I worked as a teacher for a month at a school run by conspiracists who believed they were battling a sinister plot against humanity. The children were taught that crystals could cure them of illnesses and that Bill Gates was going to force them to eat insects. Here’s the story:.

And an interview with @poroshenko who accused Zelensky of “authoritarianism” after the government sanctioned him this year. “Why is he doing this? Because he hates me on a biological, chemical level. And, frankly speaking, I also do not like Zelensky.”.

An interview with @oleksiireznikov who said that the war will carry on as long as Putin remains in the Kremlin. His comments reflect a growing resignation among many to a prolonged conflict, a stark reversal from hopes Trump could bring about peace.

A piece in the ST on Shaheds, which Russia is now mass-producing thanks to Iran, China and NK. To listen to a Shahed buzzing in the night sky and not know where it will land is a frightening experience and one that Ukrainians are enduring nightly.

Some recent pieces from Ukraine. In @thetimes today a dispatch from Kharkiv where soldiers are pioneering AI drone technology. The future looks dystopic. “For the unlucky bastards in the trenches life is already hell. But it’s about to get a lot worse."

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In Sudzha there is a house on the hill known as Little Monaco. Until last August it was home to 150 FSB officers. When Ukrainian soldiers accessed the flats they found a trove of information about the lives and activities of these officers. In @thetimes.

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RT @thetimes: Ukrainians dropped their New Year champagne as drone sirens rang out. The air raid warning came seconds into 2025 in war-tow….

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As the deadline for improvements to aid going into Gaza elapses, Israel has got nowhere near reaching 350 lorries a day. We went to Erez on Monday where there were 26 allowed in. Drivers said that one in five times they were turned away and not told why.

The IDF is weighing whether to consolidate its successes in Lebanon or press further. Soldiers I spoke to on the border were bellicose in their desire to push on. "Our spirits are high." Dispatch in @thetimes .

RT @georgegrylls: Vladimir Putin once again proves himself to be a boorish philistine. I remember how often I'd find Constructivist buildi….

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