User Overview
Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦
Defense reporter with @KyivIndependent. A fella proud to be originally from Donbas.
Bucha, Ukraine
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Analysed 11,417 tweets, tweets from the last 506 weeks.
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3,895 | 34.1% |
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3,108 | 27.2% |
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1,256 | 11.0% |
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320 | 2.8% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Tweet | 5,529 | 48.4% |
| Reply | 3,131 | 27.4% |
| Retweet | 2,396 | 21.0% |
| Quote | 420 | 3.7% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| Photo | 2,188 | 19.2% |
| URL | 1,551 | 13.6% |
| Video | 356 | 3.1% |
| GIF | 6 | 0.1% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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144 | 31.4% |
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64 | 14.0% |
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26 | 5.7% |
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14 | 3.1% |
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13 | 2.8% |
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10 | 2.2% |
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@Fake_MIDRF
| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #мариуполь | 121 | 1.1% |
| #ukraine | 117 | 1.0% |
| #украина | 49 | 0.4% |
| #євромайдан | 43 | 0.4% |
| #ато | 30 | 0.3% |
| #donbas | 29 | 0.3% |
| #russia | 23 | 0.2% |
| #маріуполь | 22 | 0.2% |
| #днр | 20 | 0.2% |
| #kyiv | 19 | 0.2% |
| #metallica | 16 | 0.1% |
| #lestweforget | 16 | 0.1% |
| #донецк | 15 | 0.1% |
| #путин | 13 | 0.1% |
| #война | 12 | 0.1% |
| #волноваха | 12 | 0.1% |
| #украинафранция | 12 | 0.1% |
| #чадкутежа | 11 | 0.1% |
| #war | 10 | 0.1% |
| #киев | 10 | 0.1% |
| #донбасс | 10 | 0.1% |
| #mariupol | 9 | 0.1% |
| #новыйгод | 9 | 0.1% |
| #евромайдан | 9 | 0.1% |
| #россия | 9 | 0.1% |
| #azovstal | 8 | 0.1% |
| #breaking | 8 | 0.1% |
| #fail | 8 | 0.1% |
| #порошенко | 8 | 0.1% |
| #helpazovstaldefenders | 7 | 0.1% |
| #київ | 7 | 0.1% |
| #музыка | 7 | 0.1% |
| #футбол | 7 | 0.1% |
| #newprofilepic | 6 | 0.1% |
| #standwithukraine | 6 | 0.1% |
| #russian | 6 | 0.1% |
| #protasevich | 6 | 0.1% |
| #авдеевка | 6 | 0.1% |
| #fuckyeah | 6 | 0.1% |
| #loveuk | 6 | 0.1% |
| #днск | 6 | 0.1% |
| #уженетот | 6 | 0.1% |
| #momplease | 5 | 0.0% |
| #uk | 5 | 0.0% |
| #ukraineairforce | 5 | 0.0% |
| #savekyivpost | 5 | 0.0% |
| #mh17 | 5 | 0.0% |
| #gaza | 5 | 0.0% |
| #безысходность | 5 | 0.0% |
| #epicwin | 5 | 0.0% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| russian | 1,027 | 9.0% |
| ukrainian | 873 | 7.6% |
| russia | 871 | 7.6% |
| kyiv | 713 | 6.2% |
| military | 603 | 5.3% |
| donbas | 393 | 3.4% |
| defense | 310 | 2.7% |
| это | 271 | 2.4% |
| forces | 226 | 2.0% |
| killed | 217 | 1.9% |
| russians | 177 | 1.6% |
| being | 164 | 1.4% |
| since | 160 | 1.4% |
| troops | 159 | 1.4% |
| kremlin | 153 | 1.3% |
| soldiers | 146 | 1.3% |
| any | 143 | 1.3% |
| mariupol | 139 | 1.2% |
| because | 136 | 1.2% |
| missile | 127 | 1.1% |
| weapons | 120 | 1.1% |
| artillery | 108 | 0.9% |
| azovstal | 108 | 0.9% |
| every | 103 | 0.9% |
| уже | 103 | 0.9% |
| еще | 101 | 0.9% |
| civilians | 99 | 0.9% |
| before | 97 | 0.8% |
| soldier | 93 | 0.8% |
| ukrainians | 92 | 0.8% |
| armed | 92 | 0.8% |
| history | 92 | 0.8% |
| already | 92 | 0.8% |
| надо | 92 | 0.8% |
| absolutely | 91 | 0.8% |
| fighting | 91 | 0.8% |
| bucha | 90 | 0.8% |
| kharkiv | 90 | 0.8% |
| meanwhile | 88 | 0.8% |
| hours | 88 | 0.8% |
| months | 88 | 0.8% |
| invasion | 88 | 0.8% |
| trying | 88 | 0.8% |
| brigade | 87 | 0.8% |
| course | 86 | 0.8% |
| service | 82 | 0.7% |
| когда | 81 | 0.7% |
| tanks | 80 | 0.7% |
| doing | 80 | 0.7% |
| kherson | 79 | 0.7% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 😀 Grinning Face | 96 | 0.8% |
| ⚡ High Voltage Sign | 90 | 0.8% |
| 🔥 Fire | 38 | 0.3% |
| 😆 Grinning Squinting Face | 36 | 0.3% |
| 🥰 Smiling Face With Hearts | 29 | 0.3% |
| ☺ White Smiling Face | 19 | 0.2% |
| 😳 Flushed Face | 18 | 0.2% |
| 🤘 Sign Of The Horns | 13 | 0.1% |
| 🤝 Handshake | 11 | 0.1% |
| ❄ Snowflake | 11 | 0.1% |
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Tweets
Gas stations in Ukraine are actually insane. This is the gas station menu?! pic.twitter.com/TvhLLFbyzK
Yes, I love The Hurt Locket & I’ve been re-watching it for years every time I get back home from war zone deployments.
Now sue me.
Now sue me.
Excuse me? That is an Amy Adams movie first and foremost.
Не понимаю эту особенность Uber в США: постоянно говорит проверять соответствие машины и номера, написанного в приложении, но при этом из примерно 20 поездок они у меня полностью совпадали раза два. Чаще всего совпадает только модель машины. Изредка ещё и цвет. Почти никогда —… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Residents of Moscow publish videos of a black circle in the city's sky.
What do you think happened there? pic.twitter.com/Ne9CIEDUhI
What do you think happened there? pic.twitter.com/Ne9CIEDUhI
Хочецця десь виїбнутись, але не в інстаграмі)) pic.twitter.com/c1binNHDwZ
The foto was taken in Kyiv, I think. Not at his new flat in Irpin which was a closed of area due to the battles.
Illia!! we will wait for your "Battle of Kyiv chronicles" book... Would be great to read it... Stay Safe! 🇺🇦
Maybe because he isn't military? 🤦
A year ago… the final days of the Battle of Kyiv.
Getting ready for a field day with the International Legion during a counteroffensive strike in Irpin.
That awkward moment when the battlefield lies a couple of kilometers away from your own shitty apartment block.
Getting ready for a field day with the International Legion during a counteroffensive strike in Irpin.
That awkward moment when the battlefield lies a couple of kilometers away from your own shitty apartment block.
Here is the full NY Times article. It's devastating but necessary for us to move forward in the ZSU and Ukraine and for NGOs to build real trust. Stolen Valor: The U.S. Volunteers in Ukraine Who Lie, Waste and Bicker nyti.ms/40z91mh
Best Hollywood Cold War movie?
Going to say tank based strictly on doctrine and function.
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Once upon a time general Zaluzhny played guitar and won
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*ba dum tss*
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*ba dum tss*
My pleasure to report that I’ve sent $10,000 from our charity pot to 🇺🇦solider Andriy Popov of the 46th Airborne.
He lost both legs near Kherson, but he has hope he’ll be back to the military as a paramedic.
The guy needs very expensive prosthetics, and we’re here to help. pic.twitter.com/doKt9WynBg
He lost both legs near Kherson, but he has hope he’ll be back to the military as a paramedic.
The guy needs very expensive prosthetics, and we’re here to help. pic.twitter.com/doKt9WynBg
My pleasure to report that I’ve sent $10,000 from our charity pot to 🇺🇦solider Andriy Popov of the 46th Airborne.
He lost both legs near Kherson, but he has hope he’ll be back to the military as a paramedic.
The guy needs very expensive prosthetics, and we’re here to help.
He lost both legs near Kherson, but he has hope he’ll be back to the military as a paramedic.
The guy needs very expensive prosthetics, and we’re here to help.
Ніяких «Les Chevaliers du ciel» нема, розходимось.
Як то кажуть: «на парканах теж багато чого пишуть».
P.S. Хоча фільм я обожнюю, і літак вважаю одним з найпрекрасніших серед епохи.
Як то кажуть: «на парканах теж багато чого пишуть».
P.S. Хоча фільм я обожнюю, і літак вважаю одним з найпрекрасніших серед епохи.
I’ve never read something that made more sense than this. pic.twitter.com/b8MWTJzhUq
Just randomly ran into this tweet because of @IAPonomarenko. Generation Kill is great. So true, so timeless. “That retard is in charge of people?”
My grandfather had a driving licence for this tank! Made in 1963 xD pic.twitter.com/dlXxSz74Qo
When I was going the work that became Generation Kill at Rolling Stone Jann had top-notch editors, fact checkers, and writers. The magazine would pursue any idea if it seemed worthy and had a chance. Later, I'll link my original articles from RS that became... #Genkill20
Новость, которая порадует любителей клеить танчики: в распоряжении нашей команды оказались фотографии эшелона, везущего танки Т-54 середины XX века из Приморского края на запад. Мы видим в этом признак дефицита бронетехники в ВС РФ
t.me/CITeam/3216 pic.twitter.com/9ffr8p0oCY
t.me/CITeam/3216 pic.twitter.com/9ffr8p0oCY
Holy cow, I’ve lived to see Russians de-mothball my favorite early Cold War legacy T-54/55s.
Again: T-54s.
Remember — the special military operation is running in full compliance with the plan as scheduled.
Again: T-54s.
Remember — the special military operation is running in full compliance with the plan as scheduled.
Новость, которая порадует любителей клеить танчики: в распоряжении нашей команды оказались фотографии эшелона, везущего танки Т-54 середины XX века из Приморского края на запад. Мы видим в этом признак дефицита бронетехники в ВС РФ
t.me/CITeam/3216 pic.twitter.com/9ffr8p0oCY
t.me/CITeam/3216 pic.twitter.com/9ffr8p0oCY
Ukrainian Su-24 "Fencer". This type of aircraft and its pilots perform complex missions on the front lines every day.
Note: POLITICO apparently misreported the Ukraine casualty figure here and added a correction twitter.com/anti_minotaur/…
I'm sorry, but what in the actual fuck? We now have to pay for basic security measures that every other online service provides as a given? pic.twitter.com/juOQn4HKkJ
A Maxim machine gun used by Ukraine's 28th Mechanized Brigade. @sommervilletv
bbc.com/news/world-eur… pic.twitter.com/hEt0tLNQQO
bbc.com/news/world-eur… pic.twitter.com/hEt0tLNQQO
Заходиш в ліфт, а там він. Твої дії? pic.twitter.com/9aR26kiDCq
And the funniest thing is that most on his side, especially Kool-aid drinking tankies in the West, would absolutely buy this.
If I was Vladimir Putin, I would simply declare victory and go the hell home.
People following me know that I do not downplay or deny losses suffered by our side. Furthermore, I meet criticism for speaking out in public about it. Recently, I came across a Politico article which claimed that 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action (KIA).… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Official footage released by the U.S. Air Force of the collision between a Russian Su-27 and US MQ-9 over the Black Sea.
⚡️Survey: Ukrainian military tops national trust ratings.
Ukrainians have the greatest amount of trust in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (95.8%) according to a survey conducted by the Razumkov Center.
Ukrainians have the greatest amount of trust in the Armed Forces of Ukraine (95.8%) according to a survey conducted by the Razumkov Center.
Це були цікаві, наповненимі моментами 6 років дійсно дивного життя під час війни. З емоціями та відчуттями, які люди іноді не проживають за все своє подружнє довге 20-30-40 річне життя.
А group flight of Su-27s of the Ukrainian Air Force
Photo: Volodymyr Vorobyov
Photo: Volodymyr Vorobyov
Thinking about...: Playing the Victim snyder.substack.com/p/playing-the-…
Playing the Victim
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И? Что ты сделаешь? Напишешь в газету? Запретишь русским ездить в Житомир? И переименуешь Россию в Эсватини?
Ну да, налоги то дело добровольное. хочешь плати хочешь не плати. А они прям идут и сами платят, вот варвары конечно
I took a few shots to break the ice, but no one was very happy to have me. Some suggested I just go home. But I wanted to move in. It was like a first date & First Recon discovered they were with a stalker. My first portrait of Colbert. He was so happy to meet me. #Genkill20 pic.twitter.com/5YCyaVnfiX
Congrats, brother.
We’re proud of you.
We’re proud of you.
Four cold months in Torske and notorious Kreminna forests were my most challenging, back-breaking, but also my proudest. Thanks to all who’ve supported me & my unit. I’m back on rotation in Kyiv oblast and getting my first vacation soon. There’s a heavy price, but we are winning. pic.twitter.com/NbKVdGGJtu
zdf.de/nachrichten/zd… here the Link :)
Going live on @ZDF in 30 mins.
We’re discussing the Battle of Bakhmut.
We’re discussing the Battle of Bakhmut.
Can you verify the PayPal name. Initially you wrote "Sergiy Gnezdilov". Pay Pal reads, "Sergij" with a "j" vs. a "y"...??? Just wanna make sure the donation goes to the right account. Thanks.
Although James played guitar and wrote song riffs, he was just the lead singer when we played live. It was maybe the 5th or 6th gig when he decided to play guitar and sing at the same time.
read this article. Ukrainian military trainers are a catastrophe. As poor as russians. washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/…
A year since Maks Levin, one of the best photographers & people I ever knew, was murdered by russia. He was documenting putin’s war crimes in vicinity of Kyiv.
Rest in peace, Maks!
#StandWithUkraine
Rest in peace, Maks!
#StandWithUkraine
