“…claims that Russia is the aggressor in Ukraine should be treated sceptically”.

Don’t think Labour will miss her.

Very precise language from Macron. Ukraine should be allowed to use Western weapons to attack targets in Russia from which attacks on Ukraine originate but not other civilian or military targets. Seems like a green light to strike airfields and missile launch sites, but not the

Big Swedish package for Ukraine

How Russia is recruiting young Ugandan women to make drones that kill Ukrainians. wsj.com/world/the-russ…

Chernihiv’s drama theater, which reopened after a Russian missile hit it last year, closes again because most male actors and staff have been mobilized to serve in the military. hromadske.ua/suspilstvo/224…

Looks just like any other shopping mall on a Saturday. And then it doesn’t.
Footage from within Kharkiv’s Epicenter, hit by Russian glide bombs yesterday. The airfield where there bombers are based is within range, but the United States prohibits Kyiv from using American weapons

An 8 year old boy submits to a DNA sample in hopes of identifying the remains of his father amongst the many victims in yesterday's russian missile on a busy shopping center in Kharkiv.

Sadly, this will continue until Ukraine is allowed to strike Russia's launching facilities

The moment a Russian bomb hits a mall in Kharkiv

At least 14 people died

Imagine a movie with a German principal character set during WWII that doesn’t spend one second on acknowledging that there is a murderous war going on.
The Cannes award was announced as people were burning alive in a shopping mall bombed by Russia in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s

Pretty interesting video of a Chinese mercenary in Ukraine fighting on the Russian side describes the horror of war. He mentions a multinational force w Chinese, Nepalese, Indians, Cubans, and Africans employed by the Russian army

Yaroslav Trofimov Military planes at airbases 50-150km from the border pose threat and need not be shot down but destroyed on the ground. It’s that simple.

OUR ENEMIES WILL VANISH is shortlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing 2024!

'Sets out with admirable clarity what is at stake for Ukraine, as well as for the rest of the world.' - Peter Frankopan, Chair of Judges

Penguin Michael Joseph Yaroslav Trofimov

Humbled to be in such amazing company.

Thrilled to be a finalist of the Orwell Prize for my book on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 📕 Our Enemies Will Vanish 📕.
The winner will be announced on June 27. orwellfoundation.com/political-writ…

The simple fact is that the civilians of Kharkiv — Ukraine’s second-largest city, with its northern neighborhoods sitting just 13 miles from the Russia border — cannot be protected without suppressing the sources of fire within Russia.

Russia's penchant for attacking civilians is well known, but this one hits a bit hard, as I have been in this exact building many times. Just a massive mall next to lots of residential towers and an open air market, served by excellent transit. Nothing here except civilians.

When Putin spoke of imposing 'sanitary zones' along Ukraine's borders immediately after getting elected it effectively implied depopulating and laying waste to areas with millions of people until they become barren wild fields