Alexandra Popoff
@alexandrapopoff.bsky.social
I am the author of five literary biographies, including my latest Ayn Rand: Writing a Gospel of Success and Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century. See more: https://russianliteratureandbiography.com/
I SUPPORT UKRAINE AND ISRAEL.
I SUPPORT UKRAINE AND ISRAEL.
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🇺🇸🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹 CIA warns of Russia preparing drone attacks against Spain, France or Italy, — El Mundo.
The relevant US intelligence has been passed on to European governments. Gerbera drones are planned to be launched from ships disguised as merchant vessels.
The relevant US intelligence has been passed on to European governments. Gerbera drones are planned to be launched from ships disguised as merchant vessels.
September 24, 2026 at 11:27 PM
🇺🇸🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹 CIA warns of Russia preparing drone attacks against Spain, France or Italy, — El Mundo.
The relevant US intelligence has been passed on to European governments. Gerbera drones are planned to be launched from ships disguised as merchant vessels.
The relevant US intelligence has been passed on to European governments. Gerbera drones are planned to be launched from ships disguised as merchant vessels.
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Chinese media allowed at WH.
American media banned in defiance of a court order.
American media banned in defiance of a court order.
September 24, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Chinese media allowed at WH.
American media banned in defiance of a court order.
American media banned in defiance of a court order.
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This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective.
Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive.
Hard to describe how bad this is.
Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive.
Hard to describe how bad this is.
September 24, 2026 at 2:32 AM
This is an absolute disaster from a national security perspective.
Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive.
Hard to describe how bad this is.
Obviously, a lot on F-35s is classified, but a weapons-bay door and a canopy with radar-absorbing material are some of the most sensitive.
Hard to describe how bad this is.
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🗣️🇬🇧 PM Burnham:
Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information.
We’re talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people’s homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information.
We’re talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people’s homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
September 23, 2026 at 7:27 AM
🗣️🇬🇧 PM Burnham:
Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information.
We’re talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people’s homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
Kremlin spends around £1.3 billion each year on manipulating information.
We’re talking about an insidious campaign that reaches into people’s homes and twists what they feel about their own country and community, creating a narrative of decline, stoking division and sowing despair.
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Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
September 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”
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🚨 BREAKING: A russian strike-drone storage and launch site has been hit in the Oryol region.
Five drone launchers were reportedly damaged.
Five drone launchers were reportedly damaged.
September 22, 2026 at 11:22 AM
🚨 BREAKING: A russian strike-drone storage and launch site has been hit in the Oryol region.
Five drone launchers were reportedly damaged.
Five drone launchers were reportedly damaged.
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🇺🇦🔥 Zelensky: During this day, two oil refineries were hit - in Bashkortostan and the Samara region. There were also hits in the Black Sea.
September 22, 2026 at 2:25 PM
🇺🇦🔥 Zelensky: During this day, two oil refineries were hit - in Bashkortostan and the Samara region. There were also hits in the Black Sea.
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George Orwell's Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia
Cartoon by Guy Venables
Cartoon by Guy Venables
September 22, 2026 at 2:30 AM
George Orwell's Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia
Cartoon by Guy Venables
Cartoon by Guy Venables
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😂 💭👀🔕 ☢️ 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Trump is speaking at the White House, but the event is being broadcast without audio due to a boycott by journalists
🟠🌟 The boycott came after the White House revoked CNN’s press credentials and excluded it from the next pool covering Trump’s UN General Assembly trip;
🟠🌟 The boycott came after the White House revoked CNN’s press credentials and excluded it from the next pool covering Trump’s UN General Assembly trip;
September 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
😂 💭👀🔕 ☢️ 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Trump is speaking at the White House, but the event is being broadcast without audio due to a boycott by journalists
🟠🌟 The boycott came after the White House revoked CNN’s press credentials and excluded it from the next pool covering Trump’s UN General Assembly trip;
🟠🌟 The boycott came after the White House revoked CNN’s press credentials and excluded it from the next pool covering Trump’s UN General Assembly trip;
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Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
September 21, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson.
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A good compilation of footage showing how the overnight and early morning attack on the Moscow region unfolded, including moments of impact.
September 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
A good compilation of footage showing how the overnight and early morning attack on the Moscow region unfolded, including moments of impact.
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⚡️Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% due to long-range strikes, Ukrainian military says.
The assessment comes a day after major strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery by Ukrainian drones and missiles.
The assessment comes a day after major strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery by Ukrainian drones and missiles.
Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% due to long-range strikes, Ukrainian military says
The assessment comes a day after major strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery by Ukrainian drones and missiles.
kyivindependent.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:52 PM
⚡️Russia's total oil refining capacity down 45% due to long-range strikes, Ukrainian military says.
The assessment comes a day after major strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery by Ukrainian drones and missiles.
The assessment comes a day after major strikes on the Moscow Oil Refinery by Ukrainian drones and missiles.
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So the US is “working on a deal” to buy Potash from a dictator allied with Putin instead of Canada.
September 21, 2026 at 3:40 PM
So the US is “working on a deal” to buy Potash from a dictator allied with Putin instead of Canada.
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MOSCOW OUTSKIRTS ABLAZE AFTER MASSIVE DRONE STRIKES
Some 1200 Ukrainian Drones arrived over the city yesterday night and into this morning, proving conclusively that this is not going to be only Russia that can launch major raids. Everything from FP2 to Flamingo arrived in Moscow, many inevitably
Some 1200 Ukrainian Drones arrived over the city yesterday night and into this morning, proving conclusively that this is not going to be only Russia that can launch major raids. Everything from FP2 to Flamingo arrived in Moscow, many inevitably
September 20, 2026 at 5:21 PM
MOSCOW OUTSKIRTS ABLAZE AFTER MASSIVE DRONE STRIKES
Some 1200 Ukrainian Drones arrived over the city yesterday night and into this morning, proving conclusively that this is not going to be only Russia that can launch major raids. Everything from FP2 to Flamingo arrived in Moscow, many inevitably
Some 1200 Ukrainian Drones arrived over the city yesterday night and into this morning, proving conclusively that this is not going to be only Russia that can launch major raids. Everything from FP2 to Flamingo arrived in Moscow, many inevitably
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Zelenskyy: “Our long-range responses had a very significant impact in the Moscow region last night. One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and the aggressor’s logistics facility were hit. These are billions of dollars that sustain their war machine.”
September 20, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Zelenskyy: “Our long-range responses had a very significant impact in the Moscow region last night. One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and the aggressor’s logistics facility were hit. These are billions of dollars that sustain their war machine.”
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❗️The enemy attacked a high-rise building and a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia. The consequences are being clarified
September 20, 2026 at 11:50 PM
❗️The enemy attacked a high-rise building and a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia. The consequences are being clarified
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🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
I do not know of a case in which terrorizing the civilian population produced the desired political effect. Usually, the effect is the opposite.
Please note that because of Russia’s various acts of sabotage, we now have public support for a high defense budget.
I do not know of a case in which terrorizing the civilian population produced the desired political effect. Usually, the effect is the opposite.
Please note that because of Russia’s various acts of sabotage, we now have public support for a high defense budget.
September 20, 2026 at 8:02 PM
🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski:
I do not know of a case in which terrorizing the civilian population produced the desired political effect. Usually, the effect is the opposite.
Please note that because of Russia’s various acts of sabotage, we now have public support for a high defense budget.
I do not know of a case in which terrorizing the civilian population produced the desired political effect. Usually, the effect is the opposite.
Please note that because of Russia’s various acts of sabotage, we now have public support for a high defense budget.
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They’re likely trying to prevent defections, but I understand why everyone thinks this is ominous - there’s a lot of intel out there that Putin is planning a major escalation, likely in the Baltic States.
Which would be an absolutely moronic thing for him to do, but here we are.
Which would be an absolutely moronic thing for him to do, but here we are.
September 20, 2026 at 11:56 PM
They’re likely trying to prevent defections, but I understand why everyone thinks this is ominous - there’s a lot of intel out there that Putin is planning a major escalation, likely in the Baltic States.
Which would be an absolutely moronic thing for him to do, but here we are.
Which would be an absolutely moronic thing for him to do, but here we are.
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Oil rises after Houthi attack on Saudi capital reut.rs/4dofitW
Oil rises after Houthi attack on Saudi capital
Oil prices rose on Monday after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launched missile and drone strikes at Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Saturday, escalating tension in the Middle East while the US and Iran remained in stalemate.
reut.rs
September 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Oil rises after Houthi attack on Saudi capital reut.rs/4dofitW
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Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces bomb incoming aid
More than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city
euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/18/t...
More than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city
euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/18/t...
Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces bomb incoming aid - Euromaidan Press
More than 6,000 people may remain trapped in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where civilians face shortages of food, water and medicine and some risk mines to escape.
euromaidanpress.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces bomb incoming aid
More than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city
euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/18/t...
More than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, may remain trapped in the Russian-occupied city
euromaidanpress.com/2026/09/18/t...
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Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.
September 19, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision.
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Russian "Elections" 😂
September 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Russian "Elections" 😂
Russian troops are blocking supplies to the town of Oleshki, Ukraine, leaving civilians without food, water, and medications. We mustn't abandon these people. Spread the word about Oleshki!
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Editorial: The world must force Russia to end mass starvation in occupied Oleshky
Some 6,000 people — 200 of them children — are right now starving to death in a humanitarian catastrophe orchestrated by Vladimir Putin's Russia.
The town of Oleshky and its surrounding district in t...
kyivindependent.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Russian troops are blocking supplies to the town of Oleshki, Ukraine, leaving civilians without food, water, and medications. We mustn't abandon these people. Spread the word about Oleshki!
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September 18, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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The situation in Russian-occupied Oleshky was dire. Now it's 'hell'
The situation in Russian-occupied Oleshky was dire. Now it's 'hell'
Residents in Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast face an escalating humanitarian crisis, as constant Russian drone attacks and artillery shelling have made it impossible to deliver essential fo...
kyivindependent.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The situation in Russian-occupied Oleshky was dire. Now it's 'hell'