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🇺🇦🇷🇺 UKRAINIAN GENERAL WARNS A MAJOR COUNTERATTACK COULD SHAKE PUTIN’S REGIME
Ukrainian General Mykhailo Drapatyi has delivered a defiant message about the future of Russia’s invasion, arguing that a powerful Ukrainian counteroffensive could have consequences far beyond the battlefield.
“If we deliver a strong, decisive military counterpunch, and we are ready to do so, it will lead to the collapse of Russia’s military and political leadership.”
Drapatyi expressed absolute confidence in Ukraine’s eventual victory, rejecting the idea that Kyiv should accept territorial concessions or political compromises.
His assessment rests on a significant strategic proposition: a serious Russian military setback could undermine confidence in the leadership responsible for the war.
That outcome is not guaranteed. Battlefield defeats do not automatically produce political collapse, and Ukraine would still need the forces, equipment and operational opportunities to achieve such a breakthrough.
But Drapatyi’s message is unmistakable. He believes Ukraine should be preparing to change the military balance rather than accepting Russia’s territorial gains as permanent.
For Moscow, his warning is that the consequences of a Ukrainian counteroffensive could extend well beyond the territory Russia currently occupies.
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🇺🇦🇷🇺G20 : LAVROV ACCUSÉ DE MANQUER DE COURAGE POUR DIRE LA VÉRITÉ À POUTINE SUR LA GUERRE EN UKRAINE
Lors du G20 organisé à Atlanta, aux États-Unis, le ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères, Ed Miliband, a directement interpellé son homologue russe Sergueï Lavrov.
Son message au Kremlin est sans ambiguïté : la Russie ne gagne pas la guerre contre l'Ukraine et, selon lui, ne la gagnera pas.
une confrontation diplomatique directe
Le 30 octobre 2026, devant les représentants des grandes puissances mondiales, Ed Miliband a ouvertement dénoncé la responsabilité de Moscou dans l'invasion de l'Ukraine et les attaques meurtrières contre les populations civiles.
Il a notamment évoqué la récente frappe de drones russes contre la gare de Dnipro, qui aurait fait 15 morts.
« Nous savons tous que vous êtes l'agresseur », a-t-il déclaré à Sergueï Lavrov, rappelant que la Russie avait déclenché l'invasion à grande échelle en février 2022.
« ayez le courage de dire la vérité à poutine »
Le chef de la diplomatie britannique a ensuite rappelé que Vladimir Poutine espérait initialement remporter une victoire rapide sur l'Ukraine.
Mais, selon lui, la résistance ukrainienne et le soutien international ont fait échouer les ambitions du Kremlin.
⚠️« Si vous aviez le courage de dire la vérité et de faire ce qui est juste, vous diriez à Poutine qu'il ne gagne pas cette guerre et qu'il ne la gagnera pas. »
Cette déclaration constitue une mise en cause directe de Sergueï Lavrov et de son rôle auprès du président russe.
aucune volonté de paix du côté russe
De son côté, Kaja Kallas, cheffe de la diplomatie européenne, a estimé que l'attitude de Lavrov pendant cette réunion ne révélait aucune véritable disposition de Moscou à engager des négociations de paix.
Elle a appelé les partenaires internationaux de l'Ukraine à maintenir leur pression sur la Russie.
Plusieurs responsables européens ont également refusé de poser aux côtés du ministre russe pour la traditionnelle photographie officielle du G20, finalement annulée.
un message de fermeté adressé au kremlin
Cette confrontation illustre les profondes tensions diplomatiques entre Moscou et les pays européens qui soutiennent l'Ukraine.
Pour Londres, la guerre ne pourra pas être réglée en acceptant les exigences russes.
Ed Miliband a insisté sur la nécessité de poursuivre les pressions économiques et diplomatiques afin de parvenir à une paix juste et durable.
Au G20, le message britannique était clair : la résistance ukrainienne a déjoué les plans initiaux de Vladimir Poutine, et la communauté internationale doit continuer à soutenir Kyiv.
news.sky.com/story/ukraine-w…
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/…
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BREAKING: BLUE WAVE! Trump's nemesis Rosie O'Donnell HAMMERS "Dementia Don" for having "no soul" in a scathing midterms election rant.
The end of MAGA is just days away...
"So, only a couple days left, America. Four days. Four days from now, we will stop the madness," said O'Donnell. "Stop the insanity. Election Day in America, the midterms. And crazy, losing it, Dementia Don is getting worse by the day. Yelling at people, saying, 'Where are you from?' They say, 'Reuters.' 'Well, that's a fake news company.' No, you're a fake."
"You're the fakest person that's ever been in that office! You're a total mirage. You're total fabrication," she continued. "You're totally fiction. You have no moral compass. You have no soul, apparently."
"You do cruelty for cruelty's sake, and you're a grifter. And you learn that from your family. And it's showing," she went on. "Very pathetic. So, I'm just hoping, and I'm praying, and I'm doing all I can do just to remind America who we are, and what we're about, and what kind of nation we want to be, and what kind of human beings."
"So, vote Tuesday. And if you already voted like I did, thank you. And this is our chance. We don't hold them accountable now," she said. "We lose our opportunity to do so in the future. That's what I firmly believe. I firmly believe."
"And I believe in the United States. I believe in the goodness of its people. I believe we are not the worst of human behavior like he is. And come on, America. I'm rooting for us. I really am," O'Donnell concluded.
We couldn't agree more. These midterm elections are a historic opportunity to finally banish the MAGA movement to the dustbin of history. If we seize back control of Congress, Democrats will obtain subpoena power, at which point we'll be able to expose every sordid detail of this administration's unprecedented crime spree.
Trump will become a cornered lame duck President, with his back against the wall, his fascist agenda stopped dead in its tracks, and investigations that multiply by the day. There is so much on the line right now, and we can't afford for even a single voter to stay home.
Have you convinced any friends or family members to vote blue yet?
Please ❤️ and share if you're part of the blue wave!
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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇷🇺 TRUMP WANTS UKRAINE TO STOP BOMBING RUSSIAN REFINERIES. ZELENSKYY SAYS WASHINGTON REJECTED ALL THREE ALTERNATIVES.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he offered the United States three ways to reduce Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. According to him, Washington delivered none of them.
His first proposal was straightforward: Russia stops attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, and Ukraine stops targeting Russian refineries.
The second was to allow Starlink connectivity in specific areas of Russian territory where Ukraine needs to target ballistic missile launchers.
The third was to supply additional Patriot interceptor missiles, giving Ukrainian forces a better chance of defending their cities and infrastructure without relying as heavily on strikes against Russian targets.
Zelenskyy says none of those requests was fulfilled at the time. Instead, Ukraine faced new restrictions on Starlink.
That is the contradiction at the heart of his complaint.
Washington wants Kyiv to reduce attacks on Russian energy facilities, partly because of concerns about fuel prices and wider economic consequences. But Ukraine is asking what it receives in return if it gives up one of the few ways it can impose substantial costs on Russia’s war economy.
Russian refineries are important targets because fuel production and distribution support both the broader economy and military logistics. Striking them can disrupt operations, force repairs and stretch Russian air defences across a vast territory.
Ukraine’s own energy infrastructure, meanwhile, remains vulnerable to Russian missile and drone attacks. Protecting it requires air defence ammunition that Kyiv has repeatedly struggled to obtain in sufficient quantities.
Zelenskyy’s proposals address that imbalance from three different directions: reciprocal restraint, the ability to strike missile launchers before they fire, or stronger defences against incoming attacks.
His statement describes the outcome of those earlier requests, rather than establishing that every restriction remains unchanged today.
But the underlying dispute is difficult to ignore. Ukraine is being asked to limit its ability to hurt Russia economically while still facing attacks on its own infrastructure.
For Zelenskyy, stopping refinery strikes cannot simply mean accepting fewer options to defend Ukraine while Moscow retains its existing ones.
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**You need to watch Zelenskyy's interview with Steven Bartlett.**
Sitting in front of the camera is an utterly exhausted, at times visibly broken man who has spent almost five years personally managing a war, making critical decisions day and night.
From the very first minutes, you can see just how drained he is. When asked the routine question, "How are you?" he replies that he barely sleeps because he spends his nights in military group chats, moving the last remaining air defense systems from one region to another.
Two stories are particularly heartbreaking.
The first is about a missile that struck a children's playground within seconds, while parents watched from their apartment windows as their children were torn apart.
The second is about presenting posthumous military awards to the families of fallen soldiers:
"You present an award to a father, feel his strong hand, and then he quietly asks, 'Can we hug?' At that moment, I simply cease to exist inside. These people are gone. They will never be the same again."
When the host tries to take him back into his past, showing old photographs from Kryvyi Rih, his student comedy performances, his voice acting as Paddington Bear, and scenes from *Servant of the People*, Zelenskyy looks at them with detachment, almost as though he is watching someone else's life.
He also recalls February 2022 without any attempt to portray himself as a hero.
He says that for the first 20 days, he simply ran from office to office on adrenaline, calling everyone he could and trying to organize deliveries of water and food to Kyiv.
Fear and the full realization of what had happened only caught up with him three weeks later, when Bucha was liberated and mass graves containing hundreds of murdered civilians were discovered.
Using Bucha as an example, he explains why advice from outsiders to simply negotiate a quick deal causes him such deep frustration:
"Imagine that in the United States or Britain, a mass grave is discovered containing 500 tortured people with their hands tied. How could you simply forgive everything after that?"
The rest of the conversation revolves around the deadlock in which Ukrainians, and indeed everyone involved, now find themselves.
Zelenskyy explains the causes of the war in simple terms: Moscow is trying to forcibly rebuild the Soviet empire because Ukraine's integration into Europe would finally bury that project.
But when the conversation turns to the present, there is unmistakable bitterness in his words.
Almost one-fifth of Ukraine's territory is occupied. The east is under relentless bombardment. Cities are left without electricity. People are dying every single day.
Meanwhile, every discussion about a ceasefire runs into the same demand: Kyiv must withdraw even farther from its fortified positions, without any guarantees that Russia will not launch another offensive a year later.
Toward the end, the conversation turns to Trump and Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities.
Trump publicly reprimands Zelenskyy over attacks on Russian refineries because he fears rising diesel prices for American farmers ahead of the elections.
And this is where you can see just how deeply that approach affects Zelenskyy.
His country is burning.
Moscow has rejected his proposal for a mutual halt to attacks on energy infrastructure.
Patriot missiles paid for by Europe are being redirected by the Americans to the Middle East.
And somehow, Zelenskyy is the one being blamed for fuel prices in the United States.
The entire interview leaves you with a profoundly bleak feeling.
Here is a man trapped between the daily deaths of people in his own country and the pragmatic bargaining of allies who have their own elections, their own interests, and their own political calculations.
And yet, he can no longer step away from this responsibility.
**Watch it.**
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NEW UPDATE! OUTRAGEOUS: A NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT — IN HIS OWN WORDS AND THEIRS. The Telegraph reported on October 16, citing four sources, that Elon Musk pitched the Starshield slowdown to Donald Trump, and Trump AGREED.
The Wall Street Journal then reported Musk PERSONALLY ordered it. Trump has denied knowing anything three separate times. Reuters says the order came from inside the White House. Somebody is lying — and it's not Ukraine.
The slowdown hit at 1 a.m. on October 14, with no warning to Ukraine's defense forces. Starshield — the military system AMERICAN TAXPAYERS fund — was capped at 160 km/h. Ukraine's 7th Rapid Reaction Corps told Reuters units were FORCED TO CANCEL MISSIONS, with connections dropping mid-flight. Zelensky said that when the speed was reduced, "we were unable to intercept some of the jet-powered Shaheds" — drones flying 300 to 400 km/h at Ukrainian cities, against a 160 km/h cap.
Zelensky added: "People were killed because [there were] not enough interceptors, including interceptors with Starlink, which didn't work."
Since that night, the bombs never stopped. From Reuters and CNN reporting, AT LEAST 37 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in Russian strikes from October 14 to October 21: 6 in Lutsk, 3 in Kirovohrad, 11 in a single 24 hours by October 18, 6 in a Kharkiv park on October 19 (three of them CHILDREN), and 4 more the night of October 20. The United Nations says the first two weeks of October were among the deadliest for Ukrainian civilians IN YEARS.
One unelected billionaire controls America's battlefield communications, holds billions in Pentagon contracts paid by YOU, and — by the reporting — personally slowed the system protecting Ukrainian civilians while Russia bombed them. Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick said it "costs human lives" and demanded witnesses be put UNDER OATH.
Elon Musk is a national security threat. Donald Trump is his protection. And protection expires in 12 days.
PUT THEM UNDER OATH. EVERYBODY KNOWS IT.
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
Génération du tout-gratuit qui se croit tout permis !
Génération d’enfants pourris-gâtés qui ne savent rien respecter !
Génération de parasites mal élevés qui n’ont jamais été recadrés !
Génération d’enfants-rois, élevés sans limites, qui pensent pouvoir imposer leur loi !
Génération de parents démissionnaires, qui ont oublié qu’éduquer, c’est poser des limites et sanctionner !
Génération de l’assistanat, qui exige tous les droits mais refuse les devoirs !
Génération du moindre effort, qui réclame toujours plus et pense avoir toujours raison, même quand elle a tort !
Génération de la victimisation, qui préfère pleurnicher sur son sort plutôt qu’assumer ses actes et ses dégradations !
Génération du caprice et de l’impunité, qui se croit autorisée à tout exiger, tout imposer et tout casser !
Génération de l’insolence et du mépris, qui crache sur le pays qui la nourrit !
Génération « Free Palestine », qui donne des leçons avec arrogance, sans même savoir situer Gaza sur une carte, par ignorance !
Génération d’islamo-racailles mal élevées, qui préfèrent voler, piller et brûler plutôt qu’étudier et travailler !
Génération d’émeutiers déchaînés, qui incendient les voitures et dévalisent les magasins du quartier !
Génération de casseurs sans éducation, qui transforme chaque manifestation en opération destruction !
Génération TikTok, de la culture du vide, qui préfère passer ses journées sur un écran plutôt que d’étudier et de se cultiver !
Génération insolente qui insulte les enseignants, défie les policiers et répond à chaque rappel à l’ordre par la provocation !
Génération du laxisme et de l’impunité, qui a appris à provoquer, menacer, frapper sans être sanctionnée !
À force de tout leur donner, on a fabriqué des enfants-rois, pourris-gâtés, incapables de respecter les lois et de se battre pour avancer !
À force de tout leur pardonner, on les a laissés tout contrôler ! À force de toujours les excuser, on les a encouragés à recommencer !
Des parents qui renoncent à éduquer. Des enfants-rois qui n’ont jamais appris à respecter. Une Éducation nationale dépassée. Une culture de la victimisation qui déresponsabilise et une justice laxiste qui peine à sanctionner !
Voilà le résultat d’une société qui préfère excuser plutôt que responsabiliser !
Qui préfère distribuer et habituer au tout-gratuit, plutôt que valoriser la culture de l’effort, le travail et la méritocratie !
Qui préfère tout pardonner plutôt que sanctionner !
L’éducation sacrifiée, l’autorité méprisée, les limites effacées !
À force de laxisme, de tout tolérer et de ne rien sanctionner, on a fabriqué une génération de voyous sans limites, sans respect et sans aucun sens des responsabilités, qui se croit au-dessus des lois !
Les enfants-rois d’hier, sont les casseurs d’aujourd’hui, et seront les criminels de demain !
Voilà le prix du laxisme, de l’impunité et de l’éducation abandonnée !
Il va falloir se ressaisir, réfléchir et agir pour remettre les sales gosses de cette génération perdue sur le droit chemin !
Il va falloir rappeler leurs devoirs aux parents démissionnaires, les obliger à assumer leur rôle et sanctionner leurs manquements !
Des millions de familles issues de l’immigration bénéficient d’aides sociales et d’allocations familiales. Mais ne font pas leur job de parents, celui d’éduquer ses enfants, de leur apprendre les limites et de leur inculquer le respect !
On ne peut pas tout réclamer à la société et refuser d’assumer sa propre responsabilité !
L’État ne peut pas éduquer leurs enfants à leur place ! L’était distribue l’argent des contribuables français pour les aider financièrement alors à eux de respecter au minimum leurs devoirs de parents en éduquant leurs enfants correctement !
Derrière chaque mineur délinquant, il y a les parents.Quand on fait des enfants, il faut les élever, les éduquer et leur apprendre à respecter la société dans laquelle ils ont la chance de vivre, réveillez vous, il faut agir et vite !
Henda Ayari
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
Bucha. It was a genocide, recognized by everyone. They buried hundreds of people. They tortured people. We found the grave. There were, I believe, around 500 people. When we liberated those towns near Kyiv, there emerged this, you know, this kind of hatred for the Russians, right at that moment. Not even at the moment when they started the full-scale war. Back then nobody understood what it really was yet. People understood what this war was and what Putin did personally when we found those mass graves of tortured adults, children. I mean they didn't just kill them, they tortured and killed them.
When we liberated Bucha, I said, bring every journalist here. Don't touch anything, just bring the journalists. The whole world simply has to see this. Imagine finding a mass grave in the U.S. or in Britain, God forbid, with 500 tortured people, adults, kids, dogs, animals shot dead. I mean, they held hunting sprees there from military vehicles. People were running, they were shooting, just hunting, playing games. They literally just played with people, like slavery. So how, after this, can you listen to Putin? And how, after this, can you forgive?
From The Diary of a CEO podcast with Steven Bartlett. (2/3)
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Surtout ne diffusez pas ce hashtag et encore moins cette illustration, ce n'est pas bien du tout!
#ZeroParrainagePourMelenchon
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
Trump keeps demanding that Ukraine agree to a “deal”.
But Ukraine already signed the most important agreement with the United States long ago - on December 5, 1994, when it signed the #BudapestMemorandum, receiving assurances from the #UnitedStates regarding its independence and the inviolability of its borders.
In this video, dated November 22, 1994, U.S. President Bill Clinton thanks #Ukraine for giving up its nuclear weapons. In return, the United States promises to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine to defend its independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
We don’t need new deals.
Just honor the one you already made!
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
‼️ Voter RN ou LFI, c’est participer au massacre des 🇺🇦.
👉🏼Ces visages d’enfants, ces sourires figés pour l’éternité, ces prénoms que plus personne n’appellera🖤
⚠️Chaque voix donnée à ceux qui refusent de les défendre est une pierre de plus posée sur leurs tombes. 🔥⚡️
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
⚡️ ZELENSKYY REVEALS WHAT HE TOLD TRUMP ABOUT STARLINK — AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT! 🇺🇦
ZELENSKYY: “I told Trump: If you enable Starlink access inside Russia, we can quickly destroy their ballistic missile launchers.”
“Putin would come to the negotiating table, and I wouldn’t need to destroy a single energy facility. But instead, they shut down Starlink. They didn’t expand coverage — they restricted it.”
Ukraine asked for the tools to stop Russian missiles. Instead, Zelenskyy says its capabilities were restricted. 🇺🇦
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
Le Sénateur @ClaudeMalhuret a déposé la proposition de résolution visant à protéger les civils ukrainiens ciblés chaque jour, délibérément par Poutine. Elle sera débattue le 5 novembre prochain.
Aidons Claude Malhuret en signant massivement, toute signature supplémentaire a son importance!
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
❗️Last night, the operation of Starlink terminals in Ukraine was restricted.
Connectivity began to drop when moving at speeds exceeding 160 km/h. As a result, a number of critical missions were disrupted.
SpaceX likely took these measures at the request of the Trump administration. Also last night, when Kyiv was attacked by ballistic missiles, Ukraine did not receive intelligence regarding their launch— a failure that could have led to higher casualties.
Ukraine did not attack Russian oil refineries, yet Trump has already begun imposing sanctions on my country. Meanwhile, sanctions against Russia have been eased.
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THERE’S NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE — AND THIS COINCIDENCE IS TERRIFYING
Hours after reports emerged that the Trump administration threatened to cut U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine unless Ukraine stopped striking Russian energy facilities, something very unusual happened in Kyiv.
At approximately 22:10 last night, Russia launched what Ukraine’s Air Force preliminarily identified as six ballistic missiles at Kyiv.
But this time, there was no advance air-raid warning.
The explosions came first. The sirens came afterward.
Ukraine’s Air Force confirmed that its radars detected the ballistic missiles only when the attack was already underway and, critically:
“No information about launches from enemy territory had been received. The reasons are being established.”
Why is that so disturbing?
Because advance information about Russian ballistic missile launches is precisely among the intelligence the United States provides Ukraine. Those precious minutes allow the air-raid warning to sound and civilians to run for shelter.
And just hours earlier, CNN and the Financial Times reported that Washington had threatened to suspend intelligence sharing if Ukraine continued attacking Russian energy infrastructure
Threat made.
Hours later, Russian ballistic missiles fly toward Kyiv.
No advance launch information reaches Ukraine.
No warning before the explosions.
Coincidence?
Maybe.
There is currently NO confirmation that the United States actually stopped sharing intelligence, and Ukrainian officials themselves are warning against premature conclusions. There can be technical explanations, including failures to detect particular launches.
But after Washington explicitly threatened to remove exactly this kind of support, what happened last night demands an immediate and transparent explanation.
Because if it is eventually confirmed that ballistic early-warning intelligence was deliberately withheld, we are no longer discussing diplomacy or political pressure.
We are discussing minutes that can determine whether Ukrainian civilians reach a shelter before a Russian missile arrives.
There may be an innocent explanation. But there’s no smoke without fire — and right now, there is a hell of a lot of smoke.
#StandwithUkraine🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦
Sources:
CNN:
transcripts.cnn.com/show/cnr…
Financial Times:
ft.com/content/7fd4dffc-8adf…
Ukrainska Pravda — Ukrainian Air Force statement:
pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/…
Kyiv Independent:
kyivindependent.com/explosio…
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
Energy. This crisis has its roots in the Middle East. Everyone understands that perfectly well. Everyone knows how to do the math. If Russia accounts for 2.2% of global diesel supplies, what impact can it have on the price? That’s how negligible it is.
And if we don’t give Putin opportunities, his influence in other areas will be just as negligible. He is simply taking advantage of the fact that others want dialogue with him, even though there is no equality and no fairness in it. Ukraine is simply showing that it is a normal, independent country that is ready to negotiate. But Ukraine will not disgrace itself.
From remarks at the Warsaw Security Forum. (3)
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
A horrifying story of how the russians torture people.
Donetsk doctor Ihor Kirianenko was 57 when the russians seized him on the road. They tied him to a metal table, stretching his arms and legs like on a cross. Then they attached wires to his fingers and toes, shocking his genitals and ears.
They broke his ribs and fingers, cut his face to the bone, and pulled out his teeth with pliers. “I screamed, and they laughed: ‘Don’t scream so loud — there’s a kindergarten above us. You’ll scare the children,’” Hromadske reports.
After the torture, they brought him home. Ihor stood barefoot, his face shattered, wrapped in a plastic bag. The russians searched for wiretaps, smashed his antique shop, overturned furniture, and stole his equipment. Then they arrested his wife.
After that, they took him back to the torture chamber. On New Year’s Eve, the guards got drunk. “They knocked out all my teeth. Pulled my canines out with pliers. I heard a crunch and blacked out. When I came to, they were kicking me, breaking ribs and fingers. They were drunk and didn’t feel their own strength,” Ihor recalls.
They brought him back to the cell, but the guards refused to take him — he was covered in blood. They feared he would die. A doctor was called. He looked at Ihor and said: “He won’t die overnight, don’t worry.” They forced Ihor to sign a statement saying he had fallen down the stairs. Blood dripped onto the paper as he signed.
The cell reeked of mold; rats scurried between holes in the walls. The food was ground fish with bones and scales. Ihor’s fingers healed crookedly, without bandages. In court, he testified about the torture, but the judge ruled: “No evidence of torture established.” He was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
In the Makiivka colony, he refused seven times to take a russian passport. During roll calls, he always responded in Ukrainian: “Ihor Volodymyrovych.” For that, they beat him.
On August 15, 2025, he finally returned to Ukraine. “People came out to greet us. An old man in underwear with crooked legs waved a flag. A grandmother began to cross herself. People smiled and cried at the same time.”
Ihor spent seven years in captivity. He is now 64. He says he just wants to live.
Source: translated and adopted from Tymofiy Mylovanov
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
⚡️ Kyiv stopped attacking Russia's oil refineries, Moscow continues pounding Ukraine's energy grid, Zelensky says.
"Ukraine has not carried out strikes on Russian oil refineries or the energy sector in general for the two days since the American president announced an energy ceasefire. But Russia did not heed," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
kyivindependent.com/kyiv-sto…
Thierry DEMAN🇺🇦🇪🇦🇫🇷🇪🇺 retweeted
We never communicate what we will do next in our operations. Last night, we did not attack any energy facilities on the territory of Russia because President Trump said that there would be an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. We did not attack, while Russia attacked our gas stations, energy infrastructure, and other facilities.
I think it was Putin’s answer to President Trump. And the message from Russia was very clear – they don't know anything about the energy ceasefire. It's a pity, because they always find reasons not to stop this war. Which is why I think we need more pressure on Russia.
From an interview with Fox News.






























