In Kyiv reporting on one war, while another war escalates.
01.03.2026 15:36 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@sianushka.bsky.social
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In Kyiv reporting on one war, while another war escalates.
01.03.2026 15:36 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Totally agree
01.03.2026 14:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
You can read it here. Please remember her and all the other victims of Russiaโs awful and relentless war against the people of Ukraine.
inews.co.uk/news/world/u...
Exactly. Itโs - as I say - gross.
01.03.2026 13:27 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And how does it help the victims of this war, to lie about the victims of another
01.03.2026 13:24 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I 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 didnโt ever get to see that future.
01.03.2026 13:24 โ ๐ 46 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
March 1 marks the fourth anniversary of the cruise missile strike on the Kharkiv Regional State Administration building. At the time of the attack, territorial defense fighters, military personnel, and volunteers were inside.
The strike killed 44 people and wounded another 15.
Itโs so gross.
01.03.2026 13:21 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This is from the roof of a school in Kharkiv
01.03.2026 13:19 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Utter vile nonsense. Russia has hit so so many schools and kindergartens, killing and injuring children week on week
01.03.2026 13:18 โ ๐ 193 ๐ 52 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0I was just having this conversation about how life is in Ukraine
01.03.2026 11:11 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I am seeing people in Dubai tweeting about how normal things are today, shops being open etc โ which is great and I am glad you are safe (I have family there too). It isn't that unexpected tho? Cities in Ukraine operate fairly normally despite hundreds more strikes a day.
01.03.2026 10:53 โ ๐ 87 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1I didnโt know Paul Conroy personally but so sad to hear of his death, at too young an age. His bravery and determination to show the reality of war, and to platform the voices of its victims, was vital in getting the truth out. Rest in power.
01.03.2026 10:02 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
I am devastated to learn that my dear friend, my brother in arms, Paul Conroy has gone on to the next life.
He was one of the bravest men I have ever known. I can barely believe it, we only spoke yesterday.
His loss will be felt profoundly by us all.
Rest in peace @reflextv.bsky.social
Iโm appalled by this from the Mail. Ugly, straightforward racism, and amplifying the spurious claim of its favoured candidate (even the Reform party chair said last week that any irregularities wouldnโt have changed the result).
01.03.2026 06:53 โ ๐ 73 ๐ 10 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it.
Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.
Moving testimony from Ukraineโs kids
The Ukrainian children waiting for parents who may never return
www.thetimes.com/article/5a79...
Biden on Trump's SOTU speech: The guy talked for almost 2 hours, but never mentioned the anniversary of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Not once. Iโve spent a lot of time in Ukraine. The incredible bravery of those people. Imagine how they feel, wondering,
28.02.2026 17:03 โ ๐ 292 ๐ 57 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 0This is one of my fave social experiments apart from how many times I get shoved
28.02.2026 17:30 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
๐ฎ๐ทโ๏ธ Iranian media claimed that a girlsโ elementary school in Iranโs Hormozgan province was struck by U.S.โIsraeli airstrikes.
At least 36 students are reported killed, with children and teachers still believed to be under the rubble as rescue operations continue.
Claims of 40 dead after an Israeli airstrike on a elementary girlโs school in Iran
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Extraordinary interview in the Times with a Ukrainian dedushka born in a Soviet gulag, his parents deemed โenemies of the peopleโ, now aged nearly 70 he repairs rockets and missiles on the frontlines
The Ukrainian grandads who fix up rockets to fire at Putinโs men
www.thetimes.com/article/2ac9...
Even now you will find very senior people in Labour who just do not take the threat from the left seriously at all, and who simply refuse to believe who their own voters actually are. Now that the Greens actually realise who their voters can be, they have a big opening.
27.02.2026 07:59 โ ๐ 577 ๐ 78 ๐ฌ 23 ๐ 11Oh wow, huge news! What are your plans now?
26.02.2026 11:18 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
We hear little about it in the news but disabled people are being horrifically targeted in the Sudan war.
Human Rights Watch report RSF have killed civilians including a blind child, a man with Down syndrome called โinsaneโ, and a 14 year old wheelchair user. A horror.
www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
A great reminder of the power of local journalism.
Credit to @lukebeardsworth.bsky.social and our sister publication @theleaduk.bsky.social Lancashire who drew attention to this story first!
national.thelead.uk/p/prime-mini...
They donโt mean men
24.02.2026 16:37 โ ๐ 53 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0End the occupation. Russian troops out of Ukraine
24.02.2026 11:25 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Slava Ukraini
24.02.2026 10:58 โ ๐ 56 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0