About Ukraine

🇺🇦 Real-time updates on Russia’s war against Ukraine. Airstrikes, drone attacks, frontline reports & civilian voices. Truth. Resistance. @AboutUkrainewar

[Csaba Tóth 🇸🇴 @tothcsabatibor]

"Change is dangerous, we are facing foreign intelligence services who would cast doubt on the voting even before it happened [...] please talk to your loved ones and convince them that the stakes are high" - Viktor Orbán issues last minute warning to his voters ahead of Sunday's elections.

[Kyrylo Shevchenko @KShevchenkoReal]

❗🇰🇬 #Kyrgyzstan has warned it is ready to challenge #EU in court if Brussels imposes export restrictions on dual-use goods over alleged re-exports to #Russia - a potential first use of the bloc’s anti-circumvention powers. Bishkek insists it is complying with #WesternSanctions & has taken steps to curb violations, but complains 🇪🇺 has not provided clear mechanisms or criteria to demonstrate adherence & avoid penalties. EU documents highlight an 800% surge in 🇰🇬 imports of high-priority items from the bloc since 2022, with exports to 🇷🇺 up‼️1,200%, flagging a “particularly high risk” of circumvention via machine tools, electronics & other items used in weapons/drones, per @FT. Tensions are high ahead of the next EU #Sanctions package, but dialogue continues. If no compromise emerges, legal action by Bishkek remains on the table - though success in court is uncertain given 🇪🇺 broad discretion on circumvention tools. #MakeRussiaPay Photo: open sources

[Kyrylo Shevchenko @KShevchenkoReal]

1/3 In the face of unprecedented adversity in 2022, Ukraine's banking system stood resilient against the storm of a full-scale Russian invasion. Under my stewardship at @NBUkraine, we became Ukraine's financial shield. Here is what we did: 👇

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

Over the past few days, someone has been attempting to hack my email, apps, and even succeeded in accessing my X account. Just moments ago, I removed an unauthorized user from Chicago who had gained entry.
This began immediately after I posted about Andriy Yermak, the former chief of staff to President Zelensky. Soon after, I started receiving suspicious messages from unknown numbers.
I suspect that someone is digging for compromising information on me or testing ways to intimidate me into silence and compliance. I've already changed my passwords and enabled two-factor authentication.
Yesterday, bloggers aligned with Yermak began spreading the narrative that I'm pro-Russian, because I shared what government insiders have been saying about him.
Yermak has always been paranoid, seeking vendettas even without grounds for suspicion (not in this case I guess). This is how he sowed chaos, manipulation, and deceit within Zelensky's team—targeting perceived disloyalty more fiercely than the Russian threat, ultimately weakening Ukraine.
The greater his influence on state-level decisions, the more vulnerable Ukraine becomes.
The full repercussions of this hacking attempt will likely emerge later. Fortunately, nothing critical is stored in my X chats. Still, the intruders have persisted relentlessly for the last five days...
Just by coincidence Yermak's former press-aide is in Chicago)

[Гюндуз Мамедов/Gyunduz Mamedov @MamedovGyunduz]

Several sites of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Preserve were damaged as a result of the latest large-scale attack. This monastic complex, founded in the 11th century, is inscribed on the #UNESCO World Heritage List. Several buildings were affected: windows and doors were blown out, and cracks appeared in the walls. The last time war-related destruction was recorded here was during World War II. Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, at least 1,640 Ukrainian #CulturalHeritage sites have been damaged.

[Iuliia Mendel @IuliiaMendel]

The strategy of "bringing the war onto Russian territory" has clearly inflicted even greater suffering, particularly on ordinary Ukrainians.

The humanitarian catastrophe, which primarily affects civilians, is being masked by polished propaganda. A singer who is a friend of the president even released a song claiming that even without electricity and heat, Ukrainians still have light and warmth in their souls.

I've already come across several Reels on social media with negative reactions, where Ukrainians say that without meeting basic needs—when it's freezing cold, with no way to wash, cook, or stay warm—there will be no "warmth and light" inside anyone.

Today, journalists from Hromadske visited an apartment in Kyiv where the indoor temperature was -5°C/23 ∘F. That's a temperature at which a person can fall asleep and never wake up.

"Since last November, the building's electrical grid has been unable to cope—residents have had to literally ration electricity by the hour. And overnight into Friday, the building also suffered a fire.

Now, living there has become simply impossible. Yet some people remain, with nowhere else to go. Among them is 56-year-old Valeriy Antonovych, who gets around in a wheelchair." — that's what the journalists reported about that building. There are reportedly hundreds of such high-rises these days in Kyiv.

Stories are pouring in from all sides from acquaintances, relatives, and friends. Social media is exploding with accounts of life in subzero temperatures without electricity, sometimes without heat or water.

Our leadership continues to blame Putin and the West—for not providing enough missiles—and keeps confirming new and further strikes deep inside Russia, which have nowhere near the same impact as those felt in Ukraine.

Of course, Russia is the aggressor, and its shelling has long amounted to crimes against humanity. But many people are asking whether this strategy of transferring the war to Russia is worth the suffering endured by the Ukrainian nation.

Will we ever learn the true numbers of those who die from the cold, or will they be covered up by yet another wonderful song about joy and inner light? How many people will leave the country again now, never to return? And will you condemn them for it?

[About Ukraine @AboutUkrainewar]

As Trump sinks further into hypocrisy, russians continue to obliterate Ukrainian cities.

💔 Myrnohrad is burning.

Today, just like yesterday, russia rained dozens of massive bombs on civilian neighborhoods — a deliberate, systematic assault that has all the hallmarks of war crimes. Targeting residential areas, killing families, wiping out entire streets — this is not “war,” this is criminal violence against a civilian population.

And yet the world continues to watch in silence, as if these atrocities were something ordinary.
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The moment of the attack by Russian drones on the city of Chernihiv. #Ukraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Drone

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The leaders of France, Germany and the UK will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in London on Monday to discuss US efforts to reach a peace deal after Russia carried out another round of massive attacks
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Lithuania has revoked residence permits from 145 Russian citizens for frequent trips to Russia and Belarus.
The decisions are based on the national “Restrictive Measures in Connection with Military Aggression” law, in force since 2023. The rules were tightened in May 2025, allowing authorities to strip residence permits from anyone visiting Russia or Belarus more than once every three months without a valid reason.

Among those affected is former Russian human rights lawyer Mikhail Benyash, who previously defended opposition activists and supporters of Alexei Navalny before becoming a target of persecution himself.
Lithuania revoked his permit after two trips to Minsk, where he picked up his son for school holidays and later returned him. His appeal was unsuccessful.

In Russia, Benyash lost his law license, was labeled a “foreign agent,” and was prosecuted for “discrediting” the army. Since 2025, he has been working in Lithuania as a plumber.

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India and Russia aim to boost trade through a new maritime corridor. But with Western sanctions and complex logistics, one question remains: how viable is it?

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The UN has passed a resolution calling on Russia to return the thousands of Ukrainian children it has kidnapped.

12 states voted against:

🇷🇺 Russia
🇮🇷 Islamic Regime in Iran
🇰🇵 North Korea
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇧🇾 Belarus
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇳🇮 Nicaragua
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
🇳🇪 Niger
🇲🇱 Mali
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[About Ukraine @AboutUkrainewar]

Explosions were reported in Engels and Saratov.
Local channels say air defenses were targeting Ukrainian drones striking Russian military facilities.
🎥 ASTRA

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Dnipro’s streets are covered in shrapnel after Russian missile strikes, local channels report.
The warhead was packed with metal cubes to cause maximum casualties.
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#Dnipro #WarCrimes

[About Ukraine @AboutUkrainewar]

Myrnohrad, Donetsk region.

A Russian drone flies straight into a residential building — a second later the explosion tears off the roof and entire floors collapse into dust.
This isn’t a battlefield. These are homes where people slept and lived.
Russia keeps erasing Ukrainian cities from the inside of their own walls.
Every strike has names. Every ruin has a story. Every crime will have those responsible.

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