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It’s her little shoes with perfectly tied laces by a mother who loved her that gets me. Now they’re both gone.
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children. I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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'Even your father votes for me.' Great comeback by Lula.
O Brasil quer saber por que Flávio Bolsonaro votou contra a ampliação da licença-maternidade e por que tem relações com pessoas ligadas ao Escritório do Crime. Perguntei e ele não respondeu. Respostas tão difíceis de encontrar quanto seus assessores fantasmas.
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Jeff Farrell retweeted
Putin’s forces killed a baby in her stroller on a playground. Her name was Angelina. She was just over a year old when a Russian Shahed drone struck a park in Kharkiv region. Her mother, Inna, later died in hospital. An 11-year-old girl was also killed. Six people died in total, while 14 others, including six children, were injured.
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A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children. I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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Jeff Farrell retweeted
Replying to @pressgazette
This is absolutely pathetic 😂😂😂 ‘Hey we have a new radio station but we are going to exclude millions of records because we’re racist. Would you like to advertise with us?’
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BREAKING: Ukraine has carried out the world’s first medical evacuation of a human via a drone from the battlefield the 30th mechanised brigade of Ukraine managed to save their injured comrade from a minefield. Just absolutely insane.
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Jeff Farrell retweeted
Ukraine launched one of its biggest drone attacks this year on Russia overnight on Saturday, hitting a key oil terminal in defiance of President Donald Trump's demand it stop hitting Russian energy infrastructure. cnn.it/4802IxM
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'Held at gunpoint, chased by cartels: The Extraordinary Life of Jeff Farrell' Great to be on the Mario Rosenstock pod. open.spotify.com/episode/12m…
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Latest: ​Zelenskyy tells reporters over WhatsApp that restrictions on Ukraine's Starlink systems remain. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled. The maximum speed is 161 kph; "exceeding this limit causes the Starlink connection to cut out completely, resulting in the loss of the drone." He says Ukraine has done tests to determine whether SpaceX is truly facing technical issues, as has been told Kyiv by the US side, or if this is a "deliberate operation... to restrict us, cut us off, and prevent us from defending ourselves and protecting our people, both at the front and among the civilian population." He says Ukraine "sent a couple of vehicles equipped with Starlink terminals into European Union territory." "They moved at speeds exceeding 180kph, and the Starlink systems worked perfectly. We have the relevant logs and evidence to prove this." He adds: "The conclusion is clear: the restrictions are in effect within Ukraine but do not apply within the European Union. In other words, this is a planned operation."
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I enjoyed the vigil until a howler in the script. One cop sighs it's only a matter of time until the media finds out about a mass killing of soldiers on a mission showcasing weapons. Then her cop partner interviews a journalist and tells the journalist how many were killed... bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09pm77…
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Watch this video. Don't look away. Kharkiv. A secondhand market. Lip gloss. A lollipop. The bodies of a 71-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man who came to sell their belongings. russia killed them. And Trump supports russia.
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Brave men carried this journalist to safety when she couldn't walk. After barbarians beat her for nothing.
“Let me die,” American photojournalist Heidi Levine repeats to journalists Jasper Nathaniel as they try to outrun masked Israeli settlers who attacked her on Friday while she covered the olive harvest in the West Bank village of Abu Falah, near Ramallah. Around 80 settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvesters in the village, AP reported. The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated six people injured in two attacks in Abu Falah. Levine, a freelancer for the Washington Post, told the Committee to Protect Journalists that the settlers knocked her down and kicked her for at least 10 minutes, even after she identified herself as an American journalist. They stole her camera, phone and bag. She was eventually taken to a hospital in Ramallah. "The IDF provided cover, with tear gas and machine guns, while the settlers beat" Levine "nearly to death," Nathaniel wrote, adding that soldiers then shot a Palestinian bystander and aimed their guns at and shoved paramedics trying to treat him. AP photos and circulating videos show Israeli soldiers standing over a wounded Palestinian man after they shot him. Andrey X, an activist also at the scene, said a Palestinian man "saved our lives from the settler-terrorists who attacked the olive harvesters and journalists” armed only with a slingshot.
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Jeff Farrell retweeted
Netanyahu has said that if Lula wins he WON'T visit Brazil. Come on Brazil! That's the best reason ever to vote Lula.
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This is the bloodshed the South African immigrant prompted.
This is Kharkiv today. Bodies lying in the street after a russian drone strike on a market. Two people were killed. More than 10 others were injured.
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Awful bad press for the many Ukrainians who come to Ireland to work and contribute.
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Nato is under attack. But is afraid to retaliate despite a red line crossed. Putin will read this as weakness and be emboldened. Attack on a Nato city is next unless a hardline taken.
Romanian air and naval units of the Coast Guard (GdC/MAI) and Emergency Situation Service (IGSU/MAI) are actively engaged in search& rescue operations, searching for the missing members of the crew of the ship that was attacked this morning in Romania’s exclusive economic zone at the Black Sea. The 5 crew members that were already taken by helicopter to the hospital in Constanta are stable, some receive medical care for burns and smoke inhalation. In its war of aggression against Ukraine, against all provisions of international law, Russia is making the Black Sea into a dangerous area for civilian ships. The killing of merchant mariners in the region and all over the world is a crime. Russia bears full responsibility for these developments. Over the last 24 hours, four merchant ships were targeted, including in Romanian territorial waters and its economic exclusive zone and eight lives were lost. Our condolences to the families that have lost a loved one. These are callous and murderous attacks against civilians. This happens at the same time that we see an increasing number of Russian Shahed and other types of air and maritime drones entering our space, three of them just today. Our military has lifted fighter jets for preventive air policing. We informed the Allies and our European partners of the latest incidents. Investigations are under way and we are closely coordinating with our Allies and partners and we will step up efforts to strengthen NATO’s collective ability to respond effectively to such incidents and reinforce its deterrence and defence posture. We agreed that North Atlantic Council will be convened within days by Secretary General Mark Rutte, after a meeting with President Nicușor Dan and prime minister of Bulgaria, Rumen Radev. We continue to ask for a ceasefire at the Black Sea to stop the risk on civilian ships and restore safety of navigation on an essential global food trade artery.
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