A Russian militant known as “Grom” raped filmmaker and journalist Alisa Kovalenko for four days.
Before that, militants beat and interrogated her. They threatened to cut off her fingers and teeth.
Alisa was 27. She came to Donbas to film the start of Russia’s war, UP.
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Nobody can tell future generations that nobody cared.
Not if we all fill the streets of London on 20 June.
Young and old.
Show up. Be seen. Be counted.
A better relationship with Europe starts with people who are prepared to stand up and say so.
@MarchForRejoin
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Everyone’s looking for Elvira Nabiullina, Russia’s Central Bank head—once seen as the “adult” in the room. She skipped the St. Petersburg Economic Forum—she knows the economy is collapsing. Whether fleeing or resisting, she won’t go down with Putin. Full war economy looms—and so does the collapse of the regime. Subscribe and share the truth! 🔥
#RussiaIsCollapsing #PutinCollapses #StandWithUkraine #MakeRussiaSmallAgain #RussiaEconomy
A lot of people have been asking where I am and if I am ok. I am preparing.
In two weeks, I will begin my first vacation in nearly two years.
I won't be spending it on a beach. I won't be traveling abroad. I won't be resting.
Instead, I will walk home.
From Maidan and the Alley of Heroes in Kyiv to Kramatorsk.
Hundreds of kilometers.
Roughly 50 kilometers every day.
In the summer heat, where temperatures regularly reach 28°C and above. I have my own health challenges, and there will be days when every step hurts. But compared to what my soldiers endure every day, that discomfort is insignificant.
I am doing this because it is easy for the frontline to feel distant when you are not living beside it. For my soldiers, there is no distance. The war is present in every day, every decision, and every kilometer of ground they defend.
But my soldiers are still there.
They are still defending #Ukraine.
They are still living in frontline villages and cities.
They are still carrying the weight of a war that most people only see through a screen.
Donbas is Ukraine.
And Donbas is not some distant place on a map.
It is home.
My soldiers are former prisoners. Even if they are granted a vacation, it does not look like yours or mine. They will still remain close. They do not get to simply walk away from it.
So I am asking for your help.
This walk is about awareness, but awareness alone does not keep soldiers alive.
Equipment does.
Vehicles do.
Communications do.
Drones do.
Recently, our only ground drone struck a mine and was destroyed.
That wasn't just a piece of equipment. It was a lifeline. It delivered water. It carried supplies. It reduced risk to the soldiers who depended on it.
Now it is gone.
And what we have in the field is what we have.
That is not a position any unit should be forced into.
My goal is to raise a minimum of $50,000 during this journey so that my battalion can continue operating, continue adapting, and continue bringing our people home.
Every kilometer I walk is for the soldiers who cannot leave.
Every kilometer is for the fallen whose flags stand in the Alley of Heroes.
Every kilometer is for Donbas.
Every kilometer is for Ukraine.
If you can donate, please do.
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If you cannot donate, share this campaign.
Help me carry this message from Kyiv to Kramatorsk.
The war is not over.
And neither are we.
#Support93 #SupportUkraine
Everything Farage said was a complete lie.
If you believed him over Brexit then you were conned.
If you vote for Farage and Reform now then you are an idiot.
"How do you even keep your mental health together?"
"I don't. I lost it a long time ago. Ever since three of my closest friends and my boyfriend were killed. I was the one who recovered his body from the evacuation point."
Ukrainian Defender "Kit" ("Cat") from the Magura Brigade joined the military at the age of 24. Over four years of service, she has fought in some of the war's hottest sectors, including the defense of Donetsk region, the counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia region, and the Kursk operation.
Kit's boyfriend died defending Ukraine in Donetsk region while carrying out a combat mission.
"One evening, he brought me the wounded and the fallen from the positions, and the very next evening, he was the one being recovered..."
Today, Kit is defending the Sumy region.
📹: Hromadske Radio
Brexit was a “colossal act of self-harm” and the worst policy disaster since 1930s appeasement.
Brexit failed to deliver any of its promises (cheaper energy/food, global trade boom, NHS funding).
Daniel Hannan’s vision of a new dawn serve as proof of the scale of the lies.
Brexit broke Britain by blowing a 5-10% black hole in our economy.
Economist Mariana Mazzucato says Brexit led to businesses leaving the UK, shrank market opportunities and damaged investment.
She says Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have still not been held accountable for what she calls one of the country's biggest economic mistakes.
Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson have both denied lying to the public.
Given way the EU is covered in media I understand why lots of Brits think it's all about Brussels. But actually more power lies in the member states. Not being one when the rest of Europe is inside = giving up - not taking back - control.
russian occupation is not peace.
On Nov. 12, 2025, pro-Ukrainian Crimean resident Marina Ryff went to migration services in Gurzuf to extend her Ukrainian residency. She had refused a russian passport.
FSB agents forced her to unlock her phone, accessed her Facebook account, saw a Ukrainian flag and posts supporting Ukraine's military, then fabricated charges: “discrediting the army,” “extremist symbols,” and hooliganism.
She was sentenced in absentia to 14 days of administrative arrest — and then she vanished.
Six months later, there has been no contact, no confirmed location, and no access to a lawyer.
This is a well-known russian tactic: use minor administrative charges to abduct people, isolate them, and later accuse them of treason.
When people talk about “peace” under russian occupation, remember Marina Ryff.
She disappeared simply for refusing to stop being Ukrainian. That's what russian occupation means.
They promised sovereignty.
We got queues, shortages and decline.
So we’re taking to the streets. 🇪🇺
🗓 Saturday 20th June 2026
📍 Temple Station from 12PM
📍 Parliament Square from 2:30PM
Europe isn’t the past.
It’s the future.
IRÁN: Aida Rostami fue una médica valiente. Atendía a personas que luchaban por la libertad, protestando contra el régimen.
Por eso, el régimen islámico la castigó de la manera más cruel. Fue torturada y le fracturaron huesos, la nariz y los hombros. Le arrancaron el ojo izquierdo. Luego, la asesinaron.
Su cuerpo quebrado cuenta una historia de una crueldad inimaginable. Aida no merecía esto: era una sanadora, no una criminal. El régimen le quitó la vida por atreverse a ayudar a otros. Su sacrificio no debe ser olvidado.
Comparte esto. El mundo debe saber.