Posts

ScottLucas, 3 days ago

How did #Gaza protests at #TrinityCollegeDublin lead to agreement to divest from #Israel?

Kathy Rose OBrien of UCD's Clinton Institute reports for CNN International on how activism does not necessarily lead to confrontation

#Palestine

ScottLucas, 2 days ago

#Zelenskiy on #Russia's latest mass killing in #Kharkiv:

"For them, it is pleasure to burn. We all know who we are dealing with. Russia is run by men who want to make it a norm – burning lives, destroying cities and villages, dividing people, & erasing national borders thru war"

ScottLucas, 2 days ago

Death toll rises to 14 from #Russia's bombing of hypermarket in #Kharkiv on Saturday

#Ukraine #RussiaWarCrimes

ScottLucas, 3 days ago

#Ukraine downed #Russia Su-25 fighter jet in #Donetsk region

Su-25, which provides close air support for Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions, is 3rd downed in 3 days and 7th in May

#UkraineWar

ScottLucas, 3 days ago

#Russia drops 2 bombs on builders' hypermarket in #Kharkiv

2+ killed and 24+ wounded

Fire across 10,000+ sq m --- 200+ inside storie

#Zelenskiy: "Every day we call on the world: give us air defense, save people"

#Ukraine

ScottLucas, 5 days ago

#Ukraine forces shoot down 2 #Russia Su-25 fighter jets on Thursday

6 Su-25s downed in May

The jets provide close air support for Russian assaults on Ukrainian positions in #Donetsk region

#UkraineWar

ScottLucas, 7 days ago

#Zelenskiy: Troops achieving “tangible” results in defense of #Kharkiv v. 12-day #Russia offensive

Frontline situation near Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, and Kurakhove remains “extremely difficult”

#UkraineWar #Ukraine

ScottLucas, 8 days ago

#Zelenskiy indicates US maintaining ban on use of #ATACMS long-range missiles in strikes on #Russia

#Lithuania Foreign Minister: “From beginning we have made the mistake of limiting Ukrainians because it could be seen as an escalation. We must abandon these rules"

#Ukraine

ScottLucas, 9 days ago

#Iran President #Raisi & Foreign Minister #AmirAbdollahian were returning from visit to #Azerbaijan

US-made Bell copter fm 1960s crashes in fog in mountains in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province

Regime says contact made w passengers on copter but rescuers call off search for night

xs4me2, 9 days ago

@ScottLucas

That seems the end of it then...

ScottLucas, 10 days ago

French dairy products company #Danone confirms end of Russian operations

Danone, which had been in #Russia for 30+ years, announces the sale of assets to Russian dairy company

#UkraineWar

ScottLucas, 11 days ago

#Zelenskiy on #Russia 8-day offensive in #Kharkiv region

"Attempt to weaken our forces along the frontlines while trying to strengthen propaganda, which is also aimed at world leaders"

Situation "controlled" but not "stabilized" in Kharkiv after Russia moves 5-10 km into region

ScottLucas, 15 days ago

Largest refinery in southern #Russia partially shut down after #Ukraine drone attack on Sunday.

#Lukoil refinery in #Volgograd region has daily output of 300,000 barrels

#UkraineWar

ScottLucas, 19 days ago

#Russia "Fancy Bear" hackers, linked to military intelligence, target #Poland government institutions as part of Moscow's political warfare

#UkraineWar #Ukraine

ScottLucas, 29 days ago

Large European banks paid more than €800m in taxes to #Kremlin in 2023 - 4x amount before start of #Russia invasion of #Ukraine

Banks includes Austria's Raiffeisen Bank, Unicredit, Netherlands' ING, Germany's Commerzbank & Deutsche Bank, Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo, & Hungary's OTP

ScottLucas, 29 days ago

NATO head Stoltenberg on unannounced visit to Kyiv, where he has had talks w #Zelenskiy and will address Parliament

"I will be very honest: NATO allies have not delivered what we have promised over the last months. But now I’m confident that things will change."

#Ukraine