Pippa Rathborne 🇺🇦🎭🇪🇺🇬🇧
@pippar.bsky.social
Actor, not appeaser 🇺🇦🎭
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We are all Ukraine 🫶
For: Natural World, Arts, Animals, EU, Social Justice, Democracy, Women's Rights, History, Gardens, Books, Laughter
Resist: Authoritarianism & Bullies
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President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Vladyslav Heraskevych the Order of Freedom on Feb. 12, after the skeleton racer was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for using a custom helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's full-scale war.
Ukrainian skeleton racer disqualified at Olympics for helmet honoring athletes killed in Russia's war
"This is price of our dignity," skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych wrote on X after the IOC's annoucement of his disqualification.
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky awarded Vladyslav Heraskevych the Order of Freedom on Feb. 12, after the skeleton racer was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for using a custom helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed during Russia's full-scale war.
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"Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors," the president said. "(The IOC's decision) is certainly not about the principles of Olympism, which are founded on fairness and the support of peace."
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
"Sport shouldn’t mean amnesia, and the Olympic movement should help stop wars, not play into the hands of aggressors," the president said. "(The IOC's decision) is certainly not about the principles of Olympism, which are founded on fairness and the support of peace."
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The Kyiv Independent documented four women killed in action over the past year, based on interviews with comrades and people who knew them.
From drone pilot to combat medic: The stories of 4 women killed fighting Russia
Ukraine is still mourning Lana Chornohorska, a 26-year-old drone pilot beloved by many as a "catalyst" in art and cultural activism who never seemed to run out of energy.
Chornohorska, who went by he...
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The Kyiv Independent documented four women killed in action over the past year, based on interviews with comrades and people who knew them.
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Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Ukhta oil refinery in Russia's Komi Republic, located 1,750 kilometers (1,087 miles) from Ukraine's border; The United Kingdom will allocate an additional £500 million ($681.4 million) to strengthen Ukraine's air defense; and more.
Ukraine war latest: SBU claims new 'range record' with drone strike on Russian oil refinery in Komi Republic
Key developments on Feb. 12
* 'A new range record'— Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery in Russia's Komi Republic, SBU source says
* 'Do not deprive us' — Russian soldiers, milbloggers furious at ...
kyivindependent.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Ukhta oil refinery in Russia's Komi Republic, located 1,750 kilometers (1,087 miles) from Ukraine's border; The United Kingdom will allocate an additional £500 million ($681.4 million) to strengthen Ukraine's air defense; and more.
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Russia hit Ukraine’s thermal power plants again overnight - the 11th mass attack on its stations since October.
DTEK has recorded over 220 strikes on its facilities since 2022 as Russia’s winter attacks keep grinding down Ukraine's energy grid.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/r...
DTEK has recorded over 220 strikes on its facilities since 2022 as Russia’s winter attacks keep grinding down Ukraine's energy grid.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/r...
Russia strikes DTEK thermal power plants for 11th time since October as winter energy crisis deepens
Odesa substation also damaged; repairs expected to take considerable time.
euromaidanpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Russia hit Ukraine’s thermal power plants again overnight - the 11th mass attack on its stations since October.
DTEK has recorded over 220 strikes on its facilities since 2022 as Russia’s winter attacks keep grinding down Ukraine's energy grid.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/r...
DTEK has recorded over 220 strikes on its facilities since 2022 as Russia’s winter attacks keep grinding down Ukraine's energy grid.
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/r...
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Ukrainian hackers say they set up fake Starlink activation channels - and Russians fell for it.
They collected 2,400 data packages on Russian terminals, pocketed $6,000 in crypto, and passed it all to Ukrainian authorities. Every identified terminal was permanently disabled.
They collected 2,400 data packages on Russian terminals, pocketed $6,000 in crypto, and passed it all to Ukrainian authorities. Every identified terminal was permanently disabled.
Russians paid crypto to restore Starlink. Ukrainian hackers took the money – and the data
Fake registration channels collected data on Russian units, contacts, and terminal locations.
euromaidanpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Ukrainian hackers say they set up fake Starlink activation channels - and Russians fell for it.
They collected 2,400 data packages on Russian terminals, pocketed $6,000 in crypto, and passed it all to Ukrainian authorities. Every identified terminal was permanently disabled.
They collected 2,400 data packages on Russian terminals, pocketed $6,000 in crypto, and passed it all to Ukrainian authorities. Every identified terminal was permanently disabled.
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"Me and my coach really liked it and thought it could be an amazing story to tell. It's about the connection of a father and the son, and it represents my connection with my father. Even though we are far apart, we are still together. We are connected, and we love each other," Kyrylo said.
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"Me and my coach really liked it and thought it could be an amazing story to tell. It's about the connection of a father and the son, and it represents my connection with my father. Even though we are far apart, we are still together. We are connected, and we love each other," Kyrylo said.
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"We contribute something to our state, to our city, to our republic. For some reason, we have to live, excuse me, like an inferior race."
Residents of Russian-occupied Donetsk recorded an appeal in which they complained about the unbearable living conditions.
Residents of Russian-occupied Donetsk recorded an appeal in which they complained about the unbearable living conditions.
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
"We contribute something to our state, to our city, to our republic. For some reason, we have to live, excuse me, like an inferior race."
Residents of Russian-occupied Donetsk recorded an appeal in which they complained about the unbearable living conditions.
Residents of Russian-occupied Donetsk recorded an appeal in which they complained about the unbearable living conditions.
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Prime Minister Frederiksen:
We cannot be dependent on anyone.We should never have been dependent on Russian oil&gas.It’s also wrong that we have made ourselves dependent on China for new technologies.
In other words, Europe has a lot of work to do.That is essentially the most important conclusion.
We cannot be dependent on anyone.We should never have been dependent on Russian oil&gas.It’s also wrong that we have made ourselves dependent on China for new technologies.
In other words, Europe has a lot of work to do.That is essentially the most important conclusion.
February 12, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Prime Minister Frederiksen:
We cannot be dependent on anyone.We should never have been dependent on Russian oil&gas.It’s also wrong that we have made ourselves dependent on China for new technologies.
In other words, Europe has a lot of work to do.That is essentially the most important conclusion.
We cannot be dependent on anyone.We should never have been dependent on Russian oil&gas.It’s also wrong that we have made ourselves dependent on China for new technologies.
In other words, Europe has a lot of work to do.That is essentially the most important conclusion.
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Hemden zum Jubiläum der Olympischen Spiele 1936 in Berlin verkaufen, aber gleichzeitig trauernde Ukrainer disqualifizieren, weil sie an ihre im Krieg gefallenen Freunde und Verwandten erinnern wollen, das ist das IOC.
Eklat um Skeleton-Helm: Heraskevych zieht nach Olympia-Ausschluss vor CAS
Der Ukrainer Vladislav Heraskevych ist im Streit um seinen Helm durch den Weltverband vom olympischen Skeleton-Wettbewerb ausgeschlossen worden. Dies will er nun vor dem CAS anfechten.
www.kicker.de
February 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Hemden zum Jubiläum der Olympischen Spiele 1936 in Berlin verkaufen, aber gleichzeitig trauernde Ukrainer disqualifizieren, weil sie an ihre im Krieg gefallenen Freunde und Verwandten erinnern wollen, das ist das IOC.
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Ukrainian lugers supported Vladyslav Heraskevych after their performance in the mixed team relay at the 2026 Olympics:
“You can ban Vlad from competing, you can ban his helmet. But you will never ban memory.”
“You can ban Vlad from competing, you can ban his helmet. But you will never ban memory.”
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Ukrainian lugers supported Vladyslav Heraskevych after their performance in the mixed team relay at the 2026 Olympics:
“You can ban Vlad from competing, you can ban his helmet. But you will never ban memory.”
“You can ban Vlad from competing, you can ban his helmet. But you will never ban memory.”
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An omission repeated by the BBC in its Radio 4 1800 news bulletin just now, which included remarks from Farage. In view of @rafaelbehr.bsky.social success with complaint on coverage of ICE, perhaps another complaint is warranted.
Also I don't see an acknowledgment that he got the basic facts on which he based his racist comments wrong
Jim Ratcliffe has issued a bland and generic statement about economic policy which does not engage at all with what he got wrong, or why saying the UK has been colonised has been legitimately criticised. Nor does he seem to retract his language of colonisation in gesturing towards a semi-apology
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
An omission repeated by the BBC in its Radio 4 1800 news bulletin just now, which included remarks from Farage. In view of @rafaelbehr.bsky.social success with complaint on coverage of ICE, perhaps another complaint is warranted.
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Ukraine's FP-5 Flamingo hit one of Russia's largest arsenals
Last week, FP-5s hit a base 120km away — the 1st and 2nd times Kyiv openly said it used these weapons
Ukrainians are learning to punch through 🇷🇺 defenses with this controversial missile 🦩
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/u...
Last week, FP-5s hit a base 120km away — the 1st and 2nd times Kyiv openly said it used these weapons
Ukrainians are learning to punch through 🇷🇺 defenses with this controversial missile 🦩
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/u...
Ukraine’s Flamingo missiles strike Russia twice in one week; rocket arsenal hit
The Flamingo is mired in controversy — can successful strikes redeem its reputation?
euromaidanpress.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Ukraine's FP-5 Flamingo hit one of Russia's largest arsenals
Last week, FP-5s hit a base 120km away — the 1st and 2nd times Kyiv openly said it used these weapons
Ukrainians are learning to punch through 🇷🇺 defenses with this controversial missile 🦩
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/u...
Last week, FP-5s hit a base 120km away — the 1st and 2nd times Kyiv openly said it used these weapons
Ukrainians are learning to punch through 🇷🇺 defenses with this controversial missile 🦩
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/12/u...
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This morning,Russians dropped two FAB-250 bombs on residential areas in Kramatorsk,Donetsk region
Two people were injured -an 18-yr-old man&a 39-yr-old woman.The attack also damaged 11 high-rise buildings,a shop,28 cars,storage facilities
Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities
📹V.Filashkin
Two people were injured -an 18-yr-old man&a 39-yr-old woman.The attack also damaged 11 high-rise buildings,a shop,28 cars,storage facilities
Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities
📹V.Filashkin
February 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
This morning,Russians dropped two FAB-250 bombs on residential areas in Kramatorsk,Donetsk region
Two people were injured -an 18-yr-old man&a 39-yr-old woman.The attack also damaged 11 high-rise buildings,a shop,28 cars,storage facilities
Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities
📹V.Filashkin
Two people were injured -an 18-yr-old man&a 39-yr-old woman.The attack also damaged 11 high-rise buildings,a shop,28 cars,storage facilities
Russia continues to destroy Ukrainian cities
📹V.Filashkin
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It would have no owner either.
Jim Ratcliffe would be deported back to Monaco.
Jim Ratcliffe would be deported back to Monaco.
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It would have no owner either.
Jim Ratcliffe would be deported back to Monaco.
Jim Ratcliffe would be deported back to Monaco.
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ICYMI: Canada's largest pension fund is putting BILLIONS into fossil fuel expansion and AI in the United States.
Read our report:
Read our report:
Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
ICYMI: Canada's largest pension fund is putting BILLIONS into fossil fuel expansion and AI in the United States.
Read our report:
Read our report:
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SCOOP: An FBI counterterrorism agent spent weeks pursuing a nonviolent climate activist, and showed up at his door. The visit suggests a possible probe into the climate group as the Trump admin increases surveillance of activists, calls them domestic "terrorists."
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/f...
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/f...
FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door
The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into Extinction Rebellion NYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of activist groups.
theintercept.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
SCOOP: An FBI counterterrorism agent spent weeks pursuing a nonviolent climate activist, and showed up at his door. The visit suggests a possible probe into the climate group as the Trump admin increases surveillance of activists, calls them domestic "terrorists."
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/f...
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... "It was certainly a terrible look to ban an athlete for wanting to pay homage to his friends, while his country is being hit with ballistic missiles and you have recently made cooing noises to Russia."
Politics is never out of sport. Put humanity into sport.
Politics is never out of sport. Put humanity into sport.
Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ forces IOC into PR fiasco at Winter Olympics | Sean Ingle
Skeleton racer sacrificed his dream of winning a medal and succeeded in putting the horrors of the war in Ukraine back on the agenda
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f... "It was certainly a terrible look to ban an athlete for wanting to pay homage to his friends, while his country is being hit with ballistic missiles and you have recently made cooing noises to Russia."
Politics is never out of sport. Put humanity into sport.
Politics is never out of sport. Put humanity into sport.
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This is an Olympic Hero🇺🇦 - not the IOC that is consideringbringing the Russians back😡 -->Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ forces IOC into PR fiasco at Winter Olympics | Sean Ingle www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ forces IOC into PR fiasco at Winter Olympics | Sean Ingle
Skeleton racer sacrificed his dream of winning a medal and succeeded in putting the horrors of the war in Ukraine back on the agenda
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
This is an Olympic Hero🇺🇦 - not the IOC that is consideringbringing the Russians back😡 -->Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ forces IOC into PR fiasco at Winter Olympics | Sean Ingle www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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When memory is punished, solidarity must act
Join the Drone Bus campaign inspired by Olena Smaha & Vladyslav Heraskevych 🇺🇦
www.help99.co/patches/reme...
It is unacceptable to ban athletes from the sport of their lives because of a symbol of remembrance on a helmet
Remembrance is not a violation!
Join the Drone Bus campaign inspired by Olena Smaha & Vladyslav Heraskevych 🇺🇦
www.help99.co/patches/reme...
It is unacceptable to ban athletes from the sport of their lives because of a symbol of remembrance on a helmet
Remembrance is not a violation!
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
When memory is punished, solidarity must act
Join the Drone Bus campaign inspired by Olena Smaha & Vladyslav Heraskevych 🇺🇦
www.help99.co/patches/reme...
It is unacceptable to ban athletes from the sport of their lives because of a symbol of remembrance on a helmet
Remembrance is not a violation!
Join the Drone Bus campaign inspired by Olena Smaha & Vladyslav Heraskevych 🇺🇦
www.help99.co/patches/reme...
It is unacceptable to ban athletes from the sport of their lives because of a symbol of remembrance on a helmet
Remembrance is not a violation!
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⚡ Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych on his disqualification over memorial helmet: "We paid the price for our dignity. I defended Ukraine's interests and the memory of the athletes. Games."
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 AM
⚡ Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych on his disqualification over memorial helmet: "We paid the price for our dignity. I defended Ukraine's interests and the memory of the athletes. Games."
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Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil oil refinery in the city of Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia.
The facility is located more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.
The facility is located more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.
February 12, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil oil refinery in the city of Ukhta, Komi Republic, Russia.
The facility is located more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.
The facility is located more than 2,000 kilometers from Ukraine’s border.
National hero and international inspiration Vladyslav Heraskevych is the real victor of Milano Cortina 26:
"The three values of olympism are excellence, respect and friendship".
Shame on IOC.
Glory to Ukrainian heroes.
Don't stop talking about Ukraine.
Always remember Ukraine.
The best of us.
"The three values of olympism are excellence, respect and friendship".
Shame on IOC.
Glory to Ukrainian heroes.
Don't stop talking about Ukraine.
Always remember Ukraine.
The best of us.
Mykhailo Heraskevych, Vladyslav’s father and coach, reacts after the IOC disqualified his son from the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Vladyslav was disqualified before his first run for wearing a “helmet of remembrance” honoring Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia’s invasion.
Vladyslav was disqualified before his first run for wearing a “helmet of remembrance” honoring Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia’s invasion.
February 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
National hero and international inspiration Vladyslav Heraskevych is the real victor of Milano Cortina 26:
"The three values of olympism are excellence, respect and friendship".
Shame on IOC.
Glory to Ukrainian heroes.
Don't stop talking about Ukraine.
Always remember Ukraine.
The best of us.
"The three values of olympism are excellence, respect and friendship".
Shame on IOC.
Glory to Ukrainian heroes.
Don't stop talking about Ukraine.
Always remember Ukraine.
The best of us.
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Tesco makes nearly £4bn profit.
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
February 12, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Tesco makes nearly £4bn profit.
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
Nearly 50% of its workforce are on Universal Credit, receiving about £600m a year.
Why isn't Tesco paying?
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Students have gathered in front of Ilia State University to protest.
📷 Ivane Nazgaidze
📷 Ivane Nazgaidze
February 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Students have gathered in front of Ilia State University to protest.
📷 Ivane Nazgaidze
📷 Ivane Nazgaidze