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“Peace”, “victory”, “Ukraine” – three little words that keep us fighting more than 100 days later; Zelensky

“Peace”, “victory”, “Ukraine” – three little words that keep us fighting more than 100 days later; Zelensky

Rubbles and chaff is what is left of many cities and homes in Ukraine Credit Odessa Journal The democratic world has united around Ukraine. Dozens of countries express support not only in words: they impose sanctions, provide humanitarian and military assistance. Ukrainian children left with no mothers and no fathers – Putin’s Russia has orphaned them//Odessa Journal. Poland, the United States…

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How a  7-year-old Ukrainian girl Amelia left audience in bomb shelter in awe with a rendition of 'Let it go', raises more than half million dollars in Poland

How a  7-year-old Ukrainian girl Amelia left audience in bomb shelter in awe with a rendition of ‘Let it go’, raises more than half million dollars in Poland

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4mPTq54uKMk Ukrainian girl who sang ‘Let it go!’ in bomb shelter raises US$650,000 for relief efforts in Poland We have to speak Ukrainian, not Russian because our enemy speaks Russian and our land is in Ukraine. We haves to speak in Ukrainian. We have war in Ukraine. Russia is attacking us. I am afraid for our family, my dad is there, my grandfather is there and…

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Pope Francis: 'please do not bring humanity to destruction'

Pope Francis: ‘please do not bring humanity to destruction’

Pope Francis’ general audience in St. Peter’s Square, June 1, 2022. | Vatican Media. Pope Francis appealed on Sunday for world leaders to stop bringing humanity to destruction, condemning killings and destruction by Russian soldiers as madness. While the madness of destruction and death rages, and clashes flare up, fueling an even more dangerous escalation for everyone, I renew my appeal to the…

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82-gun Hyde Park salute marks Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

82-gun Hyde Park salute marks Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Two major gun salutes happen on Thursday 2 June at Hyde Park, London to mark the jubilee and commemorate the 69th anniversary of the Queen Elizabeth’s coronation. A gun salute is a military mark of honour, usually fired to mark special royal occasions such as big birthdays or anniversaries.

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Partygate scandal: Brexiteer Dame Leadsom accuses Boris Johnson of 'failure of leadership'

Partygate scandal: Brexiteer Dame Leadsom accuses Boris Johnson of ‘failure of leadership’

Andrea Leadsom condemns Boris Johnson’s ‘unacceptable failings of leadership’ photo credit: House of Commons – PA IMAGES VIA GETTY IMAGES Boris Johnson’s former Brexit ally Andrea Leadsom is latest MP to publicly question PM’s leadership; accuses 10 Downing Street of “unacceptable failures of leadership”. The South Northants MP, a Vote Leave supporter who also campaigned for Mr Johnson in the…

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British police dog named Xavier dies in active duty

A police dog known for having a "larger than life character" has died after chasing down two moped thieves, the Metropolitan Police said. A thread ⬇️

A police dog known for having a “larger than life character” has died after chasing down two moped thieves, the Metropolitan Police said.© Provided by The Telegraph Police dog Xavier who collapsed while on duty Six-year-old PD Xavier Charles, better known as “Stanley”, collapsed on Sunday morning while on duty. The dog, who worked across London as a general purpose and firearms support animal,…

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Russian special forces Belgian Malinois dog switches to Ukrainian side after being abandoned

Russian special forces Belgian Malinois dog switches to Ukrainian side after being abandoned

(Image credit: Facebook / @NGU3039) © Provided by Pets Radar Ukrainian soliders and Max A Russian special forces Belgian Malinois dog has switched sides in the war and is now serving with the Ukrainian army. Abandoned by Russian troops in the Mykolaiv region after they retreated, three-year-old Max was found starving by Ukrainian soldiers who took him under their wing and nursed him back to…

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Russia offensive in Donbas 'largest in Europe since WWII

Russia offensive in Donbas ‘largest in Europe since WWII

Why capturing Mariupol is important to Russia Credits abc news Russian attack in Donbas region is the ‘largest one on European soil since WWII’, top Ukraine government official has assessed. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said the Russian offensive in the Donbas is “the largest one on European soil since WWII”. Kuleba tweeted that it was “too early” to conclude that Kyiv already…

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Pope Francis tweet condemns Putin Ukraine war, decries denialism of UN

Pope Francis tweet condemns Putin Ukraine war, decries denialism of UN

Main image: Girl stands on the tower of a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv village, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 7, 2022. Mykhaylo Palinchak Nature throws up abominations, you know, two-headed calves and three-eyed trout as well as this moral abomination; Russia’s unprovoked, evil war against Ukraine Every war marks a surrender to the human capacity to protect. It is a denial of what is written…

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Putin war: “Goya and the present”; Vienna Albertina Museum showcases Russia evil war as seen by Mikhail Palinchak

Putin war: “Goya and the present”; Vienna Albertina Museum showcases Russia evil war as seen by Mikhail Palinchak

Main image: Girl stands on the tower of a destroyed Russian tank near Makariv village, Kyiv region, Ukraine, May 7, 2022. Mykhaylo Palinchak Since the outbreak of war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, photographer Mykhaylo Palinchak documents the destruction of his homeland and and displacement of millions. The images of the ruins of apartment blocks, the dead and survivors, the people fleeing,…

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Solar Orbiter's first close encounter with the ever burning star, the sun; spectacular images

Solar Orbiter’s first close encounter with the ever-burning star – spectacular photos

How ESA-NASA’s Solar Orbiter Beats the Heat//NASA On 26 March and enduring temperatures of some 500 degrees Celsius from within the orbit of planet Mercury, Solar Orbiter returned spectacular imagery of the Sun.  Done during its first close encounter with our home star Solar Orbiter captures the closes images of the sun ever The never seen before captivating images of the sun snapped by Solar…

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US Senate passes $40 billion aid for Ukraine

US Senate passes $40 billion aid for Ukraine

© Provided by The Guardian Congressional leaders including Democratic senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and Republican senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, and a bipartisan group of senators, meet with Sweden’s prime minister Magdalena Andersson and Finland’s president Sauli Niinisto. Photograph: Drew Angerer/Getty Images The US Senate has (finally) passed a $40bn package of military,…

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US Senate passes domestic terrorism, violent extremism bill

US Senate passes domestic terrorism, violent extremism bill

Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of the shooting in Buffalo, New York. The president spoke at a local community centre after also meeting families of the victims © AP “The House has passed a bill to combat the domestic terrorism and violent extremism like we saw in the heinous attack in Buffalo. Next week, I will bring this legislation up for a vote in the Senate as we…

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'We are waiting for you in Kyiv region after victory'; 3D Virtual Reality Museum of War Memory Appears in Ukraine

‘We are waiting for you in Kyiv region after victory’; 3D Virtual Reality Museum of War Memory Appears in Ukraine

VR-Museum of War Memory, Bucha, Ukraine Kyiv Region collaborates with Close War project to record and archive deaths and destruction visited upon a peaceful people of Ukraine in VR 3D. This is for posterity as it accounts the price they are paying for freedom and independence. Kyiv Region The towns and villages of the Kyiv region were among the first to face-up with the horrors of Russia…

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G7 to intensify economic pressure on Putin; Boris Johnson Office

G7 to intensify economic pressure on Putin; Boris Johnson Office

Russia Shows Off ‘Invincible’ Weapons in Huge Victory Day Military Parade in Moscow Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP G7 leaders agreed Sunday that the world must intensify economic pressure on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in any way possible, Boris Johnson’s office said according to Reuters. Johnson said “the world must go further and faster to support Ukraine,” his office said after the call, which…

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Russian tank towed away in Eastern Ukraine

Russian tank towed away in Eastern Ukraine

Impounded Russian tank towed away in Eastern Ukraine

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Trump tells lawyers he feared being ‘hit with fruit’ at public events

Speaking under oath in October for a lawsuit that alleges his staff assaulted protesters outside Trump Tower in 2015, Trump was pressed on a remark he made telling supporters to “knock the crap” out of someone if they threw a tomato

Former President Donald Trump gave a videotaped deposition in a lawsuit against him and his Trump University. MSNBC News’ Rachel Maddow shares a bizarre transcript from a deposition taken from Donald Trump in a civil case in 2015 were protesters sued him for ill treatment by private security in front of Trump Tower, in which a lawyer explored Trump’s unusual preoccupation with the possibility of…