EU plans first €90bn loan tranche for Ukraine in late spring or early summer The European Union plans to provide Ukraine with the first tranche of a €90 billion loan in late May or early June 2026.

🇪🇺 EU plans first €90bn loan tranche for Ukraine in late spring or early summer

😡 A 3-ton Russian aerial bomb struck Kostiantynivka (City in Ukraine). Russia is a terrorist state!

Zelensky says failure of US envoys to visit Kyiv is 'disrespectful' US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner have travelled to Moscow several times, but never to Kyiv.

“Witkoff, who has been to Moscow eight times, met Vladimir Putin on many occasions. Neither he nor Kushner, however, has ever visited Kyiv in an official capacity.”

Trump: "I would've won Vietnam very quickly if I were president. Look at Venezuela. I took it over in 45 minutes."

Johnson overrode advice about appointing the son of a KGB officer into the Lords.

Nothing from the media. Not a whisper.

Starmer doesn’t override advice

Media storm and a hounding of epic proportions.

Olly Robbins: "When I walked into post.. I wasn't walking into a vacuum. I arrived to a situation in which a due diligence report had been undertaken.. the name had been submitted to the king, the PM had made an announcement that Mandelson was his nominee without caveats.. "

Reform UK vows to deport hundreds of thousands of refugees Nigel Farage’s party has looked to Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown as a model

The unreconcilable in pursuit of the infeasible.

Slava 🇺🇦!

Zelenskyy signs European integration laws on energy standards and product testing

Zelenskyy signs European integration laws on energy standards and product testing #Ukraine

A poster with a colorful stack of books on the left and this text on the right: “Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.” ~ Jeff Zentner

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

"Hey, Teenagers: Pay close attention to the books people try to ban. Then, make a beeline to read those books, if you can. Find out for yourself why those people want that book banned. Find out for yourself if they can be trusted to know what’s best for you.”
~ Jeff Zentner

Help Our Pollinators

A deal to end the Iran war seemed close. Then Trump started posting on social media | CNN Politics As the weekend approached, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal to end the seven-week war.

This CNN story is correct, but it's only half the story. The full story is that the war with Iran should never have started AND that Trump is keeping it going.
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Reform UK candidate says women should stay at home and look after the kids Martin Shipton A Reform UK Senedd candidate shocked those attending a hustings meeting by suggesting that women should stay at home and look after their children instead of going out to work. Mark Law...

A Reform UK Senedd candidate shocked those attending a hustings meeting by suggesting that women should stay at home and look after their children instead of going out to work ✍️Martin Shipton

Billions of people will celebrate this asshole's death.

In my opinion, the main threat from the russians stems from our own Western fear of their supposed 'might', which is a chimera. The russians are only strong if the West lacks the courage to defend itself. The Ukrainians are showing us every day that resolve makes the russians remember their borders

In today's "that escalated quickly news", the eldest had a day off school so we went to look at a castle. And then another castle. And then a third castle. And a couple of Roman forts. And a stone circle. And then finally a walk on a Lakeland fell.

Deeply silly behaviour.

Merseyside derby 💙

I know so many were keen to get a hold of photos I had taken of them yesterday, so please find the album available for free here:

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#efc #everton #MerseysideDerby

Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...

“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves”

It’s so obvious, it hurts.
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🇺🇦🇪🇺 Today, Ukraine is effectively serving as a defensive line for all of Europe, strengthening the European Union’s security even before formal membership.

The fastest way to halt hostilities is to freeze positions along the current line of contact and shift to diplomacy — Volodymyr Zelenskyy

#Ukraine air defenses down 116 of 143 drones launched by #Russia overnight

22 UAVs hit 17 locations

15+ civilians injured, including 3 children, in #Sumy city - Residential buildings, cars, and a medical facility damaged

#UkraineWar #RussiaWarCrimes

Odesa. Nothing special. Just a family of turtles basking in the sun.
🐢🐢🐢☀️☀️☀️🐢🐢🐢

🇪🇺🇺🇦 The EU is close to making a decision on allocating 90 billion euros in financial assistance to Ukraine, having begun the final stage of legal approval of the loan, – Deutsche Welle.

☠️ Russia is putting 254 soldiers per square kilometer in Ukrainian black soil!

These statistics were given by Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN, Melnyk.

"No army since the First World War has paid such a high price in lives for such insignificant territorial gains as Russia," he said.

WAKE UP PEOPLE

1. The USA 🇺🇸 is NOT a world power and leader without it’s allies.

2. The EU, UKRAINE 🇺🇦 and CANADA 🇨🇦 do NOT need the USA militarily against Russia 🇷🇺

3. Russia has a small economy… now destroyed by Ukraine.

4. #TrumpIsBatShitCRAZY, the USA is in decline.

#MOG8

❗️Four injured after night attack in Sumy

Among the injured is a 17-year-old child. All injured were taken to hospitals by medical personnel.

▪️Drones hit the residential sector. Multi-story buildings and cars were damaged. Another drone hit the territory of a medical facility

EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East – Europe live Representatives from EU countries are meeting in Luxembourg today

EU foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine, Russia and the Middle East – Europe live

He won’t get as good as deal as Obama got.