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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Russians chose a freezing February night: Damaged buildings, casualties reported as Russia resumes strikes on Kyiv amid large-scale attack -- Instead of 6 missiles, there are only 2; Ukraine's Air Force reveals dire air defense shortage --Russian forces trying to bypass and infiltrate Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast -- How Kyiv Zoo is protecting life through the coldest and darkest winter of the full-scale war ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/tuesday-february-3-2026/

Kyiv residents shelter at the Dorohozhychi subway station during a Russian drone-and-missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, winter 2026

Sunday, February 1, 2026

Russian officials call for more powerful weapons to attack Ukraine as temperatures drop -- "Russians are to blame," Moldovans react to mass power outage after Moldova-Ukraine line malfunction -- Meet Olha Kobylianska, the Ukrainian author who redefined women’s freedom -- Poland closes airspace after Belarusian balloon incursion ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/sunday-february-1-2026/

Olha Kobylianska, a Ukrainian modernist writer and feminist. (Anastasiia Starko / The Kyiv Independent)

Balloons overhead! It's been a while since I've seen them. They normally fly over much earlier, around dawn.

#Melbourne #balloons

Hot air balloons in the sky over Melbourne's city centre.

MythBusters: Lead Balloon by Beyond Television Productions

YouTube, Discovery Channel #balloons

Anna Leska #Polish pilot, flew #gliders #balloons & #aeroplanes. #WWII 1939 flew RWD-13 plane out of Warsaw in middle of air raid. Polish aircraft had been hidden in the surrounding forests to protect the fleet from attack, instructed to take off without warming up engine. Escaped via Romania & France to UK. 1941 1st Polish woman Air Transport Auxiliary pilot. d. #OTD 21 Jan 1998 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Leska @CarveHerName

Anna Leska in woman pilot's Air Transport Auxiliary flying uniform, B&W head and shoulders photo. #ATA

“Black balloon salesman on south side Chicago’s 47th street many of the city's Black...” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: U.S. National Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/57416dda-2e9e-4307-af7b-ee88f570693f

#balloons #chicago #documerica #sunglasses #sky #documentary #hats #art #publicdomain

Photograph by John H. White for Documerica

Bricks/leaning 2/3

Interior from Skövde Kulturhus. This is Sweden's first cultural centre, putting city library, theater, art museum and suchlike all under the same roof in 1964. The rather impressive building, by architect Hans-Erland Heineman, sits across from the train station/bus depot in Skövde, so it's perfect to pop in there between legs of your journey.

#skövde #skövdekulturhus #balloons #brickwall #tegel #bricks #trio #triptych #sweden #pixelfedsweden