@rusticcrow.bsky.social
A Ukrainian in Scotland 🏴🇺🇦 Mostly following clever people
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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OTD in 1956 several armored Soviet humanitarian divisions, with equipment bought from a shop, went on a "special military operation" to Hungary from Hungarians.
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
OTD in 1956 several armored Soviet humanitarian divisions, with equipment bought from a shop, went on a "special military operation" to Hungary from Hungarians.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
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The russian occupiers announced the completion of the "reconstruction" of the Mariupol Drama Theater — the very one they bombed in Mar 2022, when hundreds of people w/ kids were sheltering inside.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The russian occupiers announced the completion of the "reconstruction" of the Mariupol Drama Theater — the very one they bombed in Mar 2022, when hundreds of people w/ kids were sheltering inside.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
In Dec, they plan to reopen it and stage russian plays literally on the blood and bones of Ukrainians.
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Plain terrorism, nothing else. Footage has emerged of the Russian drone strike hitting a private kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Children were inside when the strike landed.
October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Plain terrorism, nothing else. Footage has emerged of the Russian drone strike hitting a private kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Children were inside when the strike landed.
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Russian Blitz air raid on democratic Ukraine overnight and this morning targeted northern and eastern portion of the country. Reports of widespread attacks on energy infrastructure. Russians used ballistic missiles then followed on with waves of attack drones.
October 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Russian Blitz air raid on democratic Ukraine overnight and this morning targeted northern and eastern portion of the country. Reports of widespread attacks on energy infrastructure. Russians used ballistic missiles then followed on with waves of attack drones.
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Emergency power outages in “many regions of Ukraine” according to energy ministry. MiG-31K in air, prompting countrywide air alert - reports of launch of Kinzhal aeroballistic missile from MiG in direction of Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast.
October 22, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Emergency power outages in “many regions of Ukraine” according to energy ministry. MiG-31K in air, prompting countrywide air alert - reports of launch of Kinzhal aeroballistic missile from MiG in direction of Kaniv, Cherkasy Oblast.
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Air alert in Kyiv, warning of threat of ballistic missiles, reports of launches and fast incoming targets, then the sound of explosions in the Ukrainian capital - all in the space of six minutes. Explosions also reported in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipro.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Air alert in Kyiv, warning of threat of ballistic missiles, reports of launches and fast incoming targets, then the sound of explosions in the Ukrainian capital - all in the space of six minutes. Explosions also reported in Zaporizhzhya and Dnipro.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
No, Putin doesn’t want peace.
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“I never crossed a border—only watched the land shift like a tired animal, folding / itself around my feet until I belonged to a country I didn’t name.”
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
Mouth of the River, Tongue of No Country
A poem
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“I never crossed a border—only watched the land shift like a tired animal, folding / itself around my feet until I belonged to a country I didn’t name.”
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
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I am pleading with the world’s opinion columnists, with tears in my eyes, to please learn the difference between ammo depot and residential building
October 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I am pleading with the world’s opinion columnists, with tears in my eyes, to please learn the difference between ammo depot and residential building
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Time Russian jets allowed in Turkish airspace before getting shot down: 17 seconds
Time Russian jets allowed in EU airspace before angry press release: 12 minutes
“Quick and decisive” indeed.
Time Russian jets allowed in EU airspace before angry press release: 12 minutes
“Quick and decisive” indeed.
September 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Time Russian jets allowed in Turkish airspace before getting shot down: 17 seconds
Time Russian jets allowed in EU airspace before angry press release: 12 minutes
“Quick and decisive” indeed.
Time Russian jets allowed in EU airspace before angry press release: 12 minutes
“Quick and decisive” indeed.
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If NATO had responded decisively to the many Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, we would not now be facing incursions by Russian warplanes, and having to consider shooting down Russian fighters.
Inaction in the face of provocation encourages more dangerous escalations.
Inaction in the face of provocation encourages more dangerous escalations.
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If NATO had responded decisively to the many Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, we would not now be facing incursions by Russian warplanes, and having to consider shooting down Russian fighters.
Inaction in the face of provocation encourages more dangerous escalations.
Inaction in the face of provocation encourages more dangerous escalations.
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US soldiers rolling out a red carpet for an old kgb fuck indicted by the ICC, ladies and gentlemen
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
US soldiers rolling out a red carpet for an old kgb fuck indicted by the ICC, ladies and gentlemen
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Such a stark contrast.
August 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Such a stark contrast.
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This is a man who has no idea what he's talking about, & no understanding of his interlocutor's motivation, about to sell out Ukraine to Putin, who knows exactly how to manipulate Trump. Europe cannot let this stand, if it wants to save itself as well as Ukraine.
Trump: "There will be some changes in land ... Russia has taken some very prime territory. They've taken largely ocean -- in real estate we call it oceanfront property. That's always the most valuable property."
August 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a man who has no idea what he's talking about, & no understanding of his interlocutor's motivation, about to sell out Ukraine to Putin, who knows exactly how to manipulate Trump. Europe cannot let this stand, if it wants to save itself as well as Ukraine.
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"It's very complicated," says the guy who promiesed to end the war in 24 hours.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
Trump claims “President Putin I believe wants to see peace” and acknowledges Ukraine will have to make territorial concessions (unclear what Russia’s concessions will be, if any)
August 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"It's very complicated," says the guy who promiesed to end the war in 24 hours.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
And now he's saying Ukraine will have to give up territory. If so, Putin's aggression will be rewarded--and Trump will have turned out to be a good investment for Moscow.
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
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They've managed to criminalise legitimate protest and undermine anti-terror laws in one move. They should be goddamned ashamed of themselves.
July 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
They've managed to criminalise legitimate protest and undermine anti-terror laws in one move. They should be goddamned ashamed of themselves.
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The administration will incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When it burns, its label will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The administration will incinerate enough food to feed 1.5 million children for a week. When it burns, its label will read: THIS PRODUCT IS A GIFT FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 500 tons, from us, to no one.
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Syrskyi reports a 1.6-fold rise in Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine over the past month. He adds that Russia is boosting troop numbers and accelerating missile and drone production to support its ongoing war efforts.
July 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Syrskyi reports a 1.6-fold rise in Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine over the past month. He adds that Russia is boosting troop numbers and accelerating missile and drone production to support its ongoing war efforts.
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This is madness
It isn’t about breaking Ukraine
It’s about proving that we the collective west don’t have the will to stop Russia
It isn’t about breaking Ukraine
It’s about proving that we the collective west don’t have the will to stop Russia
June 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is madness
It isn’t about breaking Ukraine
It’s about proving that we the collective west don’t have the will to stop Russia
It isn’t about breaking Ukraine
It’s about proving that we the collective west don’t have the will to stop Russia
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One day russians will circumvent the Ukrainian defenses by walking around it through western Europe
nato really just doesn’t wanna leave the hard learning curve huh
June 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
One day russians will circumvent the Ukrainian defenses by walking around it through western Europe
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Don't forget what Ukrainian men, and women, are going through.
June 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Don't forget what Ukrainian men, and women, are going through.
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Russia hit Ukraine’s key industrial city of Dnipro with ballistic missiles today causing massive destruction that killed 17 people and injured more than 270, local authorities reported.
Russia kills 17, injures scores in one of its deadliest attacks on Ukraine
Amid its summer offensive in Ukraine, Moscow hit industrial center Dnipro a day after slamming Kyiv with missiles.
www.politico.eu
June 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Russia hit Ukraine’s key industrial city of Dnipro with ballistic missiles today causing massive destruction that killed 17 people and injured more than 270, local authorities reported.