- There are more dead than wounded - Ukraine’s military has video of almost all these incidents #modernwar

www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202... Something to bear in mind when you see these numbers: nowadays most of these casualties are thanks to drones. That means Ukraine’s military has a video of almost each and every one

Is there a novel that’s been written recently that’s gonna seem as prescient in decades to come as Nineteen Eighty-Four does now?

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... “Starting with the biggest one first” infantile

f24.my/BoWf ‘According to a Harris poll cited in the report, more than a third of users aged 18-27 wished that platforms including X, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram did not exist at all.’ That is an extraordinary figure

Entirely plausible that they would want to do this. But is it really plausible that they would present the plan in a written document in that sort of language? (Genuine question, I don’t know)

Donald Trump's Pentagon is going to buy millions of dollars of drones from Donald Trump's sons. But *do* go on more about the corruption of Joe and Hunter Biden.

The President of the United States has said that no-one expected Iran to retaliate to the U.S.-Israeli attack by firing missiles at various U.S. allied countries in the Gulf, though this was widely and publicly predicted by political leaders and respected experts all over the region and wider world

The President of the United States has said that Iran was a couple of weeks from having a nuclear weapon. This is in direct contradiction to the CIA’s report that Iran had not resumed its nuclear programme. He did not acknowledge this contradiction, it appears he was unaware of it

Has the President of the United States ever talked about a book that he read in a way that suggested he had actually read it?

The president of the United States says he can free Cuba, or take it, do anything he wants with it because “they’re a very weakened nation right now” and still they let him continue to be president

The president of the United States claims that maritime drones don’t exist on the basis that “if they did we would destroy them” and people continue to act like that’s ok to have him as president

Perhaps everyone should stop doing anything except pointing out the unbelievable things Trump says.

Wow. I wonder how you sleep after something like that

Sometimes I really feel like Bob Dylan’s Ballad of a Thin Man captures the whole condition of being a journalist, in any circumstances - not just a music reporter in the sixties

I just saw Kim Gordon name The Wizard of the Kremlin as her fourth favourite film of all time and so now Sonic Youth are cancelled. Greet news for me cos I always felt bad for not listening to more Sonic Youth.

Less than fifteen years ago, this is the kind of headline that could have won a comedy competition

Is this the sound of a penny dropping? www.instagram.com/reel/DVshI2g...

www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/... As I was reminded while making this report, most Ukrainians cry if you ask them to tell you about the early days of this war

What the hell is their problem

Seems like this guy isn’t keen on snow for some reason

🕯️🇺🇦 Enemy drone attacks White Angels evacuation unit in Kupyansk region: two police officers killed. Yulia was only 23 years old…

www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int... Shaun Walker excellent as usual - on how the US and Britain knew Russia was going to invade Ukraine, but no-one believed them, and why we will never know whether it would have been better or worse if they had

This cannot be true

2026 basically

In the past year, I’ve been to two Spanish-speaking regions that I did not expect to remind me of Wales, and they reminded me of Wales. And to one that I did expect to remind me of Wales, and it was totally different from Wales.

Belle lecture pour la Saint Valentin, merci Kristina Berdynskich www.liberation.fr/internationa...

For perspective, that’s about 1/3 of the city.

Such a powerful image in Le Monde. (The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes") Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka

🔥😎 Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Lukoil-Ukhtaneftepererabotka refinery. Ukhta is located 2,000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. A UAV damaged an atmospheric-vacuum oil distillation unit. Read more about strikes 👀 theukrainianreview.info/ukraine-atta...

"El Paso Party Balloon" is the name of my next band gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...

Report about the brilliant Anetta Barsivna in freezing Troyeschchyna, Kyiv m.youtube.com/watch?v=_dNZ...

Wow that was quick!

My latest report for #France24 is about Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on targets in Russia. I saw them taking off. It was cold! m.youtube.com/watch?si=kzk... Please note that some drones are big, like unmanned aeroplanes, and others are small like toys, but also deadly. These are big ones

www.economist.com/culture/2026... Dark

In Canada more people voted for the Liberal centre in reaction to Trump. Might Trump put enough of the French and other Europeans off the populist right too?

If you’re American maybe you should watch France 24 we’re on the case

I’ve been saying for a while that I sometimes feel more angry with Americans for not protesting than I do with Russians, cos Russians (in Russia) risk their lives if they do… Terrifying how quickly that’s got less true

Our kids nymag.com/intelligence...

www.ms.now/opinion/trum... Totally. Ukraine has a higher-than-average proportion of sanewashers. Maybe cos when they read it in translation it’s gone through some kind of preliminary rinse.

People cannot seriously watch this and continue to say the guy can't sing www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWZe...

SO glad to see my colleagues at France 24 are finding ways to cover the important issue of resistance to Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and grateful to Jade McGlynn for taking part www.youtube.com/watch?v=103y...

Fiery speech from Zelensky at Davos lashing out against Europe. I wonder if it’s calculated to please Trump

I think most Ukrainians didn’t know his name until he died. But they sure as hell knew his work. What a tragedy kyivindependent.com/top-ukrainia...

biz.liga.net/en/all/tek/n... Brekht was the genius behind Ukraine’s astonishingly swift repairs to its damaged power grid, according to Volodymyr Kudrytsky, former head of Ukrenergo. Things may not go so well now, without him. Despite being a top manager he was a hands-on guy and it killed him.

People who didn’t listen to Trump’s speech will open the New York Times or whatever & see headlines like ‘Trump “Won’t use Force” but Demands Greenland’. While that does sound crazy, it does NOT convey the terrifying unhinged reality. Terrifying above all because people clapped. Some even stood up

I bet Emmanuel Macron will still be in office when Donald Trump is not

My take this morning from chilly but sunny Kyiv. They're saying last night's attack was not The Big One that everyone's expecting. 300 drones is now not considered such a lot www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhpG...

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... Couldn’t agree more

This is the worst-case scenario, he says. Not the only one or even the most likely one. (IMHO also not actually the *worst*, though…)