There is so much tenderness in these first spring flowers.
Ukraine is beginning to bloom, despite everything.
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There is so much tenderness in these first spring flowers.
Ukraine is beginning to bloom, despite everything.
US AIR TANKERS DAMGED, SOME POSSIBLY DESTROYED
At least five of the tankers have been seriously damaged, one
possibly destroyed by an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. CENTCOM refuses to comment. There were no deaths reported. The tankers are vital to keep the air campaign
same as with Russia
IRAN & TRUMP PLAY A CYNICAL GAME
The third oil tanker that day slips through the Iranian side of the Gulf of Hormuz and past the American fleets to the south in the Arabian Sea. The Americans make no effort to stop these Iranian tankers. Iran has not mined the straits because it needs to keep them
❗️EU calls US lifting of sanctions on Russian oil “very alarming”
This decision has consequences for European security, European Council President António Costa stated.
Map of Ukrainian combat operations as of March 13, 2026, highlighting active frontline regions. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Infographic showing estimated enemy losses in the Ukraine war from February 24, 2022, to March 14, 2026, including personnel, aircraft, tanks, and more. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14 Mar 2026, 08:00 Update: Day 1,480 of russia’s invasion.
#Ukraine repels attacks, records 153 engagements. russia launched 1 missile, 104 airstrikes, 307 guided bombs, 10,119 drones, and 3,623 shellings.
Fighting intense in multiple sectors.
„Die ukrainischen Freiwilligen sind ein Beispiel für echten Patriotismus, Mut und Selbstaufopferung. Ihre Entschlossenheit … sind zu einer der Grundlagen für die Standhaftigkeit der ukrainischen Streitkräfte geworden.“ — General Syrsky zum Tag der ukrainischen Freiwilligen
a lesson about the orange president learned long ago, sadly... we need people we can trust more in positions of responsibility... and functioning mechanisms to stop them and hold them to account when they fail ... such as NABU and the popular support for it
A week after Ukraine deployed interceptor drone teams to Jordan to defend US bases, Trump says the US does not need Ukraine's help for drone defence.
Ongoing contradictions like this, between statements and actions, make it very difficult to take future statements at face value.
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Ukraine is hitting Russia where it hurts: the war economy.
Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Afipsky oil refinery and the Port of Kavkaz in Krasnodar Krai overnight.
Energy infrastructure funds the invasion.
So Ukraine is targeting it.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-dr...
❗️More video from the fire at 🇷🇺Afipsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar region after the overnight drone attack
💥💥💥 There have already been at least eight explosions in Simferopol, Crimea!
More drone sanctions are being applied, with the Afipsky refinery suddenly being closed for planned maintenance after the successful interception of all drones by Russian air defence*
* Refinery distillation towers are now considered air defence due to numerous successful drone interceptions. 🔥
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⚡️ "Lifting sanctions so more drones are aimed at you... is not the right decision," warns President Zelenskyy in Paris.
He says oil profits fund drones targeting not just Ukraine, but U.S. & European bases in the Middle East.
BREAKING: BOOTS ON THE GROUND. The pentagon is sending a Marine Expeditionary Unit of up to 2,500 to Iran. 1/ www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Oh by the way, Benjamin Netanyahu is rather famously an atheist who doesn't practice Judaism religiously in any meaningful way and cosplays as an observant man for the cameras during campaign season.
Hegseth is proudly proclaiming the intention to commit war crimes.
🇺🇦 Zelensky: It is necessary to overcome the blocking of the 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia, especially against the background of America's decisions to partially ease sanctions against Russian oil.
This easing by America alone could give Russia about ten billion dollars for war.
Defense Secretary Hegseth used his press conference on Trump's war on Iran to browbeat the press & weigh in on CNN's ownership: "More fake news from CNN ... the sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better"
(Hegseth spent more time attacking media than he did on US casualties)
Ah, I hadn’t even known I was on German tv last night! In any case, I’m glad to be able, in my Slavicist role, to pass along a Russian word that can help us understand what is happening in my own country now.
ZELENSKYY: If our soldiers voluntarily withdraw from Donbas, they’ll lose friends, homes, relatives, and memories there. The morale of the entire army and nation would collapse instantly.
POLITICO: Even if you get peace in return?
✈️🇺🇦 Zelensky: I am grateful to everyone who works to protect Ukraine and to everyone who helps our defense. We are working as hard as we can to develop the defense of our skies.
Great move by Sweden! We need to do this more often
Rosa Seinfeld, 13 years old when she was brutally murdered by German Nazis - one of an estimated 1.5 million children that fell victim to the Holocaust. Lest we forget that the varnish of civilization is thin and delicate and we're always just a step away from barbary.
First of all, we have to assume now that they are lying about even “dozens.” Second, this is like re-establishing the eastern direction of the sunrise. Mass voter fraud doesn’t exist in 🇺🇸, & anyone who lies that it does should be shunned from polite society & no longer taken seriously in the media.
In so far as many Russians do not regard Ukrainians as fully human, they may see child deportations not as a crimes against humanity but, on the contrary, as acts of humanity. Their transfer gives these children the chance to turn from Ukrainians into proper humans (Russians).
I asked President Trump about the FBI reportedly seizing election records in Arizona. He said they must have done that because it was a “rigged” election. I pointed out to him that his own AG said there was not measurable voter fraud to overturn that election. Then he called me a rotten reporter.
It must be acknowledged that Iran is acting far more effectively militarily than Russia has in Ukraine.
The widespread use of cheap aerial and naval drones allows it to inflict disproportionate economic damage on the United States and its allies.
In fact, it is precisely these drones...
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