Ann Mackay
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Odesa youth have spent the last few weeks in almost complete darkness due to Russian blows to the energy sector. This did not prevent them from continuing rehearsals & preparations for this flash mob. To give some light to other Ukrainian cities & to congratulate them on Christmas w/our "Schedryk”🇺🇦
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Odesa youth have spent the last few weeks in almost complete darkness due to Russian blows to the energy sector. This did not prevent them from continuing rehearsals & preparations for this flash mob. To give some light to other Ukrainian cities & to congratulate them on Christmas w/our "Schedryk”🇺🇦
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"Schedryk" sounded at one of the destroyed DTEK thermal power plants. A symbolic performance among the ruins about stability, about life that continues, and about a culture that cannot be destroyed. #Schedryk #CarolOfTheBells #Ukraine #BeBraveLikeUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #Infrastructure
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"Schedryk" sounded at one of the destroyed DTEK thermal power plants. A symbolic performance among the ruins about stability, about life that continues, and about a culture that cannot be destroyed. #Schedryk #CarolOfTheBells #Ukraine #BeBraveLikeUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #Infrastructure
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December 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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People gathered for the Christmas Procession in Kyiv –
a public walk with carols and Christmas stars.
a public walk with carols and Christmas stars.
December 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
People gathered for the Christmas Procession in Kyiv –
a public walk with carols and Christmas stars.
a public walk with carols and Christmas stars.
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Christmas Procession in Kyiv.
View from the bell tower of St. Michael's Monastery.
I want the world to see this.
View from the bell tower of St. Michael's Monastery.
I want the world to see this.
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Christmas Procession in Kyiv.
View from the bell tower of St. Michael's Monastery.
I want the world to see this.
View from the bell tower of St. Michael's Monastery.
I want the world to see this.
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The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
December 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground.
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
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Greetings from Kyiv!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Greetings from Kyiv!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
No power at home this Christmas morning,
but the cafés are open and generators are singing.
My warcoffee went home with me.
Merry Christmas!
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Carols in the Kyiv metro.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
December 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Carols in the Kyiv metro.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
Sending you a bit of Christmas spirit from Ukraine.
A fascinating account by Yaroslava of Ukrainian Christmas traditions:
Ukrainian traditions on Christmas Eve.
Many have faded over time,
but some are slowly returning, like the Didukh (I even bought one instead of a Christmas tree this year).
Sunday Letter (please like or share, posts with links reach fewer people): www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...
Many have faded over time,
but some are slowly returning, like the Didukh (I even bought one instead of a Christmas tree this year).
Sunday Letter (please like or share, posts with links reach fewer people): www.patreon.com/posts/sunday...
December 22, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A fascinating account by Yaroslava of Ukrainian Christmas traditions:
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Late evening in Kyiv.
I made a warcoffee.
We’ve been warned about a massive missile and drone attack tonight.
Nothing to add to this reality check.
I made a warcoffee.
We’ve been warned about a massive missile and drone attack tonight.
Nothing to add to this reality check.
December 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Late evening in Kyiv.
I made a warcoffee.
We’ve been warned about a massive missile and drone attack tonight.
Nothing to add to this reality check.
I made a warcoffee.
We’ve been warned about a massive missile and drone attack tonight.
Nothing to add to this reality check.
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Greetings from Kyiv!
Just wanted to remind the world that this city (oh, this country) stands.
Filmed earlier today – from my eyes to yours.
Just wanted to remind the world that this city (oh, this country) stands.
Filmed earlier today – from my eyes to yours.
December 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Greetings from Kyiv!
Just wanted to remind the world that this city (oh, this country) stands.
Filmed earlier today – from my eyes to yours.
Just wanted to remind the world that this city (oh, this country) stands.
Filmed earlier today – from my eyes to yours.
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The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The White House has been caught.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
The administration inserted a photo of Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Diana Ross into the Epstein files and falsely implied it showed them with victims.
In reality, it’s a publicly available fundraiser photo featuring Jackson and Ross’s own children.
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Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
December 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
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Saw it today in the Kyiv metro.
Do you remember my latest Sunday Letter about the Goat Ritual?
Here it is. I’ll leave the link below as a reminder.
Do you remember my latest Sunday Letter about the Goat Ritual?
Here it is. I’ll leave the link below as a reminder.
December 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Saw it today in the Kyiv metro.
Do you remember my latest Sunday Letter about the Goat Ritual?
Here it is. I’ll leave the link below as a reminder.
Do you remember my latest Sunday Letter about the Goat Ritual?
Here it is. I’ll leave the link below as a reminder.
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It’d be amazing to reach 5,000 signatures by the end of the year - enough is enough! Ban peat compost now. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Smashed through 3000 signatures and still climbing... we knew there was strong public support for legislation to #endpeatsales and now we're proving it. Keep signing, keep sharing, let's take this as far as it'll go 🙏 actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It’d be amazing to reach 5,000 signatures by the end of the year - enough is enough! Ban peat compost now. actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Up to 1 million people live in Odesa, and Russia attacks the city a lot.
Russia wants to make Ukrainian cities unlivable. This is genocide and a war crime. Millions of people without electricity, water, heating, elevators - in winter.
Russia wants to make Ukrainian cities unlivable. This is genocide and a war crime. Millions of people without electricity, water, heating, elevators - in winter.
December 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Up to 1 million people live in Odesa, and Russia attacks the city a lot.
Russia wants to make Ukrainian cities unlivable. This is genocide and a war crime. Millions of people without electricity, water, heating, elevators - in winter.
Russia wants to make Ukrainian cities unlivable. This is genocide and a war crime. Millions of people without electricity, water, heating, elevators - in winter.
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This is what #Ukraine is fighting for.
Seven more Ukrainian children have come home after being illegally held by Russia.
Every Ukrainian child abducted by Russia must come home.
Seven more Ukrainian children have come home after being illegally held by Russia.
Every Ukrainian child abducted by Russia must come home.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is what #Ukraine is fighting for.
Seven more Ukrainian children have come home after being illegally held by Russia.
Every Ukrainian child abducted by Russia must come home.
Seven more Ukrainian children have come home after being illegally held by Russia.
Every Ukrainian child abducted by Russia must come home.
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This boy is only 2 years old — and already knows how to survive.
Child in #Ukraine gets ready to spend the night in the corridor — the safest spot in an apartment during Russian attacks under the “two-walls” rule. This has become a daily reality for millions.
📹🖊️Ukrainian World Congress
Child in #Ukraine gets ready to spend the night in the corridor — the safest spot in an apartment during Russian attacks under the “two-walls” rule. This has become a daily reality for millions.
📹🖊️Ukrainian World Congress
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This boy is only 2 years old — and already knows how to survive.
Child in #Ukraine gets ready to spend the night in the corridor — the safest spot in an apartment during Russian attacks under the “two-walls” rule. This has become a daily reality for millions.
📹🖊️Ukrainian World Congress
Child in #Ukraine gets ready to spend the night in the corridor — the safest spot in an apartment during Russian attacks under the “two-walls” rule. This has become a daily reality for millions.
📹🖊️Ukrainian World Congress
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Please sign folks... 🙏
The Guga “hunt” must end. Sign the petition: petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Please sign folks... 🙏
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Flowers At Night (1942) by Ukrainian folk artist, Kateryna Bilokur (1900-1961)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Flowers At Night (1942) by Ukrainian folk artist, Kateryna Bilokur (1900-1961)
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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To read more: me.gov.ua/News/Detail/...
Russia’s aggression has already caused more than UAH 6 trillion in environmental damage to Ukraine | Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine
Russia’s aggression on the territory of Ukraine has led to unprecedented destruction of the natural environment, the loss of ecosystems, and large-scale pollution of air, soil and water resource
me.gov.ua
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
To read more: me.gov.ua/News/Detail/...
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At the Kyiv railway station –
a sculpture Volya by Oleksii Sai
Made from the damaged letters of a welcome sign in Liubymivka, a frontline village in Kherson region, occupied in March 2022 and liberated that October.
Volya means both freedom and will – a word that perfectly captures 🇺🇦 spirit.
a sculpture Volya by Oleksii Sai
Made from the damaged letters of a welcome sign in Liubymivka, a frontline village in Kherson region, occupied in March 2022 and liberated that October.
Volya means both freedom and will – a word that perfectly captures 🇺🇦 spirit.
December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
At the Kyiv railway station –
a sculpture Volya by Oleksii Sai
Made from the damaged letters of a welcome sign in Liubymivka, a frontline village in Kherson region, occupied in March 2022 and liberated that October.
Volya means both freedom and will – a word that perfectly captures 🇺🇦 spirit.
a sculpture Volya by Oleksii Sai
Made from the damaged letters of a welcome sign in Liubymivka, a frontline village in Kherson region, occupied in March 2022 and liberated that October.
Volya means both freedom and will – a word that perfectly captures 🇺🇦 spirit.
Summery Spikes: Pineapple Lily
Last month I saw these spikes of Eucomis flowers making an impressive and colourful show in a sunny garden border. I believe it is Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'.
Last month I saw these spikes of Eucomis flowers making an impressive and colourful show in a sunny garden border. I believe it is Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'.
Summery Spikes: Pineapple Lily
Last month I saw these spikes of Eucomis flowers making an impressive and colourful show in a sunny garden border. I believe it is Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'.
annmackay.blog
September 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Summery Spikes: Pineapple Lily
Last month I saw these spikes of Eucomis flowers making an impressive and colourful show in a sunny garden border. I believe it is Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'.
Last month I saw these spikes of Eucomis flowers making an impressive and colourful show in a sunny garden border. I believe it is Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'.
A (Too) Hot Summer
The long, hot summer is at last cooling down, but here are some colourful flowers glowing with a 'heat' all of their own.
The long, hot summer is at last cooling down, but here are some colourful flowers glowing with a 'heat' all of their own.
A (Too) Hot Summer
The long, hot summer is at last cooling down, but here are some colourful flowers glowing with a 'heat' all of their own.
annmackay.blog
August 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
A (Too) Hot Summer
The long, hot summer is at last cooling down, but here are some colourful flowers glowing with a 'heat' all of their own.
The long, hot summer is at last cooling down, but here are some colourful flowers glowing with a 'heat' all of their own.
(Almost) Silent Sunday: Clematis
It's a quick post-and-run from me this week, with a couple of photos of clematis seen earlier in the summer. (I think it was June - I'm a bit shocked by how quickly the summer seems to be passing.)
It's a quick post-and-run from me this week, with a couple of photos of clematis seen earlier in the summer. (I think it was June - I'm a bit shocked by how quickly the summer seems to be passing.)
(Almost) Silent Sunday: Clematis
It's a quick post-and-run from me this week, with a couple of photos of clematis seen earlier in the summer. (I think it was June - I'm a bit shocked by how quickly the summer seems to be passing.)
annmackay.blog
August 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
(Almost) Silent Sunday: Clematis
It's a quick post-and-run from me this week, with a couple of photos of clematis seen earlier in the summer. (I think it was June - I'm a bit shocked by how quickly the summer seems to be passing.)
It's a quick post-and-run from me this week, with a couple of photos of clematis seen earlier in the summer. (I think it was June - I'm a bit shocked by how quickly the summer seems to be passing.)