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Writer | Senior Investigative Reporter at openDemocracy | Bylines in i; Observer; Guardian; The Times | BWLF | Book: Bodies Under Siege, Verso | Got a story? Email sian.norris(at)opendemocracy.net
In Donetsk region 4 people were killed and another 20 injured in a Russian airstrike on central Sloviansk‼️
The same Donetsk region that Russia wants us to surrender without a fight. Because our people are surely eager to join a state that bombs them and kills their neighbors (not)
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"We work to gather coal"
First of three articles about life in the Donbas region, starting with the experiences of miners who are on the second frontline of Russia's war with Ukraine.
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❗️🇺🇦 Almost the entire territory of the Dnipropetrovsk region has been liberated. It remains to complete three small areas and clear two more, — the head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff, Major General Komarenko.
When I had a summer holiday job in a shoe shop, all the teenage boys would gruffly say “I’m size 12” and their mums would laugh and shout “he’s an 8!”
As much of a must read as your timeline is telling you it is
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The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.
What children in Kryvyi Rih dream about… peaceful skies, to go to school every day, peace.
Oh he’s obsessed with “exposing” Giuffre
Endless horror. They’re killing children.
🔴 BREAKING: Ukraine hammered Russian missile plants and drone factories in a massive wave of long-range strikes.
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Oh god it's so heartbreaking. The zoo is such a sanctuary for families in this awful war.
Lucia is so stunningly brilliant and brave www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It will never not fustrate me that the Tories havent faced any consequences for how they systematically underfunded our forces - all while claiming to be a party serious about defense.
And now they want us to get involved in a random, pointless war, shredding what little equipment we have.
Martha got it
✊ “Hands off women’s rights” and “No sexism in the army,” protesters chanted at the Women’s March in Kyiv — the first since Russia’s full-scale invasion
Participants also spoke out against the new draft of Ukraine’s Civil Code.
Well that was GREAT
Ok I’m watching Sinners.
I don’t like horror - I had to turn the BBC Xmas ghost story off because I got too scared - but I’m assured it’s more gore than needing to turn all the lights on and check under the bed!
And I’ve also heard it’s too brilliant to miss due to being a scaredy-cat.
In Kharkiv, Russia killed a mother and her son 💔
Pavlo Zhivotov and his mother, Tetiana Zhivotova, were killed in the Russian missile strike on a five‑story building on March 7, 2026 🕯
Pavlo leaves behind a 14‑year‑old son.
I'm out of words here
Pretty serious allegation here. "Witnesses told the BBC that the Israeli soldiers had arrived disguised in Lebanese military fatigues and used ambulances with signs of Hezbollah's Islamic Health Organization."
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That’s a good shout - I’ll try that.
And of course the antihistamines make me feel like my brain has been scooped out with a spoon, hoping nasal spray makes me feel less broken.
When Israel targeted Gaza’s water supply, people rightly called it out as a war crime, denying civilians the most basic supplies.
Revealing and disturbing profile of the man in charge of operation epic fury.
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Alright over there John?
Men have intense bond, woman turns up and disrupts it.
It’s not bad it’s just uncomfortable - not like covid levels of pain but constant low level discomfort
