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A year ago today, "Greenwich Meridian", my first novel in English was published. I thank my publisher @AustinMacauley for believing in my book and wish you all an enjoyable reading... austinmacauley.com/book/greenwich…

Nine-year-old Anna Sokolova died on March 20, 2022, in the basement of her apartment building near Azovstal, Mariupol. Her mother, Yana, recalls the last hours: “We were hiding with my little daughter in our apartment on the second floor. A neighbor family joined us. On the morning of March 19, a bomb hit right by our window, damaging the apartment. That night, everyone went to the basement. Explosions never stopped. Around 4 a.m., after another bomb struck, two ceiling slabs collapsed. I survived, as did the neighbor’s daughter, whom I pulled to safety. My daughter, Anna, had a slab crush her legs — she died from her injuries. A few hours later, the five floors above collapsed. Six people in total died under the debris.”

In memory of innocent victims of russian genocide in Mariupol. "Yelyzaveta Vakulenko, 5yo Yana Vakulenko, 25yo On the eve of the tragedy, Yana and little Liza were sheltering in the basement of a building on Meotydy Boulevard, 8. On March 20, 2022, when the building caught fire due to shelling, the mother and daughter ran outside into the yard. They were hit by a mortar fire there. Four more people were killed next to them. 🥀 Family friend Viktoriia said that Liza loved going for walks. She had friends at kindergarten and often went to the sea with her mother. The girl loved running around the fountain in Theater Square. She dreamed of going to school. Eternal memory. 🖤" Author: Natalia Dubchak Dedova @memorialua

🚨 Russia is sending a massive load of weapons and munitions to Iran disguised as a "humanitarian convoy" via Tajikistan. Exact playbook Russia used to send arms into east Ukraine in 2014 after annexing Crimea. These weapons will be used to murder Iranian civilians.

Five-year-old Yelyzaveta Vakulenko and her 25-year-old mother, Yana, were killed in Mariupol on March 20, 2022. They lived on the city’s left bank, under relentless russian shelling from day one of the full-scale invasion. Escape was nearly impossible. Hiding in the basement of a five-story building, they tried to survive. When the building caught fire, they ran into the yard — and were cut down by mortar fire. Four others were killed alongside them.

Oh, hello. Russia's Kamov Ka-52 downed by Ukraine's 59th Assault Brigade with an FPV drone! Fantastic kill.

🚨ZELENSKYY announced that drone manufacturing cooperation deals have already been agreed upon or are in the process of finalization with at least nine European countries. “We're already producing drones together with Germany, with Britain, with Denmark, with the Netherlands. We're starting this work with Norway. We agreed with Sweden, with France. Last time we discussed clear timelines with Emmanuel (Macron) and by year's end we'll have co-production. And we also signed the relevant intent documents in Romania during my last visit. And several other countries have similar documents with us. And Spain, we're moving to co-production there in certain areas” - UA President on Fri, Mar 20, 2026

❗️Putin has issued an ultimatum to the US: Moscow is ready to stop sharing intelligence with Iran if Washington, in return, halts intelligence support to Ukraine, - Politico

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Incredible moment as a US General refuses to commit to telling Congress if he receives illegal orders from Trump. Senator Warren absolutely goes off, calling Trump a lawless commander in chief and Hegseth his self-styled Secretary of War. The coverup is real.

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BREAKING: The European Union REJECTS Trump's desperate plea for them to help open the Strait of Hormuz, stating that "this is not Europe’s war" and they will not let Trump "blackmail" them into it. This is an absolutely stunning rebuke... Do you agree with the European Union?👇

JUST IN: The country that learned to shoot down Iranian drones over Kyiv is now teaching the Gulf to shoot them down over refineries. Nobody asked Trump. The Gulf asked Ukraine. President Zelensky confirmed at the UK Parliament on March 18 that 201 Ukrainian military specialists are already deployed across UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, with teams en route to Kuwait and 34 more ready to go. These are active-duty government military personnel, not private contractors. They are sharing combat-proven expertise from three years of intercepting Iranian Shahed drones over Ukrainian cities, power grids, and civilian infrastructure. The Gulf states requested the assistance. Saudi Arabia explicitly approached Ukraine. The arrangement is reciprocal: Ukraine provides the expertise that no other country possesses at this depth of operational experience, and the Gulf provides what Ukraine needs most, funding, technology, and air defence systems. Zelensky specifically highlighted Patriot missiles as part of the exchange. The country that cannot get enough Patriots from the West is earning them from the Gulf by teaching drone interception. Trump did not request this deployment. No reporting in any outlet, from Reuters to Al Jazeera to the Kyiv Post, indicates American coordination or approval. The recent Trump-Zelensky tensions over aid disputes and public friction are well documented. This is not a Washington-orchestrated move. It is a bilateral arrangement between Ukraine and Gulf capitals that bypasses Washington entirely. Zelensky built a parallel channel to the Gulf that gives Ukraine what America has been reluctant to provide while giving the Gulf what America’s $23.5 billion arms surge does not include: the people who know how to fight Shaheds because they have been fighting them every night for three years. The expertise is specific and irreplaceable. Ukraine has intercepted thousands of Shahed-136 and Shahed-238 drones since 2022. It has developed detection protocols, jamming techniques, acoustic tracking, small-arms interception methods, and integrated air defence coordination that no training manual teaches. The Gulf states purchased Patriot batteries, THAAD radars, and anti-drone systems through the $23.5 billion arms package. The hardware is American. The operational knowledge of how to use it against the exact Iranian drone variants now striking Gulf refineries is Ukrainian. Israel views this positively. Anything that strengthens Gulf air defences against Iranian drones reduces the threat environment for every country in the region, including Israel. Ukrainian-Gulf cooperation reinforces the anti-Iran alignment that the Abraham Accords established. Israel and Ukraine share a common adversary’s weapons system: Iran builds the Shaheds, Russia deploys them against Ukraine, and the IRGC deploys them against the Gulf. The expertise flows in one direction. The threat originates from the same factory. The Putin dimension is real but secondary. Iran supplies Russia with Shahed drones for use against Ukraine. Ukraine now teaches Gulf states to destroy those same drones when Iran uses them directly. The feedback loop is elegant: every Ukrainian lesson learned from shooting down Russian-deployed Shaheds over Odesa is now applied to IRGC-deployed Shaheds over Ras Laffan. Putin’s Iranian drone supplier is being countered by the country Putin is fighting, on a battlefield 4,000 kilometres from the front line. The irony is structural. The aggravation is intentional. Two hundred and one experts. Government military, not contractors. Gulf-requested, not Trump-directed. Shahed-specific, not generic. And the country with the most relevant expertise on Earth got there before the $23.5 billion in hardware arrived. open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

Yesterday, on the eve of the Iranian New Year (Nowruz), the Islamic Republic hanged five teenagers who had been detained during the January protests in the cities of Qom and Ilam. Today, 18-year-old Melika Azizi from the city of Rasht, who was arrested for burning regime symbols during the protests, faces imminent execution in Rasht prison on the charge of Moharebeh (waging war against Allah). #IranMassacre‌ won't stop!

@ArtCandee Why useful?

Putin’s useful idiot.

Someone called ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine and told them to leave or face violence. The calls came from Ukrainian-looking numbers. The voices claimed to be Ukrainian police. Ukraine's SBU ran technical analysis and traced every call to Russia. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said the operation feeds directly into Viktor Orbán's re-election campaign — which is built on the claim that Ukraine threatens Hungarians — and that coordination with the Orbán campaign cannot be ruled out. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/19/rus…

Daria Bazylevych would have turned 20 today 💔 Instead, a Russian missile stole her future — and the lives of her mother, Yevhenia, and her sisters, Yaryna and Emilia. She is remembered as cheerful, determined, and loving.

Day 477 of #GeorgiaProtests

Sean Penn doesn’t give a shit about the Oscars at all He’s visited multiple Ukrainian brigades and continues to speak out about Ukraine

A young defender of Ukraine from the Odesa region, Kateryna Holota, has been killed on the front lines.

🇺🇦 If we take the last year or two, we have almost the same positions on the front, - Zelensky ▪️Ukraine has become one of the strongest in the field of air defense and drone combat; it is capable of destroying large attacks, for example, 500 Iranian drones in one day. ▪️The best relations in the world - with France, UK, Germany, Denmark, Poland; the worst - with Hungary (because of the personalities in power, not the people). ▪️I see Ukraine in 10 years - an independent state, which will be developed by a new generation of Ukrainians; it is important that the youth return and restore the country.