Simon Crofts

Russia’s disturbing human ‘safaris’ Violating the laws of war, Russians have created a sick game of hunting civilians with FPV drones near the frontline. We take you behind the scenes, to the people most affected.

Good morning readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

In the towns near Ukraine's frontline, Russian FPV drones hunt civilians, a new tactic called a "human safari".

Yana, who lives in Kherson, regularly sees these drones and the damage they cause.

Another war crime by terrorist Russia. It deliberately killed two unarmed civilians and their dog with a drone strike while they were walking along a road carrying a white flag in the Kharkiv region. There were no military targets or positions anywhere nearby. Why? Just why?

We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...

And by the way, Melitopol IS Ukraine.

We believe that Yana and other Mariupol citizens will be liberated eventually.

For those who chose to live their lives as criminal slaves can’t suppress free people.

The centre of Kherson being hit today with unguided & inaccurate multiple launch rockets designed to saturate an area. In this case the centre of a city full of civilians.

Horrific footage from this morning’s Russian attack on Kherson. Artillery shells exploding in a residential neighborhood.

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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Douglas Barrowman to the media: there was a mountain of evidence

Douglas Barrowman to the court: he didn’t give evidence.

🕯️Kherson farmer Oleksandr Hordiienko was killed by a russian drone. After the liberation of the right bank of the Kherson Oblast, he cleared hundreds of hectares of mines to revive the land.

He shielded workers and harvested under EW, saying he had to “fight for every grain.”

YouTube video by Channel 4 Documentaries What Are Trump’s Real Links To Russia? | Dispatches: Moscows’s Man in The White House? | C4 Docs

Interesting Channel 4 documentary on whether Trump is a Russian asset. The short answer is: Yes. But good to see a major channel bringing together the evidence.

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In other words, Putin has summoned Trump to give him instructions in person. Perhaps Trump was straying from his script a little.

prescient (from 3 months ago)

2/ Consequently Ukrainians die, and we will only have to face an emboldened Putin and Xi down the track at much, much greater cost. Shame on us.

This is happening because we - Australia, America, Europe and others, politicians and citizens - do not want to do what needs to be done to stop it. We are unwilling risk our lives or too much treasure to help #Ukraine resist Putin now. 1/2

This is the most pro-imperialist ‘tweet’ of the day. Oh the irony. You should ask the victims of Russian empire past and present what they think about your radically pro-imperialist views.

Former Kherson mayor Volodymyr Mykolaienko, abducted by Russian forces in April 2022, is still held in harsh conditions in Russia.

He once gave up his spot in a prisoner swap to save his sick cellmate. His family has had no contact or updates since.

Her name was Olena. A Russian missile killed her today in 🇺🇦 Sumy.

One of 34 dead (so far).

#StandWithUkraine

Nail. Head. Hit.

Arrange in any order...

Spoiler: It is absolutely market manipulation

What kind of business are they doing with the penguins then?

You are worried that Ukrainian has been adopted as the official language? In the US, all languages except English have been (by your logic) totally banned by Presidential directive in March this year. The rest of the world needs to invade immediately apparently:-

Demonstrating total ignorance about Ukraine. There was never a Russian/Ukrainian language problem in Ukraine, and there has never been a ban on Russian language. That’s a bit like saying the English language is banned in America. Well, you may not be able to speak it very well, but it’s not banned.

To be fair, he bought Twitter AND AMERICA for the 44 billion.

On the other hand, the main purpose of US tariff policy and the trade war seems to be to force the US domestic market to buy Teslas. Presumably as a reward for support in coming to power.

🤬 Right now, Russia is attacking Kherson: one person has died, there are injured, — OVA

🙏 The city is partially without electricity, trolleybus traffic has been stopped.

That is more damning for them if outsiders could scheme their way in. At least if he was invited that limits who could get in.

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

These guys inherited one of the most functional state apparatus in the history of the world and they are inhabiting it like a crack house.
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Putin is ruthlessly erasing Ukrainian identity in Russian-occupied Ukraine Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin is pursuing policies in Russian-occupied Ukraine that almost certainly meet the definition of ethnic cleansing and may qualify as genocide, writes Peter Dickinson.

Putin issued a new decree today threatening to deport Ukrainians from their own homes in occupied Ukraine if they refuse to accept Russian citizenship. This is part of a Kremlin campaign to erase Ukrainian identity entirely throughout Russian-occupied regions

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my friend Galina and her medic evac crew had their ambulance attacked, they're currently not able to evacuate wounded

please help, that's their jar: send.monobank.ua/jar/3eQDSY45By
and in case it doesn't work, paypal: derkachgalina460@gmail.com

Musk cuts the team finding Ukrainian children stolen by Russia Trump’s federal cost-cutting - led by Elon Musk's Doge – has now hit the unit helping rescue Ukrainian children taken by Russia

Russia has kidnapped tens of thousands of Ukrainian children. Putin was indicted for this crime. Yale has a unit searching for them. Musk eliminated the funding.
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