Outside the HK British Consulate:
"Hong Kongers never naively saw the Queen as a saint. Hong Kong cherishes the memory of the Queen because the HK under your jurisdiction represented a glorious time, a free era...you were the beacon of freedom, the epitome of civilisation."
⚡️Russia threatens Sweden, Finland with 'consequences' of joining NATO.
The ministry's Maria Zakharova said the two countries will then become a new "frontier” in Russia’s confrontation with NATO and there'll be “negative consequences for peace and stability in northern Europe."
Hong Kong’s student societies had historically played an important role in activism and driving the society’s political narratives. Now, these unions lie in tatters.
My latest for @Diplomat_APAC on the demise #HK#studentunions since the end of 2019.
https://t.co/Dg2XTLV38o
⚡️Foreign minister: Putin's nuclear threat is an attempt to put pressure on Ukraine ahead of the negotiations with Russia.
Putin's order came shortly after it was announced that the two delegations were ready to meet, Dmytro Kuleba said.
"We will not succumb to this pressure."
This was the world’s largest aircraft, AN-225 ‘Mriya’ (‘Dream’ in Ukrainian). Russia may have destroyed our ‘Mriya’. But they will never be able to destroy our dream of a strong, free and democratic European state. We shall prevail!
BREAKING — Turkey says what happens in Ukraine constitutes a war under Montreux Convention, says will act accordingly: Foreign Minister
Meaning, Turkey can close the straits for Russian warships except the ones associated with the Black Sea fleet
⚡️EU shuts its airspace to all Russian-owned, Russian-registered, or Russian-controlled aircraft, President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on Twitter.
“Including the private jets of oligarchs,” she wrote.
This morning more than 500,000 people took to the streets of #Berlin to protest against #Russian invasion of #Ukriane. The world is united against the occupants.
#StandWithUkriane 💙💛