Here is 'Bonsai and Bombs' private conversations between Ukraine and Scotland over the last 18 months. NB. There are parts that may be offensive but I make no apologies. Spoken from the heart of generational pain.
#Ukraine#testimonies@DmytroMorykit
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@joni_askola There are always traitors, however, recently they go unpunished from Farage in the UK to this duplicitous creep. They should all have their passports removed and go live in the terrorist country they work for.
Not bothered by the 1,000,000+ dead in her country's attempted genocide of a peaceful neighboring nation, but DEFINITELY in hysterics over a Ukrainian drone damaging her car, a Moscow woman asks "when will this end?"
I would recommend confronting russian politicians everywhere you find them in Europe. Even if you’re not a journalist.
I’m still shocked that I was the only journalist who did in Venice. War criminals should be held to account and not able to roam freely in civilised countries
It's been a week and a lot has happened since I last posted the blog of our journey to Ukraine. Have a read at our very personal experience of russian terror and our impressions of how Ukrainians cope.
#IvanoFrankivsk
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A nuclear superpower with a population of 130 million is stuck 100 miles from it's own border after 4 years at war and 1.3 Million casualties trying to take over a country with a population 3 times smaller and with a 20 times smaller territory.
Russia has lost this war a long time ago.
Russian information operations are often misunderstood as simply "pro-Russia propaganda".
Modern Kremlin-linked influence campaigns are usually less about persuading people to support Russia directly, and more about weakening social cohesion inside rival societies.
The objective is fragmentation:
• reduce trust in institutions
• increase hostility between and within groups
• amplify cynicism
• exhaust democratic consensus
• and turn political disagreement into identity warfare
Importantly, these operations rarely invent divisions from nothing.
They exploit fractures that already exist.
EU vs Disinfo overview: https://t.co/a8cPavj05C
EEAS overview of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI): https://t.co/RPV0jvdDtD
RAND’s Firehose of Falsehood model: https://t.co/SHjMKkAYyB
In Ukraine, Vovchansk today is nothing but scorched ruins on the frontline. Russia destroyed schools, churches, neighborhoods, and homes—stealing lives and dreams for nothing. These scenes remind me of Syria when Russia helped destroy it.
https://t.co/WfjNaeQlEW Delighted to have a blog (with poems) on the @hazel_press site- please read and share and check out the other blog pieces (one by Carol Rumens who sadly has passed away recently, a superb poet who edited @guardian Poem Of The Week )
We made the long train journeys to arrive in Ukraine a week ago. Read my blog about how we got here, what we're looking for & what we are learning.
https://t.co/QU0yXgbRl8
#UkraineTravel
@pictureladyjan Shocking that our security services are not ahead of this and banning such russians from owning property & crossing our borders. What a tangled mess we've allowed to develop over the past decades. Meanwhile the masses seem more concerned about small boats than russian Oligarchs
@RasmusJarlov So at some point the western cultural sector will have to rip up all the illusions about Russian culture by the roots. Until then they will be influencing decision making in an imperceptible fashion. I am very grateful to Denmark btw
Voter turnout has reached an almost surreal 54.14% by 1 PM. There is an absolute tsunami of people coming out to vote, and by the end of the day this will very likely be the highest turnout ever recorded in post-communist Hungary. We are witnessing the end of Viktor Orban.