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A patch of yellow and bluesewn on army fatiguescaught my eye as I sattalking about sons and daughtersin a busy cafésons and daughtersnow fathers and mothers workingin medicine, educationa craftsman and retail assistantgetting to the end of a busy weekthe man in the army fatiguesstrode past the windowsmart, clean of facedressed as a soldier of →
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on Ukraine
Not just today pleaseAnniversaries omitThe day-to-day grind ~ n.b. Two years. Some marriages don’t last that long. Mother Russia, can you not see the line of caskets stretching back two years? Can you not hear the grieving mothers‘ cries filling the graveyards of your land? All this for what? Call your sons home. Offer them →
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on Ukraine
he flew from conflictbut there was no safe escapebody found in car park ~ n.b. Not only has Aleksei Navalny been murdered, so too the young Russian airforce pilot, Maksim Kurminov, who defected and moved to Alicante. Moscow shows its weakness through the killing of individuals free of spirit and honest of voice. Ideals cannot →
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on Avdiivka
the city near surroundeddecision needed to stay and dieor get out while there’s some timethe Russian forces force retreateven though they suffer toosending maimed and injuredback behind the linesZelenskiy implores the westsend more armsor this will mean more nationswill also come to harmthe deep reserves of national debtsthat fund the arms he’s demandedprove that economies →
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on Ukraine
the war continuesseven hundred and twentydays and nights, long nights ~ CLP 13/02/2024 →
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On Ukraine
What now for Ukraine?Two years backwards and forwardsChess pieces removed ~ n.b. Politics or strategy? The West has other fish to fry, it seems. The masters of war play on, as the planet perspires. CLP 09/02/2024 →
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On Ukraine
British army mustquadruple in size to repelRussia military……say Chiefs.~n.b. That won’t be happening without immigration, or conscription, or a very old army when current demographics are looked at in detail. CLP 02/02/2024 →
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