Doug Johnson

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RN in the Okanagan Valley, moon setting, traversing across the south sky, the purple and pinks of sunset with a bit of particulate in the air, and two hummingbirds fighting for an hour, UFC-style, over territory in the backyard. #VernonBC

Ukraine has effectively thwarted Russia's advances despite the temporary suspension of US aid. Notably, Russia has been unable to regain operational-level maneuverability on the battlefield. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦 Слава Україні wapo.st/3LrmDKO 🎁📨

Opinion | With U.S. aid flowing, Ukraine’s defense stiffens — for nowwapo.st Ukraine has successfully stymied Russia, but that could change if a reelected Trump cuts off aid.

If words were weapons, Canada would be armed to the teeth. Justin Trudeau doesn't walk his NATO/Defence talk.

Opinion - NATO gets lost in the fog of Justin Trudeau’s rhetoric: The Prime Minister plays with words instead of coming up with a credible plan to meet Canada’s obligations to its allies

NATO gets lost in the fog of Justin Trudeau’s rhetoricwww.theglobeandmail.com The Prime Minister plays with words instead of coming up with a credible plan to meet Canada’s obligations to its allies

Globe editorial: NATO gets lost in the fog of Justin Trudeau’s rhetoricwww.theglobeandmail.com The Prime Minister plays with words instead of coming up with a credible plan to meet Canada’s obligations to its allies

Canada's take on the attempted assignation of Donald Trump.

Kyiv Classic Orchestra performs Requiem for the Dead on Friday at the ruins of Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital in the city that was hit by a Russian missile. GLEB GARANICH/REUTERS

Thoughtful, reflective #NATOSummit assessment from Lithuania's Foreign Affairs Minister. Canada's Global Affairs Minister & Prime Minister mostly posted photo ops and empty slogans. Quite the contrast: serious and substantive vs. putting on a show. #UkrainianView threadreaderapp.com/thread/18118...

Thread by @GLandsbergis on Thread Reader Appthreadreaderapp.com @GLandsbergis: My thoughts on my way back to Lithuania after the NATO Summit.🧵 The event was well organised and sent a strong message to the people of America about the respect the USA is attracting f...

'Twas the night before Saturday, and all through the land, NAFO folks with pineapple slices in hand, With a cringe-worthy grin, they ruined the pie, Adding fruit to the cheese made all the purists cry. "Leave pizza alone!" was We Are the North's demand. 🇨🇦🍕 🚫🍍

Launched in 2021, the Wild Bear Vets programme aims to promote the benefits of nature-based rehabilitation in British Columbia 🇨🇦. #StandWithUkraine www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Thousands of kilometres from the battlefield, these Ukrainian veterans are finding solace in the Canadian woodswww.theglobeandmail.com Former war correspondent Julius Strauss launched the Wild Bear Vets program in 2021 to promote the benefits of nature-based rehabilitation in the same forests where he once chose to retreat from the a...

"Military Target" Artist: Boris Groh from Yevpatoria, Crimea, the author of the famous postage stamp about the Snake Island Ukrainian Border Guard Service personnel and their famous "GFY Russian warship". Somewhat darker, just as on-point.

"We shouldn’t be afraid of our own strength." -Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia #1NATO75years

NATO leaders move to 'Trump-proof' the alliance in Washington. Fears that the former president could soon be back in the White House have NATO leaders looking to lock in support for Ukraine and the alliance itself. #NATOSummit #StandWithUkraine @thetelegraph.bsky.social

“Vladimir Putin is a murderer and a war criminal. His place is in prison, and not somewhere in The Hague, in a cozy cell with a TV, but in Russia — in the same colony and the same 2-by-3-two-by-three-metre cell in which he killed Alexei (Navalny)”. -Yulia Navalnaya

The Russian Federation’s Illegal war of aggression is a systemic, command-led campaign to terrorise and brutalise Ukrainians. The beast will not be satiated with eliminating Ukraine. Canadians and the ‘West’ should not think of support as charity, it is as existential as the climate crisis.

"There is a strategic imperative & moral obligation to assist Ukraine to win this war as rapidly as possible. The deliberate Russian attack, using precision missiles against children at the Okhmatdyt hospital, provides us with more evidence for why this is so." mickryan.substack.com/p/the-kyiv-c...

The Kyiv Children’s Hospital Attackmickryan.substack.com More Evidence for Why NATO Must Change its Strategy for Ukraine

Standing for Ukraine at the Russian consulate at 60 St. Clair St. E in Toronto. ✌🏻❤️🇺🇦🇨🇦

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I paid a visit to the Russian ambassador’s residence this evening:

Seriously hoping for this. Might be a bit late, but #CloseTheSkies.

Arrived today of all days. #Kyiv. @ioponomarenko.bsky.social

"Defeating Putin requires all of us to step out of our comfort zone." -Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian human rights defender and Nobel Prize winner

Today is the Day of Family, Love & Fidelity in russia. If I spoke my mind, I'd be banned forever from BlueSky.

Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine. 2024.07.08. (Thomas Peter/Reuters).

Ukrainian attacks on russian supply lines have left russian units scrambling for food, water, and ammunition, blunting Moscow’s renewed invasion into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region. wapo.st/4cwfo03 🎁📨

Ukrainian attacks on supply lines slowed Russians in Kharkiv, intercepts showwapo.st Russian troops invading Ukraine’s Kharkiv region are short of food and water, Ukrainian soldiers say, citing intercepted communications and interrogations of POWs.

Holy no-smokola, it's hot today in #VernonBC. Our neighbour, Kamloops is the hottest location in Canada right now at 38°C.

Terrorist strikes killed 11 civilians and wounded 43 in Donetsk region and leave thousands of civilians in northern Ukraine without power and water. #RussiaIsATerroristState www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and waterwww.theglobeandmail.com The northern Sumy region was plunged into dark after Russian strikes late Friday damaged energy infrastructure

Russia’s aggressive actions expose the threat of cognitive warfare: orchestrating a massive social-media campaign aimed at spreading false narratives, fueling anti-Western and anti-democratic sentiment, and undermining NATO’s greatest strength: its unity kyivindependent.com/opinion-cogn...

Opinion: Cognitive warfare is NATO's new battlefieldkyivindependent.com NATO’s July summit in Washington marks the 75th anniversary of the alliance’s establishment, and it comes at a critical juncture. As threats to global stability evolve beyond conventional military dom...

Putin is using his retched penal system to eliminate all those who oppose him. He is currently focusing on imprisioned honourary Canadian Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is now experiencing a, wait for it, sharp deterioration in health. #PutinHuilo #PutinKhuylo

What Cosmos 2553 Doin'? A mysterious satellite, Cosmos 2553, has raised concerns that russia is conducting tests that could lead to a nuclear weapon in space. Here are the devastating consequences should russia detonate a nuclear device in space. wapo.st/3zq2jXu 🎁

What would happen if Russia detonated a nuclear bomb in space?wapo.st A mysterious satellite known as Cosmos 2553 has raised concerns that Russia is conducting tests that could lead to a nuclear weapon in space.

Roger Stone, of the J6 planning team (including Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders), pardoned by Trump for his convictions stemming from the Mueller investigation, schools our Canada Strong & Free conspiracy disinformationalists, Theo Fleury and Joseph Bourgault. 😬

Approaching a challenging winter, Ukraine aims to develop a greener, russia-resilient energy sector, transitioning from large thermal polluting plants to renewable sources, including wind, solar, battery storage, and biofuels. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦 wapo.st/3LisB0p 🎁

Russia destroyed Ukraine’s energy sector, so it’s being rebuilt greenwapo.st Even as Ukrainians face one of the darkest winters in their history, authorities see an upside: Ukraine can build a cleaner, eco-friendly energy sector.

The logistics and building sectors in Ukraine are struggling because so many men who used to work there are now in the military. As in the Second World War, women are stepping up to fill the gaps and keep the economy running. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦 Слава Україні www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Ukrainian women step up to fill once male-dominated jobs – from truck driving to weldingwww.theglobeandmail.com With many of Ukraine’s men in the military, employers are having difficulties filling vacancies in professions such as builders, welders, electricians and drivers

Ukraine’s airmen are attempting something difficult: Deploying an unfamiliar, modern fighter into an air war in progress, against a more powerful opponent. With their arrival anticipated this month, it’s not going as smoothly as should be expected. #UkrainianView www.kyivpost.com/analysis/35264

Analysis: F-16 ‘Viper’ Combat Debut in Ukraine’s Skies Will Be Slow, Careful and Risk-Aversewww.kyivpost.com Ukraine’s airmen are attempting something difficult: Deploying an unfamiliar, modern fighter into an air war in progress, against a more powerful opponent. It’s not going as smoothly as hoped.