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Russia continues to escalate drone attacks on passenger trains, railway infrastructure Russian drone hit two passenger trains in just one day.

⚡️ Russia continues to escalate drone attacks on passenger trains, railway infrastructure.

Russian drone hit two passenger trains in just one day.

Moron Risk Premiums Is an evil moron less dangerous than an evil genius?

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Brilliant. An expat im Dubai has a startling revelation, by @stephencollins.bsky.social

Agreed 👇

Same, I got added to the pension scheme after giving a talk for an £80 fee. When I asked to be removed from payroll and pension scheme they rudely told it wasn’t their fault!

Zelenskyy says Ukraine will not abandon Donbas despite Russian demands President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will not abandon Donbas or the 200,000 Ukrainians living there, warning that any withdrawal would open the way for Russia to advance deeper into the country ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will not abandon Donbas or the 200,000 Ukrainians living there, warning that any withdrawal would open the way for Russia to advance deeper into the country and encourage further Kremlin demands

Performative cruelty from a government that should know better and was voted in to do better

BREAKING NEWS in the world of Sticky Toffee Puddings

There are so many things about leaving Kyiv that are weird but one of them is being in a city where the lights are on. It’s so hard to explain how it is to go from blackout to lights.

I’m looking to place my reporting from the Donbas - if you are an editor looking for a reported feature on the IDP crisis in Eastern Ukraine then HMU.

Also available for podcasts and such.

Pics from Kyiv

Pics from Pavlohrad

Pics from Kryvyi Rih

Is "deliverism" dead? Lawrence gave his first take on Iran at the weekend and will return to it later this week.

What is "deliverism"? Is it dead? And what would its death mean for progressive politics?

This essay (kindly published by @samfr.bsky.social) is my attempt to trace five years of trans-Atlantic debates, to set out what I see as the stakes, and to analyse where these arguments have now gotten to:

Driving through a drone tunnel in Donbas region

Walking through the blackout - 10.30pm in a vast city in 21st century Europe

In Kryvyi Rih we only had power for about 3 hours: below zero outside, no heating inside. So all my clothes on when in bed!

Bye Ukraine - until next time.

Evolution of Viktor Orbán's government propaganda:

2017: “Let’s not let Soros have the last laugh!”

2026: “Let’s not let Zelensky have the last laugh!”

By the way, can anyone guess the common feature that makes both such convenient scapegoats for a far-right government?

It’s out

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And THEY WILL NOT ACT AS A DETERRENT.

I didn’t vote Labour to get an even stupider migration policy than we had under the Tories.

Shabana Mahmood scraps permanent refugee status Change enters effect from Monday as home secretary pushes ahead with immigration overhaul despite fears of a rebellion from Labour MPs

These reforms are cruel and stupid: they increase uncertainty in an already vulnerable population, they prevent people from integrating and building a future, and they will cost time & money the government doesn’t have

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lol

Obligatory tank selfie

In Kyiv reporting on one war, while another war escalates.

Totally agree

Ukrainian couple find love during bombardment as they searched for nine missing cats Konstantin Alokhin and Natalya Zolotarenko met in Kharkiv when her cats went missing during the early days of the conflict

You can read it here. Please remember her and all the other victims of Russia’s awful and relentless war against the people of Ukraine.

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Exactly. It’s - as I say - gross.

And how does it help the victims of this war, to lie about the victims of another

I interviewed a mother whose daughter died in this strike. She was an incredibly brave and beautiful young woman - a maths genius with a bright future. She didn’t ever get to see that future.