Stand With Ukraine
Founder : Stephen Hoffman
Stephen Hoffman is a prominent British public affairs consultant and the Deputy Director of UK Friends of Ukraine. He is a vocal advocate for Ukrainian victory and has spearheaded several high-profile awareness and advocacy campaigns since the 2022 full-scale invasion.
Key Advocacy Roles
- UK Friends of Ukraine: Currently serves as Deputy Director (promoted from Head of Research and Communications in March 2025).
- “Return the Stolen Children” Campaign: Serves as the Campaign Lead for this initiative, which demands the return of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
- Defence Innovation Corridor: Acts as an Independent Public Affairs Advisor for the UK/EU–Ukraine Defence Innovation Corridor, facilitating technology exchange to strengthen Ukrainian resilience.
- Stand With Ukraine Facebook Group: Founded and manages a community that has grown to over 15,000 members.
May 1, 2026
Donald Lerma
Putin looking for help: Kremlin plans to recruit thousands of foreign fighters in 2026, intelligence says Moving to a new country is usually about chasing a better life and finding steady work.
But for thousands of people crossing borders today, that hopeful journey is turning into an inescapable nightmare.
The fine print on their immigration paperwork is being used as a weapon.
A desperate quota :
According to a report from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), Moscow has mapped out a bleak objective. Officials plan to push roughly 20,000 foreign nationals into military service.
This sprawling recruitment drive relies heavily on intimidation rather than the promise of high salaries. Audits have systematically tracked foreign men aged 18 to 60 across Russian territory to set drafting targets. Local authorities must draft up to 3.5 percent of the foreign population in every district. Migrants from Central Asian nations, including Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, remain the primary focus of this campaign.
The intelligence agency highlighted that the dragnet extends far beyond neighboring borders. Recruitment efforts are heavily concentrated on citizens from struggling countries such as Sudan, Chad, Burundi, and Bangladesh.
Weaponizing the law :
The massive drafting operation is funneled through nearly a hundred official selection centers, working alongside shadow military groups managed by Russian intelligence. These include mercenary outfits like Redut and Convoy.
Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service previously reported that Moscow has fundamentally altered how it applies everyday immigration rules. Minor administrative infractions are used as extreme leverage against vulnerable guest workers.
Foreigners caught with expiring paperwork or minor legal missteps suddenly face an impossible dilemma. They are threatened with almost a decade behind bars if they refuse to cooperate with military recruiters. To avoid prison sentences, individuals are pressured into military service. According to the report published by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine, migrants face state persecution unless they choose to “voluntarily” sign a military contract to secure legal status.
Unsustainable Russian losses :
As of April 29, Russia has suffered more than 1.32 million casualties since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, according to estimates from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At a press conference on March 31, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia has lost more troops than it has been able to replenish in the first three months of 2026.
At the time, Ukrainian estimates put Russian losses in 2026 at 89,000.
Sources: Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, LB.ua
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Russia’s strategic failure is total:
Over four years into the full-scale invasion, they are further from “demilitarizing” Ukraine than ever.
Ukraine is now a top-tier military power, NATO has expanded, and Moscow has burned its future for nothing.
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Why are so many Colombians fighting for Ukraine?
On the most dangerous parts of Ukraine’s front line, it’s almost as common these days to hear Spanish as Ukrainian. Many Colombian soldiers are now fighting in Ukraine, lured by the comparatively high salaries, but also by a sense of adventure and of helping a good cause. Our reporters Gulliver Cragg and Catalina Gomez travelled around Colombia and Ukraine to understand what drives these men to go to war and what their families think.
According to an investigation by the Ukrainian media NV earlier this year, upwards of 7,000 Colombians have fought in the Ukrainian armed forces since 2022. At first, like other foreign fighters who responded to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for help that year, Colombian soldiers volunteered and made their own way to Ukraine. Since then, Ukrainian brigades have started offering to pay for their travel to the country, where they are very much in demand.
ukrainewar #Ukraine #Columbia
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May the GOP return to President Ronald Reagan’s values and policies & may America continue to be the leader of the Free World as it truly was during his 8 year presidency!
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Is it so difficult?
Fuck off Putin!
Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 👍🏻
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Why Appeasement Fails
This week we’re hearing about negotiations again. A phone call between Trump and Putin. Talk of ceasefires. Renewed pressure on Ukraine to accept terms. And alongside all of this, a phrase that keeps surfacing in certain conversations: “Ukraine, militarily, they’re defeated.”
That’s not an assessment. It’s a setup.
Here is why:
https://open.substack.com/pub/economicsofpower/p/why-appeasement-fails
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“JD Vance is proud that he’s not helping Ukraine, it means he’s helping Russians,” President Zelensky said in an interview with the Newsmax channel.
He warned that cutting US aid would not bring peace closer, stressing that “Ukraine is not the enemy — Russia is,” and calling Moscow a long-term adversary of the United States.
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Senator Demands Answer On Missing Ukraine Millions — Hegseth’s Team Says “We’ll Get Back To You”
Senator Jeanne Shaheen confronted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon Comptroller Jay Hearst over the administration’s failure to disburse $400 million in congressionally appropriated Ukraine security assistance during the FY2027 Senate Armed Services Committee budget hearing.
Shaheen revealed that the Pentagon’s own spending notification contained no details, no delivery timelines, and that EUCOM commander General Grinkowitz told the committee he had not been asked to review any spend plan — directly contradicting the Pentagon’s claims. When Shaheen pressed Hearst on the legal justification for redirecting funds through the PERL program rather than directly to Ukraine as Congress intended, he was unable to answer, offering only to “take it for the record” — a non-answer that visibly frustrated the senator, who warned the move could constitute a violation of the Impoundment Control Act.
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Donald Lerma
Russians in Tuapsa are asking, with tears in their eyes, how are they supposed to live now in such a city that is covered with a layer of oil and saplings. I recommend asking a resident of “liberated” Marjinka in the Donetsk region. Or a resident of “liberated” Bachmut. Maybe they can help you with some gadgets… I think they’ll tell you something. So, ask your questions!
RuZZia : a fake nation of nazi degenerates, backed by the worst conglomeration of looney tunes and freaks that the world has ever seen.
Any foreigners who are still in the sewer called the russian terrorist federation are beyond stupid. They won’t last long once in the battle zone. Dead meat walking.