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If patriotism were defined, not as blind obedience to government, not as submissive worship to flags and anthems, but rather as love of one’s country, one’s fellow citizens (all over the world), as loyalty to the principles of justice and democracy, then patriotism would require us to disobey our government, when it violated those principles.
Howard Zinn
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Don’t worry if you didn’t happen to get it right, you can treat it as a good excuse to check out a map and grow your knowledge!
28th February 2023
Putin and gymnast and alleged mother of his children Alina Kabaeva live together in a residence in Valdai and use Putin’s funds from the Cyprus offshore company Ermira Consultants – project “Project” 🙂 I guess Ermira Consultants need to be sanctioned! #SanctionErmiraConsultants
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On Assignment with Richard Engel: Ukraine’s Secret Resistance https://youtu.be/pEetVTw4Cds via
On Assignment with Richard Engel: Ukraine’s Secret Resistance. One year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Richard Engel is on the ground speaking with ordinary civilians who bravely joined an underground resistance
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1st March 2023
Media: Stoltenberg invites Zelensky to attend NATO summit in Vilnius. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in a March 1 interview that he had invited President Volodymyr Zelensky to attend a NATO summit in Vilnius in July.
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1st March 2023
Today we celebrate the bravery of Anastasia Blyshchyk, a woman volunteer in the #Ukrainian army, and all the faces of war. Their selflessness and courage inspire us all. Happy first day of #spring! #Heroism #Ukraine #UkraineWillWin #UkraineWar #RussiaIsCollapsing #Ukraine
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Ukrainska Pravda in English
1st March 2023
NATO chief: “Allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance” in the long term
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1st March 2023
The Russian military started launching the Shahed kamikaze drones from Briansk Oblast in Russia in order to pose a bigger threat to Kyiv. Source: daily report of the British intelligence, as reported by European Pravda
Special Operations Forces take out Russian sabotage group near Bakhmut
Special Operations Forces take out Russian sabotage group near Bakhmut
1st March 2023
The #Ukrainian 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade has reduced a company in the #Russian fortress to at least a platoon, direction #Bakhmut #BakhmutHolds
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1st March 2023
There is information that the situation in Transnistria should be resolved by the end of March. How is it resolved? Let’s see. #Ukraine #Moldova #Transnistria #WarInUkraine #UkraineWarNews
US Air Force’s drone, Forte 12, is taking a significant interest in to what is transpiring in -occupied Crimea. Perhaps the Global Hawk knows Ukraine will be liberating territories soon?! Let’s hope! Crimea is Ukraine !
Good to see
getting a chance to talk about his work, evidence always outweighs gongs in the end- Is Seymour Hersh wrong about the Nord Stream pipelines?
https://spectator.co.uk/podcast/is-seymour-hersh-wrong-about-the-nord-stream-pipeline/
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1st February 2023
How Bellingcat gets 15k people on Discord to talk about investigative journalism, by
mappingjournalism.substack.com
How Bellingcat gets 15k people on Discord to talk about investigative journalism
Plus: a climate journalism award and social media jobs
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Defense of Ukraine Retweeted
1st March 2023
They wanted to freeze us and throw us into darkness. We survived! Today is the first day of spring. Life, light, love defeat death. Ukraine will win.
1st March 2023
Ukraine government organization
Canadian Armed Forces soldiers partner with Polish and Norwegian Armed Forces in Op UNIFIER to instruct Ukrainian recruits in Leopard tank fundamentals in south-western Poland.
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1st March 2023
“Give peace a chance.” Bullet-riddled John Lennon mural in liberated Ukrainian town Izyum (Photo: Jessica Berlin
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1st March 2023
The experts said that the explosions apparently occurred in the vicinity of the plant, which is located on the frontline of an active combat area.
1st March 2023
Total combat losses of Russian forces between Feb. 24, 2022 and Mar. 1, 2023, are estimated to be as follows: More news here https://english.nv.ua
UKR Embassy to Ireland Retweeted
Ukraine government organization
Murders, forced disappearances, torture, rape, concentration and filtration camps – this is not the whole list of war crimes committed by #Russia in #Ukraine. That’s why it’s important to renew the mandate of the Commission of Inquiry, which documents Russia’s crimes.
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1st March 2023
Russian authorities have arrested a single father and sent his 12-year-old daughter to an orphanage after she drew an anti-war picture at school, the independent rights watchdog OVD-Info reported Wednesday.
themoscowtimes.com Russian Man Arrested For Daughter’s Anti-War Drawing Russian authorities have arrested a single father and sent his daughter to an orphanage after she drew an anti-war picture at
1st March 2023
Ukrainian Army soldier – his name was ‘Oleksiy’, he was recently killed in action on the eastern front lines. #Ukrainians #Ukrainе #UkraineWillResist #RussiaInvadedUkraine
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“Today’s meeting is taking place at a very difficult time, which calls for new, unorthodox approaches and responsible political decisions,” Lukashenko told China’s President Xi Jinping on a state visit to Beijing.
Ten Ways to Strengthen Canada’s Magnitsky Sanctions – Policy Magazine. Proud to co-author this article with
and Brandon Silver, two of the top human rights defenders in Canada
policymagazine.ca Ten Ways to Strengthen Canada’s Magnitsky Sanctions – Policy Magazine Over the past year, Vladimir Putin’s illegal and unjustified aggression against Ukraine has given
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Volodymyr Zelensky has predicted Vladimir Putin will eventually be murdered by someone in his inner circle. In this new episode of Inside Putin’s Mind, Putin’s No.1 foreign enemy investigates the theories on how Putin will be brought down.
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Who Watches the Watchers? 