So there’s a website called Deer Of St Nicholas which posts Christmas wish letters from Ukrainian children who had their childhood stolen by the war, anyone can pick a child and get them their present and it’s that time of the year again to achingly scroll it for hours again

Today, on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, we honour reporters in Europe who were murdered for their work. Each unsolved case deepens the silence. Each delay in justice endangers every journalist still reporting. #EndImpunity

Volunteers delivering aid to families in a frontline communities that live in extreme poverty hfu.org #hfu #hopeforukraine

"Green" or sustainable recovery will, we suspect, become the norm. Ukraine is better positioned than many countries thanks to its scientific and technical capacities and donor engagement. Right now we're stocktaking who needs environmental data, and what data is available. 2/3

1/ ❤️‍🩹 UWEC Work Group needs your support to continue covering the #environmental consequences of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine 🔗 Thank you in advance for your #donation: uwecworkgroup.info/donate/

Anatolii Hankevych, Oleh Mihas, Still life from the series Communion, 1993–1994 (oil painting in the technique imitating mosaic)

And Now for Something Completely Different: CMC's Russian flag bulker Matros Shevchenko, one of the main transporters of the stolen wheat from occupied Sevastopol to Mediterranean ports, transited Bosphorus carrying wheat from Novorossiysk en route to Lomé, #Togo.

Russia is doing everything in its power to create a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine. Last night in Kyiv the Russians destroyed the warehouse and office of Ukraine's second-largest pharmaceutical distributor, Optima Pharm. The losses are estimated at over $100 million.

Good.

According to President Zelenskyy, Russia has killed 135 media workers since the start of the full-scale war. 1/2

Russia’s war is spilling deeper into Europe. Drones over Poland, airspace breaches in Estonia, Airport forced to shut down. In our latest issue, we unpack September’s escalation and the revived talk of a Ukraine no-fly zone – now available in English! www.kyiv-dialogue.org/uk/novini/ne...

Volodymyr Yermolenko's post is worth a read. Thank you @mariasergiivna.bsky.social for the translation.

1/ 💚 UWEC is launching a series of articles on eco-activism in #Belarus, #Ukraine, and #Georgia during the #war in Ukraine. 🔗 In the first review, we discuss #Belarusian environmental organizations and initiatives: uwecworkgroup.info/environmenta...

Hey all, I’d appreciate your reposts for this fundraiser for equipment for my classmate’s Oleksii unit. Below is the list of the required stuff (sorry for the botched translation), and him with a cat 😸 Would appreciate your reposts! To donate: Monobank: send.monobank.ua/jar/6PXgBwLo... PayPal ⬇️

What a pity. After 20 years, the Buchstaben Museum in Berlin is closing due to lack of funds. Visitors have the chance to see the unique collection until Sunday, October 5th. www.buchstabenmuseum.de

UNITED24 Media Telegram Highlights The last high-voltage power line supplying the Zaporizhzhia NPP has been disconnected, according to the occupation-appointed “management” of the station. “Currently, the station’s own power, necessary for safety, is >>

🌻💨Two years ago, I wrote a short thread about wind farms in Ukraine. 💨🌻🧵1/7 [The abbreviation for Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group is KHPG; I was very tired when I posted that.] bsky.app/profile/andt...

The commentary on the Russian Tsar's Court 2.0 was published in December 2024, but I only read it today. I wonder who the court jesters are? carnegieendowment.org/russia-euras...

Belarusian journalist Ihar Ilyash was sentenced to four years in prison by the Minsk City Court. He is married to journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva, who has been in prison since 2021. She was arrested in November 2020 while covering a protest in Minsk. #JournalismIsNotACrime baj.media/en/journalis...

A clothing tag that reads: "Made in Kharkiv during the war." 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 Many people don't know how hard is to keep producing goods in these war conditions, Enemy attack warehouses and small workshops, and says that they're military targets!

On the 1291th day since Russia attacked Ukraine: Greek shipping giant Andreas Martinos owned, Malta flag Minerva Joy transited Bosphorus on Sept7 carrying jet fuel from Novatek’s Ust Luga condensate splitter to Istanbul Grand Airport. In2025, Novatek was the only non-Turkish jetfuel supplier to IGA

Russia's shadow fleet of ageing oil tankers of questionable seaworthiness is a textbook example of how conflicts indirectly generate risks to the environment, and far beyond the area directly affected by hostilities www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Kudos to Led By Donkeys. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Like most of us, I probably call too much 'must-read'. This, however, really is must-read, from @tashecon.bsky.social @cepa.org. I've said for a long time that Europe can't afford to let Ukraine lose; now the financial costs of giving too little help earlier are soaring: cepa.org/article/ukra...

An interesting thread with articles worth reading.

Occupied Crimea callers continue to flock to Egypt even after limited recovery of the Syria market: Russian flagged grain smuggling bulkers with false manifests, Matros Shevchenko & Zaid, transited Bosphorus en route from occupied Sevastopol to Alexandria carrying stolen Ukrainian wheat.

A Russian brand new fishing boat is almost blocking Öresund strait. They seemingly lost propulsion 4 hours ago, drifted north towards the very narrow channels (~300m) but seem to have anchored. Swedish coast guard and police have been at scene. AIS-caveats apply.

Georgia has always been Russia's testing ground. From secessionism to embargoes and outright invasion, the current takeover is actually a step further, it's what Russia aims to do with Ukraine eventually. Helping Georgians means crushing Russia's playbook for the future.

According to the Georgian weekly newspaper Kviris Palitra, Public Defender Levan Ioseliani visited Mzia #Amaglobeli, Nino #Datashvili and other prisoners today in the Penitentiary Institution No. 5. 1/2 @mariamnikuradze.bsky.social kvirispalitra.ge/article/1365...

The three lads from Salisbury raised more than £18,000 to support orphans and patients in hospitals in Kharkiv, Odesa and Vinnytsia. #Steps2Ukraine @maks23.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

Our volunteers distributing food kits to residents of a frontline village 🥘🇺🇦 Support our Hope Begins With A Meal Crowdfunding Campaign donate.hfu.org/campaign/hop... #hfu #hopeforukraine

Abolishing the Ukrainian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Mindovkillya) and assigning its responsibilities to two other ministries is not a good idea, methinks. But read the article yourself.

Ukraine is beautiful. Let’s keep it that way. 💙💛 Support defenders with equipment to detect russian FPV drones: 💵 paypal.com/pool/9i44fMS...

"Some of the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers that Russia handed over as part of the exchange show no visible injuries. At the same time, forensic experts fainted while working with them. This has led to suspicions that the Russians poisoned the soldiers with chemicals." suspilne.media/chernivtsi/1...

FALSE FLAGGED VESSELS THRU TURKISH STRAITS: Timor-Leste registry has no ships. Timor Leste government told IMO about this criminal op 2 months ago. But Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 flag vessels, like this stolen Ukrainian grain transporter and dark fleet tanker, are still allowed to transit Bosphorus. Why?

This thread is worth reading. It's no surprise, but unfortunately it also means bad news for the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (see No. 6/27 and 7/27). And syringes may also be in short supply there.

Anhelina was born under russian attack in October 2022 and died from a russian attack in August 2025. She was only 2 years old when russia killed her yesterday along with her mother.

🐾 Fighting for life: How Russia’s #war threatens to wipe out rare species For the first time, the IUCN European Red List has officially recognized military action in #Ukraine as an extinction risk factor. How serious is the threat to Ukraine’s rare species? uwecworkgroup.info/fighting-for...

The "Odesa exhibition" featuring European paintings from the 16th to the 19th century from the collection of the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art will continue its journey to Heidelberg, the twin town of Odesa. 1/6 #WEArtMuseum www.museum-heidelberg.de/Museum-Heide...

Yes, indeed.

My favourite story this week on @eurcorrespond.bsky.social: The Italian military lost a missile in the Sardinian sea and have been trying to retrieve it for some months now, so far unsuccessfully. Also featuring: 400 lost and found Swiss tanks and 240 anti-tank mines found at an IKEA in Poland.

Look at this.

Ukraine’s stolen commodities: Russian flag cargo vessel SV Nikolay transited Bosphorus carrying stolen coal from occupied Mariupol to Algeria.

Russians slit throats and threw him into a pit: a Ukrainian defender managed to escape and survive. Vladyslav, a 33-year-old National Guardsman, spent five days making his way back to his unit's positions. To survive, he had to catch and eat mice.👇

This is what Russia does to Ukrainian kids in Russian-occupied territories and to Ukrainian teenagers who have been abducted to Russia.

Few callings demand as much courage, resilience and patriotism as journalism in 🇬🇪 Facing relentless political and financial pressure, they continue to confront tyranny and corruption I invite you to stand with them and support their fundraiser “Every voice counts. And every silence too.” — Sartre

Sounds interesting, I just watched the trailer too. I hope I'll get the chance to see the film at my favourite cinema.

Ukraine Independence Day marked in Tbilisi.