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Join IRD's Christians for Capitalism this Thursday, Sept 17 as we host Dr. Anne Bradley of @tfasorg and @theiwp with 6pm reception and 6:30pm talk. Author of Counting the Cost: Christian Perspectives on Capitalism, Bradley will discuss, among other topics, the idea of government checks for stay-at-home married mothers. RSVP at the events link in our bio.

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This isn’t even Orwell’s 1984 anymore. It’s worse.

It is 2026. The 21st century.

People are being killed in their homes. Cities are being bombed. An entire country is being subjected to an attempt to erase it from the map — its history, identity and right to exist.

And none of this is secret. We are watching it live.

After the Second World War, the world said: “Never again.”

But Moscow turned those words into a decoration.

For decades, Russia built its moral legitimacy around the Soviet victory over Nazism while refusing to reckon with the crimes of the Soviet state itself.

Stalinist terror. Mass executions. The Gulag. Deportations. Destroyed national elites. Occupations. Crushed liberation movements. Afghanistan. Chechnya. Moldova. Georgia. Syria. Ukraine.

Again and again, Moscow used violence — and escaped full accountability.

Unlike Germany, there was no profound reckoning with the past, no genuine break with the imperial tradition. Instead, the empire eventually glorified it again.

The empire did not repent. It adapted.

Occupation became “liberation.” Aggression became “protection.” Seizing another country’s territory became “historical justice.” Destroying people became “denazification.”

And now we see the result.

Last night Kyiv was bombed again. Residential buildings burned. People fled burning apartments. There are dead and wounded.

And it is all happening openly.

We photograph it. We film it. We broadcast it live.

Twenty years from now, nobody will be able to say:

“We didn’t know.”

And still the world watches a political circus of “peace deals,” summits and negotiations — discussing how much more must be given to the aggressor before it is finally satisfied.

That is what makes this worse than 1984.

The truth no longer needs to be hidden.

It is right in front of everyone.

And perhaps the most terrifying thing is that the world has learned to see it — and carry on as though nothing extraordinary is happening.

“Never again” has become:

“Again — but first, let’s have another round of negotiations.”

#Ukraine #Kyiv #RussianImperialism #RussianWarCrimes #RussiaAttacksUkraine

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Abkhazia, occupied by the Russian Federation, is already beginning to feel how the war is returning to its creator… 🔥

While the Kremlin regime tries to pretend that everything is under control, reality is catching up with it even in its resort cities.

From the Abkhaz side of the border, right near the Psou River, local residents can clearly see the results of precision Ukrainian drone strikes on oil depots and military facilities in Sochi and Adler. Explosions, burning fuel tanks and the helplessness of Russian air defence — all of this is now happening just a stone’s throw from the occupied territories.

Russia can cowardly, relentlessly and furiously attack Kyiv for nine days in a row, trying to break our spirit with its missiles and Shahed drones. But this agonising terror is only the final, desperate act of a Russian empire that is cracking at the seams.

Ukraine and Ukrainians will never surrender.

Ukraine’s victory in this war will become a key to the de-occupation of the entire Caucasus, and soon Georgia will bring its rightful lands back home!

We will endure, and we will do everything we can to make sure this bloody hydra of terror finally falls, freeing all the peoples and territories it has subjugated.

What can each of us do right now to bring that moment closer?

Donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Every hryvnia helps create another “бавовна” for the occupiers and strengthen the defence of our skies.

Unite so that our voices become louder! The world must see Russia’s crimes every single day.

Spread the truth and expose Russian disinformation. The information front is our shared weapon.

Together towards a just peace and victory! 🇺🇦🤝🇬🇪

#Ukraine #Georgia #AbkhaziaIsGeorgia #DonateToUkraine #StopRussianAggression

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WORDS — AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES: What is really behind Russia’s “denazification”?

Swipe through. These two videos must be watched together.

📹 Video 1 — The words.

Russians openly admit their goal: forced Russification, erasure of Ukrainian identity, and denying Ukrainians the right to exist. In occupied areas, they don’t just impose their rules — they force Ukrainians to fight against their own country.

📹 Video 2 — The consequences.

70-year-old Svitlana Loi, from occupied Tokmak, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for making donations to the Ukrainian Army.

Before the verdict, she stood before the enemy court and sang “Song About the Rushnyk” in Ukrainian.

About a mother. About home. About memory.

They are stealing 15 years of her life, but they couldn’t steal her dignity.

💔 This is not just a war for territory. It is a war for the right to exist.

Around 16,000 Ukrainian civilians are officially held hostage by Russia. Teachers, doctors, volunteers, and pensioners. They are persecuted, tortured, and jailed just for being Ukrainians.

And after this, Ukraine is told to “negotiate”?

Negotiate what? How many more people should be left to rot in Russian prisons? How many more identities should be erased?

Peace cannot mean legitimizing occupation and repression.

Do not make the mistake of believing Russian aggression will stop in Ukraine. Impunity breeds monsters. If Russia is not stopped here, the danger to Warsaw, Berlin, and the rest of Europe will only grow.

Ukrainians must not be turned into cannon fodder for a war against the free world.

📢 Do not stay silent. Share this.

The world must see the reality of Russian occupation.

Give Ukraine the weapons it needs.

Help us stop Russia.

Bring our people home. 🇺🇦

#StopRussia #HumanRights #Ukraine #FreeHostages #WarCrimes

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THE WORLD NEEDS TO SEE THIS. GOVERNMENTS MUST ACT. 🚨

For 5 days straight, Kyiv has been under relentless attack day and night. Continuous explosions, smoke, and air-raid alerts.

Russia’s propaganda openly declares their goal: “Kyiv must fall.”

But Kyiv stands. Ukraine has not surrendered.

But behind the courage, there is a critical problem the world is ignoring: The Shahed threat has evolved into a high-tech nightmare.

Russia is now mass-deploying jet-powered kamikaze drones traveling at speeds up to 500–600 km/h.

Before, our mobile groups had minutes to shoot down slow drones. Today, they have only seconds.

Russia is swarming our skies with a mix of fast jets, slow decoys, and ballistic missiles to completely overwhelm and deplete our air defense systems.

This is no longer just Ukraine’s problem.

Russia is perfecting the future of automated warfare. What flies over Kyiv today could fly over other European cities tomorrow.

History is repeating itself.

The final slides show Kyiv in 1918, when Bolshevik Russia invaded to erase Ukrainian independence. Today, in 2026, we are fighting the exact same enemy. Only the weapons have changed.

We don’t need “deep concerns.” We need action.

Governments must enforce strict sanctions on drone components, supply automated air defense tech, and lift all restrictions on striking military targets inside Russia.

1918 must not repeat itself in 2026.

Kyiv stands. Ukraine is adapting. Now the world must adapt.

👉 Share this. Break the silence. Demand action from your governments.

#Kyiv #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #StopWar #HistoryRepeating

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AZOVSTAL: HOW RUSSIA IS TRYING TO REWRITE THE DESTRUCTION OF MARIUPOL

Recently, Russian propaganda has once again been publishing videos from occupied Mariupol.

They show the ruins of Azovstal and claim that it was supposedly a “defense of Nazis,” that Ukrainian defenders themselves were responsible for the destruction of the city, and that Russia came to “liberate” it.

This is not just a lie. It is an attempt to rewrite memory.

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, Azovstal was one of Ukraine’s largest steel plants. Thousands of people worked there. Ukrainian steel was exported around the world. The plant was part of the economic and social life of an entire industrial city.

In spring 2022, it was the Russian army that besieged Mariupol.

Russian bombs, artillery, and missiles systematically destroyed the city.

Ukrainian soldiers did not come to someone else’s city. They were defending their own.

Azovstal became a final refuge not because someone decided to turn the plant into a battlefield, but because Mariupol around it had already been devastated. Civilians, including children, also sheltered in the plant’s underground facilities.

And now occupation propaganda shows what remains and says: look, they did this to themselves.

This is a classic propaganda method:

First destroy. Then erase responsibility. Then rewrite history.

The stories of people who died beneath the ruins. Families who still do not know exactly where their loved ones were killed or buried. Homes, basements, and places of mass death over which the occupation authorities are now trying to build a new image of the city.

Azovstal is not a story about “Nazis.”

It is the story of a factory, a city, and people destroyed by Russia — and of an attempt to convince the world that they somehow destroyed themselves.

Do not allow occupation to appropriate memory.

Mariupol is Ukraine.
Azovstal is Ukraine.
And responsibility for the destruction of Mariupol cannot be erased by new facades and propaganda videos.

#Mariupol #Azovstal #Ukraine #RussianWarCrimes #RussianPropaganda

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⚠️ How the FSB recruits people — the playbook.

Ukrainian volunteer Mykhailo Puryshev, who entered besieged Mariupol six times to evacuate civilians in 2022, says the FSB is blackmailing him with the life of his 18-year-old son in Russia.

Since 3 July, alleged FSB officers have called him five times, demanding information about Ukrainian military positions. Their message was simple: cooperate and his son will live; refuse, and his son will be killed.

Puryshev chose a third option — he travelled to Moscow himself, hoping to save his son. According to his friends, he has already landed and now faces “filtration” and interrogation by the FSB.

This is not recruitment. It is hostage-taking and psychological terror carried out by the Russian state.

Source:@mykhailo.puryshev/ Instagram

#FSB #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussianWarCrimes #StateTerrorism #StopRussia

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A month of protests proving that the Ukrainian people will not give up.

People are demanding accountability from the authorities. They are asking the president questions and expecting honest answers. They want change and improvement — and continue fighting for them even during the war.

Glory to Ukraine! Strength to the people who fight for freedom and democracy, pay the highest price for them, and defend not only Ukraine but all of Europe 🇺🇦

#Ukraine #Kyiv #Protest #Fedorov #Zelenskyy

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45°C of Scorching Concrete: Why Ukrainian Rescuers Are Redefining Emergency Response
In the Bucha district, Ukrainian rescuers have spent days dealing with the aftermath of the Russian missile and drone attack on August 1. They have been clearing rubble, extinguishing fires, and searching through destroyed industrial and warehouse sites in extreme heat.

The environment is brutal. Concrete, metal, and asphalt absorb the sun and turn the area into an open-air oven, with ground temperatures in some places rising above 45°C.
Firefighters and search-and-rescue teams work in heavy protective gear while facing dust, smoke, toxic fumes, and debris hot enough to burn on contact.

There is also the constant danger of a second strike, as Russian forces have repeatedly used so-called double-tap attacks on emergency crews. That means every minute on site carries real risk, and every operation must be done with extreme caution.

Still, Ukrainian rescuers keep working. They are using robotics and other tools to adapt to wartime conditions most countries never face. Over time, that has made them some of the most experienced emergency responders in the world.

What they are doing in Bucha is more than cleanup. It shows how war has transformed emergency response in Ukraine into something far more dangerous, demanding, and resilient than the world is used to seeing.

#Ukraine #Bucha #RescueWorkers #EmergencyResponse #WarInUkraine

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Today, Ukraine experienced one of the most massive ballistic attacks, particularly targeting the western regions of the country. The strikes were carried out indiscriminately, as confirmed by attack maps and video evidence, including reports of an impact in Lublin, Poland.
This once again demonstrates that Russia shows no regard for borders or civilian safety—its goal is to prolong the war and intimidate everyone around it.
While political leaders hesitate, ordinary people spend their nights awake to the sound of air raid sirens. What Ukrainians have endured for years has now, in part, been felt by citizens of Poland.
Perhaps this will prompt reflection: Ukraine is not a threat to Europe—it is protecting it.
We urge citizens of European countries to put pressure on their governments to strengthen support for Ukraine and reinforce our shared security.

#NATO #NAFO #russia #Ukraine #war

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