Olex K
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BBC is using "migrants" as a shorthand for "illegal migrants" in headlines now. (Not sure that even "illegal migrants" is the right term here, but that's what they're using in the text.)
UK powers to seize phones from migrants without arrest come into force
The government says it will help gather intelligence on smuggling gangs.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
BBC is using "migrants" as a shorthand for "illegal migrants" in headlines now. (Not sure that even "illegal migrants" is the right term here, but that's what they're using in the text.)
For some time quite a few people (including some Ukrainians) had been praising Poland for not taking "bad" non-European migrants. But of course, if not confronted the line shifts further and "good ones" become "bad" as well www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Go back to Ukraine': War refugees complain of abuse in Poland
Dozens say they have been abused in public, bullied in schools and seen increasing xenophobic material online.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
For some time quite a few people (including some Ukrainians) had been praising Poland for not taking "bad" non-European migrants. But of course, if not confronted the line shifts further and "good ones" become "bad" as well www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Olex K
NEW: Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones.
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
December 4, 2024 at 8:12 AM
NEW: Russia uses civilians as ‘target practice’ for killer drones.
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
Kherson’s residents have been, since midsummer, the target of an experiment without precedent in modern European warfare: a concerted campaign to empty a city by stalking its population with drones.
Free to read: on.ft.com/3Vohxoa
Reposted by Olex K
Latest post looks at Russian attacks on Ukrainian society - and in particular health care and energy supplies - and sees patterns from the Syrian war. The aim is to coerce Ukraine into surrender but while it undoubtedly hurts it shows no sign of having that effect. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/l...
Lashing Out
Understanding Russia's attacks on Ukrainian civilians
open.substack.com
July 14, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Latest post looks at Russian attacks on Ukrainian society - and in particular health care and energy supplies - and sees patterns from the Syrian war. The aim is to coerce Ukraine into surrender but while it undoubtedly hurts it shows no sign of having that effect. open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/l...