Reposted by Paul KnottThe Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 5h🇺🇦 Zelensky: Only this morning did the search and rescue work in Zaporizhzhia end, where Russia killed 23 people, four of them children. Yesterday in Kharkiv, the Russians struck a medical facility, this night there were Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, and energy. 59641
Reposted by Paul KnottJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 4hThe American tragedy. Twice over, Its response to war in Europe was hesitation followed by crucial involvement: now the world's foremost power is led by a latter-day Quisling, equal parts nasty & plain stupid www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comTrump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with RussiaUS president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war 02810
Reposted by Paul KnottIan Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · 4hAll excellent points - which is why Kellogg is no longer working for Trump, who would rather back Putin. 08620
Reposted by Paul KnottRima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 4hBurnham first PM to confirm Kremlin role in Brexit vote The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.ukFrom Russia with interference: Burnham first PM to confir...The prime minister has revealed UK authorities told him there was ‘clear evidence’ that Moscow meddled in the referendum 013257
Reposted by Paul KnottAngus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 4haqyoung61.substack.com/p/when-harry...aqyoung61.substack.comWhen Harry Houdini came to HullA tale of escape and illusion 001
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 4hSometimes powerful countries can recover from their mistakes. Other times the stain on their reputation is so great, it can never be removed. Sadly for the US, I think this might be one of the latter situations. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comTrump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with RussiaUS president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war 000
Reposted by Paul KnottKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe won’t. On Monday, EU Foreign Ministers intend to approve the biggest set of sanctions listings targeting Russia’s war machine since the start of the war. 40698170
Reposted by Paul KnottKaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Russian strikes killed over 80 Ukrainian civilians in two days. Moreover, it has stepped up its hybrid attacks against Europe, both EU Member States and NATO Allies. Suspending sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenues to wage war. 32842329
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 18hTrump's dirty Russian diesel is paid for with the blood of innocent Ukrainian men, women & children. I hope every American thinks about that when they fill up their trucks and tractors. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comUkraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy saysUkrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for Kyiv 000
Reposted by Paul KnottDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is what Trump and the US government are now sponsoring. 717197
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 19hTrump's dirty Russian diesel is paid for with the blood of innocent Ukrainian men, women & children. I hope every American thinks about that when they fill up their trucks and tractors. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comUkraine hit by deadly Russian strikes as ‘thanks’ for Trump diesel deal, Zelenskyy saysUkrainian president says money from fuel sales will intensify war as European leaders reiterate support for Kyiv 821893
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 10/10/2026"Every ton of diesel Russia sells funds the war machine that bombs Ukrainian cities, homes, schools, and hospitals every night." America, and anyone who buys this blood diesel, is now complicit in that. americancoalitionforukraine.org/2026/10/09/s...americancoalitionforukraine.orgStatement on Diesel Purchase - American Coalition for Ukraine_ultp_tb_ic_leftAngleBold_ultp_tb_ic_end_EN_ultp_tb_ic_rightAngleBold_ultp_tb_ic_end_ October 9, 2026Contact: communications@americancoalitionforukraine.org ACU Condemns Trump Administration Decision ... 043
Reposted by Paul KnottHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I read the Cornell documents, and they paint an extremely grim picture of a group of men who saw Jane Doe not as a fellow human being, but as a vending machine dispensing bro points they could cash in with their buddies. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comEveryone Knew What Happened at Cornell Was WrongThe simple truth behind Jane Doe’s story 35821
Reposted by Paul KnottOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 09/10/2026Navi Pillay receives the news while at the Courtroom 600, Nuremberg Palace of Justice The speech is worth listening to. Video by Sec Gen, Amnesty International, Agnes Callamard 281329453
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 09/10/2026It turns out you can't bomb people into liking & trusting you. And it puts off the people who were quite keen in the first place. Who knew? www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/irans-t...foreignaffairs.comIran’s Theory of VictoryTehran’s fight for great-power status in the post-American Middle East. 000
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In Texas, I'll believe it when I see it. But one day, maybe soon, more of the decent, hardworking people of that great state will tire of being ripped off, abused and exploited by the gluttonously corrupt Republicans they keep electing. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘You’ve Lied to Me Enough.’ In Texas, MAGA Voters Are Breaking Ranks.The Texas Democrat who says the culture wars are over. 000
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 09/10/2026There is no evidence that the Kremlin is lying about the plague lab leak in Russia, apart from everything they have ever said and done. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/w...nytimes.comRussia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-UpAs rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news. 010
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026At this point, there is little to distinguish Putin's Russia from the worst terrorist organisations - mass murdering innocent civilians in a vile attempt to terrorise others into submission. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comRussian attack on two buses kills 30 near Ukraine frontlineAuthorities say 18 people also wounded after incident in Kramatorsk in country’s ‘fortess belt’ 0105
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...theguardian.comWhy Arturo Béjar left Meta – and blew the whistle: ‘I don’t recall Mark ever being empathetic’Béjar’s daughter was 14 when she told him Instagram was failing to keep her safe. So when he became part of Meta’s ‘wellbeing team’, he knew he had to speak out – and his testimony cost it billions 052
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Hull City are a very disciplined team and certainly not dirty. I am delighted, though, that we are doing it our way and avoiding that awful fate of being patronisingly applauded off various Premier League cathedrals for having played nicely and got beat 5-1. www.hulldailymail.co.uk/sport/footba...hulldailymail.co.ukJakirovic is getting what he wanted as Hull City sit top of the bad boys chartThe Tigers have been handed 18 yellow cards in five league games 010
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Deepest sympathies to everyone in Israel, and their families and friends around the world, who suffered loss and injury as a result of the vile Hamas terrorist attack on this day, October 7th, three years ago. 010
Reposted by Paul KnottAlon Pinkas @alonpinkas.bsky.social · 07/10/20267 October, 2023. A date which will live in infamy. A catastrophe of unimaginable proportions and scale, a debacle of profound dimensions and the absolute darkest day in Israel’s history. A day and a calamity for which a callous, mendacious, confabulating coward called Benjamin Netanyahu refused to.. 1258
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The goal of every decent person on earth should be that Putin spends his next birthday in prison. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comUkraine says Russia bombed apartment block as birthday gift for PutinBuilding in Pryluky destroyed, killing nine people including three children, officials say, night before Russian president’s 74th birthday 000
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's sort of a more corrupt, less competent "Axis of Evil". www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u...nytimes.comAmid Midterm Crunch, Trump Advisers Took Time to Help Russia-Aligned GovernmentJames Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to Republika Srpska to provide election advice. 000
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Credit to Chancellor Merz for this. It is absolutely crucial for Europe's security that we step up our support for Ukraine against Russia's terror attacks. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...dw.comGermany's chancellor arrives in Kyiv on unannounced visit to pledge more military support to UkraineAs air raid sirens sounded in Kyiv, Chancellor Merz called on President Putin to end his "senseless war" and announced new measures to support Ukraine, including plans for joint Ukrainian-German drone... 032
Reposted by Paul KnottAngus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 04/10/2026aqyoung61.substack.com/p/always-exp...aqyoung61.substack.comAlways expect tales of the unexpectedGetting out some good news about community sport in Hull 001
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm looking forward to the Rugby League World Cup a lot. www.rugby-league.com/article/6518...rugby-league.comEngland Men's squad confirmed for Rugby League World Cup 010
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If only there was some precedent from elsewhere in the Americas to indicate whether electing a massively corrupt, coup-plotting and crime connected far-right crackpot was a good idea or not. www.economist.com/the-americas...economist.comThe Bolsonaro comeback in BrazilVoters are all but sure to make Flávio Bolsonaro the next president 131
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Russia has already inflicted war, death and famine on the world. I guess it was only a matter of time before it got to pestilence and plague. www.rferl.org/a/russia-pla...rferl.orgSiberian Anti-Plague Institute Staff Isolated After Worker's DeathThe United States is monitoring reports of a suspected case of pneumonic plague in Russia after the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, as some US political fig... 001
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Putin does not want peace. We must do two things now to pressure him. Remove all limits on Ukraine's use of weapons against Russia's military. Send Russia's $300bn in frozen assets to Ukraine as an advance of the reparations Russia will owe for its war crimes. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comRussia’s Plan to Break UkraineWhat Kyiv needs to survive. 030
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026China's achievements over recent decades are impressive. But dictatorships as harsh as Xi's rarely succeed in the long run. Many of China's people are struggling and it's continued advance is not inevitable. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Economic Strain Is Pitting China’s People Against Each Other (Gift Article)Unable to question the government, Chinese are taking their economic frustrations out on each other. 020
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The death penalty is wrong and the botched execution of Christa Pike by the authorities in Tennessee is grotesque. We should also remember the family of her young victim, Colleen Slemmer, and what they are going through with the case back in the headlines. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...nytimes.comColleen Slemmer Was a Vibrant and Generous Presence, Her Mother Says (Gift Article)Ms. Slemmer was killed in 1995 by Christa Pike, whose execution in Tennessee was botched on Wednesday. Her family celebrated what would have been her 51st birthday last month. 030
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Russia's cowardly & criminal regime is trying to murder and terrorize us into submission by bombing Ukrainian schools, hospitals and homes. Putin has no sense of basic humanity but he can be made to suffer painful consequences and defeated. Let's make that happen. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comPutin has told military leaders to abandon rules of war, Zelenskyy saysUkrainian leader tells FT his Russian counterpart has given the order that ‘there are no rules now’ 042
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There is nothing "hybrid" about attacks such as trying to blow up planes at a civilian airport. We should call them what they are - acts of war. And do what is necessary to deter Russia accordingly. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Article via @financialtimes.comgiftarticle.ft.comEurope braces for ‘severe hybrid attacks’ from Russia, says Friedrich MerzGerman chancellor says Moscow’s escalation shows ‘desperation’ over the war in Ukraine 021
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Whatever else is happening in other big powers, no-one should wish for Xi's China to have greater influence over the world. It's regime is a brutal, cynical, utterly self-interested dictatorship and I certainly would not want to live under its dominance. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comMI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese front company stealing researchSecurity service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service 000
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's great to see a Prime Minister going for what be believes in and changing the overly negative, declinist mood. Andy Burnham might well be the first leader in a long time who is boldly willing to change Britain for the better. Good luck and all support to him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘He persuaded us’: Labour ministers moved by Andy Burnham’s emotional conference speechPrime minister’s pure political argument marks new era for party as he sets out his plans and priorities 000
Reposted by Paul KnottAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026and families trying for years to bring them home. Please watch and share this important report so more people understand what Ukrainian children are facing under Russian occupation. The full 30-minute video is available via the YouTube link in the comments. 213724
Reposted by Paul KnottAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026shows how children under Russian occupation face indoctrination and military training, while boys approaching 18 risk being drafted and forced to fight against their own country. It also looks at abductions and forced transfers, Ukrainian children appearing on Russian adoption websites, 214824
Reposted by Paul KnottAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For ABC’s Foreign Correspondent, reporter Kathryn Diss traveled to Ukraine and embedded with Save Ukraine’s rescue team on a mission to bring Ukrainian children home from Russian-occupied territory. The report, The Children Russia Stole: The undercover network bringing Ukraine’s kids home, 425197
Reposted by Paul KnottThomas L Friedman @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My column: Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst Ways www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump Is Going Viral in the Worst WaysOn the technological, diplomatic and biological fronts, Trump is creating a disaster. 0247
Reposted by Paul KnottOlena Halushka @halushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For the past 3d, russian drones have been bombing Kyiv nonstop. russia is particularly targeting education infrastructure. This horrifying photo shows people escaping a massive fire through a window in the National Academy of Science of Ukraine. russians also bombed 2 schools and 2 kindergartens. 115092
Reposted by Paul KnottThe Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 28/09/2026⚡️Update: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continue. Around 4:00 pm. local time, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko reported that the Russian attacked on the city center killed a woman and injured 19 other people, including three children.kyivindependent.comBreaking: Multiple fires across Kyiv, city center struck as all-day Russian drone attacks continueIn the city center, local media and Telegram channels reported a strike next to the main campus of Kyiv's Taras Shevchenko National University. 213757
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A vote of over 70% against the Swiss far-right's Russia-backed anti-sanctions "neutrality" initiative is quite a hammering. And a strong signal of support for European solidarity against Putin's evil dictatorship. www.tagesanzeiger.ch/neutralitaet...tagesanzeiger.ch 010
Reposted by Paul KnottOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 27/09/2026Evil, just pure evil 23694309
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Diesel in the UK is now about $11 a US gallon. Thanks to Trump and all who voted for him. 021
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Congratulations to Wakefield Trinity. What a performance and what a story. Good luck to them in next Saturday's Super League Grand Final. @forty20live.bsky.social @forty20magazine.bsky.social @therfl.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...theguardian.comWakefield stun Wigan to storm into their first Super League Grand FinalWakefield will face Warrington in the Super League Grand Final next Saturday after stunning Wigan 33-6 010
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Bloody hell. Via the @economist.com . www.economist.com/interactive/...economist.comHe was one of the world’s most wanted men. So he bought a west African countryHow Jos Leijdekkers turned Sierra Leone into a drug-dealer’s paradise 000
Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Particularly for those of us still fascinated by America, and a sense of place in general, these weekly "Where I'm From" pieces in @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social are brilliant. thedispatch.com/article/newt...thedispatch.comAt the Center of Things in Newton, KansasFrom this nexus of creation, you could go anywhere. Or you could stay put. 010