Three of our pilots flew in the ‘70’ formation over Buckingham Palace today for the Queen’s #PlatinumJubilee flypast, including Qatari pilot Capt Al-Khulifi.
“After training with them for the past two years, it’s a pleasure to fly alongside my RAF colleagues today” @MOD_Qatar
Latest Russian joke:
- Putin's propagandists on TV said nuclear war is fine because patriotic Russians will go to Heaven. Heaven heard it and immediately applied to join NATO!
Alright, people, we have the first Ukrainian unit coming up to the Russian border as part of the counter offensive action northeast of Kharkiv.
We should expect Russia to lose this salient north of the city as well in the coming days.
Via @Liveuamap
The heroism of the Azov battalion in Mariupol is truly outstanding. These soldiers have fought for nearly three months in complete isolation under awful conditions, holding 10 Russian battalion tactical groups. They all deserve to become honored as Heroes of Ukraine. @ZelenskyyUa
This is Natalia and her 11-year-old twins Yana and Yaroslav. When Russian cluster bomb struck Kramatorsk train station, Yaroslav was inside the building. Natalia and Yana were on the platform waiting for tea offered by volunteers. They are now in Lviv. Pic by Iryna Zaslavets.
A flash mob in Kaunas, Lithuania was held by members of the M. Lysenko Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theater choir. They sang "Oyu luzi chervona kalyna". #SupportUkraine
Imagine the world of Netflix, cheap visa-free travels, food delivery apps, and e-scooters suddenly getting steamrolled by a WWII Tiger tank and a dirty soldier boot.
That’s what it feels like to see Russia’s war on Ukraine.
I guess the Kremlin 🇷🇺 sees Pippi Långstrump - Astrid Lindgren’s briljant creation; loved around the world - as another of the 🇸🇪 Nazis. But I would advise them not to try and mess around with her…