Mary Doria Russell

❗️Over the week, Russia used almost 1400 strike drones, 1100 KABs, and 66 missiles against Ukrainians, – Zelensky

The week in Ukraine in pictures:

Sadly relevant today.

And I relentlessly keep showing you
Ukrainian talents I discover.

🇺🇦 Anastasiia Yaroshevych
Two, 2020

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: Russia started this war and Russia is the only country that can stop this war.

NOEL REPORTS
NOV 30

Overnight, Ukrainian drones once again, attacked energy infrastructure in occupied
Donesk region. Several explosions were reported, as well as power outages across the region.

"… in the present instance, it was perfectly clear to the accused that killing defenceless people in the life-boats could be nothing else but a breach of the law. As naval officers by profession they were well aware …."

Study reveals Europe’s real choice on Ukraine: $972 billion for victory, or $1.8 trillion when Russia comes for Baltics Abandoning Ukraine will cost twice as much as saving it.

Abandoning Ukraine would cost Europe $1.4–$1.8 trillion. Kyiv's victory is estimated $606–$972 billion, roughly half the price, according to Norwegian study

Kremlin win would shift Russian pressure toward the Baltics, demanding massive NATO buildup
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/01/s...

One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.

Greetings from Kyiv.

Today I’m at the railway station,
visiting this Christmas beauty.

I want the world to see our marvellous resilience.

A Dishonorable Strike Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder

🧵A legal scholar finds the killing by special forces of survivors in the Navy attack on an alleged drug boat to be a war crime and murder.

"the currently governing DOD Manual in Section 5.9 states clearly that persons “placed hors de combat may not be made the object of attack.” ...

🚨Damn.🚨NY showed up!🚨
Posted 15 minutes ago. 1/2

Klobuchar: "What the president has done is taken a horrific crime that occurred in DC and went 2,400 miles away to Somali & somehow indicted an entire group of people, 80k of them in my state, as well as all naturalized citizens. This is what he does. He tries to make people hate each other."

The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes

Ummmm, seems like whiskey Pete maybe shouldn’t have tweet about the war crimes.

By the way, the Christmas tree in Kyiv is almost ready.
I saw it yesterday.
The official opening is coming soon (no announcements, of course)

"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue." READ: belib.org/RussianInflu...
The same applies to USA and other European countries.

Only a matter of time before Felonious Maximus does the same...

Greetings from Kyiv!

On this last day of November, I want to thank everyone who supported my work this month –
who stayed,
who joined,
who upgraded,
who didn’t step away.

Thank you.

As always, here’s a short video to capture this month’s mood.

🎯 @robsandia.bsky.social on Private School Vouchers (for the wealthy) — “CALL THEIR BLUFF… if they want public dollars, they should have to follow the same rules as public schools… it’s not a ‘COMPETITION’ when not everyone is playing by the same rules.”

(cc: Speaker Sexton)

In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .

Explosions in Kyiv.
We’re under attack.

What else to say?
I charged everything,
edited photos – just in case I don’t get another chance (sorry, dark humour)

Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?

Release the MRI results

European officials welcome Ukraine’s anti-corruption searches of Zelensky's top aide As law enforcement raids the house of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest aide, European officials are voicing support for Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies — with one even expressing relief that ...

As law enforcement raids the house of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s closest aide, European officials are voicing support for Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies — with one even expressing relief that a figure seen a toxic among some in Europe is being investigated.

Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee in a bookstore.

I love the quiet hum of books.
Just stopped by to wish you a lovely Friday.