Putin said that there hasn't been a single combat use of Oreshnik on Ukraine.
He said Russia deliberately struck a "shed" in Bila Tserkva to see how the blocks fell.
He said Oreshnik might be used in future, including on Ukrainian cities.
Putin is a liar and a war criminal.
Another 185 Ukrainian defenders are returning home today from Russian captivity. One civilian is also returning along with the defenders. They are warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, and the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine – privates, sergeants, and officers. They defended our state in Mariupol and at Azovstal, as well as in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kyiv, and Kursk sectors. Among them are those returning after years in Russian captivity, where they had been held since 2022.
I thank everyone who makes this possible: the team working on exchanges and our partners. And special gratitude to the warriors who replenish our exchange fund – who, through their strength and results on the frontline, ensure the return of our people home. The work continues. The return of our people is a constant priority for Ukraine. Every day, we are working to free every Ukrainian man and woman from captivity.
Today is the International Day of Innocent Children – Victims of Aggression. For Ukraine, this reflects a daily reality since 2014, intensified by Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, where children remain among the victims.
‼️Since 2022, official data shows 707 children killed, 2,548 injured, and 2,318 reported missing. Thousands have been deported or forcibly transferred to the Russian Federation. These are documented crimes requiring justice and accountability.
Our children deserve to live in safety and to have a childhood free from fear and war. We remember every child who was killed and every innocent victim of this war.
Moscow is killing our children. No words in the world can ever ease this unbearable pain and horror.
According to official figures alone, Russia has taken the lives of 707 Ukrainian children. Another 2,548 have been wounded and maimed by explosions. More than 20,000 have been abducted and forcibly taken from their homes. These are just dry numbers, but each one represents a lifetime of pain for a Ukrainian family.
Today, June 4, is the Day of Remembrance for Children Killed as a Result of Russia’s Armed Aggression Against Ukraine.
Everything the Russians are doing amounts to genocide. It is a systematic and clearly planned attempt to destroy the Ukrainian nation. They deliberately target our children, committing war crimes for which there can be no justification. They are destroying our history, our memory, and trying to physically kill our future.
We will never forgive the Russians for this. There is no and will never be any justification or forgiveness for crimes committed against our children. Everyone who gave these orders and everyone who carried them out will be found and destroyed. The ground will burn beneath your feet wherever you try to hide.
There are no words that can comfort parents whose lives have been shattered forever by Russian killers. But we have a duty: to bring home every abducted child and to do everything to ensure that the truth about these crimes is heard around the world.
Eternal memory to the innocent victims of Russian terror.
Glory to Ukraine!
All these toys on Odesa beach symbolize local children killed by Russians.
June 4 is the Day of Remembrance for children killed by Russians. I never thought we would have a day like this. It’s so sickening.
📍Odesa, Ukraine
While Ukrainians are dying, Russians should not be vacationing on European beaches.
In a joint letter, Estonia and 10 other countries have proposed new measures to limit the issuance of EU tourist visas to Russian citizens.
Putin said to all missions ‘leave Kyiv’.
Instead, all 32 NATO Ambassadors and the Secretary General visit Ukraine.
Our message is crystal clear: NATO’s support for Ukraine is unshaken
#StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
A 44-year-old woman was killed and 2 men were injured when a russian drone struck near a car in the Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region‼️
Russians continue to hunt civilians with drones every single day.
Russia is lying to the entire world when it claims not to attack civilian targets.
Russia attacks almost nothing but civilian targets.
Four people were killed in a Russian attack on an industrial facility in the Brovary district (Kyiv region); this was announced by the head of the regional administration, Kalashnyk.
Local channels report that the attack may have targeted the "Yahotynske for Children" (Yahotynske dlya ditey) factory.
7 people injured in attack on dairy plant in Kyiv region, two more people may still be trapped under rubble, — OVA.
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👶 In Ukraine, there is already an entire generation of children who have never lived without war. Russia kills children by the thousands, and the world tolerates this with its passive consent. Unfortunately, for the modern world, this is okay; otherwise, there would have been a reaction after which Russia would be afraid to even unintentionally wound a child...
"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." — Albert Einstein
This dynamic directly mirrors the international community’s indifference during the rise of totalitarian aggression in the 1930s. During the Spanish Civil War and the systematic targeting of civilian populations during the Blitz, the global powers of the era hid behind policies of non-intervention and isolationism. They treated the destruction of foreign cities and the deaths of foreign children as regional anomalies rather than a fundamental assault on humanity itself. History consistently demonstrates that when a terrorist state learns it can target the cradle with impunity, its operational boundaries expand, ensuring that the fire eventually spreads to the doorsteps of those who chose to stay silent.
However, at that time the world was not yet civilized, there was no international law, no concept of war crime. They introduced them, invented human rights, but in practice there were no changes. People do not even have the right to live...
For the first time in four years, Ukrainian Defender Bohdan heard the voices of his wife and daughter.
Bohdan defended Mariupol and was taken prisoner by Russia after leaving Azovstal in 2022.
Today, he finally returned home.
📹: We Are Ukraine
There is progress in our negotiations with the European Union regarding Ukraine’s membership. We will have a very clear schedule of opportunities for moving forward in the negotiations, especially after the changes in Hungary. We met the deadlines. Now, already in June, we strongly expect to move to the opening of the clusters, which Ukraine has prepared. We've done our part. Now it’s up to the European Union.
⚡️ Russia’s new terrorist tactic
Submunitions from Iskander missiles are increasingly detonating not immediately, but 20–30 minutes after impact.
The apparent goal is to kill rescuers, medics, and civilians who return to the strike site or take part in evacuation efforts.
It seems the occupiers have reached a new level of cruelty.
Do not approach suspicious objects after missile strikes.
Does anyone have a clear answer why russia is not globally recognised as a terrorist organisation and banned from everything?
This is September 11 times a thousand, every night, for years. And so much more.
Why is it still seen as a country rather than a huge terrorist hub?
❗️❗️ Russian bastards struck residential area in Zaporizhzhia with a drone, killing woman and injuring 16 other people. Strike also damaged civilian cars and an apartment building.
Oh God.
Russian strike on Yampil, Sumy region.
Two people killed, four more injured.
Russia is deliberately hurting Ukrainian civilians wherever and whenever it can.
This is Veronika Chuian. She was 28.
Russia killed her in missile strike on Kyiv as she ran with her children to a shelter.
Her 2-year-old is badly injured. Her mother lost a leg. Her 4-year-old is now with relatives.
Behind every Russian strike is family in Ukraine like this.