Janet Gunn
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Ciaran Jenkins and I have recorded another Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration for Christmas. This year we play The Coventry Carol. To all who are celebrating, wishing you a happy, peaceful Christmas.
For Christmas, a BBC/Channel 4 collaboration: The Coventry Carol
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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December 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Ciaran Jenkins and I have recorded another Channel 4 News/BBC News long-distance musical collaboration for Christmas. This year we play The Coventry Carol. To all who are celebrating, wishing you a happy, peaceful Christmas.
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Yesterday, December 23, 2025, will go down in the history of the Russia-Ukraine war.
On December 23, Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, 34 of which were destroyed by Ukraine. This represents a 97 percent success rate - an exceptionally high result for a massive missile attack.
On December 23, Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, 34 of which were destroyed by Ukraine. This represents a 97 percent success rate - an exceptionally high result for a massive missile attack.
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Yesterday, December 23, 2025, will go down in the history of the Russia-Ukraine war.
On December 23, Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, 34 of which were destroyed by Ukraine. This represents a 97 percent success rate - an exceptionally high result for a massive missile attack.
On December 23, Russia launched 35 missiles at Ukraine, 34 of which were destroyed by Ukraine. This represents a 97 percent success rate - an exceptionally high result for a massive missile attack.
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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The future Trump class warships.
December 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The future Trump class warships.
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US Senator Lindsey Graham:
If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia.
If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia.
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
US Senator Lindsey Graham:
If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia.
If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia.
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Instead of a thousand words.
📹 crusaders_lutsk/TikTok
📹 crusaders_lutsk/TikTok
December 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Instead of a thousand words.
📹 crusaders_lutsk/TikTok
📹 crusaders_lutsk/TikTok
The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against the War www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/w...
The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against the War
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The Putin Confidant Who Pushed Back Against the War www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/w...
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This is powerful - I had similar thoughts in my post last week about the powerful but false nature of the Russia is winning narrative sianushka.substack.com/p/russias-gr...
December 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is powerful - I had similar thoughts in my post last week about the powerful but false nature of the Russia is winning narrative sianushka.substack.com/p/russias-gr...
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My latest post looks at the battle for Kupyansk, where Ukraine has enjoyed some recent success, and its relevance to the narrative war between Russia and Ukraine. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...?
Why Kupyansk Matters
Undermining the Russian narrative
open.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
My latest post looks at the battle for Kupyansk, where Ukraine has enjoyed some recent success, and its relevance to the narrative war between Russia and Ukraine. (£/free trial), open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/w...?
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I have zero sympathy for Western firms still operating in Russia, now worried that Putin might seize their assets. They should have left 4 years ago.
December 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I have zero sympathy for Western firms still operating in Russia, now worried that Putin might seize their assets. They should have left 4 years ago.
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Most people in #Odesa city®ion have had no or almost electricity for 2 days after Russian attacks
A lot of people don't have water&heating,either.People go to malls,supermarkets,small businesses to chargе phones,dry hair etc, use balconies as fridges,use all kinds of tricks to cook some food
A lot of people don't have water&heating,either.People go to malls,supermarkets,small businesses to chargе phones,dry hair etc, use balconies as fridges,use all kinds of tricks to cook some food
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Most people in #Odesa city®ion have had no or almost electricity for 2 days after Russian attacks
A lot of people don't have water&heating,either.People go to malls,supermarkets,small businesses to chargе phones,dry hair etc, use balconies as fridges,use all kinds of tricks to cook some food
A lot of people don't have water&heating,either.People go to malls,supermarkets,small businesses to chargе phones,dry hair etc, use balconies as fridges,use all kinds of tricks to cook some food
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"I have lived through a great deal of terrible evil in my life -the Holocaust&repressions.I made it my duty to outlive Putin."
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"I have lived through a great deal of terrible evil in my life -the Holocaust&repressions.I made it my duty to outlive Putin."
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
100-yr-old Ukrainian Anastasiia Hulei survived both Stalin's repressions& Nazi concentration camps.Due to the full-scale invasion she had to leave for Germany
📹: DW
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“Most Ukrainians want peace”? Yes. “Most support Trump’s deal”? No.
Donald Trump keeps telling Western audiences that “most Ukrainians” support his idea of a peace deal with Russia. But fresh polling data from Ukraine shows the exact opposite.👇
Donald Trump keeps telling Western audiences that “most Ukrainians” support his idea of a peace deal with Russia. But fresh polling data from Ukraine shows the exact opposite.👇
December 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“Most Ukrainians want peace”? Yes. “Most support Trump’s deal”? No.
Donald Trump keeps telling Western audiences that “most Ukrainians” support his idea of a peace deal with Russia. But fresh polling data from Ukraine shows the exact opposite.👇
Donald Trump keeps telling Western audiences that “most Ukrainians” support his idea of a peace deal with Russia. But fresh polling data from Ukraine shows the exact opposite.👇
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Important assessment of Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “What we once called the normative West no longer exists in this form. At best, it is still a geographical designation, but no longer a normative bond that holds us together.”
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
MSN
www.msn.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Important assessment of Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “What we once called the normative West no longer exists in this form. At best, it is still a geographical designation, but no longer a normative bond that holds us together.”
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
www.msn.com/en-us/politi...
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Sickening. At the very least, the US could have looked for other countries that might be willing to offer them asylum, rather than handing them back to Putin for (at best) imprisonment.
A plane carrying Russian citizens deported from the U.S. touched down in Moscow amid fears that some on board might face unjust imprisonment or forced mobilization.
Asylum-Seeking Russians Deported From U.S. at Risk of Persecution and Forced Mobilization, Activists Warn - The Moscow Times
A plane carrying Russian citizens deported from the U.S. touched down in Moscow on Tuesday amid fears that some on board might face unjust imprisonment.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sickening. At the very least, the US could have looked for other countries that might be willing to offer them asylum, rather than handing them back to Putin for (at best) imprisonment.
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Trump gives Zelenskyy ‘days’ to respond to peace proposal on.ft.com/44YBtm9
Trump gives Zelenskyy ‘days’ to respond to peace proposal
Ukrainian president pressed by US envoys for a swift response with an aim to agree ceasefire with Russia ‘by Christmas’
on.ft.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Trump gives Zelenskyy ‘days’ to respond to peace proposal on.ft.com/44YBtm9
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The average price of Urals crude oil fell to $44.87 per barrel in November, the Russian ministry of economic development said.
December 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The average price of Urals crude oil fell to $44.87 per barrel in November, the Russian ministry of economic development said.
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The wall near St. Michael’s Monastery in #Kyiv
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The wall near St. Michael’s Monastery in #Kyiv
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
Here are the faces of the Heroes who gave their lives for Ukraine
Here are ordinary people who did not want war -they wanted to live.But when Russians came to kill us,they stood up to defend their country
This is the price Ukraine is paying
📹Oleg Kiy
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We also produced a video version of this article for YouTube, which also acts as a case study in "don't read the comments"
youtu.be/8_MnE3s_CKs?...
youtu.be/8_MnE3s_CKs?...
Who Gets to Live in Rebuilt Mariupol?
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
We also produced a video version of this article for YouTube, which also acts as a case study in "don't read the comments"
youtu.be/8_MnE3s_CKs?...
youtu.be/8_MnE3s_CKs?...
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The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution demanding that Russia immediately and unconditionally return all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported since the start of the war.
The document was supported by 91 countries.
The document was supported by 91 countries.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution demanding that Russia immediately and unconditionally return all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported since the start of the war.
The document was supported by 91 countries.
The document was supported by 91 countries.
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My latest on the sound and fury --and predictable insignificance-- of the latest round of Russia-Ukraine diplomacy:
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Russia–Ukraine: turbulent diplomacy
A tumultuous week has consumed much energy, changed little and exposed Europe’s weakness.
www.iiss.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
My latest on the sound and fury --and predictable insignificance-- of the latest round of Russia-Ukraine diplomacy:
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
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My essay for Survival (the IISS journal) on the personal as geopolitical. Draws on my diplomatic past and present observations of the Trump presidency.
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
Human Textures: The Personal as Geopolitical
While orthodox strategic arguments hover in the background, Trump himself speaks of international relations in visceral, tactile, intimate terms rather than bloodless abstractions of interest and values.
www.iiss.org
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My essay for Survival (the IISS journal) on the personal as geopolitical. Draws on my diplomatic past and present observations of the Trump presidency.
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
www.iiss.org/online-analy...
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"Russia's leadership was given false information that 70%of Ukraine's population was for us and 30%was against us.It turned out to be exactly the opposite"
Former commander of the Russian Ground Forces Chirkin criticized full-scale invasion of Ukraine,saying Russia was"once again"unprepared for war
Former commander of the Russian Ground Forces Chirkin criticized full-scale invasion of Ukraine,saying Russia was"once again"unprepared for war
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Russia's leadership was given false information that 70%of Ukraine's population was for us and 30%was against us.It turned out to be exactly the opposite"
Former commander of the Russian Ground Forces Chirkin criticized full-scale invasion of Ukraine,saying Russia was"once again"unprepared for war
Former commander of the Russian Ground Forces Chirkin criticized full-scale invasion of Ukraine,saying Russia was"once again"unprepared for war