User Overview
Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 
Defense reporter with @KyivIndependent. Just a dude from Donbas, now living in Bucha.
Bucha, Ukraine
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Analysed 10,528 tweets, tweets from the last 479 weeks.
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3,519 | 33.4% |
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2,675 | 25.4% |
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1,252 | 11.9% |
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320 | 3.0% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Tweet | 5,228 | 49.7% |
| Reply | 2,766 | 26.3% |
| Retweet | 2,213 | 21.0% |
| Quote | 374 | 3.6% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| Photo | 2,038 | 19.4% |
| URL | 1,455 | 13.8% |
| Video | 318 | 3.0% |
| GIF | 5 | 0.0% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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130 | 31.0% |
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60 | 14.3% |
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19 | 4.5% |
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14 | 3.3% |
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12 | 2.9% |
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10 | 2.4% |
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10 | 2.4% |
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6 | 1.4% |
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@Fake_MIDRF
| Top Hashtags | Count | % |
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| #мариуполь | 121 | 1.1% |
| #ukraine | 108 | 1.0% |
| #украина | 49 | 0.5% |
| #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% |
| #lestweforget | 16 | 0.2% |
| #metallica | 15 | 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% |
| #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% |
| #newprofilepic | 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% |
| #вконтакте | 5 | 0.0% |
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| Top Words | Count | % |
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| russian | 958 | 9.1% |
| ukrainian | 806 | 7.7% |
| russia | 789 | 7.5% |
| kyiv | 658 | 6.2% |
| military | 580 | 5.5% |
| donbas | 382 | 3.6% |
| defense | 297 | 2.8% |
| это | 269 | 2.6% |
| forces | 211 | 2.0% |
| killed | 204 | 1.9% |
| russians | 169 | 1.6% |
| troops | 156 | 1.5% |
| since | 151 | 1.4% |
| being | 146 | 1.4% |
| kremlin | 136 | 1.3% |
| any | 135 | 1.3% |
| mariupol | 132 | 1.3% |
| soldiers | 130 | 1.2% |
| because | 121 | 1.1% |
| weapons | 109 | 1.0% |
| missile | 106 | 1.0% |
| azovstal | 104 | 1.0% |
| artillery | 101 | 1.0% |
| уже | 101 | 1.0% |
| civilians | 97 | 0.9% |
| еще | 97 | 0.9% |
| every | 94 | 0.9% |
| надо | 90 | 0.9% |
| kharkiv | 87 | 0.8% |
| already | 86 | 0.8% |
| armed | 86 | 0.8% |
| ukrainians | 83 | 0.8% |
| before | 81 | 0.8% |
| history | 81 | 0.8% |
| trying | 81 | 0.8% |
| brigade | 81 | 0.8% |
| service | 81 | 0.8% |
| когда | 81 | 0.8% |
| hours | 80 | 0.8% |
| invasion | 80 | 0.8% |
| fighting | 79 | 0.8% |
| absolutely | 79 | 0.8% |
| occupied | 77 | 0.7% |
| soldier | 77 | 0.7% |
| enemy | 77 | 0.7% |
| bucha | 76 | 0.7% |
| только | 76 | 0.7% |
| meanwhile | 76 | 0.7% |
| months | 75 | 0.7% |
| doing | 74 | 0.7% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 😀 E1.0 Grinning Face | 87 | 0.8% |
| ⚡ High Voltage Sign | 87 | 0.8% |
| 🔥 E0.6 Fire | 38 | 0.4% |
| 😆 E0.6 Grinning Squinting Face | 33 | 0.3% |
| 🥰 E11.0 Smiling Face With Hearts | 29 | 0.3% |
| 😳 E0.6 Flushed Face | 17 | 0.2% |
| ☺ White Smiling Face | 17 | 0.2% |
| 🤘 E1.0 Sign Of The Horns | 13 | 0.1% |
| 🤝 E3.0 Handshake | 9 | 0.1% |
| ☀ Black Sun With Rays | 9 | 0.1% |
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Tweets
Vadym Stetsiuk.
A historian, a university lecturer.
Killed in action.
The best people are leaving us every single day.
A historian, a university lecturer.
Killed in action.
The best people are leaving us every single day.
Announcing official launch of book all my loyal serfs have been waiting for! "How to Tankie: The Anti-Imperialist's Guide. The book that will teach you how to fight forces of colonialism & imperialism
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Writing a book on the Battle of Kyiv 2022 and can’t decide what it is — a war chronicle, a FAQ on how Russia unleashed this war and failed, or a love letter to the capital of the ancient Rus and the city of excellent bars, pubs, parks, theaters, and coffee shops.
Massive pro-Ukraine rally in Bologna, Italy this weekend 🇮🇹 🤝 🇺🇦
Thank you for the solidarity, Italian friends! Unity for the win!
Thank you for the solidarity, Italian friends! Unity for the win!
The 4th brother in the Long Hand family, LRU from 🇨🇵, has arrived in 🇺🇦!
#UAarmy now is even more powerful for deterring&destroying the enemy.
That is a visible result of friendship between @ZelenskyyUa and @EmmanuelMacron
Thank you to @SebLecornu, the government & people of 🇨🇵!
#UAarmy now is even more powerful for deterring&destroying the enemy.
That is a visible result of friendship between @ZelenskyyUa and @EmmanuelMacron
Thank you to @SebLecornu, the government & people of 🇨🇵!
Oh, here we go again.
Praying for our air defense guys now. pic.twitter.com/qUiMh54IrY
Praying for our air defense guys now. pic.twitter.com/qUiMh54IrY
A vid from @den_kazansky.
This is Severodonetsk now.
Russia just razed the city to ashes and called this “liberation.”
This is Severodonetsk now.
Russia just razed the city to ashes and called this “liberation.”
I’m so old that I’m looking forward to the release of the THIRD @Metallica album in my adult memory. That’s a judgement, but thank you guys for the beam of the Eternal Light in our days. Love you forever 🇺🇦
.@Metallica is back with their new song Lux Æterna, the first release from the upcoming album 72 Seasons, out April 14, 2023 ⚡️ spotify.link/LuxAeterna
I’m so old that I’m looking forward to the release of the THIRD @Metallica album in my adult memory. That’s a judgement, but thank you guys for the beam of the Eternal Light in our days. Love you forever 🇺🇦
In our city, blackouts last from 6 to 8 hours. Such figures are very similar to... normal sleep schedule😉 A YouTube premium, a couple of books, and voila, you can live without lights for a while.
Russia is destroying the Ukrainian power grid, forcing doctors and nurses and all medical personnel to work without central electricity. Brave and competent people are being forced to perform surgeries by flashlight. 1/
I’m telling you, it’s a miracle how people adapt to things like massive blackouts, missile attacks, and the lack of heating and other basic necessities in wartime.
Modern technology + solidarity and mutual supportiveness + a bit of imagination = life goes on as it should
Modern technology + solidarity and mutual supportiveness + a bit of imagination = life goes on as it should
Friends, take good care of yourselves. The next Russian bombardment is around the corner. Everything I hear is that they have planned something big. Take air alarms very seriously, especially tomorrow!
Finally, of all places, Netflix has given us a decent and picturesque anti-war movie.
The film has almost nothing to do with the book, however.
The film has almost nothing to do with the book, however.
The Ukrainian military has achieved 100% of its realistic agenda for the autumn campaign.
The Kharkiv and the Kherson operations successfully completed before the raining season is a very, very good result.
Now the winter campaign coming our way.
The Kharkiv and the Kherson operations successfully completed before the raining season is a very, very good result.
Now the winter campaign coming our way.
A bit of a wartime journalism (or even authorship) that these days
…Russian missile waves should strike Ukraine, taking innocent lives and destroying the country’s vital infrastructure? What high-minded geopolitical concepts prevent you from letting Ukraine end this war — and prove the ultimate effect our your valued contribution?
Oh my god, just fucking give Ukraine the Patriot already.
What sort of a divine sign from high above are you even waiting for after 9 months of Russia’s war?
In what order should planets and stars parade so that a political decision could be made?
How many more…
What sort of a divine sign from high above are you even waiting for after 9 months of Russia’s war?
In what order should planets and stars parade so that a political decision could be made?
How many more…
Oh my god, just fucking give Ukraine the Patriot already.
What sort of a divine sign from high above are you even waiting for after 9 months of Russia’s war?
In what order should planets and stars parade so that a political decision could be made?
How many more…
What sort of a divine sign from high above are you even waiting for after 9 months of Russia’s war?
In what order should planets and stars parade so that a political decision could be made?
How many more…
My major step towards surviving this winter — buying myself an Amazon Kindle.
This is going to be a hard winter in Ukraine.
But it will remembered as our finest moment in history, and we will be proud to tell our kids how it was.
Staying together and adapting!
But it will remembered as our finest moment in history, and we will be proud to tell our kids how it was.
Staying together and adapting!
I think at some point, following just another missile attack on Ukraine, Putin’s mouth Dmitry Peskov will just go and demand that the Kremlin be given $1 million in cash and a helicopter if Ukraine wants this misery to end.
Pure, undisguised terror tactics.
Pure, undisguised terror tactics.
Heart surgery in Kyiv.
A child is being operated on, and power goes off due to a Russian missile attack.
Surgeons carry on with their batteries and power generators.
A child is being operated on, and power goes off due to a Russian missile attack.
Surgeons carry on with their batteries and power generators.
Possibly sensitive media. Public access unavailable.
So.
Again.
Russians have spent a shitload of very expensive and disposable missiles (over 30 against Kyiv alone) to cut most of Ukraine off from electricity.
By the end of the day, power grid restored in most regions, again.
Any ideas what Russians are trying to achieve here?
Again.
Russians have spent a shitload of very expensive and disposable missiles (over 30 against Kyiv alone) to cut most of Ukraine off from electricity.
By the end of the day, power grid restored in most regions, again.
Any ideas what Russians are trying to achieve here?
Scotch or whisky. They're synonyms. Whiskey is anything which doesn't come from Scotland. Can't provide the sublime but I can provide pedantry.
Just the time to think about something sublime.
Like Cicero’s speeches for the Senate or 8-year-old single malt Scotch whiskey.
Like Cicero’s speeches for the Senate or 8-year-old single malt Scotch whiskey.
All clear in Kyiv.
But much of the country (and even Moldova!) has no electricity and running water.
And Russia is a terrorist state.
But much of the country (and even Moldova!) has no electricity and running water.
And Russia is a terrorist state.
International institutions are finally facing the reality - Russia is a state sponsor of terrorism.
And right now Ukraine is combating yet another missile attack. One of the Russian missiles has just been heard over my neighborhood in Bucha.
And right now Ukraine is combating yet another missile attack. One of the Russian missiles has just been heard over my neighborhood in Bucha.
Very suspicious. I thought @IAPonomarenko stopped posting. When I search his handle on Twitter, the first results are Russian disinfo criticizing him. But he's never stopped tweeting.
It feels almost unbelievable in the year 2022, but kids in my neighborhood in Bucha get out of their internets and go riding through ❄️ snow just on their asses.
An improvised ice slide in front of my window is just buzzing, even though we have electricity in our homes ☃️
An improvised ice slide in front of my window is just buzzing, even though we have electricity in our homes ☃️
It's still insane that he was banned in the first place. Politicians call for World War III everyday on Twitter and nothing happens
Like we’ve said — the Minsk-Moscow-Tehran Axis has been formed.
And it is an immediate threat to global democracy.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
And it is an immediate threat to global democracy.
washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
The first train coming to Kherson from Kyiv following the liberation day.
Note it how local folks are meeting it!
Note it how local folks are meeting it!
Dear God, he’s just a boy.😭
No time for blackouts.
Surgeons of the Center for Children's Cardiology in Lviv continued heart surgery after the power was turned off due to a russian missile attack.
📷@MoH_Ukraine
Surgeons of the Center for Children's Cardiology in Lviv continued heart surgery after the power was turned off due to a russian missile attack.
📷@MoH_Ukraine
I read the news today, oh boy, about a lucky man who made the grade
Hi everyone!
We have just transferred $7,500 to help provide treatment to Dmytro Nikolaichuk.
He was badly injured in combat, lost a leg and several hand fingers, sustained a severe injuries in the belly and his retina…but he has a hope of getting back to the military.
We have just transferred $7,500 to help provide treatment to Dmytro Nikolaichuk.
He was badly injured in combat, lost a leg and several hand fingers, sustained a severe injuries in the belly and his retina…but he has a hope of getting back to the military.
