Here’s what we are reading today:

#Iran, unimpressed by Russia's lack of support, appealed to #Putin for help against #Israel and the #US following the US attacks on its nuclear sites.

Previously, Putin offered to mediate the Israel-Iran conflict but #Trump refused.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/irans-supreme-leader-asks-putin-do-more-after-us-strikes-2025-06-23/

New Zealand will provide #Ukraine over $9.4 million in aid, including humanitarian and military support like funding for the UK-Latvia Drone Coalition for Ukraine.

Ukraine’s defence has “significant implications” for the Indo-Pacific, New Zealand’s FM said.

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-announces-further-aid-ukraine

Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist for Radio Free Europe’s Kyiv bureau, was released after spending 4 years in Russian captivity.

#Russia has illegally detained around 7,000 Ukrainian civilians since the full-scale invasion began.

https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/rosiya-pislya-chotiroh-rokiv-katuvan-zvilnila-1750617856.html

Росія після чотирьох років катувань звільнила з в'язниці кримського журналіста Єсипенка

Журналіст проєкту Крим.Реалії Владислав Єсипенко вийшов на свободу після чотирьох років перебування в російській в'язниці в окупованому Криму.

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Koste - WEATHER (lyrics)

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@timkmak hell yeah. hard to imagine a hard right government spending my tax dollars to save innocent lives overseas but even a marked for death piece of conservative fucking shit is right twice a day it seems.