Today, Russia's shelling destroyed another book printing house in Kharkiv.
In Ukraine, Kharkiv is known as "the capital of book publishing." More than 80% of Ukrainian books are published there.
First front page on the @Evening_Tele and it’s an important one. The number of drug deaths may have fallen but these figures are still heartbreaking and behind each one is a person. #buyapaper
On July 22, Russia puts its signature on a piece of paper that envisions an agreement to partly lift the blockade and allow Ukraine to export grain.
A day later, Russia bombs Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port.
“Zara believed that a woman should be able to walk home.”
Please, take the time to read every word of this tribute to Zara Aleena by her family. I’m not sure I’ve read anything quite like it before.
Russian occupants in #Mariupol prohibit children from speaking Ukrainian in schools, threatening that “there will be consequences” for them and their parents if they hear someone speak Ukrainian. That’s on top of removing all Ukrainian books, and introducing a Russian curriculum
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Please share this! The Mercure Hotel in Livingston has been hosting Ukrainian refugees for the last 3 weeks, and tonight they were told they were being forceable relocated to Aberdeen. They now have until this upcoming Monday to sort something out.
Educators, please spread this far and wide. We need likes and retweets on this resource so that people who want it can find it.
Download it, read it, see if it resonates with you, if it will resonate with your child. If so, read it together.
We checked it out. You should, too.
A question: do you know of any foundations or generous individuals who wld be willing to provide support to struggling newspapers in war-zone or soon-to-be-warzone?
I ask b/c the editor of legendary Odesa Evening News wrote that the paper is struggling financially & needs help.
Hey Twitter! I've just donated to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal to help provide aid to people fleeing the conflict. Can you help? https://t.co/tn8mcHtXIu
HOW TO HELP UKRAINE 🇺🇦
Thread of donation links and organizations
I kindly ask everyone to retweet this thread so that more people in & outside of Ukraine see it.
Pushkin Square, maybe less than 1000 meters from Red Square and the Kremlin, is the cite of a significant protest. These people know the risks of challenging the regime. They’re on the street in-spite of major personal costs.
⚠️ I need your help please ⚠️
Does anyone happen to have one of the spoons from this penguin Christmas ASDA set?
My nephew (5, ASD) is extremely distressed about the spoon being missing and won't currently use any other cutlery (concerning considering his love of yoghurt!)
😥 horrendous fire in Craigshill, Livinston last night. For anywan local, The Tower bar is helping oot wae donations, clothes, food etc 👍 get in touch tae help oot if you can spare it ❤
Video courtesy ae Dion ❤
One of my friends and good pals sister, Alice Byrne, has gone missing in Edinburgh, Portobello. She's vulnerable and hasn't been seen or heard from since New Year's Eve – please please share, especially if you have any Edinburgh connections!
As we know several municipalities in Poland have been declared LGBT Free Zones and queer books removed from schools. I’ve been contacted by someone who is trying to counter the misrepresentation through founding an LGBT library - and they’re looking for UK poets/ authors 1/2