🔴 Russian soldier confesses to rape and murder of Ukrainian children.
Captured Russian soldier Rustam Gareyev from the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade confessed to executing 20 civilians in Avdiivka, including an elderly woman and a teenager.
Update 2
I was to leave tomorrow for Odesa to send the Welder
Today I was given hygene products, Towels, nurses Uniforms, bed linen & soaps that I can give to Hospital 25 Kharkiv.
All will go Nova Poshta as I cannot justify the cost to go there
as it is an extra 1,800 km (€350) & 2 nights accomadation €76 I am not prepared to waste.
As it is
Fuel €350
Ferry €45
Accomadation €80
Nova Poshta approx €150
Anyone who can help out please do as I will leave Wednesday once I get paperwork sorted tomorrow
The contrast between Reagan’s speech at Point-Du-Hoc and Pete Hegseth today are like two different galaxies. Listen to how much reverence he gives to the same allies that Hegseth attacks.
@HiddenHistoryYT HMS BULLDOG, suggest you check your history. Maybe you're stating that they got updated code books or machine. But the Royal Navy was first.
@HiddenHistoryYT You do know that on May 9th 1941, Sub-Lieutenant David Balme RN from HMS Bulldog under orders from Commander Joe Baker-Cresswell RN, captured the enigma and cyphers from U110.
The enigma was taken to Bletchley park where Alan Turing and his team broke enigma.
Why it is sometimes common sense to say no to the military
When the military requested an €800 welder, we said no.
Not because they did not need a welder, but because there was a better solution.
Instead of buying a new budget Chinese MIG welder, we purchased a second-hand German industrial machine for €240. It is a professional-grade unit, built for years of workshop use, with a more robust wire-feed system, better duty cycle, and greater reliability.
Supporting Ukraine is not about blindly buying whatever is requested. Every request should be examined for suitability, value for money, and whether there is a better alternative available.
The military understands its operational needs better than we ever will. However, donors and volunteers also have a responsibility to ensure that limited funds are spent as effectively as possible.
Sometimes helping means saying yes.
Sometimes helping means asking questions.
And sometimes helping means saying no to the original request and finding a better solution.
On 30 May 2026, a strike using six UAVs was carried out against fuel storage tanks belonging to the 104th Separate Logistics Brigade (Military Unit 11387, Chita).
The fuel was being stored at the facilities of LLC "Agroprodukt" oil depot, located in the settlement of Matveyev Kurgan, Rostov.
Today we remember Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly OBE RN, the Royal Navy doctor who became one of the most respected medical officers in British military history and the only serviceman from the Falklands War to be decorated by both Britain and Argentina.
Richard Tadeusz “Rick” Jolly was born in Hong Kong in 1946 to Polish parents who had endured Japanese internment during the Second World War.
Educated at Stonyhurst College, he went on to study medicine at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College in London, qualifying as a doctor in 1969. After working as a junior doctor, he joined the Royal Navy in 1972, beginning a career that would eventually place him at the centre of one of Britain’s most famous military campaigns.
During his naval service, Jolly served with the Royal Marines, the Fleet Air Arm and in a variety of operational and training appointments. One of his most important pre-war roles was as Medical Officer to 42 Commando Royal Marines, gaining invaluable experience in field medicine and operational deployments.
By 1982 he was serving as the Senior Medical Officer of 3 Commando Brigade, responsible for the medical support of thousands of Royal Marines and soldiers deployed to the South Atlantic.
During the Falklands War, Jolly established and commanded the field hospital at Ajax Bay, housed inside a disused refrigeration plant overlooking San Carlos Water. The hospital quickly became known as the “Red and Green Life Machine”, named after the colours of the Royal Marines and Army personnel serving there. Working under constant pressure, often with limited supplies and under the threat of Argentine air attack, Jolly and his team treated more than 1,000 casualties, including around 300 Argentine wounded.
Remarkably, of the 580 British battle casualties who reached Ajax Bay alive, only three later died and none died under Jolly’s direct care. Friend and foe alike received the same treatment, earning the respect of everyone who passed through the hospital.
For his actions during the campaign, Rick Jolly was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). Years later, the Argentine government learned just how many of their soldiers had survived because of the work carried out at Ajax Bay.
In 1999, they awarded him the Order of May, one of Argentina’s highest honours. This made him the only veteran of the Falklands War to be officially decorated by both sides of the conflict. When he sought permission from Queen Elizabeth II to wear the Argentine medal, she personally approved the request.
Jolly remained in the Royal Navy until 1996, retiring as a Surgeon Captain after 24 years of service. In retirement he became a passionate advocate for veterans, helping to found the South Atlantic Medal Association and campaigning for greater recognition of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among former servicemen and women. He also wrote several books, including The Red and Green Life Machine, which remains one of the most important first-hand accounts of medical operations during the Falklands War.
Surgeon Captain Rick Jolly died on 13 January 2018 at the age of 71. His legacy endures not only through the hundreds of lives he helped save but through the example he set of professionalism, courage and humanity in war.
In a conflict defined by bravery on land, sea and air, Rick Jolly proved that sometimes the greatest act of service is not taking life but preserving it.
Courtesy of FactSlap
Borrowed from Facebook.
On May 31, Ukraine’s capital marks Kyiv Day, celebrating the city’s rich history and its central role as the heart of the country’s resistance.
Despite the immense challenges of the full-scale invasion, the capital continues to move forward, driven by the determination of its people to preserve their vibrant civic and cultural life.
Video: thekyivlover / Instagram; The Kyiv Independent.