Simon (fella)🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦

Ex Military, Ex Prison Service. Now retired😀I hate Russia and I will support Ukraine to victory.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Russia has already committed over 200,000 war crimes in Ukraine during the course of its full-scale invasion.

Is Europe waiting for 300,000 Russian war crimes before finally taking action against Russia?

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

A Russian missile attack on Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region killed 5 people‼️

​In the middle of the night, in a town where only a couple of seconds pass between the alert and the impact... they stood no chance.

All these years later, Russia is still free to bomb apartment buildings and kill with no reaction from the world whatsoever.

[Churchill MGᵀᴹ 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇸 @ChurchillFella]

Ukrainian student Iryna Zabudko died in a hospital today.
She was severely injured during Russian attack on Kyiv on June 2nd.
Never forget. Never forgive.

[Simon (fella)🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 @SimonMarklew]

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[JP Lindsley | Journalist @JPLindsley]

King Charles III welcomes many foreign leaders to the UK. None receive a welcome like he affords Zelensky: In the royal family's private quarters, bedecked with whimsical heirlooms, in Windsor Castle.

King Charles's very existence is about optics. And he knows what he is doing.

https://t.co/0OqCEk5ob2

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Being unable to achieve its goals on the battlefield, Russia increases terror against civilians. The world cannot close eyes to its scale.

At least three people were killed, including a pregnant 22-year-old woman, in Chuhuiv, as a result of Russia’s overnight terrorist attacks on Kharkiv and its region.

In Zaporizhzhia, Russian strikes killed at least two people and injured over thirty, including children. In Chernihiv, Russians struck an ordinary truck that delivered bread, injuring its 55-year-old driver. Other regions have been under attack as well.

Russia has already committed over 200,000 war crimes in Ukraine in the course of its full-scale invasion. It must be held accountable.

We urge the world to ramp up pressure on the Russian regime and further increase the cost of this terror for the aggressor.

[Simon (fella)🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 @SimonMarklew]

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[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Horrifying moment of russian drone strike on bus stop in Zaporizhzhia‼️

At least 2 people killed, at least 15 reported injured.

Bastards! Bloody terrorists!

[Simon (fella)🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 @SimonMarklew]

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[NSTRIKE @NSTRIKE1231]

🇬🇧🇺🇦 The UK Ministry of Defense has published a list of military equipment and hardware transferred to Ukraine in 2025:
▪️ 6 units of 155mm self-propelled artillery systems AS-90;
▪️ 6 units of T-72EA tanks (likely purchased from Czechia);
▪️ 50 units of all-terrain vehicles Warthog;
▪️ 20 units of M113 armored personnel carriers;
▪️ 46 units of high-protection mine-resistant armored vehicles Roshel (MRAP);
▪️ 53 units of mine-resistant armored vehicles MEAP Husky;
▪️ 7 units of MRAP Mastiff armored vehicles;
▪️ 2 units of armored recovery and repair vehicles Warthog (ARV);
▪️ 35 units of CAT and JCB excavators;
▪️ 20 units of Avon W525 boats;
▪️ 30 units of inflatable boats IRC Mk.3;
▪️ 60 units of various types of boats.

This is a substantial package that significantly strengthens Ukraine’s artillery, armored mobility, engineering, and riverine capabilities. The large number of MRAP vehicles and engineering equipment is particularly important for demining and logistical operations in contaminated areas. The UK continues to be one of Ukraine’s most consistent and reliable partners.

Video is generated by grok AI

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

Do not forget who did this.

On June 6, 2023, Russia destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam. The area was under Russian control. They were prepared, releasing statements within minutes blaming Ukraine.

One of the biggest failures I witnessed in journalism and politics that day was how many American media outlets repeated Russian claims without proper scrutiny, context, or disclaimers. Meanwhile, Ukraine was rescuing people and trying to determine exactly what had happened before issuing an official statement.

Working on Capitol Hill that day, I remember only a handful of lawmakers saying Russia should be held accountable. Others, including then-Congressman and current UN Ambassador Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz ), argued that Russia had no reason to blow up the dam (video attached).

Today, I want to remind everyone: Russia started this war, and Russia bears responsibility for every single act of devastation and every atrocity that has followed.

[L’Atlantista 🇮🇹🇺🇦 @Latlantista]

Oggi ho il piacere di annunciarvi che il “corridoio terrestre” verso la Crimea, che i russi chiamano “rotta di Novorossiya”, è stato ufficialmente chiuso.

Le autorità d’occupazione hanno esteso, “fino a nuovo avviso”, il divieto di transito per i veicoli civili su praticamente tutta l’estensione di questa strada che ora si trova costantemente sotto tiro ucraino.

Complimenti agli ucraini e a tutti i contribuenti europei: è un risultato davvero importante, strategico oserei dire.

[Exilenova+ @Exilenova_plus]

The Russians are so afraid of Ukrainian UAVs that at checkpoints in Novoshakhtinsk, in the Rostov Region, they are breaking the seals on large vehicles to check for drones inside, even if all the paperwork is in order. The traffic is also full of Russian military equipment. Please bear this in mind.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Suckers and sycophants from 130 countries landed in St Petersburg for Putin's forum.

Useful idiots checked in, raided the minibar, tested bedsprings. Then sirens and blasts hit.

Ukraine sent its own secret delegation: a swarm of drones - Boris Johnson in Daily Mail.

Johnson:

This was meant to be Putin's Davos.

No amount of free vodka is going to persuade people to invest in Russia if they think a Ukrainian drone is going to come through the window.

The drones travelled more than 500 miles, eluded Russia's air defences, hit oil depots in St Petersburg, and damaged a corvette in dry dock so badly that it won't be sailing for months, if not years.

We could unfreeze Russian assets, help with Tomahawks and other long-range missiles, and cripple the sanctions-busting shadow fleet of oil tankers.

A defeat for Putin would be a wonderful moment for a world starved of good news.

They are going to win. We just need the guts to help them win faster.

[War Radar @War_Radar2]

‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukraine War Is Costing Moscow Heavily

Dozens of Russian military trucks are seen in circulating clips destroyed following Ukrainian drone strikes along the Crimean land bridge (GLOC) route.

The footage is spreading rapidly online, with scenes showing heavy vehicle losses along the key supply corridor.

[Simon (fella)🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦 @SimonMarklew]

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[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🕯💔 Ukraine has lost another defender — combat medic Marina Spasyonova, who dedicated herself to saving the lives of her fellow soldiers.

Marina was from the village of Vilne in Sumy Oblast. She was born on January 21, 2001.

After graduating from medical college, she volunteered to join the Armed Forces in 2023.

On the front line, Marina provided medical aid to wounded comrades and was killed while carrying out a mission in one of the most dangerous sectors of the battlefield.

🕯 Eternal memory to the Heroine.

💔 Deepest condolences to her family, friends, and brothers-in-arms.

[Euan MacDonald @Euan_MacDonald]

Ukrainian drones have again flown ti St. Petersburg this morning - there are reports of another hit on the marine plant at Kronstadt. Overnight, there were also drone strikes on an oil depot in Ust-Labinsk, SW fascist Russia, and the port in Mariupol, in Russian-occupied Ukraine.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Russian strike on an ambulance in Kherson today.

Russia is systematically tearing Kherson apart, committing one war crime after another. The city is in a desperate, critical situation‼️‼️

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Military analyst Michael Clarke: "On the battlefield, Russians are going nowhere. They're losing more than they're gaining. They're getting pushed backwards.

And now the weather is good. We've got through rasputitsa, which is the wet season.

So this is the time — May and June — when they ought to be making gains, and they're not. Every other year they make gains in May and June, not this year."

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

A large-scale fire broke out in Saint Petersburg following a strike by Ukrainian drones. The target was the Petersburg Oil Terminal, one of Russia's largest oil infrastructure facilities on the Baltic Sea. Zelenskyy reported on the successful operations carried out tonight by the soldiers of the SBU, SBS, SOF, HUR, and SBGS. The distance to the targets is approximately 1,100 kilometers.

[SergioLR🪖 @CasetaBosque]

🪖‼️‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦ÚLTIMA HORA🇺🇦🇷🇺‼️‼️🪖

⚡️Ucrania 🇺🇦 ha logrado atacar la base naval de Kronstadt 🇷🇺 esta mañana, impactando y dañando gravemente a la corbeta de clase Steregushchy Boikiy 🇷🇺 mientras se encontraba en dique seco para reparaciones y mantenimiento.

El Boikiy 🇷🇺 es uno de los principales buques de combate de superficie de la Flota del Báltico rusa 🇷🇺, ya que fue construido en 2013 y es un buque de guerra que está diseñado para misiones antisuperficie, antisubmarinas y de defensa antiaérea.

También está equipado con misiles guiados, sistemas de defensa antiaérea, torpedos y un helicóptero Ka-27.

Un gran golpe.

[Giorgi Revishvili @revishvilig]

An explosion occurred at a weapons production facility in Russia’s Tula.

According to local reports, the fire broke out at the weapons manufacturing facility of A+A, a producer of weapons and ammunition. 1/

[Gianl1974 @Gianl1974]

*BRITISH WRITER PENS THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF TRUMP*
Someone asked "Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?" Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed.
So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump's limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever.
I don't say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it's a fact. He doesn't even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn't just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It's all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don't. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He's not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He's more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless or female – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think 'Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy' is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and most are.
• You don't need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it's impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.