# ![@dpatrikarakos Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::126042283.png) @dpatrikarakos David Patrikarakos

David Patrikarakos posts on X about ukraine, russia, in the, this is the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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[countries](/list/countries)  42.61% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  3.48% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2.61% [finance](/list/finance)  2.61% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  0.87%

**Social topic influence**
[ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #3104, [russia](/topic/russia) 17.39%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 15.65%, [this is](/topic/this-is) 13.04%, [hamas](/topic/hamas) 9.57%, [war](/topic/war) 9.57%, [israel](/topic/israel) 5.22%, [military](/topic/military) 5.22%, [to the](/topic/to-the) 4.35%, [iran](/topic/iran) 4.35%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Excellent. More please. Islamists jailed for life for plotting mass atrocity of Jews in Manchester https://t.co/WH7ikjtQW8 Islamists jailed for life for plotting mass atrocity of Jews in Manchester https://t.co/WH7ikjtQW8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022337526686683240)  2026-02-13T15:50Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Ukrainian soldiers have been writing tributes to the Queen onto shells and rockets before firing them at Russian forces"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1568665564801015809)  2022-09-10T18:19Z 101.5K followers, 12K engagements


"IDF now sending through footage. Take a look for yourself: https://videoidf.azureedge.net/9754977a-45e4-4a76-ba8e-eb084efba4a0 https://videoidf.azureedge.net/9754977a-45e4-4a76-ba8e-eb084efba4a0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716427424768872494)  2023-10-23T12:12Z 101.5K followers, 404.9K engagements


"Man who plotted to kill Jews speaks of his love of ISIS. Again: why are these people in our country"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022758661924249637)  2026-02-14T19:43Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The sight of these types of Islamist militias (because thats what they are) are becoming increasingly common in the UKs major cities. If the British state really wants to take back control it should start here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2018396043583373504)  2026-02-02T18:48Z 99.1K followers, 42.1K engagements


"She remains imperturbably a legend. As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who arent involved with the HBO reboot of Harry As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference. Which of the following do you imagine makes actors and directors who arent involved with the HBO reboot of Harry"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2018703244755685466)  2026-02-03T15:08Z 99.1K followers, 878K engagements


"Palestine Action thugs broke a police officers spine with a sledgehammer. She couldnt shower or get into bed unaided for three months. But apparently this isnt GBH. It is however a green light for more thugs to attack the police"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2019076287948546274)  2026-02-04T15:51Z 99.1K followers, 43.4K engagements


"@moiazam No. And Im familiar with the FD-1023. It records raw unverified source reporting hearsay rumour often later disproven. Its not evidence or confirmed intelligence. Show me actual proof. These scandals always breed conspiracy & it's usually just human corruption and greed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2019833150118252638)  2026-02-06T17:58Z 99.1K followers, [--] engagements


"This guy is such a grifting clown. Top [--] cringe moments of @ZackPolanski when he was a Lib Dem (he left because he failed to get selected. I can see why) 😂😂😂 https://t.co/L1mRmgukTL Top [--] cringe moments of @ZackPolanski when he was a Lib Dem (he left because he failed to get selected. I can see why) 😂😂😂 https://t.co/L1mRmgukTL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2020890965012082703)  2026-02-09T16:02Z 99.1K followers, [----] engagements


"He said this almost [--] years ago. Weve refused to deal with the problem ever since and were living with the consequences every day. David Blunkett "We just didn't understand that the Islamists were not just anti-Western but on a different plane altogether and this is still not widely understood in the UK. We can be as nice as pie to them but that's not the issue. They are on a mission that has taken them https://t.co/dyIKnn5wSR David Blunkett "We just didn't understand that the Islamists were not just anti-Western but on a different plane altogether and this is still not widely understood in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2020895593111937287)  2026-02-09T16:20Z 99.1K followers, 31.2K engagements


"Shes a repellent propagandist - and absolutely not a journalist Masih. She just has an x account. So this British female journalist is hanging out in Iran showing off pro-regime rallies like its some kind of grassroots fan club. Really Only a fool would look at a staged rally in a brutal regime and call it legitimacy .Were talking about a regime thats massacred tens of https://t.co/TmBluiuvPK So this British female journalist is hanging out in Iran showing off pro-regime rallies like its some kind of grassroots fan club. Really Only a fool would look at a staged rally in a brutal regime and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2021895454745592235)  2026-02-12T10:33Z 101.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Yet another moving and improtant story from @NegarMojtahedi. "Ali Karami [--] who was shot and killed by Irans security forces on January [--] had one wish: If I die before my dog he said let her see my lifeless body." https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602093713 https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602093713"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2021947246703767982)  2026-02-12T13:59Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Footage: A man in his underpants & his two children also in underpants run screaming. Hamas enter they throw a grenade & kill the father. The take the [--] kids - covered with their father's blood - into a room. "Daddy's dead" sreams one. "It's not a prank. He's really dead.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716429206291161438)  2023-10-23T12:19Z 101.5K followers, 915.6K engagements


"These Christian children have been homeless for over two years since Muslim Fulani herdsmen drove them from their village"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022763337633747397)  2026-02-14T20:02Z 101.5K followers, 73.7K engagements


"Ill be on @GBNEWSs Free Speech Nation with @joshxhowie at 20:00 (UK) discussing what I witnessed in Nigeria covering the massacre of Christians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2023066166357643304)  2026-02-15T16:05Z 101.5K followers, 19.6K engagements


"Afghan girls beg American soldiers at the airport to save them from what they know is coming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1427948894508441601)  2021-08-18T11:02Z 101.5K followers, 10K engagements


"IDF Spoke: this is a crime against humanity. They killed babies old people sick peoplewe wont allow the world to forget who we are fighting. Hamas wants dead Gazans. You dont take human shields you dont burrow under hospitals otherwise. This is Hamas not Palestinians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716423761266655306)  2023-10-23T11:58Z 101.5K followers, 402K engagements


"Images are put up of the burned babies - so small you could cradle them in the crook of your arm. A journalist who is also a parent tells me the blanket it was swaddled in is given to babies that are either newborns or close to it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716436704238690645)  2023-10-23T12:49Z 101.5K followers, 620.4K engagements


"Delighted to be taking up a visiting fellowship at All Souls College Oxford in Trinity Term of [----]. Very much looking forward to continuing my research on Ukraine in such esteemed (and beautiful) surroundings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1994008712143364149)  2025-11-27T11:41Z 101.5K followers, 27.1K engagements


"RT @Nadeem83Shafqat: This is the result of festering antisemitism in the Muslim communities growing and growing and not being robustly addr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022380528482291913)  2026-02-13T18:41Z 101.5K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @Nadeem83Shafqat: She really isn't. She's an antisemite who cannot bring herself to condemn Hamas and who encourages mob rule"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022380549176988109)  2026-02-13T18:41Z 101.5K followers, [--] engagements


"This is worth listening to. Extraordinary admissions from the ex-CEO of Oxfam GB Helima Begum. She tells @Channel4News that Oxfam: -Had a disproportionate focus on Gaza compared to other world crises; -Were pushing to use the term 'genocide' re: Gaza without checks -Struggled to be impartial & neutral https://t.co/lG392qFKiY Extraordinary admissions from the ex-CEO of Oxfam GB Helima Begum. She tells @Channel4News that Oxfam: -Had a disproportionate focus on Gaza compared to other world crises; -Were pushing to use the term 'genocide' re: Gaza without checks -Struggled to be impartial &"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022619147327459607)  2026-02-14T10:29Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"RT @paulmasonnews: Makes me sick - "is this actually the group that is the most vulnerable" - I was in Prestwich at Xmas and was shocked t"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022681600660750372)  2026-02-14T14:37Z 101.5K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @KyleWOrton: Wikipedia has given up factual work and turned to fabrication for the sake of political activism on many subjects. Even so"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022696524493312097)  2026-02-14T15:36Z 101.5K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @portraitinflesh: Two undeniable facts: [--]. Israel has assumed a wildly outsized importance in the popular cosmology of evil; [--]. Israel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022696553409114597)  2026-02-14T15:36Z 101.5K followers, [--] engagements


"RT @J_Bloodworth: Id forgotten that Francois existed. She blocked me about a decade ago after I challenged some mealy mouthed justificatio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022711032150426080)  2026-02-14T16:34Z 101.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Displaced Christian families now live like this often just miles from the land they once farmed. Patricia (middle) saw her husband cut down in front of her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022750133616562582)  2026-02-14T19:09Z 101.5K followers, 13.4K engagements


"With these security forces we entered a Christian village that had been ethnically after an attack by Fulani herders - who grazed their cattle just a short distance away"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022823323156017168)  2026-02-15T00:00Z 101.5K followers, 11.5K engagements


"If you don't get how vital the battle for #Ukraine is let Sergei Lavrov explain: "This is not about Ukraine at all but the world order. The current crisis is a fateful epoch-making moment in modern history. It reflects the battle over what the world order will look like""  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1505455651396407301)  2022-03-20T08:06Z 101.5K followers, 19.7K engagements


"This is the exact moment a Russian rocket hits a Childrens playground in Kharkiv. Russia claims Ukrainian soldiers were hiding there. You can clearly see that is a lie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1560193692371148800)  2022-08-18T09:15Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I embedded with UA Special Forces fighting in Bakhmut. This is the story of life & death on the frontlines of the war's most intense battle. In it you see both the determination of #Ukraine & the cost of #Russian imperialism. My latest for Unherd. https://unherd.com/2023/02/the-madness-behind-the-battle-for-bakhmut/ https://unherd.com/2023/02/the-madness-behind-the-battle-for-bakhmut/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1622534551326146562)  2023-02-06T09:55Z 101.5K followers, 486.5K engagements


"IDF Spokesman: we want people to understand what we are fighting for. This is something else. Something has happened to #israel . This is a crime vs humanity. This is good v bad. Death v life. These will will do anything. commot any crime. And its nothing to do with Islam"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716420812058644879)  2023-10-23T11:46Z 101.5K followers, 355.7K engagements


"Ive just returned from Nigerias killing fields. Pastors burned alive. Entire villages erased. Yet the world is barely paying attention. My dispatch in todays @DailyMail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15558203/Churches-fields-families-Nigerian-Christians-jihadists-frontlines.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15558203/Churches-fields-families-Nigerian-Christians-jihadists-frontlines.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022613099312824355)  2026-02-14T10:05Z 101.5K followers, 636.7K engagements


"Indeed there are likely to be more by orders of magnitude. There are 40k more Islamists like this in the UK. And thats those who are known to mi5. There are likely many more. There are 40k more Islamists like this in the UK. And thats those who are known to mi5. There are likely many more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022621453716537456)  2026-02-14T10:38Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"There are areas in Plateau State you can't enter without armed escort. This was how we travelled to reach a village that had been attacked: its Christian inhabitants hadn't been back since the day the Muslim Fulani drove them out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022740303749496957)  2026-02-14T18:30Z 101.5K followers, 58.6K engagements


"Ill call him Jonas. This was once his house. The Fulani destroyed it and shot his father right next to him. They drove every Christian out of his village"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2022775532572536976)  2026-02-14T20:50Z 101.5K followers, 22.3K engagements


"Yet more important work from Nicole. The BBCs Jeremy Bowen has done an interview with the FTs Henry Mance which is mainly about how awful Israel is and also how impartial Bowen (who as a BBC employee is meant to give at least the semblance of impartiality) is. The lie of his impartiality is contradicted in the https://t.co/Trr1VDrc3P The BBCs Jeremy Bowen has done an interview with the FTs Henry Mance which is mainly about how awful Israel is and also how impartial Bowen (who as a BBC employee is meant to give at least the semblance of impartiality) is. The lie of his impartiality is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2023039386334699606)  2026-02-15T14:19Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Youre not a wartime consigliere Tom. Perhaps. But you were a great actor. RIP Robert Duvall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2023495312242102621)  2026-02-16T20:30Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"A new mural on the side of a bombed-out home in the Syrian city of Binnish"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1500003829861224453)  2022-03-05T07:02Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Of all the conflicts I have engaged with or covered in my life Ukraine is where I most clearly see the unambiguous resurgence of violent expansionist fascism. Ukrainians are fighting for us all remember that. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-ukraine-new-offensive-artillery-strikes-dnipro-volnovakha-vladimir-putin-b987423.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/russia-ukraine-new-offensive-artillery-strikes-dnipro-volnovakha-vladimir-putin-b987423.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1502353702300131328)  2022-03-11T18:40Z 101.5K followers, 16K engagements


"Sir Antony Beevor author of Stalingrad calls Putins war on #Ukraine One of the most extraordinary military disasters of the modern era"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1508021506076467205)  2022-03-27T10:01Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Getting ready for . Follow me for as I report for @unherd from on-the-ground. The first phase of the war is over. The second phase is about to begin and #Russia will do everything it can to reverse its losses. It will be bad. Please dont forget about #Ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1514880017997647880)  2022-04-15T08:15Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"As reports come in that #Russia has moved troops to the Finnish border the Finns post a video of them moving tractors there in response. Top trolling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1515685861412818949)  2022-04-17T13:37Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Im reporting from on-the-ground in #Mykolaiv which is now suffering more shelling than at any point in the war as #Russia ramps up attacks. Here a row of offices has been struck. Across the road are houses. Are there any military targets near here I ask. No is the reply"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1516696615779815424)  2022-04-20T08:33Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"THREAD: Ive arrived in Dnipro to begin covering the battle for eastern #Ukraine. Dima has been fighting since early March. Its like WWII but with modern technology. [----] was a playground compared to this. * I have permission to tweet his photo & all comments"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519270060900106240)  2022-04-27T10:59Z 101.5K followers, 16.8K engagements


"Our greatest ally in this war is #Russia corruption & the nature of its army. The soldier in the field briefs his officer: its not good but were holding; next guy reports up: were holding; the next guy: its going well This is why Putin doesnt know how bad things are"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519277416757276672)  2022-04-27T11:28Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I didnt believe the war would happen bc an invasion needs at least 2-1 numerical superiority. I looked on the borders at the army there & it was clear they didnt have it. This is crazy. Sometimes you play poker with a bad hand. #Russia is playing without any cards at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519278397897297921)  2022-04-27T11:32Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"What has shocked me is the callousness of #Russia soldiers to their own men. He shows me a photo taken from a drone of soldiers eating lunch in a ruined house near several bodies lying in the dirt. Theyre eating [--] meters from the decomposing bodies of their comrades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519279991661465600)  2022-04-27T11:39Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


""They just drop the bodies of their friends into trenches. Sometimes they dont even bother to cover them We found a grave of [--] bodies a while back. Theyd thrown bit of dirt on them but that it was it. They don't even respect to the lives of their own comrades. Incredible.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519283082846744578)  2022-04-27T11:51Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Their tactics are insane. Chernobaivka has a small military airport. [--] times they've tried to take it. [--] times we've smashed them. Still they come. Our soldiers ask: "Are they dumb" No just incapable of independent thought. They just follow orders no matter how crazy.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519285254514786311)  2022-04-27T12:00Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


""Chechen soldiers Ha We call them TikTok soldiers. They're always filming.We found one who was wounded and trying not to fight but take a selfie." "Their job is not to fightbut to shoot Russian boy conscripts who don't want to fight. It's Soviet tactics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519287026977320960)  2022-04-27T12:07Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"They use Soviet military tactics which were out of date [--] years ago. But westudy Afghanistan & Israel. Things have changed #Russia tries to press with Mass. Our strategyis simple: to destroy as many targets as possible. But we lack resources so must do it creatively"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519309024558202880)  2022-04-27T13:34Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Look you can always tell the difference between a partisan strike against a #Russia target & a Russian false flag. The former targets important infrastructure. They just bomb a civilian building or something. Would they ever target something valuable Not in a million years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1519325509980766208)  2022-04-27T14:40Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


""I know you British have a complicated relationship with your prime minister but here @BorisJohnsonhas become something of a national hero. We knew from the beginning that Britain was a very ancient and important nation and it is a country that stands by its word.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1519364898400387073)  2022-04-27T17:16Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


""The NLAWs are the best: easy to use lock load and move; without them we wouldnt be taking out so many Russian tanks. On the subject of tanks: Weve captured more than [---] enemy tanks. We have a joke in the #ukraine army: our biggest weapons supplier is Russia.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519383732704231425)  2022-04-27T18:31Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"THREAD: Ive come to the #Donbas & onto the frontlines of eastern #Ukraine for @unherd. I was lucky enough to spend time in a - covert - Ukrainian base right near the front. I must be careful about locations etc. What follows are my thoughts & observations on the war in the east"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1519659514357850114)  2022-04-28T12:47Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Before the war I wasnt a big fan of Zelensky. I thought he was a great guy but not right for politics. Now I support him 1000%. The most important thing he did was stay in #Ukraine. It was vital the people saw that the first man in government did not flee. It raised morale"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1519673627851071488)  2022-04-28T13:43Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm reporting from #Ukraine (& so detailing Russia behaviour). I assume Russia trolls trying to take down my account as I've received a DM saying it's been reported multiple times for spam & threatening to remove my verified status. @premiumbusiness & @TwitterSupport can you pls assist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1520841712620482562)  2022-05-01T19:04Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I was fortunate enough to go to a hidden Ukrainian base on the very frontlines of the war in the Donbas. Here with the soldiers & their commander Yuriy Bereza I learned about life fighting on #Ukraine's eastern front. My latest dispatch for @unherd. https://unherd.com/2022/05/inside-the-battle-on-the-eastern-front/ https://unherd.com/2022/05/inside-the-battle-on-the-eastern-front/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1522849629544587266)  2022-05-07T08:03Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I came to Kharkiv (& the villages beyond) to report for @unhered. On the northeastern front Russian guns were firing from [--] sides while Russia itself is just over 20km away. Out here you really understand the scale of #Russia's war on #Ukraine . THREAD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1523583855747547141)  2022-05-09T08:41Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Several #Ukraine sources have now confirmed to me that while #Russia troops did force their way into Sieverodonetsk the city's defenders deliberately allowed them to overextend themselves before launching the counteroffensive that's so far seen c.20% of the city recaptured"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1533370570674511873)  2022-06-05T08:50Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the most extraordinary things Ive seen in public diplomacy. #Ukraine Ministry of Defence produces a video (that could also be a music video) thanking its friend right till the end. No state in the world rn does comms as well as Kyiv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1540023236326481920)  2022-06-23T17:25Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Delighted to write the Saturday Essay in today's @DailyMailUK. My message is simple: as news cycles move on don't forget about Ukraine . It's what Russia is counting on. Ukrainians are dying every day - to protect Europe from a rogue state. They still need our support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1540638399400497152)  2022-06-25T10:09Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Now #Russia has struck a shopping mall in Kremenchuk. Reports of many people stuck inside - screams heard coming from the smoke. Mayor says there are multiple casualties. Yet another civilian target - yet another war crime. https://x.com/CanadianUkrain1/status/1541424658859413504/video/1 https://x.com/CanadianUkrain1/status/1541424658859413504/video/1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1541431812248969216)  2022-06-27T14:42Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Doing the rounds on Ukrainian Twitter rn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1546598977331777537)  2022-07-11T20:55Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Wow. This is how #Russia is trying to attract people to go and live there. And no. Its not satire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1552906293026988033)  2022-07-29T06:38Z 101.5K followers, 84.2K engagements


"In today's @DailyMailUK I go inside occupied Kherson. This is what #Russia does in all the places it occupies. Never forget. Never turn your back on #Ukraine . https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11086027/Insider-accounts-obtained-veteran-war-reporter-expose-unimaginable-evil-Kherson.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11086027/Insider-accounts-obtained-veteran-war-reporter-expose-unimaginable-evil-Kherson.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1555830054843719680)  2022-08-06T08:16Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Ukrainian soldiers singing the national anthem on liberated territory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1568662064071319554)  2022-09-10T18:05Z 101.5K followers, 15.4K engagements


"There is chatter on #Ukraine channels that I stress is unconfirmed: [--]. #Russia units in Kherson began negotiations to surrender. [--]. Fighting has broken out RU & Kadyrov units in the area. As job of Chechens is largely to terrorise RU into fighting on these could be linked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1568947362927624192)  2022-09-11T12:59Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"More women in #Iran set fire to their headscarves tonight during the fifth night of protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini [--] following her arrest by morality police over the mandatory hijab law. https://x.com/elnazkvr/status/1572255239260229634/video/1 https://x.com/elnazkvr/status/1572255239260229634/video/1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1572282574780895232)  2022-09-20T17:52Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Huge crowds in #Iran chanting: "Khamenei is a murderer. His rule is illegitimate" #IranProtests #"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1572646342350045184)  2022-09-21T17:58Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"This is Hadith Najafi she came out to protest her right to be free. The regime shot and killed her. She was 23-years-old. #MahsaAmini #_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1574027971479932928)  2022-09-25T13:28Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"In Tehran tonight. Down with the dictator" "We don't want the Islamic Republic. #MahsaAmini #Mahsa_Amini #IranProtests #IranProtests2022 #_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1574146578902032385)  2022-09-25T21:19Z 101.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Look at those delighted crowds in the Luhansk oblast out celebrating their annexation to Russia "  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1575868320674611205)  2022-09-30T15:21Z 101.5K followers, 10.6K engagements


"Russian soldiers drive up to #Ukrainepositions with a white flag tied to their tank and get out and surrender"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1577732574214078465)  2022-10-05T18:48Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Incredible scenes. Riot police uniting with protestors against the regime. #IranRevolution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1578916102633304064)  2022-10-09T01:11Z 101.5K followers, 84.2K engagements


"Astonishing scenes from #Iran. Protesters have burned down the house of Ruhollah Khomeini the Islamic Republics founder. The house has been a museum for the past [--] years. This is an attack in the essence of the republic itself"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1593529893907832832)  2022-11-18T09:01Z 101.5K followers, 22.4K engagements


"Has one man ever been so wrong about everything all the time for decades"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1652588853486559233)  2023-04-30T08:21Z 101.5K followers, 1.4M engagements


"A Ukrainian grandmother searching for her abducted grandchildren died after being interrogated by the FSB for [--] hours. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woman-dies-in-russia-searching-for-her-abducted-granddaughter-qd2zwpzm8 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woman-dies-in-russia-searching-for-her-abducted-granddaughter-qd2zwpzm8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1662470269183639552)  2023-05-27T14:46Z 101.5K followers, 193.4K engagements


"And the memes have started. "Click on the images that show Prigozhin". Via @TheAdamUre"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1676919318817263616)  2023-07-06T11:41Z 101.4K followers, 175.7K engagements


"Confirmed now by the US President. BIDEN: "I never really thought that I would see.have confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children""  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1712219633594376581)  2023-10-11T21:32Z 101.5K followers, 12.7M engagements


"IDF Spokesman: why did they strap GoPros to themselves Why do they call the family of who they murdered Bc they are proud of what they did Rape - where is Islam Burn - where is Islam Behead - where is Islam tbc hes saying none of the above has anything to do w. Islam)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716422123340591434)  2023-10-23T11:51Z 101.5K followers, 337.6K engagements


"Footage: Hamas steak into streets & across a roundabout. security failures here are monumental. Hamas enter a kibbutz. A car pulls up and the driver leave left to speak to the checkpoint. A Hamas terror at emerges from the right & shoots him. Blood spatters the insides"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716426011573711278)  2023-10-23T12:07Z 101.5K followers, 415.9K engagements


"Footage: GoPro footage from a Hamas fighter. His gin sticks pit in front of him like in a video game. He runs through a kibbutz. He sees a dog run eagerly toward him. He lowers the rifle and shots the dog - 2-3 shots - stone dead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716426472133443837)  2023-10-23T12:08Z 101.5K followers, 403K engagements


"Footage: (Cont) "I wish I was dead I wish i was dead." screams the child. Footage moves: a man in a football shirt lies on the ground covered in blood. He moans in pain. A Hamas terrorist picks up a hoe & starts hitting him over and over on the head screaming "Alluha Akbar""  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716430164307915042)  2023-10-23T12:23Z 101.5K followers, 550.1K engagements


"The footage moves to a rave. Partygoers run screaming. Men & women are dragged screaming out of cars. Bloodied corpses are thrown into the dirt & surrounded by Hamas cheering & whooping. A terrified handcuffed female hostage is dragged out of a truck amid a cheering crowds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716431156629971327)  2023-10-23T12:27Z 101.5K followers, 535.2K engagements


"Footage: In another scene Hamas terrorists break into an office. An Israeli cowers under a desk. The terrorists ask him questions (about the Quran I am told) the terrified man shouts "Alluha Akbar" & then they shoot him dead. These are Daesh tactics - straight up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716440447994798533)  2023-10-23T13:04Z 101.5K followers, 403.6K engagements


"There is a break. We come back to a briefing from Gen Edelstein from Gaza command. They came to kill & burn civilians. Not military personnel. Civilians. Ive been fighting Hamas for many years but I honestly never thought theyd be this violent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716448366232473635)  2023-10-23T13:35Z 101.5K followers, 323.4K engagements


"Edelstein: we told civilians to evacuate northern Gaza. Yes. we go in and there are civilian casualties. But we are not looking for kids to kill. We are not looking to kill hostages bc they are not walking fast enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716449011316478375)  2023-10-23T13:38Z 101.5K followers, 315.2K engagements


"Edelstein: "We do not find kids and then force them to go and ask their neighbours to come out and then they come out we kill them.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716449438841876553)  2023-10-23T13:40Z 101.5K followers, 296.4K engagements


"Edelstein: ***important*** We have evidence of #Iran involvement. I cannot elaborate too much but there are trained cells within #Gaza"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1716450830356721842)  2023-10-23T13:45Z 101.5K followers, 898.4K engagements


"Time to kick Hungary out of the EU. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/12/15/hungarys-orban-blocks-eus-50bn-long-term-financial-support-to-ukraine https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/12/15/hungarys-orban-blocks-eus-50bn-long-term-financial-support-to-ukraine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1735615181491732639)  2023-12-15T10:58Z 101.5K followers, 111.6K engagements


"Only been in NATO five minutes and already stepping up. Bravo Sweden BREAKING: Sweden announces long-term military support package for Ukraine worth $6.5 billion over three years https://t.co/BUVO99qEw6 BREAKING: Sweden announces long-term military support package for Ukraine worth $6.5 billion over three years https://t.co/BUVO99qEw6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1793296413230608438)  2024-05-22T15:02Z 101.5K followers, 52.6K engagements


"I've got a Tottenham shirt with Ndombele on it. You will always be better at spending your own money than the government is. You will always be better at spending your own money than the government is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1800627387295805696)  2024-06-11T20:33Z 101.5K followers, 3.6M engagements


"With 95% of precincts reporting Kamala polling at 67.8% of the vote in New York City. If that holds that it's the worst performance for a Democratic Presidential candidate in the city since 1988"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1854012372320444619)  2024-11-06T04:06Z 101.5K followers, 192.7K engagements


"As Donald Trump looks set to win Joe Biden must do one thing. expedite all military aid to #Ukraine & unchain the Ukrainians - allow them to use US weapons inside #Russia . I know everyone's forgotten about him but he's still the President: he can at least do this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1854075835856114022)  2024-11-06T08:18Z 101.5K followers, 196.2K engagements


"Meanwhile in Damascus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1862861455202120042)  2024-11-30T14:09Z 101.5K followers, 140.8K engagements


"Reports that John Mearsheimer has fled Tehran"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1935061059934765331)  2025-06-17T19:44Z 101.5K followers, 100.4K engagements


"150000 dead in Sudan. [--] million displaced. Nobody cares. Excellent reporting from BHL about the world's forgotten genocide. Retour du #Soudan. [---] [---] morts. [--] millions de dplacs. Une famine confirme par toutes les ONG. Et personne pour sen soucier. Personne pour se mobiliser. Personne ou presque pour dire lhorreur. Mon reportage demain dans @ParisMatch : Soudan le massacre oubli https://t.co/QO1REW72Sw Retour du #Soudan. [---] [---] morts. [--] millions de dplacs. Une famine confirme par toutes les ONG. Et personne pour sen soucier. Personne pour se mobiliser. Personne ou presque pour dire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950481108484919435)  2025-07-30T08:58Z 101.5K followers, 120.3K engagements


"Five years ago a Jihadist savage beheaded Samuel Paty with a cleaver. His crime Showing his students cartoons of the prophet Muhammad during a class on freedom of expression. Remember his name & honour his memory by opposing theocratic fascism & violence wherever you find it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1978829270253211968)  2025-10-16T14:23Z 101.5K followers, 25K engagements


"Jewish football fans can now watch matches safely in Bahrain and Riyadh but not in Birmingham. Because locals whipped up by this man cant be trusted to behave like civilised people. And hes a sitting MP. What has Britain done to itself I welcome the news that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa Well done to all those that signed our petition https://t.co/cRDtdDc7ad I welcome the news that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans will not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa Well done to all those that signed our petition https://t.co/cRDtdDc7ad"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1978904318947238197)  2025-10-16T19:22Z 101.5K followers, 222.4K engagements


"Keir Starmer must understand that this is no longer about football. The question facing him is simple: who runs Britains second city the government or sectarian Islamists His answer will shape our future"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979122147655045181)  2025-10-17T09:47Z 101.5K followers, 273.6K engagements


"First its football. Tomorrow it will be schools and courts. Birmingham is the front line and Britain is at stake. Unless we act now to stop sectarian bigots dictating national life it will be too late"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1979509275706970265)  2025-10-18T11:26Z 101.5K followers, 50.1K engagements


"Zelenskyy isn't a friend of the working class either." This woman is a moron. "Putin is a dictator a gangster and there are war crimes that have been committed but Zelenskyy isn't a friend of the working class either." @zarahsultana says all efforts need to be put in to ending the war in Ukraine not pumping money into arms manufacturers. https://t.co/TcR1CjdhEt "Putin is a dictator a gangster and there are war crimes that have been committed but Zelenskyy isn't a friend of the working class either." @zarahsultana says all efforts need to be put in to ending the war in Ukraine not pumping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1982886440968352093)  2025-10-27T19:05Z 101.5K followers, 31.7K engagements


"Extraordinary events in Serbia. #BREAKING #Serbia JUST IN: A massive student-led protest has begun in Novi Sad Serbia marking one year since the deadly canopy collapse at the citys renovated train station that killed [--] people. https://t.co/UsdAZ29GL2 https://t.co/XRvjPGv9SY #BREAKING #Serbia JUST IN: A massive student-led protest has begun in Novi Sad Serbia marking one year since the deadly canopy collapse at the citys renovated train station that killed [--] people. https://t.co/UsdAZ29GL2 https://t.co/XRvjPGv9SY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1984601570034500083)  2025-11-01T12:41Z 101.5K followers, 75.1K engagements


"This is important - read 👇🏽 https://t.co/iCNLflwkd8 https://t.co/iCNLflwkd8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/2011128115221668178)  2026-01-13T17:28Z 101.5K followers, 35.8K engagements


"Biggest winner in Afghanistan Pakistan's ISI. It helped build a nuclear arsenal in defiance of the international non-proliferation regime supported & armed the Taliban undermined the War on Terror and did it all while pocketing billions of dollars of US taxpayer money"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1426174936788443136)  2021-08-13T13:32Z 101.5K followers, 17.3K engagements


"Taliban collapses with laughter as journalist asks if they would be willing to accept democratic governance that voted in female politicians - and then tells camera to stop filming. It made me laugh he"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1427567411692244992)  2021-08-17T09:46Z 101.5K followers, 27.3K engagements


"Amazing photo. Remember these people - & don't dare turn your eyes from them. Many of them may die fighting the kind of tyranny that threatens us all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1485739267997503496)  2022-01-24T22:20Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Today #Ukraine held an emergency session of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament). Despite Putins brutal attacks over [---] out of [---] MPs were present. They sang the national anthem. They refused to be cowed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1503819939844657153)  2022-03-15T19:46Z 101.5K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Give them the tools and they will finish the job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1568660703246188545)  2022-09-10T18:00Z 101.5K followers, [----] engagements


"THREAD: I spent last week in #Bakhmut reporting for @unherd. This video was shot in the centre of the city 200m from the Russian positions. Listen with sound UP. I was fortunate to embed with Ukrainian special forces here are my thoughts (& photos) from the front here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1621535860448497665)  2023-02-03T15:47Z 101.5K followers, 587.5K engagements


"Im in #Israel for @unherd as war with #Hamas intensifies. Follow me for updates from the ground. This am I attended a session where Israel is releasing raw footage of the 7th October massacres. Devices were banned from the initial session. Here is my report. THREAD"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716419058604572865)  2023-10-23T11:39Z 101.5K followers, 3.9M engagements


"Hamas terrorists move through a kibbutz. One lowers his rifle & shoots what seems to be an elderly lady - but I stress the footage is not totally clear - she moans in pain. Camera pans through corridors to track rivulets of blood. It's thick like a riverbed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716434861706092604)  2023-10-23T12:42Z 101.5K followers, 388.2K engagements


"Conclusion: There are many broader issues around occupation & the need for humanitarian assistance & proportionality. #Israel MUST do everything to protect the civilians of #Gaza. But what I saw today has nothing to do with resistance. It was about wanting to kill Jews. ENDS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/dpatrikarakos/status/1716451533196259349)  2023-10-23T13:48Z 101.5K followers, 472.2K engagements

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