The new working week started with fire + explosions inside Russia. It turns out the Terrorist State loves to dish it out, but doesn't take it so well when a few warehouses happen to catch fire! Day 1643 of the full invasion, welcome to Monday's🧵 I've been here every single day.

A russian drone crashed into a residential building in Chernihiv, wounding 17 civilians, including 2 children. russia inflicts terror and commits war crimes, regardless of dates or occasions. Thank you for helping save innocent lives, no matter what: u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

Fall of more than 60% in the number of EU students attending Scottish Universities 20,895 students from the European Union attended Scottish Universities in the 2019-20. Post-Brexit that total had fallen to 8,140 by 2024-25. #BrexitDisaster news.stv.tv/scotland/sco...

Scotland’s universities ‘hammered’ by post-Brexit drop in EU students, says SNP

While Scots as a whole voted to remain in the EU in the 2016 referendum, the UK narrowly opted to leave.

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Bulgarian authorities have disabled a GPS-jammer in a "heavily guarded compound" in capital Sofia. Judging from gpsjam.org it turned on Wednesday and died late Friday night but there has long been suspicions of a Sofia based intermittent jammer. Late to the party?

The only consolation I suppose is that France has the two rounds voting system but even so this is concerning www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Marine Le Pen's career has been resurrected – and she is a bigger threat than ever | Mujtaba Rahman

No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable force than her understudy, Jordan Bardella, says Mujtaba Rahman of Europe at Eurasia Group

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The UK has cleared MBDA to release classified information on British components of the SCALP long-range missile, the French version of Storm Shadow. The decision allows France and Ukraine to move forward with plans to establish local SCALP assembly lines in Ukraine. #Ukraine

While Ukraine has shifted its logistics campaign toward Ozon, Russia is striking Epicentr hypermarkets. A large fire erupted at an Epicentr in Odesa as the city came under attack by Russian jet-powered drones from early morning. Local media published footage of the blaze. #Ukraine

🚁An adapted Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter equipped to deploy anti-aircraft FPV drones shown in the President Independence Day address.

Video of the morning drone attack on the Ozon logistics hub in the Tyube industrial park, Dagestan.

⚡️ UK PM Burnham, European Council President Costa, Moldovan President Sandu, Estonian President Karis, and Luxembourg PM Frieden arrived in Kyiv for Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day, Foreign Minister Sybiha announced.

Day in and day out, the same predictable algorithms dominated our digital spaces. Then came UNITED24 MODE.

"If Putin succeeded in Ukraine, he would go beyond Ukraine." At the National Prayer Breakfast, Erick Stakelbeck emphasized that Ukraine's fight protects the free world.

/1. Yesterday, footage of a Yak-52 engaging a Russian Gerbera over Odesa spread online. I had the chance to speak directly with the Yak-52 pilot, from the unit we are currently raising funds for, and get the details of what actually happened in that video…

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Minneapolis Spider-Man vs Jake lang #spiderman #minneapolis #news

YouTube video by Striker 2964

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‘More North Sea drilling won’t lower energy bills’ As Andy Burnham considers opening more oilfields, I talk to Scotland’s leading energy expert. He says the UK’s privatised oil and gas industry has failed the public, the country and workers. Only corporations benefit In @heraldscotland.bsky.social

‘More drilling won’t lower our bills’: Scotland’s top energy expert on the North Sea

As Andy Burnham prepares to rule on whether to open more oilfields, our Writer at Large speaks to Dr Ewan Gibbs, Glasgow University’s authority on…

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😠 Competing under "neutral" status in China, Russian skaters sparked outcry by performing to Mykola Leontovych’s iconic Ukrainian song "Carol of the Bells."

"Mark Carney and the Canadian government can sign any number of trade agreements, but you can't change what's in the heart of Canadians right now." The damage has been done, and Canadian consumers are refusing anything to do with the U.S.A.⁣ #cdnpoli

They were all baddies’: Photos of India’s joyous trans beauty pageant Indian photographer Jitendra Jerry’s latest photo book, God is Trans, documents the Koovagam Festival – an exuberant celebration of trans and non-binary beauty.

‘They were all baddies’: Photos of India’s joyous trans beauty pageant

Photographer Jitendra Jerry’s latest photo book, God is Trans, documents the Koovagam Festival – an exuberant celebration of trans and non-binary beauty

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🇺🇦 Just €860 to go until we reach 75% of our €89,490 campaign. ✈️A message to our community straight from the skies they defend every day, from the MiG-29 pilots of the 204th Tactical Aviation Brigade. 🔗 Support the campaign: www.help99.co/patches/spec...

“Everyone has some personal story behind it. This is mine.” In 2022, Iryna Terekh, CEO and CTO of Fire Point, found herself under russian occupation. Those 2 weeks changed how she understood her responsibility to help Ukraine defend itself. Iryna shared her story at the UNITED24 MODE summit.

The moment of one of today's Russian strikes on the Soniachna Halereia shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih. EU leaders are you even watching? More condemnations, more harsh words next morning? When is Europe finally waking up to this freak called Russia. Deliberate terrorism. And you are all watching.

As of now, two people were killed, and at least 12 were injured. The number is expected to rise. #Ukraine

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❗️Russia struck a major shopping center in Kryvyi Rih in broad daylight. Oleksandr Vilkul confirmed the hit and said many people are injured. Local channels are also reporting fatalities and numerous wounded. #Ukraine

⚡️Ukrainian intelligence reports Russia is running a secret military lab testing dangerous pathogens on an island that supplies local drinking water. Https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/a-secret-russian-lab-dangerous-pathogens-and-drinking-water-all-on-the-same-island-21891

A Secret Russian Lab, Dangerous Pathogens and Drinking Water—All on the Same Island

A secret pathogen laboratory operates on Lisiy Island Tver reservoir, raising water contamination risks, says the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine HUR.

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#Kyiv tonight.

Zelensky said about 90% of Russian cruise missiles in the latest combined attack were intercepted, while defenses against ballistic missiles performed significantly worse. Ukraine needs more Patriot missiles and is ready to buy them, he said, urging partners, especially the US, to act. #Ukraine

Write to the Minster to pressure them to stop 20 new HYPER data centres in Scotland alone actionbutton.nationbuilder.com/share/SPK-QE...

Donate to protect Ukraine's skies from Russian terror ⬇️

Sky Defense: Donate to Protect Ukrainian Skies | UNITED24

Donate to air defenses: drones, electronic warfare devices, vehicles for mobile air defense units, and other equipment that can intercept russian weapons

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🔴 A Russian FPV drone struck the Kherson Regional Art Museum and a nearby outbuilding, triggering a fire. Rescuers rapidly extinguished the blaze under the persistent threat of follow-up attacks. No injuries were reported.

MORE: Putin has been able to present a fictional picture of the Russian military’s performance on the battlefield to the Russian public more readily than he can dissemble about the economic situation. ⬇ 🧵(1/3)

Institute for the Study of War@thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 5d ago

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin is attempting to present Russia’s poor economic performance in a positive light as he is unable to conceal the damage that over four years of war and Ukrainian long-range strikes have done to the Russian economy. 🧵(1/10) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar081926

❗️Ukrainian forces struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal and the 500 kV Taman substation in Russia's Krasnodar region overnight. The Taman substation is a key component of the energy bridge supplying Russian-occupied Crimea. A complete blackout was reported across the occupied peninsula. #Ukraine