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Rosemary Thomas

@rozzthomas.bsky.social

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Former diplomat: Eastern Europe and IHL. Ex Ambassador to Belarus. EU Border Mission in Ukraine. Here to support Ukraine and Belarus. NAFO Fella traveller.

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Anyone know it itโ€™s coming to UK?

07.08.2025 07:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Exciting plane spotting yesterday, Ukraine's Antonov AN-124, the world's largest active cargo aircraft paying Dublin Airport a visit

Runway 28 Rooftop Bar & Restaurant / Instagram

07.08.2025 01:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m a regular donator but we have to accept that private funds, while hugely welcome, just wonโ€™t be as effective for scaling up.

06.08.2025 10:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But Russia is producing more. Needs addressing!

05.08.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UK water watchdog woos investors with โ€˜guaranteed revenuesโ€™ as it seeks ยฃ50bn Funds are needed to back projects to improve Britainโ€™s crumbling water infrastructure

Ofwat/Govt promised this to England's water company investors.

โ€œright to collectโ€ revenues from customers, โ€œopportunities for upsideโ€, โ€œcapped liabilitiesโ€ and โ€œinvestment positiveโ€ ... โ€œno exposure to competitive or market stranding risksโ€

This is a licence to fleece people.
archive.ph/brCru

05.08.2025 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 245    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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I turn on TV and see Farage all over Sky News. Ed Davey would never be given this coverage.

The MSM is serving as the propaganda mouthpiece for Putin's lying fascist tool, Farage.

And when will our media question Farage's creepy support for Andrew Tate?

04.08.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Truer words cannot be spoken of the present day corruption of the GOP into Maga immorality.

03.08.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 34    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Only 29% would back Brexit now โ€” poll proves tables have turned We asked Britain about Europe, China and their least favourite world leaders, but one answer stands out

โ€œOnly 29% would back Brexit now โ€” poll proves tables have turnedโ€
- @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

03.08.2025 07:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 137    ๐Ÿ” 60    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Yesterday, during a russian drone attack in the Sumy region, 12-year-old Kirill Holovko was killed. He was near the site of the strike with a friend when it occurred. Kirill sustained fatal injuries and died before medical help arrived. Another boy, aged 13, was wounded by shrapnel.

03.08.2025 07:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 215    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6
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1 month ago today Human Rights Watch reported Russian army is committing war crimes in Kherson, deliberately hunting civilians with drones in "human safaris". The UN has said it too

You'd think a permanent UNSEC member doing this would be bigger news. Maybe even some campus shutdowns as a result...

03.08.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 622    ๐Ÿ” 201    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
03.08.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Brexit is the most absurd hill for Labour to die on, and yet there's no doubt that they're dying, as recent poll numbers prove.

It is stark staring mad that their approach to Brexit continues to be "slightly improve the lifeboats on the Titanic".
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

03.08.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 393    ๐Ÿ” 149    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 31    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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I can't live with my wife because of visa rules - I feel like I'm being punished Chris Livings and his wife Marilena have been unable to build a life together in the UK due to visa restrictions

UK citizen, Chris, and Italian language teacher who speaks fluent English have been together for 7 years, married in 2023, but cannot live together due to the visa income restrictions.

Even if they get a visa the costs are large. Likely ยฃ6k for the first 2.5 years

inews.co.uk/news/i-cant-...

03.08.2025 09:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 64    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Only 29% would back Brexit now โ€” poll proves tables have turned We asked Britain about Europe, China and their least favourite world leaders, but one answer stands out

For a moment a majority was for it. And at peak leave we voted bit.ly/45cjF6p Like every summit, all around it was only downside. โ€œThe greatest act of national self harmโ€ as many have said from Geldof to Ian Kershaw to Heseltine.

03.08.2025 05:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 239    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 12    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Russian drone attacks killed and injured civilians today: one child dead and another wounded in Sumy region, a tractor driver killed near Raiske in Donetsk, and a six-year-old girl injured in a car hit in Kharkiv region, regional prosecutors report.

02.08.2025 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 21    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sofiia, who was pregnant, her husband, and their 2-year-old son were killed as a result of a russian strike on Kyiv. The family had moved from the Donetsk region to the capital in the summer of 2022.They will be buried in their hometown of Sloviansk.

02.08.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 46    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You know what, one like, one opinion about elections (or related).

01.08.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 225    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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๐ŸŽ–๏ธ Zelenskyy posthumously awarded the Order of Freedom to journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was killed in Russian captivity.

๐Ÿ’ฌ "Viktoriia is one of those who told the truth about the war. She worked at the front and in the temporarily occupied territories, risking her life."

02.08.2025 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 326    ๐Ÿ” 82    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Ukrainian soldiers are training British personnel in drone operations. Who could have imagined that.

02.08.2025 11:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1286    ๐Ÿ” 252    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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a cat is laying on a couch with a remote control . ALT: a cat is laying on a couch with a remote control .

Take it easy!

01.08.2025 19:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What he has done is to toss pax Americana in the bin with far reaching and damaging consequences.

01.08.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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1/6 THREAD: Why russia is doomed in the long run

russia was already doomed before it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war didnโ€™t cause its decline โ€” it accelerated it.

Demographics, economy, governance โ€” all broken. The future? Bleak

01.08.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Three children were trapped under the rubble of their own home - a 4-year-old boy is in critical condition - after a Russian strike on Dnipropetrovsk region.

Last night, Russian drones targeted the Synelnykove district. All three children were hospitalized.

01.08.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 338    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

Another night. Another Russian assault on Ukrainian civilians and civilian infrastructure.

01.08.2025 08:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A father clutching his child, sprinting for shelter.
Two elderly persons doubled over in grief on a shattered Kyiv street.

This is Russiaโ€™s war on civiliansโ€”deliberate, relentless, and criminal.
Homes reduced to rubble, lives erased in seconds. It is terror, not war.

Photo: Yan Dobronosov

31.07.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98    ๐Ÿ” 44    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Just an average column on one of Russia's largest state-owned media outlets today. One might think that they weren't all that interested ending their war in Ukraine.

31.07.2025 07:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 248    ๐Ÿ” 75    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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How many more peaceful cities must be dะตstroyed?
How many children must dั–e from Russian missiles?
How many families must be burั–ed under rubble?
How many times can Russia target hospitals, schools, and homes โ€” and remain unpunished?

31.07.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine to receive 11 more IRIS-T air defense batteries from Germany, โ€” N-tv.

Currently, Ukraine uses 7 IRIS-T SLM batteries, which are manufactured by Diehl Defence. In addition to them, Ukraine also uses another modification of IRIS-T SLS, which operates over short distances.

28.07.2025 17:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 332    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

For me, this is a really great moment...
I am grateful to my publisher and the entire team who made the English-language edition of my book possible.
And I thank all of you, dear readers, very much. Without you, none of this would have been possible...

22.07.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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UN sounds alarm: Nearly 70% of funding to help millions of Ukrainians is lacking - Euromaidan Press Despite escalating war and mounting civilian suffering, the UN has secured just 34% of its $2.6 billion aid target for Ukraine in 2025.

UN sounds alarm: Nearly 70% of funding to help millions of Ukrainians is lacking
Despite escalating war and mounting civilian suffering, the UN has secured just 34% of its $2.6 billion aid target for Ukraine in 2025.

euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/25/u...

26.07.2025 09:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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