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Today — 17 September 2024Main stream

Suspect’s Self-Published Book Assails Trump, Hinting at Approval of His Killing

17 September 2024 at 04:21
The book, “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” calls the former president a “buffoon” and vents anger over Iran, but saves its most vitriolic language for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

The man suspected to have planned an attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump leaving the federal courthouse Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Yesterday — 16 September 2024Main stream

Ukraine Steps Up Strikes Into Russia as Moscow Pushes Ahead in the East

24 August 2024 at 10:21
Ukraine struck a port across from Crimea and damaged a cargo ferry. But Kyiv’s forces continued to struggle in eastern areas under a relentless Russian assault.

© Thomas Peter/Reuters

People carry children as local residents rush to board an evacuation train on Thursday amid Russian troop advances in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Thursday.

Russia Ramps Up Air Assault on Ukrainian Cities

An attack on Kyiv early Monday was the eighth on the Ukrainian capital in about two weeks, officials said, adding that most of the incoming Russian drones had been intercepted.

© Sergey Bobok/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A Ukrainian police officer helping a civilian leave the site of a missile attack in Kharkiv on Sunday.

A New York Times Reporter Revisits Earlier Interview With Suspect at Trump Golf Course

16 September 2024 at 20:05
Ryan Wesley Routh wanted to fly Afghan veterans to fight against Russia in Ukraine, an endeavor he seemed ill prepared to orchestrate.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

F.B.I. agents outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday evening.

Suspected Gunman at Trump Golf Course Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on Sunday in connection with what the F.B.I. described as an assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Despite Relentless Russian Attack, Life in Kharkiv Endures Underground

Kharkiv, Ukraine, has adjusted to life amid the threat of bombings. Its resilience is manifested in a curious blend of life above and below ground.

Despite constant bombings, residents of Kharkiv, Ukraine, have found opportunities for joy and emotional release.

As Ukraine Presses Its Attack in Kursk, Russia Stiffens Its Defenses

Soldiers and military analysts say that Ukraine is largely holding onto land it seized in the Kursk region, even as Moscow has begun a counterattack.

Digging through the wreckage of a home after a missile strike on a neighborhood in Sumy, Ukraine, on Sunday.

The Long-Range Weapons Ukraine Wants to Use on Russia, Explained

14 September 2024 at 16:15
The United States and its allies are once again considering expanding the capabilities they provide to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion.

© John Hamilton/White Sands Missile Range, via Associated Press

Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, have a range of 190 miles.

Starmer, Meeting Biden, Hints at Ukraine Weapons Decision Soon

As the president deliberated with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the question of whether to let Ukraine use long-range weapons in Russia was a rare point of contention between allied nations.

© Rod Lamkey Jr. for The New York Times

President Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain during a bilateral meeting at the White House on Friday.

Read Putin’s Warning to NATO on Ukraine’s Use of Long-Range Weapons

14 September 2024 at 04:02
The Russian president said Western support for Ukrainian strikes deep inside Russia would put his country and NATO “at war.”

© Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik

Russia’s President Vladimir V. Putin on Thursday in St. Petersburg, Russia, in a photo released by Russian state media.

Vance Describes Plan to End Ukraine War That Sounds a Lot Like Putin’s

14 September 2024 at 04:15
Former President Donald J. Trump would tell the Russians, Ukrainians and Europeans to “figure out what a peaceful settlement looks like,” Senator JD Vance, his running mate, says.

© Nicole Tung for The New York Times

Houses destroyed in Russian strikes as troops moved toward Ukraine’s Pokrovsk region this week. The Kremlin’s terms for ending the war have focused on Russia keeping the territory it has captured and blocking Ukraine from joining NATO.

Ukraine Presses China to Help Seek End to War With Russia

A visit by the foreign minister of Ukraine to Guangzhou this week signals Kyiv’s desire to involve Beijing in peace talks that China has thus far largely snubbed.

A New Candidate Must Now Defend Biden’s Legacy Abroad

22 July 2024 at 17:03
More than any election in decades, this one will be marked by starkly different approaches to an era of simultaneous confrontations, from China to Russia to the Middle East.

fun with flags

By: fivestone
17 April 2024 at 17:02

有个新闻,我这一年闲聊时经常提起。从各方面都切合了我的审美。

2022 年 12 月 18 日,乌克兰国防部在 twitter 发文,感谢来自 52 个国家的军事及个人援助,视频中列出了这些国家的国旗。其中,没有大陆的五星红旗;有台湾、有香港,而代表香港的旗子,是时代革命运动中的黑紫荆旗。

(视频里有 8×7=56 面旗子,推文里说是 52 个国家,其对应关系,大家有兴趣可以连连看。)

随后,香港官方各种抗议,具体后续不了了之。原始的推文已经被删除。

这些国旗的出现,可以追溯到 2022 年 6 月,在基辅独立广场(Maidan Nezalezhnosti, Kiev)上的一个展示项目。

从网上搜的图片可以看到,中间有一小段时间,是已经挂上了台湾国旗,但还没有挂上黑紫荆。第一批在乌克兰参加志愿者的台湾导游「莊育瑋」,也在这个期间,就去合影

后来黑紫荆旗怎么挂上去的,无从考证。但是很容易想象:有个来自香港的家伙,也在乌克兰做志愿兵,看到挂了台湾旗,就跑去说:我来自香港,所以你们也要挂香港的旗帜啊,就挂黑紫荆吧!


这个事情让我觉得很嗨的原因,在于:以往涉及国旗的场合中,那些对于个体,构成被迫的身份绑定,甚至是负担的层面,在这个事件中,消失了。参战的志愿者,可以凭借自己的意愿,来决定我所属的「国家」的旗帜,应该用什么样的方式展示。

而且,我们经常面对的,同一类身份的人,在另一个层面上意见不一致,而带来的割裂感,这里似乎也消失了。

就是说,理论上会有这样的情况:一个爱国小粉红,也去乌克兰参战,看到这种场面,坚持要改成五星红旗、或者红紫荆旗,怎么办?——但现实中,真会有这样的人,去乌克兰参战吗?没有啊。只有几个脑残,跑去俄罗斯那边当炮灰

即使有中国大陆籍贯的人,在乌克兰做志愿者(我相信是有的),也不介意国旗被改成什么样吧。这样的人,看到黑紫荆旗,会与之争吵吗?不会的啊。大概只会为此感到欢乐。

这种在现实层面实现的同温层过滤,感觉很好。

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