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An old joke, newly relevant:
A Finn and a Russian are fishing on opposite sides of a river along the border between their countries. The Finn pulls fish after fish out of the water, to the Russian's growing frustration. Finally, the Russian can't bear it any more and bursts out: "How come you're getting all the fish?" The Finn replies calmly: "It's because the fish on your side are too afraid to open their mouths."
My video calling Orban a Putin shill has gone viral on Instagram in Hungary. The majority of comments are Hungarians saying they cannot stand what their Prime minister is doing. They are ashamed of his attacks on Ukraine.
@itvnews This is a poor attempt at trying to appear they are helping pet owners. Sort out the extortionate vet fees & ensure the insurance companies provide sufficient cover that actually pays out fully when you need to claim, not caps that don’t reflect market prices. That would help!
@SkyNews A poor attempt at trying to appear they are helping pet owners. Sort out the extortionate vet fees & ensure the insurance companies provide sufficient cover that actually pays out fully when you need to claim instead of caps that don’t reflect market prices. That would help!
@BBCBreakfast This is a poor attempt at trying to appear they are helping pet owners. Sort out the extortionate vet fees & ensure the insurance companies provide sufficient cover that actually pays out fully when you need to claim without caps that don’t reflect market costs. That would help!
@BBCBreaking@BBCNews This is a poor attempt at trying to appear they are helping pet owners. Sort out the extortionate vet fees & ensure the insurance companies provide sufficient cover that actually pays out fully when you need to claim. That would make a tangible difference
Kharkiv. Right now.
A russian-iranian Shahed hits a dormitory. Fire. Evacuations underway.
When it’s Dubai, the world is outraged.
When it’s Kharkiv, the world scrolls past.
Ukrainian lives are not worth less. Our lives are not cheaper.
The YouTube channel AstronautiCAST has published a time-lapse filmed from aboard the ISS showing strikes on Kyiv. On the night of December 26-27, the ISS camera captured both missile interceptions and impacts in Kyiv and near the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant, in the final seconds, missile interceptions are visible.
https://t.co/hpWLjn60Pc
Ian McKellen reads a poem called The First Letter to the Corinthians.
It was written by Artur Dron, Ukrainian Defender, writer, poet.
Please listen to it. These words are powerful and true.
"Love digs trenches and lives in them, gnawing on ice from a hacked up plastic bottle. When it suffers thirst at minus 20, love goes out on combat duty, enters firing positions with hernias, fever, prostatitis, with vast concussions, asthma, and allergies, with a high probability of not making it back.
And sometimes love closes its friends' eyes, wraps them in sleeping bags, and carries them away. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease.
Where there are tongues, they will be still. Where there is knowledge, it will pass away. Because sometimes when the shelling ceases, friends close love's eyes, wrap it in sleeping bags, and carry it away.
And then it passes on to the living."
(I've quoted my post with another essay by Artur Dron. If you haven't already, I strongly recommend that one, as well.)
📹: Ukraine WOW
Ukrainian Defenders steadily take out Russian air defense systems. They are worth millions of dollars and are hard to replace.
On the night of February 24, Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces struck several Russian military systems in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, as well as in occupied Crimea:
▪️ BM-27 Uragan MLRS;
▪️ Buk-M1 SAM system;
▪️ Pantsir-S1 air defense system;
▪️ Malakhit radar.
Glory!