War for Ukraine Day 1,409: A Brief Saturday Night Update
Slow news day, huh?
More seriously, if you’ve read the Venezuela post Cole asked me to do, I’m fried because people started texting me about what was happening in Venezuela a little after 2 AM EST. While I’m feeling better and seem to be making progress recovering from the BLEH, I’m now running on little sleep, so I’m just going to run through the basics tonight.
The cost:
Anastasia and Maksym, RIP.
Innocent victims of the russian war of aggression.— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Rescuers have pulled the bodies of a 22yo mother and her toddler son from the rubble of their home in Kharkiv, which russia struck yesterday with two ballistic missiles. This poor baby has never seen peace in his life
Siding with russia means supporting this terrorism.
— Olena Halushka (@halushka.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Here’s tonight outgoing Ukrainian fires:
Visualization of Ukrainian UAV presence in Russian airspace as of 3 January 2026, 19:20 Kyiv time.
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Update: Moscow
DroneBomber
— MAKS 25
(@maks23.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
When historians discover that the Alaska summit was to negotiate a secret clause dividing the world into 3 spheres, this will all make sense.
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
It’s funny because based on the 2025 National Security Strategy language, it’s true.
This is just phase 1 of Donald’s plan to destroy Venezuela. Next up, he will run it as one of his businesses.
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:42 AM
It’s honestly humiliating that an army commanded by an orange moron did in 4 hours what the Russian army hasn’t managed in 4 years.
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 10:43 AM
The lesson is, if you don’t have nukes, someone who has them will attack you.
If only someone had spent ages and ages trying to tell you this.
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 3:43 AM
President Zelenskyy did not do a daily address today. He did do a press conference.
Georgia:
Meanwhile, it’s Day 402 of daily #GeorgiaProtests against the illegitimate regime that has rigged elections, usurped power, and now serves as the bridge and enabler for the Russia-Iran axis, as well as the global Autocracy, Inc. in general.
@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social
1/2
— Marika Mikiashvili
(@marikamikiashvili.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Targeted sanctions against them WORK.
Lack of international recognition WORKS.
What we need now is resources for the resistance, which still has civic institutional fabric despite a total crackdown (parties, organizations, etc).
2/2.
— Marika Mikiashvili
Day 402 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. Our weekly march draws a large crowd — despite freezing temperatures, threats of mass arrests, and the holiday season keeping many out of town.
— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
First protest march of 2026 in Tbilisi.
#GeorgiaProtests
Day 402— Publika.ge (@publikage.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Freezing cold. Holiday season. Threats of mass arrests.
Still — a large crowd for the weekly march.Daily, uninterrupted protests continue in 8+ cities across Georgia. This is day 402.
— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Georgian Dream keeps insisting the protest is dead. Seems pretty alive to me.
Day 402 of daily, uninterrupted protests — in −2°C cold and under the threat of mass arrests.— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
All of these Georgian protesters face arrest for taking part in this peaceful march. Police say we should stay on the sidewalk and not disrupt pedestrian movement. I guess they expect us to start levitating.
Day 402 of daily, uninterrupted protests in 8+ cities across Georgia.
— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
At the daily #GeorgiaProtests, you always see many
, and
flags. Georgian protesters are especially hopeful about the MEGOBARI Act in the U.S. Congress and British sanctions against Ivanishvili and his enablers.
Day 402. Standing here can send activists to jail.
— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The strange instrument you see here is the chiboni (ჭიბონი), an Adjarian bagpipe. After 402 days of daily #GeorgiaProtests, I think I’ve officially seen it all.
— Rusudan Djakeli (@rusudandjakeli.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Also, it’s no coincidence that people who actually live under dictatorships do root for the removal of dictators.
— Marika Mikiashvili
Finland:
The Finnish Border Guard has published a video showing the earlier detention of the cargo vessel FITBURG, which was en route from Russia and is suspected of involvement in damage to underwater cables.
—
Special Kherson Cat
Back to Ukraine.
Day 1409 of my 3 day war. After that may days of the Nazi invasion of USSR, Hitler killed himself as the Red Army, full of Ukrainians and US supplies, had gone from Moscow to Berlin. We haven’t got from Avdiivka to Pokrovsk.
I remain a master strategist.
— Darth Putin (@darthputinkgb.bsky.social) January 3, 2026 at 5:54 AM
STUNNING REVERSAL: RUSSIA ENDORSES GIVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO UKRAINE
After the US operation in Venezuela this morning, Medvedev said a country’s ONLY reliable defence is nuclear weapons.
So by Russia’s own admission, RELIABLE security guarantees for Ukraine require nukes.
Saint James Talarico (he/him)
David Harsanyi, Washington Examinerمصدر …
