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[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Her last-gasp attempt to help the Russians

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

In Kyiv, a new opera is tackling one of the most traumatising aspects of Russia’s invasion: the abduction of Ukrainian children. In the new work called “Mothers of Kherson”, music tries to give voice to that unspeakable pain, here’s my report:

[Julia Snip @jsnip]

The dark, twisty, thirty-year epic of Tony Abbott and Pauline Hanson has it all - betrayal, vengeance, prison: https://t.co/5d00XRYACD

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Applebaum: What binds Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is not religion or ideology.

China is communist, Russia nationalist, Iran theocratic. What binds them is fear of liberal language: rights, rule of law, separation of powers and independent courts. 1/

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Amazing: KPMG wrote a report describing the successful use of AI by businesses. But the case studies turned out to be AI hallucinations.
https://t.co/s3LE8vedNi

[Timothy Snyder @TimothyDSnyder]

It’s hard for Trump to end the war so long as his friends are making money from it.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

The details about the Tate brothers in this @newyorker profile are as sick as anything you will ever read. They are rapists, pornographers, traffickers - and heroes to the "conservative" MAGA movement
https://t.co/Zv2l52b9Id

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

He cannot bear being confronted with the truth. And he is surrounded by sycophants so it rarely happens

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

"Pete Hegseth’s D-day speech on immigration condemned as ‘grotesque stupidity.’ Historians and campaigners accuse US defence secretary of desecrating memory of soldiers who fell in Normandy"
https://t.co/VFtZCfZKJS

[Joni Askola @joni_askola]

Is it the smell of burning oil after Ukrainian drone strikes?

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

It is time to end this war. But Russia’s ruler wants to keep fighting. That is why Ukrainian sanctions against this aggression are working. Last night, our drones covered a distance of about 1,000 kilometers to the St. Petersburg region – to the enemy navy’s arsenals and a base in Kronstadt. Our long-range sanctions also reached about 500 kilometers into the Krasnodar region – and hit an oil depot. These are important results of the joint efforts by warriors from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Russia must end its war and stop its attacks on life. Any manifestation of injustice against Ukraine will receive a just response. I thank our warriors for their precision.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

This week, I prepared a special letter addressed to the President of the United States and to Congress. And yesterday, the letter was officially delivered to the institutions in Washington. It is quite rare for the leader of another state to address both the President and Congress of the United States simultaneously with a letter. But the situation now requires action, swift and effective action.

It is important that America hear Ukraine. We understand that much of the world’s attention is currently focused on the war in Iran. But the war here in Europe must also be brought to an end – a very bloody war that is already in its fifth year at full scale.

The sooner we are able to provide greater protection against ballistic threats, the sooner we will be able to make diplomacy work. As long as Russia continues to rely on missiles, its interest in diplomacy is not real. We must correct this. And we can do so only together with America.

Ukraine is grateful to America for all its support. And Ukraine will be even more grateful for a dignified peace and guaranteed security. All of this is possible – if there is sufficient determination.

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Russian forces shelled residential neighborhoods in Kherson with multiple launch rocket systems.
A father was killed. A mother and her two young daughters were injured.
This is what Russia’s war looks like: daily terror against Ukrainian civilians and children.

��: @United24media

[Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin]

It was a horrible night in Kyiv. But if Putin thinks he can terrorize Ukrainians into submission, he is mistaken.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

🚨 BREAKING: Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least one and injures 21 as of now.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Two Sisters. Twelve and Seventeen. Buried Together in Kyiv Today.

Liubava was 12. Vira was 17. This morning they were laid to rest side by side in Kyiv, killed along with 22 others when a Russian missile struck the residential building where they lived.

Their father, Yevhen Yakovlev, was killed in combat in 2023 defending Ukraine. He never came home. Now their mother has lost her husband, her daughters, and her home.
One family. Completely gone.

When we talk about missile strikes on residential buildings, we are talking about this. Not infrastructure. Not statistics. Families. Children who had names, ages, futures. A mother who now has none of them.

Russia does not accidentally hit apartment buildings. It targets them.

Remember Liubava and Vira.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

Love this

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

12 dead in Kyiv from today's Russian missile strike against civilian homes, as of now.

And since early morning, rescuers have continued to recover the bodies of people buried under the rubble of their own apartments by Russian fascists.

[Brigid Laffan @BrigidLaffan]

This is a remarkable photograph-not a woman in sight. China & US -not a single woman in the room.