Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk (@Andriypzag) / X

Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk

688 posts

Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk

@Andriypzag

Minister of Defence of @Ukraine 🇺🇦 (2019-2020) Chairman of @Defence_Centre Distinguished fellow @AtlanticCouncil Non-resident scholar @CarnegieEndow

Kyiv, Ukraine

Joined December 2016

Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Mar 6, 2023
He smoked his cigarette and calmly, in their faces said to his captors: “Slava Ukrainy”. And then cursing Russians shot him, unarmed, with multiple rounds. They recorded execution and put online, it immediately became viral. Just a regular Ukrainian soldier. Unknown hero. RIP.
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Jan 14, 2023
That is the rocket used against an ordinary apartment block in Dnipro today. Warhead mass 1 tonne (1000 kg, 2250 lbs) of highly efficient explosive RDX (hexogen). Originally designed in 1960s to attack air carriers. But Russians decided to use against civilans. See below:
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Feb 8, 2023
A politician cannot make this photo and not supply the planes to Ukraine later. Would that be a fair assumption that they’ve already decided? @ZelenskyyUa with 🇬🇧 PM @RishiSunak today in UK
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Dec 24, 2022
Merry Christmas from Ukraine! ✨
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Jan 24, 2023
Welcome #LeopardsForUkraine ! Thank you Germany, thank you Europe, UK and US, all who helped this decision.
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Oct 13, 2022
THERE ARE some really smart people who think that consessions to Putin make sense if they stop him from a nuclear escalation. Let me in 5 steps explain why it is actually the opposite, and that may mean the end of the world. STEP 1:
Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Jan 11, 2023
Ruthless battle for small Donbas town, Soledar today is a place of new Russian tactic: sending groups of former prisoners over and over, simply to to die and be replaced by new groups. Wagner group kill squads push them forward and shoot them if they retreat. Text below in a 🧵
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Jan 2, 2023
My article in @ForeignAffairs about an important topic - liberating Crimea from Russian occupation. Why it’s important and how it’s possible. Below a thread 🧵 with 5 quotes. A link:
The Case for Taking Crimea
From foreignaffairs.com
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Dec 30, 2022
UN officials are confirming what 🇺🇦 government has been saying for months. We are fighting against an utmost evil
Russian troops raped and tortured children in Ukraine, U.N. panel says
From nbcnews.com
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Jan 1, 2023
“Till the victory” ✌️Kudos to @EmmanuelMacron, his FB post in Ukrainian language (link below) where he says France and Europe will be supporting us till victory. It’s a very strategic statement as the western allies join us in anticipation the war must end with a victory. 🧵 1/4
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Oct 13, 2022
Replying to @Andriypzag
Please, do not push us into concessions under nuclear threats. They will not bring peace to the world. Thank you.
Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Feb 24, 2023
One of the key things to always remember about Putin is that he is a pathological liar. Only recently an international court formally established his biggest lie in decades. An article by @Ogryzko_L in @KyivIndependent in the 1st comment. Key points in a thread below. 1/8
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Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Oct 13, 2022
Replying to @Andriypzag
5) THERE IS ANOTHER SCENARIO. The world today deters Putin from using nuclear by promising severe consequences. Putin stops his threats as they do not work. He loses. World realises - nuclear is not a magic weapon. It is actually useless. Noone wants it. No nculear race. SO..
Andriy P. Zagorodnyuk
@Andriypzag
Dec 30, 2022
Kyiv train station. A special timetable showing trains to the occupied cities. You cannot take those trips yet, but a timetable makes us anticipate them. One of the trips (in white letters) is already real - to Kherson. Others - soon.
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