“The level of losses on either side is staggering. Armed #drones and #AI have transformed the #frontline into a treacherous, completely transparent #kill zone, about 20 miles deep, making the evacuation of #woundedsoldiers extremely difficult.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

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Top Links 1112 Semiconductor decoupling. Powell's politics. Industrializing Ogaden. Free trade and the Magna Carta.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Yet another Russian oil refinery hit -- 82 years after Soviet deportation, Crimean Tatars living under Russia's constant terror -- Russia threatens Latvia over unfounded claims of Ukrainian drone launch plans -- China secretly trained Russian soldiers who later fought in Ukraine ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-20-2026/

Zelenskyy visits wounded soldiers at military hospital in Kharkiv http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMJxkV #Zelenskyy #Ukraine #Kharkiv #MilitaryHospital #WoundedSoldiers
This First World War soldier's hospital from the British Ministry of Information collection was at the University College. The exact university isn't given. #moi #hospitals #woundedsoldiers #firstworldwar #ww1
This British Ministry of Information photo shows an open-air hospital in Oxford's New College gardens during the First World War. #moi #hospitals #woundedsoldiers #firstworldwar #ww1
This photo from the British Ministry of Information shows boy scouts helping convalescent soliders outside another building turned into a hospital during the First World War. #moi #hospitals #woundedsoldiers #firstworldwar #ww1
Part of the British Ministry of Information's collection from the First World War shows soldier's hospitals operating in unexpected buildings. This ward was in the School Magna Borealis and Magna Australis at Oxford. #moi #hospitals #woundedsoldiers #firstworldwar #ww1
John Cockerill to Modernize BV-206 Vehicles for Ukrainian Army Medical Missions

Modernization will upgrade engines and mechanical components, and reconfigure interiors for medical needs.