The war is in its most bizarre stage. It’s as if Russia and Ukraine are fighting 2 separate conflicts Ukraine is choosing to mostly fight in Russian Kursk region, while Russia is prioritizing the Pokrovsk axis in the Donbas I suspect we will find out quite soon which plan was

Event tip in Amsterdam! debalie.nl/programma/fasc…

BREAKING: A Hong Kong court convicts two former editors of a shuttered news outlet, in a sedition case that is widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedom in the city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. apnews.com/article/hong-k…

Putin to travel to Mongolia on a state visit next week despite the country being a member of the ICC and technically obliged to arrest him

A beautiful tribute to Ryan that captured him perfectly “I knew Ryan would be the person who would keep them safe in a war zone & still have time to feed the local dogs & make sure the team had enough sweets in the car and a decent playlist." reuters.com/investigations…

Hmmm, so Twitter is now marking the link to this NPR story about Trump potentially violating federal law with his Arlington National Cemetery video as "unsafe"

In this article I wrote about 3 Ukrainian pilots. All of them are dead now. Juice, then Beekeeper. And this Monday Moonfish. The price of protection Ukrainian sky is the lives of Ukrainian brave pilots 💔. R.I.P. Moonfish #Ukraine thedial.world/articles/news/…

If these were Russians saying something similar about Putin, this would be cited as evidence of the nation's "slave soul" Why do so many Americans seem to share a similar mindset?

The lead author of an article on Gaza trauma surgery published in The Lancet yesterday has been tortured by the Israeli military and remains in custody, though his whereabouts are unconfirmed. Story in @dropsitenews: dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-doctor-…

After 2022, China, Hong Kong and transshipment countries (Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan) became the main exporters of battlefield items to Russia. The majority of chips are of US origin. Chinese chips still account for less than 10%. tradecompliance.io/how-and-how-ma…

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Urgent: David Lammy foreign secretary announces UK is suspending around 30 of the 350 UK arms export licences to Israel due to clear risk the arms will be used to commit or facilitate serious violations of IHL. Decision follows 2 month internal review. Says UK concern focusses

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My story from Sumy region and Kyiv on the military and political calculations of the Kursk offensive theguardian.com/world/article/…

‘(Russia) can't attack Ukraine and defend Russia at the same time, it has had to make a choice’ Meanwhile Russia is continuing to attack and defend at the same time.

Это программистка Нина Слободчикова. Её осудили на 12 лет по статье о «госизмене». Дело Нины мало освещалось. У неё мало поддержки. Сейчас она сидит в СИЗО вместе с Тоней Фаворской. Завтра у неё День рождения. Давайте её поздравим и поддержим? Адрес на фото и в реплаях👇🏻

Today, a Russian missile attack on Lviv killed Yaryna Bazylevych. She was only 21. Yaryna was a program manager at Lviv—European Youth Capital 2025 and co-initiator of the Tvory (Create) network. Among six other victims, three were children. Eternal memory.

After the Russian attack on Lviv, only the man in this photo remained alive - his wife Evgenia and their three daughters Yaryna, Darina, and Emilia were killed in their own home 💔 #LetUkraineStrikeBack