranoia, state media hysteria, and the usual Kremlin swamp gas. This is basically pre-2022 evidence that the “Ukrainian biolab” panic was never a serious argument. It was an old Russian disinformation weapon, reheated when useful, then thrown into the invasion narrative to make Russia look like the victim while it was the aggressor.

Among all the European nations that have already joined the European Union or see such a prospect for themselves, Ukraine is the one making the greatest sacrifices for Europe. We are not simply carrying out internal reforms, nor are we simply going through a transformation. We are fighting for our state, for our independence, and for our right to choose our own path and to be Europe. And this right of ours is at the same time the right of every nation in our region. We are fighting for our freedom and theirs, for Europe for ourselves and for them – for the Baltic states and for Poland, for Hungary and Slovakia, for Romania and Moldova, and for the peoples of the Caucasus. That is why the fate of Europe is being decided here – it is being decided in Ukraine, in this war, and in how this war ends – and whether Russia will still have the strength and the desire after this war to threaten the existence of Ukraine and its other neighbors, and the entirety of Europe. That is why we must end this war with dignity and with guaranteed security. And this is what we will discuss with our partners during the G7 Summit in France, and later at the European Council Summit and at the NATO Summit in Ankara.

In Kyiv, a new opera is tackling one of the most traumatising aspects of Russia’s invasion: the abduction of Ukrainian children. In the new work called “Mothers of Kherson”, music tries to give voice to that unspeakable pain, here’s my report:

You can help to keep Ukrainians safe. By contributing, you are allowing people to survive and helping people to persevere. You are also letting them know that they are not alone, and that you can see a better future, and want to part of it. snyder.substack.com/p/sky-de…

Thank you for this firm and just stance. It is unacceptable that alumina, which is used to produce aluminum—a key component in many types of russian missiles and drones—continues to be exported to Moscow. I hope that all EU countries will follow Estonia’s lead. Loopholes kill.

ЯК ТРАМП ВІЙНУ ЗУПИНЯВ / How Trump Ended The War (animation)

The Ukrainian side has noted another wave of manipulations regarding certain cooperation programs in the field of biosafety and public health in Ukraine. We once again reject these groundless accusations and emphasize that Ukraine consistently fulfills its international obligations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BWC). The Ukrainian side has never engaged in any activities related to the development, production, or stockpiling of biological weapons. For many years, cooperation between Ukraine and the United States in the field of biosafety has been aimed exclusively at strengthening the capabilities of the public health system, epidemiological surveillance, laboratory diagnostics, biosafety, and biosecurity. This refers to ordinary civilian activities that comply with international public health standards and practices, and are entirely unrelated to any military objectives. The laboratory facilities involved in the relevant international technical assistance programs are diagnostic, scientific, or reference laboratories within the public health system, veterinary medicine, or other scientific institutions. The narrative of alleged "laboratories for the development of biological weapons" is not new – Russia has used it in its propaganda for many years. At the same time, all Russian accusations have been repeatedly debunked at the international level. For instance, in 2022, at the request of the Russian Federation under Article V of the BWC, an official consultative process was held with the participation of the States Parties to the Convention. During this process, all data regarding the relevant cooperation programs, their objectives, and implementation mechanisms were provided. As a result of the consultations, the allegations regarding the supposed development of biological weapons or the operation of military biological programs in Ukraine found no confirmation whatsoever. The relevant issues were also considered within the UN Security Council, where no evidence was presented to support the claims made by the Russian Federation. In December 2023, Ukraine officially reaffirmed its position at the meeting of the States Parties to the BWC, emphasizing that the 2022 consultative process had comprehensively addressed these allegations, and that Ukraine's cooperation with international partners in the field of public health fully complies with the provisions of the Convention. Ukraine remains committed to the principles of transparency, international cooperation, and strengthening the global biosafety system. We call for reliance on the outcomes of international consultations and verified facts, rather than on distorted interpretations or Russian propaganda.

⚡ Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry rejected allegations about alleged biological weapons laboratories on its territory, stressing that Ukraine has never produced or stockpiled biological weapons.

Thank you, dear @Tsahkna, for consistently speaking the truth about Russia’s war against Ukraine. Behind every statistic is a human life, a family, a future. It is 274 stolen lives, shattered families, and devastated communities. The proper response is to increase pressure on the aggressor, strengthen Ukraine, and ensure full accountability for Russian atrocities.

Ukraine is working on the new class of high-speed interceptors to counter the rise of jet-powered drones, reports @BusinessInsider. To stimulate the development, we at Brave1 have integrated these technologies into our funding priorities. Key operational requirements for this generation: ◆ Velocity: Platforms capable of reaching speeds exceeding 450 km/h to successfully neutralize incoming high-speed targets. ◆ Autonomy: A heavy focus on increasing automation across all operational stages—from launch to target engagement. More in the article👇

❌russian propaganda has distorted a US intelligence report on biological laboratories in Ukraine. The pretext for this manipulation was a US National Intelligence publication regarding facilities supported under the Cooperative Threat Reduction Programme.

Pure hell in Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk region. russians dropped 12 KAB glide bombs on a market. A fucking market. A Saturday morning — people just coming out to sell what they have. Just a regular, everyday market… gone in an instant.

Candace Owens, the Tate brothers, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Tulsi Gabbard, all Russian shills actively promoting tired conspiracy theories to smear Ukraine and support Russia. Why together, why now? Because Russia is desperate, and they are losing their war.

‼️👀 Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian telecom operators Zelensky has implemented the NSDC decision on sanctions against 10 Russian mobile operators and Internet providers that provide communications for the occupiers and operate in the temporarily occupied territories. The list includes "Luhansk Communications", "Mobile Communication Systems", "Amtel-Zvyazok" and "Kosmic Communications". Ukraine will also transfer information about sanctioned companies to international partners to synchronize restrictions and block their activities outside the Russian Federation.