[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @ChristopherJM Christopher Miller Christopher Miller posts on X about zelensky, ukraine, drones, agencies the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::16827148/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +353% - X Month XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +20% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::16827148/posts_active)  - X Months XXX -XX% - X Year XXX -XXXX% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::16827148/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.08% - X Month XXXXXXX +0.04% - X Months XXXXXXX -XXXX% - X Year XXXXXXX -XXXX% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::16827148/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::16827148/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [zelensky](/topic/zelensky) #39, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #639, [drones](/topic/drones) 7.69%, [agencies](/topic/agencies) #124, [russia](/topic/russia) 3.85%, [told](/topic/told) 3.85%, [oleksandr usyk](/topic/oleksandr-usyk) 3.85%, [foreign minister](/topic/foreign-minister) 3.85%, [bloc](/topic/bloc) 3.85%, [oppo](/topic/oppo) #92 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@ft](/creator/undefined) [@nzeugma_](/creator/undefined) [@maxseddon](/creator/undefined) [@rf_in_the_bush](/creator/undefined) [@olenawave](/creator/undefined) [@ghostofroc](/creator/undefined) [@sasvestor](/creator/undefined) [@cicero68steve](/creator/undefined) [@cindiwins](/creator/undefined) [@ftmag](/creator/undefined) [@chamberukraine](/creator/undefined) [@andyhunder](/creator/undefined) [@andrew63222295](/creator/undefined) [@notblackca_t](/creator/undefined) [@braonbird](/creator/undefined) [@hibaq67790046](/creator/undefined) [@victorishb123](/creator/undefined) [@potus](/creator/undefined) [@deepstateua](/creator/undefined) [@felschwartz](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::16827148/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "Trump's stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine has veered repeatedly. Praising Putin and criticizing Zelensky one day then voicing support for Ukraine and issuing warnings to Russia the next. And then reversing course again. This is why few if anyone in Kyiv believe his recent pivot in their slight favor is permanent"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1945228213191373243) 2025-07-15 21:05:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 41.7K engagements "Zelensky just now: "It is important that we are maintaining unity." Julia below: "These calls to 'unite' from the authorities are hilarious. Guys do you really not get that we've already united but against your tyranny""  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948350493316587782) 2025-07-24 11:52:10 UTC 387.9K followers, 16.5K engagements "Russias air attack is ongoing. Its been hours of air defense fire explosions and the whirring of Russian drones in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Trump said he didn't make any progress with Putin today at all and that is apparent as much as ever now"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1940901500030800318) 2025-07-03 22:32:32 UTC 387.9K followers, 289.9K engagements "At the same time NABU said the SBU had launched an unannounced inspection into how state secrets are handled. The probe focused on NABU employees with access to classified information and who carry out covert investigations. It raised concerns the inspection could give the SBU visibility into NABU and SAPO's current and planned operations. Any disclosure of this material could undermine ongoing investigations including into allies of the administration"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947307665903722981) 2025-07-21 14:48:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 6672 engagements "Russian launched 1923 attacks with FPV drones and drop munitions against Kherson city and surrounding area just last week alone. Fortunately 1461 were destroyed. But that means XXX drones an avg of XX a day attacked their targets which we know from our reporting are often civilians"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947262326584848486) 2025-07-21 11:48:11 UTC 387.9K followers, 25.2K engagements "At least six huge building-shaking explosions in Kyiv just after the Ukrainian Air Force warned of incoming Russian ballistic missiles. Hell here tonight. Putin must absolutely feel he can attack with impunity. He just spoke to Trump by phone hours ago. And the Trump admin halted weapons including air defense missiles this week. No threat of new sanctions because to paraphrase Secretary of State Rubio it would close the door to negotiations. Well Putin reiterated earlier he wasnt negotiating; he said he would continue to wage his war. He is proving that tonight"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1940923210096087467) 2025-07-03 23:58:48 UTC 387.9K followers, 273.7K engagements "Zelensky's former foreign minister referencing the words of Ukraine's world champion boxer and occasional philosopher Oleksandr Usyk and building on them: "Don't push the horses. They kick back." " . .""  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947945861574451359) 2025-07-23 09:04:19 UTC 387.9K followers, 8143 engagements "An officer of the Ukrainian SBU security service's Alpha special forces unit has been shot dead in Kyiv officials tell me. The victim was IDd as Ivan Voronych. The SBU said a murder case has been opened and its agents along with National Police are investigating and working to hunt down the shooter. The shooter seen wearing a mask in CCTV footage published by local media approached Voronych as he exited a building in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district and shot him with a pistol at point-blank range this morning"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1943254650091606422) 2025-07-10 10:23:07 UTC 387.9K followers, 143.1K engagements "Happening now: The largest protest of wartime Ukraine is underway in central Kyiv over President Zelenskys push to dismantle the countrys independent anticorruption agencies. Thousands of protesters and more pouring in. Chants of Shame among others. They demand Zelensky veto the law passed this morning in parliament at his offices direction"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947717113390497818) 2025-07-22 17:55:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 328.6K engagements "My @FT/@FTMag cover profile and deep dive this week on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak. Hes the president the prime minister the foreign minister . . . all the ministers put together. 📸 Photos by the best Sasha Maslov"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948262915628298571) 2025-07-24 06:04:10 UTC 387.9K followers, 18.3K engagements "Indeed. There are public calls for a protest in central Kyiv tonight if Zelensky signs the bill which he might have already done. Ukrainians have not called for mass demos since before the full-scale Russian invasion"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947669759660855389) 2025-07-22 14:47:11 UTC 387.9K followers, 53.9K engagements ""Shame" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to in effect dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day:"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947618908581904694) 2025-07-22 11:25:07 UTC 387.9K followers, 455.2K engagements "Ok so MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak says Zelenskys new bill could be shared tomorrow with parliament. Lawmakers could be convened next week if called on to do so. No details of whats in the bill yet"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948073176262484386) 2025-07-23 17:30:13 UTC 387.9K followers, 13.9K engagements "The UK said that one of the sanctioned GRU units known as Unit 26165 had been involved in targeting missile strikes in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol including on the Mariupol Theatre in 2022 where hundreds of civilians were via @FT"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1946184336446759208) 2025-07-18 12:24:38 UTC 387.8K followers, 9583 engagements "Latest: Zelensky has signed law stripping powers of Ukraines independent anticorruption agencies according to two sources close to the president. It has not yet been published on the presidential site"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947751551499743677) 2025-07-22 20:12:12 UTC 387.9K followers, 84.1K engagements "Zelensky finally speaks. And he digs in claiming his move today to consolidate power and destroy independent investigative bodies was about purging Russian spies. The anti-corruption infrastructure will operate. But only without Russian influences everything must be cleansed of that. He also suggests NABU and SAPO werent doing their jobs efficiently: And there must be more justice. Of course NABU and SAPO will continue to work. And it is important that the Prosecutor General is committed to ensuring real inevitability of punishment in Ukraine for those who break the law. And that is what"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947784355734294593) 2025-07-22 22:22:33 UTC 387.9K followers, 80.2K engagements ""Don't sign it" says Serhiy Prytula one of Ukraine's biggest fundraisers for the military a popular actor and someone thought to possibly be a political leader in a post-war Kyiv. He's filming outside parliament where MPs passed the legislation today that could dismantle Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agencies created in the aftermath of the Euromaidan Revolution"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947688537614164248) 2025-07-22 16:01:48 UTC 387.9K followers, 61.3K engagements "This did not just happen overnight even if it feels that way. This is a shift months in the making. I wrote last week about it coming to a head and got a lot of criticism from many of the same people now condemning Zelensky. Read this for context:"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947765046056034517) 2025-07-22 21:05:49 UTC 387.9K followers, 153.6K engagements "Six years ago Zelensky urged citizens to call the hotline of Ukraine's anti-corruption agency if they were offered bribes. Now it's at the center of the biggest political crisis of his wartime presidency. How his power grab sparked a massive backlash:"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948028121296335103) 2025-07-23 14:31:11 UTC 387.9K followers, 27.1K engagements "Ukraines celebrity chef joins in chorus of people urging Zelensky to not sign new law destroying independent anticorruption agencies: Im definitely not an expert on the work of NABU and SAP but if we are building a strong independent European Ukraine such votes and laws cannot exist in it. We absolutely need to listen to the citizens; sometimes its tough but Im definitely convinced that this is the only path to our future. Mr. President do not sign this law"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947678088495829382) 2025-07-22 15:20:17 UTC 387.9K followers, 28.1K engagements "This is not a u-turn but an attempt at a minor concession. The promise of a vague new bill at some unspecified time when parliament has gone on summer recess is unlikely to be enough to take the heat off the Ukrainian president. Ukrainian society is furious. Protests tonight are bigger than yesterday. The EU and European leaders are very seriously concerned and have been expressing so explicitly through numerous channels and at all levels in Kyiv"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948071883896709420) 2025-07-23 17:25:05 UTC 387.9K followers, 76.9K engagements "Incredible. Zelensky's handpicked prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko said he did not ask to increase his powers and take over control of NABU and SAPO. He learned it was happening from the Telegram channel of Holos party MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948032422227882485) 2025-07-23 14:48:16 UTC 387.9K followers, 51.1K engagements "Ukraine's state security service (SBU)State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and Prosecutor General's Office (PGO)today conducted 70searches related toemployees of the independent National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Special Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) detaining at least one officialaccused of spying for"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947307661420032432) 2025-07-21 14:48:20 UTC 387.9K followers, 8027 engagements "Unelected. Unapologetic. Uncompromising. Andriy Yermak is not Ukraines president. But he often acts like one. He handpicks govt officialsand dismisses them. The PM and military brass frequently defer to him. My @FTMag profile of Ukraine's Green Cardinal"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1948259714497724814) 2025-07-24 05:51:27 UTC 387.9K followers, 70.7K engagements "Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory even asking Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons according to people briefed on the discussions. w/ @HenryJFoy & @maxseddon"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1945046965173006780) 2025-07-15 09:05:08 UTC 387.9K followers, 332.1K engagements "Russias swarm tactics against Ukraine are increasingly cutting through Ukraines defences with drones striking targets at three times the typical rate in recent months according to official data. Story w/ @charles_clover. via @FT"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947221570700644763) 2025-07-21 09:06:14 UTC 387.9K followers, 9999 engagements "The move to bring Nabu under Zelensky's control is the latest against pro-reform activists and anti-corruption campaigners that have prompted warnings of creeping authoritarianism in the presidents wartime office raising concerns among Ukraines allies"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947652331304309155) 2025-07-22 13:37:56 UTC 387.9K followers, 19.2K engagements "🧵A lengthy thread here on today's news of searches and arrests in Ukraine and what the various parties involved as well as civil society and Kyiv's Western backers see happening"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947307659197030543) 2025-07-21 14:48:19 UTC 387.9K followers, 80.8K engagements "To be clear: it was not the Rada this was not good tsar bad boyars it was Zelensky and Yermak who organized this and pushed it through. Orders came from the office of the president last night and the law enforcement committee passed it early morning in such great haste that members had to join over video. Then MPs in Zelensky's ruling factions were told the boss was watching closely how they voted so most fell in line; they were joined by former pro-Russian party MPs and Tymoshenko's party as well as a few outliers from other opposition parties"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947761862927650832) 2025-07-22 20:53:10 UTC 387.9K followers, 310.3K engagements "Zelensky's former Ukrainian foreign minister referencing the words of Ukraine's world champion boxer and occasional philosopher Oleksandr Usyk and building on them: "Don't push the horses. They kick back." " . .""  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947943889089814695) 2025-07-23 08:56:28 UTC 387.9K followers, 3924 engagements "The SBU confirmed it had launched an investigation into handling of state secrets cases but said its "employees did not receive access to information about all covert and operational measures as well as special operations conducted by the NABU and SAPO." The SBU dismissed allegations that it may disclose sensitive information about covert operations carried out by NABU and SAPO as "unfounded and manipulative.""  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947307668105814210) 2025-07-21 14:48:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 6230 engagements "Armed raids & appointments of loyalists in Ukraine have sparked claims Zelenskyy is drifting into authoritarianism using martial law powers to silence perceived enemies & tighten control. Critics include his own party Ukrainian media western officials"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1945710298209419485) 2025-07-17 05:00:59 UTC 387.9K followers, 133.4K engagements "President Zelensky who campaigned on rooting out entrenched corruption and vowed to empower Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions four months into his presidency: We will never overcome corruption if you turn a blind eye to it. Being asked for a bribe Being offered a "kickback" Please don't stay silent Contact the NABU hotline X XXX XXX XXX. Each of you can start changing the country today"  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947946882723905904) 2025-07-23 09:08:22 UTC 387.9K followers, 28.3K engagements "Zelensky in 2019 shortly after being elected and still active on his Facebook page: "We will never overcome corruption if you keep turning a blind eye to it. Are you being asked for a bribe Being offered a 'kickback' Please don't stay silent Contact the NABU hotline X XXX XXX XXX. Each of you can start changing the country today""  [@ChristopherJM](/creator/x/ChristopherJM) on [X](/post/tweet/1947705482988122444) 2025-07-22 17:09:08 UTC 387.9K followers, 261.3K engagements
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Christopher Miller posts on X about zelensky, ukraine, drones, agencies the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Social topic influence zelensky #39, ukraine #639, drones 7.69%, agencies #124, russia 3.85%, told 3.85%, oleksandr usyk 3.85%, foreign minister 3.85%, bloc 3.85%, oppo #92
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @ft @nzeugma_ @maxseddon @rf_in_the_bush @olenawave @ghostofroc @sasvestor @cicero68steve @cindiwins @ftmag @chamberukraine @andyhunder @andrew63222295 @notblackca_t @braonbird @hibaq67790046 @victorishb123 @potus @deepstateua @felschwartz
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"Trump's stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine has veered repeatedly. Praising Putin and criticizing Zelensky one day then voicing support for Ukraine and issuing warnings to Russia the next. And then reversing course again. This is why few if anyone in Kyiv believe his recent pivot in their slight favor is permanent"
@ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-15 21:05:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 41.7K engagements
"Zelensky just now: "It is important that we are maintaining unity." Julia below: "These calls to 'unite' from the authorities are hilarious. Guys do you really not get that we've already united but against your tyranny"" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-24 11:52:10 UTC 387.9K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Russias air attack is ongoing. Its been hours of air defense fire explosions and the whirring of Russian drones in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Trump said he didn't make any progress with Putin today at all and that is apparent as much as ever now" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-03 22:32:32 UTC 387.9K followers, 289.9K engagements
"At the same time NABU said the SBU had launched an unannounced inspection into how state secrets are handled. The probe focused on NABU employees with access to classified information and who carry out covert investigations. It raised concerns the inspection could give the SBU visibility into NABU and SAPO's current and planned operations. Any disclosure of this material could undermine ongoing investigations including into allies of the administration" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-21 14:48:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 6672 engagements
"Russian launched 1923 attacks with FPV drones and drop munitions against Kherson city and surrounding area just last week alone. Fortunately 1461 were destroyed. But that means XXX drones an avg of XX a day attacked their targets which we know from our reporting are often civilians" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-21 11:48:11 UTC 387.9K followers, 25.2K engagements
"At least six huge building-shaking explosions in Kyiv just after the Ukrainian Air Force warned of incoming Russian ballistic missiles. Hell here tonight. Putin must absolutely feel he can attack with impunity. He just spoke to Trump by phone hours ago. And the Trump admin halted weapons including air defense missiles this week. No threat of new sanctions because to paraphrase Secretary of State Rubio it would close the door to negotiations. Well Putin reiterated earlier he wasnt negotiating; he said he would continue to wage his war. He is proving that tonight" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-03 23:58:48 UTC 387.9K followers, 273.7K engagements
"Zelensky's former foreign minister referencing the words of Ukraine's world champion boxer and occasional philosopher Oleksandr Usyk and building on them: "Don't push the horses. They kick back." " . ."" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 09:04:19 UTC 387.9K followers, 8143 engagements
"An officer of the Ukrainian SBU security service's Alpha special forces unit has been shot dead in Kyiv officials tell me. The victim was IDd as Ivan Voronych. The SBU said a murder case has been opened and its agents along with National Police are investigating and working to hunt down the shooter. The shooter seen wearing a mask in CCTV footage published by local media approached Voronych as he exited a building in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district and shot him with a pistol at point-blank range this morning" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-10 10:23:07 UTC 387.9K followers, 143.1K engagements
"Happening now: The largest protest of wartime Ukraine is underway in central Kyiv over President Zelenskys push to dismantle the countrys independent anticorruption agencies. Thousands of protesters and more pouring in. Chants of Shame among others. They demand Zelensky veto the law passed this morning in parliament at his offices direction" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 17:55:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 328.6K engagements
"My @FT/@FTMag cover profile and deep dive this week on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak. Hes the president the prime minister the foreign minister . . . all the ministers put together. 📸 Photos by the best Sasha Maslov" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-24 06:04:10 UTC 387.9K followers, 18.3K engagements
"Indeed. There are public calls for a protest in central Kyiv tonight if Zelensky signs the bill which he might have already done. Ukrainians have not called for mass demos since before the full-scale Russian invasion" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 14:47:11 UTC 387.9K followers, 53.9K engagements
""Shame" shouted many Ukrainian lawmakers as a majority formed from Zelensky's ruling party pro-Russian oppo bloc & Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna voted to in effect dismantle Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions. My story on a grim day:" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 11:25:07 UTC 387.9K followers, 455.2K engagements
"Ok so MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak says Zelenskys new bill could be shared tomorrow with parliament. Lawmakers could be convened next week if called on to do so. No details of whats in the bill yet" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 17:30:13 UTC 387.9K followers, 13.9K engagements
"The UK said that one of the sanctioned GRU units known as Unit 26165 had been involved in targeting missile strikes in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol including on the Mariupol Theatre in 2022 where hundreds of civilians were via @FT" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-18 12:24:38 UTC 387.8K followers, 9583 engagements
"Latest: Zelensky has signed law stripping powers of Ukraines independent anticorruption agencies according to two sources close to the president. It has not yet been published on the presidential site" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 20:12:12 UTC 387.9K followers, 84.1K engagements
"Zelensky finally speaks. And he digs in claiming his move today to consolidate power and destroy independent investigative bodies was about purging Russian spies. The anti-corruption infrastructure will operate. But only without Russian influences everything must be cleansed of that. He also suggests NABU and SAPO werent doing their jobs efficiently: And there must be more justice. Of course NABU and SAPO will continue to work. And it is important that the Prosecutor General is committed to ensuring real inevitability of punishment in Ukraine for those who break the law. And that is what" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 22:22:33 UTC 387.9K followers, 80.2K engagements
""Don't sign it" says Serhiy Prytula one of Ukraine's biggest fundraisers for the military a popular actor and someone thought to possibly be a political leader in a post-war Kyiv. He's filming outside parliament where MPs passed the legislation today that could dismantle Ukraine's independent anti-corruption agencies created in the aftermath of the Euromaidan Revolution" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 16:01:48 UTC 387.9K followers, 61.3K engagements
"This did not just happen overnight even if it feels that way. This is a shift months in the making. I wrote last week about it coming to a head and got a lot of criticism from many of the same people now condemning Zelensky. Read this for context:" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 21:05:49 UTC 387.9K followers, 153.6K engagements
"Six years ago Zelensky urged citizens to call the hotline of Ukraine's anti-corruption agency if they were offered bribes. Now it's at the center of the biggest political crisis of his wartime presidency. How his power grab sparked a massive backlash:" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 14:31:11 UTC 387.9K followers, 27.1K engagements
"Ukraines celebrity chef joins in chorus of people urging Zelensky to not sign new law destroying independent anticorruption agencies: Im definitely not an expert on the work of NABU and SAP but if we are building a strong independent European Ukraine such votes and laws cannot exist in it. We absolutely need to listen to the citizens; sometimes its tough but Im definitely convinced that this is the only path to our future. Mr. President do not sign this law" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 15:20:17 UTC 387.9K followers, 28.1K engagements
"This is not a u-turn but an attempt at a minor concession. The promise of a vague new bill at some unspecified time when parliament has gone on summer recess is unlikely to be enough to take the heat off the Ukrainian president. Ukrainian society is furious. Protests tonight are bigger than yesterday. The EU and European leaders are very seriously concerned and have been expressing so explicitly through numerous channels and at all levels in Kyiv" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 17:25:05 UTC 387.9K followers, 76.9K engagements
"Incredible. Zelensky's handpicked prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko said he did not ask to increase his powers and take over control of NABU and SAPO. He learned it was happening from the Telegram channel of Holos party MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 14:48:16 UTC 387.9K followers, 51.1K engagements
"Ukraine's state security service (SBU)State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and Prosecutor General's Office (PGO)today conducted 70searches related toemployees of the independent National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Special Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO) detaining at least one officialaccused of spying for" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-21 14:48:20 UTC 387.9K followers, 8027 engagements
"Unelected. Unapologetic. Uncompromising. Andriy Yermak is not Ukraines president. But he often acts like one. He handpicks govt officialsand dismisses them. The PM and military brass frequently defer to him. My @FTMag profile of Ukraine's Green Cardinal" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-24 05:51:27 UTC 387.9K followers, 70.7K engagements
"Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory even asking Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons according to people briefed on the discussions. w/ @HenryJFoy & @maxseddon" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-15 09:05:08 UTC 387.9K followers, 332.1K engagements
"Russias swarm tactics against Ukraine are increasingly cutting through Ukraines defences with drones striking targets at three times the typical rate in recent months according to official data. Story w/ @charles_clover. via @FT" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-21 09:06:14 UTC 387.9K followers, 9999 engagements
"The move to bring Nabu under Zelensky's control is the latest against pro-reform activists and anti-corruption campaigners that have prompted warnings of creeping authoritarianism in the presidents wartime office raising concerns among Ukraines allies" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 13:37:56 UTC 387.9K followers, 19.2K engagements
"🧵A lengthy thread here on today's news of searches and arrests in Ukraine and what the various parties involved as well as civil society and Kyiv's Western backers see happening" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-21 14:48:19 UTC 387.9K followers, 80.8K engagements
"To be clear: it was not the Rada this was not good tsar bad boyars it was Zelensky and Yermak who organized this and pushed it through. Orders came from the office of the president last night and the law enforcement committee passed it early morning in such great haste that members had to join over video. Then MPs in Zelensky's ruling factions were told the boss was watching closely how they voted so most fell in line; they were joined by former pro-Russian party MPs and Tymoshenko's party as well as a few outliers from other opposition parties" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 20:53:10 UTC 387.9K followers, 310.3K engagements
"Zelensky's former Ukrainian foreign minister referencing the words of Ukraine's world champion boxer and occasional philosopher Oleksandr Usyk and building on them: "Don't push the horses. They kick back." " . ."" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 08:56:28 UTC 387.9K followers, 3924 engagements
"The SBU confirmed it had launched an investigation into handling of state secrets cases but said its "employees did not receive access to information about all covert and operational measures as well as special operations conducted by the NABU and SAPO." The SBU dismissed allegations that it may disclose sensitive information about covert operations carried out by NABU and SAPO as "unfounded and manipulative."" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-21 14:48:21 UTC 387.9K followers, 6230 engagements
"Armed raids & appointments of loyalists in Ukraine have sparked claims Zelenskyy is drifting into authoritarianism using martial law powers to silence perceived enemies & tighten control. Critics include his own party Ukrainian media western officials" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-17 05:00:59 UTC 387.9K followers, 133.4K engagements
"President Zelensky who campaigned on rooting out entrenched corruption and vowed to empower Ukraine's independent anticorruption institutions four months into his presidency: We will never overcome corruption if you turn a blind eye to it. Being asked for a bribe Being offered a "kickback" Please don't stay silent Contact the NABU hotline X XXX XXX XXX. Each of you can start changing the country today" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-23 09:08:22 UTC 387.9K followers, 28.3K engagements
"Zelensky in 2019 shortly after being elected and still active on his Facebook page: "We will never overcome corruption if you keep turning a blind eye to it. Are you being asked for a bribe Being offered a 'kickback' Please don't stay silent Contact the NABU hotline X XXX XXX XXX. Each of you can start changing the country today"" @ChristopherJM on X 2025-07-22 17:09:08 UTC 387.9K followers, 261.3K engagements