Lessa

Lessa

@libraryofcontext.bsky.social

❤️🇺🇦🇬🇪🇨🇦🇩🇰🐸 libraryofcontext.substack.com libraryofcontext.wordpress.com Researcher. Working on a biography of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. I do not support the current White House occupiers.

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The number of inane, false, illogical narratives about Ukraine is already too large but the latest-- Putin offered to withdraw all Ru troops in 2023 but Zelensky refused-- breaks the bullshit-o-meter! It tops "Boris Johnson forced Ukrainians to fight" in lack of logic and situational awareness.

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⚡️ "Our strikes did not affect global prices, of course. Russia's diesel exports are almost nothing in global terms — around 2%." Zelenskyy on claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries impacted global fuel markets.

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Ukrainian President Zelensky explains how he gave Washington three ways to end Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries. 1. An energy truce with Moscow, wherein Russia no longer strikes Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

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Replying to @antongerashchenko.bsky.social

Zelensky always feels like the only adult in the room-and the only one who actually started a business from scratch and knows the rules.🫡

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One of the largest turnouts in months in Georgia. This is the 697th consecutive day of protests, the same week the Constitutional Court began hearings to ban the major opposition parties.

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A large turnout tonight in Tbilisi, Georgia. Day 697 of daily, uninterrupted protests. The week Georgia's Constitutional Court began hearings to ban the opposition.

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⚡️ President Zelenskyy proposed three alternatives to US partners to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries: an energy truce, Starlink access over Russian ballistic launch sites, or additional Patriot missiles. The US rejected all three, prompting a sharp reaction from Kyiv.

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Russia is reportedly preparing a series of disinformation operations in Russian occupied Oleshky, with aim of blaming Ukraine for the humanitarian catastrophe that's been inflicted on the local population throughout the entire occupation.

A friend of mine recently posed this question: "Imagine if Zelenskyy did an AMA (Ask Me Anything). What would you ask him if you had the chance?" It was difficult for me to answer because there are so many things I would like to know and discuss with him. What question would you ask Zelenskyy?

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⚡️Zelenskyy: "I'm against any lifting of sanctions. I've always said this to European partners, and I've said it directly to the American administration. I know that if you give something to Putin, he will want everything."

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Replying to @libraryofcontext.bsky.social

Agreed. Ukraine's been betrayed by the west. And the solution to the war is simple- tell Putin to get the hell out of Ukraine. He attacked a sovereign nation, unprovoked. That action breaks international law. You do not negotiate with criminals.

It's time to repeat this: Zelenskyy agreeing to a ceasefire is not news. Save the breaking headlines for if Russia ever reciprocates.

Lessa@libraryofcontext.bsky.social

Don't listen to claims that Zelenskyy wants to give up territory to Russia because he publicly supports a ceasefire. He has said numerous times that all of Ukraine's sovereign territory should be returned. If so-called partners had stepped up when needed, he would not have to play these games.

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No, Putin is no humanitarian. He's starving people. He's bombing civilians. He's kidnapping children. He's committing genocide. He's the exact opposite of a humanitarian.

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Stop asking Zelensky this question. He agreed to this back in March 2025. Putin keeps rejecting the freeze

Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social

[Q]: Would you accept a peace deal that freezes everything the way it is right now, where you still keep 75% or more of your country? [President Zelenskyy]: Yes, right now we have to freeze and I think this is a real way to end this war.

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📢 Russian propaganda blames Zelenskyy for prolonging the war and pushes #Ukraine toward capitulation. In this week’s #disinformation monitoring, we tracked how these narratives spread on TikTok and YouTube — and how bots and trolls help amplify them.👇 dizinfomonitor.substack.com/p/hes-preven...

dizinfomonitor.substack.com"He’s preventing the whole world from reaching a peace deal"Russian propaganda discredits President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and calls on Ukraine to capitulate

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So to make Zelensky make his deal, he’s ok with hundreds more women, children and normal citizens murdered daily. Such a great Christian. He’s the worst breathing thing on earth.

I like to think Zelenskyy requested the Oslo meeting specifically so he could tell those US errand boys that he will not be agreeing to their ridiculous demands for surrender, knowing that they will take the message to their master in Russia.

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In an interview with Corriere della Sera, Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke about russian propaganda in Europe. According to him, russia has spent years investing huge sums in it, looking for issues that can divide society, from language to religion. Ukraine has been facing this for a long time.

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🔴 BREAKING: "Again, no warning from partners," President Zelenskyy confirmed after Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles overnight without prior US notification. The multi-wave attack targeted energy and civilian infrastructure, damaging a medical clinic, a school, a metro station, and homes.

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Ukrainian media is reporting that there was no warning as ballistic missiles hit Kyiv. The damn air raid alert went off as missiles were exploding . That means Intel sharing has not been restored

For anyone who forgot or doesn't know, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a successful TV and film producer when Russia started a war with Ukraine in 2014. Putin invaded then and escalated in 2022 because a prosperous, independent Ukraine is a threat to him. He won't stop until we give him no other choice.

I'm old enough to have been alive during the Cold War. Now the occupant in the White House is repeating lies from the Kremlin. #Ukraine #NoKings #RussiaIsATerroristState

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Replying to @atrupar.com

This string of stupid, dishonest excuses means that Donald knows his diesel deal with Russia did not go down well with Americans, including many Republicans. Good. I want him to know how much he's disliked.

Sadly, I've been expecting this since November 2024. It's to Zelenskyy's credit that he was able to manage the orange traitor for this long. The stark reality is that Americans who continue to enable or support that traitor will have even more blood on their hands.

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⚡️ “I believe steps have been taken to convince Ukraine to capitulate,” Zelenskyy tells Bloomberg. “I am not saying that this is the goal our partners are pursuing. I don’t want to think that our American partners believe the war could be ended sooner at Ukraine’s expense. But that’s how it looks.”

Bessent is probably still angry and embarrassed about the time he tried to steamroll Zelenskyy into signing a terribly one-sided minerals deal and Zelenskyy reportedly put him in his place so loudly that people in the next room could hear.

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Replying to @atrupar.com

Most Americans, President Zelensky, admire your courage, tenacity, and love of your country and its people. We, too, hope that you get what you need to prevail, to live without tyranny, and to rebuild a better future.

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Ukraine says Russian claims that its forces are 5 km from Zaporizhzhia and have captured Malokaterynivka are false. The Center for Countering Disinformation says the settlement remains under Ukrainian control, citing footage from the 128th Heavy Mechanized Brigade. #Ukraine

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The guy who has sided with Vladimir Putin at every turn - over our intelligence agencies, over our military, over our allies - doesn’t get to tell you what it means to be American.

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⚡️ "We can't compare me and Putin. He's aggressor. He occupied us. He killed adults and children," President Zelenskyy says.

It's natural to try to find a domestic analog to Zelenskyy (regarding both his past and present careers), but there simply isn't one. He has done so much with his life that he doesn't fit in any neat boxes.

lil-bog-goblin.bsky.social@lil-bog-goblin.bsky.social

Sometimes I forget that Zelensky was a comedian before he was the President of Ukraine. He was their Jimmy Fallon and now he is a wartime president. All the while having to deal with the offspring of Augustus Gloop and Veruca Salt in US.

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I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

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Fellow Americans inspired by President Zelenskyy's example of leadership and how he defends his country: It's not his job to save our democracy - that task belongs to us. The traitors and war criminals trying to destroy his country are also destroying ours. Vote them out. #NoKings #IVoted #Ukraine