Kharkiv residents, family members, and colleagues gathered to pay their final respects to five emergency responders killed in a Russian double-tap missile strike overnight on June 15.
Video: State Emergency Service / Telegram.
...it is not just a painting, but a part of our reality in Ukraine that makes you stop and reflect on the times we are living in. The patriotic mural depicts a Ukrainian defender who has been through the crucible of war, holding a little girl in his arms - a symbol of Ukraine's future. In her hands, she holds a kitten, embodying the humanity, warmth, and kindness that our defenders preserve even in the darkest of times. This 15-meter-high mural has become a symbol of gratitude and respect for the warriors who defend our country every day, and a reminder of the high price of freedom. The mural was created by Ternopil-based artist Mykola Kaftan, who notes that this is one of his largest and most ambitious works.
Slava Ukraini! Heroyam Slava!
“As Russian drones and missiles continue to pound Ukraine's war-damaged energy infrastructure, Kyiv is struggling to find funding for a 5.4 billion euro ($6.2 billion) "energy resilience plan" first announced in spring.
The next few months are a race against time to prepare for what energy experts warn will be another difficult winter under constant Russian bombardment. Ukraine not only needs to repair equipment after Russia wiped out nine gigawatts of power generation last winter, but also develop backup power and water supplies and build protective fortifications around critical sites.”
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Today, with the full-scale war now lasting as long as World War I, it’s worth remembering how russia began it.
📽 These 49 seconds show what russia did to Ukraine in just the first three months — a relentless campaign of missile terror against an entire nation.
Falero's Witches Going to Their Sabbath (1878) is a Victorian fantasy, a swirl of naked witches, demons, goats, bats, and occult symbols all spinning through the sky.
He builds the scene like a spiral vortex, the figures rotating toward the Sabbath, the witches' ritual gathering tied to black magic, ecstatic rites, and everything the era considered forbidden.
Victorian England loved this stuff.
The public was obsessed with the occult, astrology, and anything forbidden, and Falero became known for painting witches in a sensual, ecstatic way that pushed the limits of what was acceptable.
Falero was deep into astronomy, alchemy, and occult symbolism, and it shows. His witch paintings became bestsellers because they felt risky, erotic, and mystical all at once.