Sunday June 14th Today’s Daily Picture Theme is ‘Spin' RT or reply with your *own* photo Tomorrow’s theme will be ‘Tones of Summer' #DailyPictureTheme

Trumpian censorship in the UK Teacher, librarians under pressure to remove books on race, identity, social justice from libraries. 200 titles pulled from one Greater Manchester school library, including books by Black authors. What are we becoming? runnymedetrust.org/blog/eras…

Diese Videos zeige ich euch nicht – aber ihr müsst verstehen was in Kherson passiert. Russische Soldaten jagen Zivilisten mit Kamera-Drohnen. Wie ein Computerspiel. Eine Frau geht zum Markt – Ziel. Ein Kind spielt draußen – Ziel. Ein Krankenwagen fährt zu einem Verletzten – Ziel. Dann kommt der zweite Schlag – für die Retter. Über 200 Tote. 2.000 Verletzte seit 2024. Die UN-Kommission unter Erik Møse hat die Befehlskette zurückverfolgt – bis zu Putin selbst. Das ist keine Kriegshandlung. Eine Kriegshandlung hat ein militärisches Ziel. Das hier hat keines. Das ist die Befriedigung eines Mannes der Menschen als Zielscheiben betrachtet – und ein System das ihm dabei zujubelt. Wer das noch „Spezialoperation" nennt – und Putin als Verhandlungspartner sieht, hat nicht verstanden womit wir es zu tun haben. 🇺🇦🇪🇺

Saturday 13th June Today’s Daily Picture Theme is ‘Ruminant' RT or reply with your *own* photo Tomorrow’s theme will be ‘Spin' #DailyPictureTheme

Friday June 12th Today’s Daily Picture Theme is ‘Pub' RT or reply with your *own* photo Tomorrow’s theme will be ‘Ruminant' #DailyPictureTheme The Ship, Lindisfarne On a cold day in January!

"Putin's goal was for Ukraine to surrender and then extend his expansionist ambitions further. But that plan failed. I'm convinced that Ukraine will win, recover even stronger, more prosperous. The future of Ukraine is the future of peace and freedom Ukraine is not and will not be alone.." - Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy Wow..🫡

Crimea is on the brink of hunger, and there may be no intact bridges left for land access to the peninsula. Food supplies remain for only a few weeks — panic is growing among the population, according to Denis Chystikov, deputy representative of the President in the peninsula. The situation will only worsen. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to 'take care' of logistics in Crimea — at least two more bridges were attacked overnight. One of them is in Armyansk, which became one of the main alternative routes to Crimea after the strikes on the Chongar Bridge. In addition, hits were recorded on the bridge at the entrance to Krasnoperekopsk from the Armyansk side. A strong fire broke out there after the explosions.

Western audiences are completely failing to grasp the monumental scale of the war in Ukraine due to a constant barrage of disinformation and competing international crises. The sheer volume of casualties (including civilian) has been systematically downplayed, leaving the true magnitude of the war nearly invisible outside of Ukraine itself. There is a pervasive belief among even pro-Ukrainian Europeans that this conflict is a somewhat ”clean” war with limited civilian casualties. This narrative flies in the face of reality, as the war has amassed approximately 2 million total casualties over the last four and a half years, with a breakdown of approximately two-thirds Russian and one-third Ukrainian. Despite Russia having more total casualties, Ukraine has dozens of times more civilian casualties than Russia. This crushing disparity tells you everything about the ruthless reality of Russia's campaign. A purely numerical comparison with the war in Gaza highlights the gap in Western perception. As of May 2026, more than two years of war in Gaza resulted in at least 75,811 reported deaths, both sides included. In stark contrast, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program reveals that the single three-month siege of Mariupol saw between 27,000 and 88,000 fatalities. Most of them were Ukrainian civilians. Even though Mariupol had a population five times smaller than Gaza, its death toll in just three months potentially surpassed Gaza's total over two years. On a bigger level, the approximately 2 million total casualties in Ukraine match the population of the entire Gaza Strip. This comparison is strictly statistical, used only because the public is highly aware of Gaza's bloodshed. The Kremlin has skillfully hidden its atrocities and suppressed civilian casualty data in occupied areas, but the West must look past the propaganda and recognize the historic scale of this devastation

The Chornobyl Reserve has recorded the nesting of the smallest bird found in the country - the Common Firecrest for the second time. As of the end of last year, the total population in Ukraine was estimated at only about 400 breeding pairs. The species is listed in Ukraine’s Red Book. Photo: Serhii Domashevskyi

Thursday June 11th Today’s Daily Picture Theme is ‘Olive' RT or reply with your *own* photo Tomorrow’s theme will be ‘Pub' 🍻 #DailyPictureTheme