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on Ukraine
everyday peoplevisit the pizzariafamilies sliced apart ~ n.b. Kramatorsk’s pizzeria, a popular venue, often used by foreign journalists, was blown to pieces today while people were sitting down to eat. The criminals have resumed their murderous business, after fighting each other briefly, like rats in a sack. The slaughter of children out with their parents →
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on Ukraine
yes, you heard it rightdolphins being trained to fightno young Russians left? ~ n.b. It is alleged, in a BBC Radio 4 news report today, that the Russian military are training dolphins to support attacks on the Ukraine naval forces and their facilities. Just when you think the bitter, twisted, old men in Moscow can →
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on Ukraine
remove the labelslook into the soldiers’ eyesthe kids from next door ~ n.b. The Ukrainian counter-offensive has begun to make some progress. Their armed forces, supplemented by volunteer recruits from all backgrounds, fighting to bring peace to their own homes. Pictures from a small exhibition at the Norwich city library. “On the roads to war” →
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on Ukraine
day four-seven-onewar becomes wallpaperpeople switch off news ~ n.b. It now takes something outrageous to re-capture attention, a dam being sabotaged and subsequent flooding, for example. The daily tally of lost civilians, a grandmother here, a child there, becomes unremarkable. ~ CLP 09/06/2023 →
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this runs far deeperdestruction of a nationMoscow’s callous goal ~ n.b. Having failed with invasion, Moscow’s aim seems to be to turn Ukraine to ruins. Blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam is just another day at the office for the little man in The Kremlin. How will this be ended? CLP 07/06/2023 →
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6th June
Veterans gather at City HallRemembering the storiesTold by their seniors of The BeachesJuno, Sword, GoldOf Canadian cousins with bicyclesAnd American men who washed ashoreTheir blood soaking through the sandOn Utah and OmahaDecades have passed since D-DayNever again, Europe swore.Above, the lifeless flagUkraine’s Yellow and Blue ~ CLP 06/06/2023 →
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on distance
we both see the Moonwatch the Evening Star descendwish on shooting stars – n.b. Kilometres dissolve. CLP 31/05/2023 →
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on Ukraine
innocents murderedbecomes standard war practisedeath of innocence ~ n.b. Has the war now reached Moscow, from whence it came? CLP 31/05/2023 →
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on Ukraine
this is the futureunmanned aerial vehicleswar without soldiers ~ n.b. Eventually, no human risk to intervention, weapons fight weapons, just civilian casualties. Who will prevail? The belligerent with most money. Something not previously the case, as the wealthy nations don’t like to see too many of their poorer sons sacrificed. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, Suez, Iraq, →
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