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[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Sexual violence has become a systematic weapon in Russia's war against Ukraine.

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[Caolan @CaolanReports]

The centre of Kherson was just hit with massive russian bombs. Imagine if this was any other city on earth, this would be global news. Tens of thousands of civilians still live here.

[D.Radka, #NAFO 🇨🇿🤝🇺🇦 @DakdaR22]

- Robert Brovdi
Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces🇺🇦

“When Putin was launching 100 Shahed drones a day at Ukraine, he promised 500, and we did not perceive it as a serious threat. Today, this is no laughing matter — we have already crossed the threshold of 400 drones per day.

Our experience will be invaluable to the entire rational world, because any country could face such a scenario.

I don't know of a single NATO country capable of defending its cities if faced with 200–300 Shaheds every day, seven days a week.

Your national security urgently requires a strategic reassessment."
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So sad and so true....🤫

[Ryan McBeth @RyanMcbeth]

The Most Disturbing Ukraine Drone Footage Yet: A War Crime with No Nuance
https://t.co/vOIpevnPno

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Shtilerman: On July 13 in Paris, 10 European countries launched Freyja, a coalition to build a system for intercepting ballistic missiles.

Its goal is not to replace the Patriot, but to end Europe's dependence on one manufacturer, one country, and one political decision. 2/

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Russians stopped at a café in Georgia, where a sign on the door reads: "By entering our restaurant you agree that Putin is a war criminal and respect the territorial integrity of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova."

They didn't know "what to make of it" and thought it was a joke.

[Clément Molin @clement_molin]

Une vidéo que personne ne veut voir 🇷🇺

Dès l'âge de 16 ans, des milliers de jeunes russes rejoignent des lycées et écoles militaires ou ils sont formés à la guerre.

C'est toute une génération d'étudiants qui se militarise et se forme, notamment dans le domaine des drones. Des dizaines de milliers de jeunes russes se préparent pour la prochaine guerre, avec tous les enseignements de la guerre actuelle.

Ces jeunes ne seront pas forcément déployés immédiatement en Ukraine, à moins que la guerre ne dure plusieurs années de plus. Ils seront le cœur de la future armée russe, qui sera évidemment plus forte que celle d'avant guerre, avec des technologie et une doctrine différente.

Cette militarisation accrue de la société commence dès l'école, avec des formations sur le maniement des armes, des cours de patriotisme et un encouragement à rejoindre les centres de formations, comme celui de Rubikon.

[Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv]

Kyiv 💔 Nine people killed in the middle of the night in a European capital because Ukraine still lacks protection against Russian ballistic missiles. How many more?!

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

All murdered by Russians, three days ago in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih with a North Korean missile as the US President praised Putin and groveled for Russian cash.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

As I’ve been warning for years, including pronouncing NATO dead last year, a treaty is a piece of paper and is only as strong as the leaders responsible for upholding it. Putin knows this, and Ukraine learned it the hard way once already, in Budapest 1994.

[Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 @jurgen_nauditt]

Heart-wrenching photo: Soldier Danylo Voronov lost his one-and-a-half-year-old son, his parents, and his siblings in the Russian attack. 😭😭😭

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

There isn’t much intelligence to gain from torture. It is systematic, and most of the time it is simply sadism.

I was held underground for 60 days. I was starved, beaten, subjected to electric shocks on my ears, and stabbed in the leg. For what?

Because I couldn’t possibly just be a man married to a Ukrainian. To fit their narrative, I had to be special forces, a Nazi, or a terrorist. The truth was far more ordinary than that.

Eventually, after enough pain, exhaustion, and deprivation, people will admit to things they never did and places they have never been.

That isn’t intelligence gathering. It’s the deliberate destruction of human beings for tomorrow’s narrative. That’s why they do it.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Today, the Russians used their ballistic missile to destroy an ordinary house belonging to an ordinary family in Radushne, near Kryvyi Rih, in our Dnipro region. It was the Voronov family: mother Olena, father Artem, seven children – Mark, Dominika, Zakharii, Azarii Ilai, Federica, Emilia, and Viorika – and one-and-a-half-year-old grandson Artem, the child of their eldest son, who is now defending Ukraine. As of now, it has been confirmed that parents and three children – Mark, Azarii Ilai, and Emilia – were killed. The Russian missile struck with such force that almost nothing was left of the house… Fragments of human bodies were found under the rubble, and only forensic examinations can establish which members of the family they belong to. The fate of Zakharii, Dominika, Viorika, Federica, and Artem is still being determined… It is a horrific crime of Russia’s war against Ukraine – against ordinary people, against ordinary life.

This Russian evil can only be stopped by the whole world. No one in the world can be left to face such terror alone. And when we say that Ukraine needs missiles for Patriots, when we seek the capabilities to defend ourselves against Russian ballistic missiles, this isn’t about abstractions. We are talking about families like this, people like these, who can live if we have the means to shoot down Russian missiles – if our partners help us with interceptors. Families who can be killed if we have nothing to stop Russian Iskanders with.

It is important that these people are seen by those who make decisions – decisions at the Pentagon, in European capitals, and everywhere in the world where there is an opportunity to help Ukraine protect lives. Reality speaks for itself. Protecting lives is necessary. Air defense missiles are necessary.

Eternal memory to all Ukrainians who were killed by Russian strikes… Eternal gratitude to everyone who helps!

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Do something.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Do something.

[Bern @BernNow]

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[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

"Before he left for the front line in 2022, Serhii Boychuk told his wife that if captured, he didn’t want to be taken alive. A few months later, the Russians took him prisoner. Guards beat and tortured him sexually for more than two years, he said. He recounted being raped with bottles and sticks, and having a knife pressed against his genitals. He still finds it difficult to walk." https://t.co/z97rtXTrbJ

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

Kyiv today: 13 killed, 90+ injured — most of them in ordinary residential buildings.

Russia struck 28 sites across the city overnight with 70+ missiles and nearly 500 drones. This is Russia's daily war on civilians.

"Air defense supplies for Ukraine are an absolute and critical priority."
@ZelenskyyUa

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

The biggest guarantee of Poland’s security and independence is being provided by Ukrainians who have spent the past four and a half years sacrificing everything they have to confront Russia, which would otherwise have its tanks on the Polish border — or across the Polish border — by now.
Those who think they are safe and can inflame Polish-Ukrainian tensions to score internal political points because Trump’s America will protect Poland from Russia haven’t been paying attention to what has just happened in the Middle East.
Ukrainians and Poles have many dark pages in their common past, there is no doubt about it. But if they keep focusing on that dark past, both countries will also have a dark future. 🇵🇱🇺🇦

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

Murdered by Russians.