“There is nothing more corrosive to the rule of law than violence inflicted on members of the public by apparently unaccountable state agents.”
Philip Dykes SC
my family was just forced to vote at gunpoint in russian cosplay of a “referendum” in southern ukraine:
- they come to your house
- you have to openly tick the box for being annexed by russia (or for staying with ukraine if you feel suicidal)
- all while armed gunmen watch you
Prince William says the Queen was "by my side at my happiest moments. And she was by my side during the saddest days of my life"
https://t.co/6QEzskZjE9
Russia has committed another petrifying war crime by shelling a correctional facility in the occupied Olenivka where it held Ukrainian POWs. I call on all partners to strongly condemn this brutal violation of international humanitarian law and recognize Russia a terrorist state.
Russian soldiers film and publish videos of how they mutilate genitals and then shoot a Ukrainian POW in the head. How is this different from ISIS videos where they slaughtered people in front of the camera? Russia is a terrorist state and must be designated as such
⚡️Johnson says increasing cost of living in UK ‘should not be reason to abandon support for Ukraine.’
Although Russia’s war has driven up prices in the UK, abandoning Ukraine would be “morally repugnant” and would “encourage” Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Boris Johnson said.
Finland is announcing the construction of new barriers and fences on its 1300km border with Russia
A new defensive maneuver that responds to Russia's threats of troop deployments near the Finnish border ahead of Finland's NATO membership application
⚡️General Staff: Russian unit in Kharkiv region refuses to fight.
Ukraine’s Armed Forces report early on June 10 that all members of Russia’s motorized infantry unit of the First Army Corps refused to fight after suffering heavy losses in Kharkiv Oblast.
⚡️Joint Forces Operation: Ukrainian troops repel 7 Russian attacks, destroy military equipment.
On June 9, Ukraine’s Armed Forces destroyed 10 tanks, four armored vehicles, a military warehouse, as well as five Russian Orlan-10 drones in Donbas.
It's impossible to describe the feeling when you find out every day that people you knew were killed by Russians in the war. Some of the best professionals: university professors, businessmen, journalists. And then you hear calls for appeasement and excuses not to help Ukraine
⚡️Zelensky: 'Russia will also have to leave Crimea.'
President Zelensky said during his daily address that Russia will also have to leave Kherson, Melitopol, Enerhodar, Mariupol, and "all other cities and communities where they are still pretending to be the owners.”
⚡️ CNN: Satellite images appear to show Russian ships loading Ukrainian grain in Crimea.
Satellite images from May 19 and 21 by Maxar Technologies show two Russian-flagged ships at the Port of Sevastopol loading what reportedly appears to be stolen Ukrainian grain.
⚡️Zelensky: Ukraine may be losing up to 100 soldiers fighting in the east every day.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said during a press briefing on May 22 that 50-100 soldiers may be dying every day defending Ukraine in “the most difficult direction,” in the country’s east.
⚡️Ukraine launches hotline for Russian army's soldiers to surrender.
After intercepting calls from soldiers conscripted by Russia in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine who compare their service to slavery and ask for help, the 2024 hotline was launched for them to surrender.
Ukraine, and only Ukraine will define when and how the war ends. We exercise our right to self-defence under article 51 of the UN Charter following a brutal armed attack. President @ZelenskyyUa has been clear. We don’t need anyone else’s land, but we won’t give up on what’s ours.