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„The city of Pokrovsk has essentially fallen to the Russians. It is surrounded on three sides and Moscow’s troops increasingly infiltrate near the centre.
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There is always a temptation to present such a major operation – the battle for the city lasted 18 months – as a turning point in the war.
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But while this is a defeat for Kyiv, it should not be seen as a crucial reversal. The battle is significant in a number of ways, reflecting the changing operational and political context of this stage in the conflict.”
@ChrisOsieck @Shayan86 1).
„Iran has long held the grim distinction of carrying out the most executions per capita in the world.
@ChrisOsieck @Shayan86 2).
Now it is in the midst of one of the deadliest waves of state killings in decades: analysts say more than 1,025 people were executed in the first nine months of this year, surpassing last year’s total, and 204 in Sept. alone [1] [2] [4] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8].
@ChrisOsieck @Shayan86 3).
The scale and speed of the executions recall the regime’s darkest chapter: the mass executions of 1988 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16], when thousands of political prisoners were put to death in a matter of months.
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„An Oct. poll by Warsaw-based pollster CBOS found [1] that only 48% of Poles currently support accepting Ukrainian refugees, down from 94% in March 2022, with half of those polled agreeing that the Polish state is too generous toward Ukrainians.
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Poland’s commissioner for human rights, meanwhile, has observed a »growing number of acts of discrimination and hate speech« towards Ukrainians in Poland, Bloomberg reported [2] last week.”
@den_kazansky @RG_Horvath 1).
As a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv, which took place on Nov. 14, 2025, Nataliia Khodemchuk (1952–2025) was killed [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10], the widow of Valery Khodemchuk (1951–1986) [11] [12],
@den_kazansky @RG_Horvath 2).
who was the first fatality of the exploded at the fourth RBMK reactor of the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986.
@OchMyDear @EwelinaMichalc 1).
„Obraz zamieszczony we wpisach stanowi element większego dzieła Mariny Napruszkiny [1] [2] [3] [4], białoruskiej artystki. Dzieła sztuki, których jest autorką, nawiązują do pokojowych protestów, które miały miejsce w Białorusi w 2020 r. [5] [6] [7].
@OchMyDear @EwelinaMichalc 2).
Publikacja zdjęcia z wystawy w muzeum w Warszawie [8] wywołała negatywne reakcje. Część osób wypowiadających się w komentarzach jest przekonana, że obraz nawiązuje do UPA [9].
@OchMyDear @EwelinaMichalc 3).
Malowidło nie ma nic wspólnego z bojówką UPA ani z Ukrainą. Ten konkretny obraz, zatytułowany »IK 4. Oh, le-li le-li li-le« nawiązuje do sytuacji w obozach pracy przymusowej dla kobiet, w szczególności w kolonii karnej w Homlu [10] [11].”