Kate Mejiritski

[Kate Mejiritski @KateMejiritski]

@MassDara Sadly, unless @Capitals fans have enough moral clarity and stop buying tickets to the games, nothing is going to change. For the @NHL , it’s all about the money, killed children and destroyed lives don’t matter a bit

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @CrimeanVoyager]

I’m begging you. Stop and watch this one minute.

This is not a movie.
This is Ukraine today.

As of 4:00 p.m., at least 37 people have been killed and dozens wounded. Among them are children.

▪️Kramatorsk: 33 killed, 18 wounded.
▪️Kyiv: 4 killed, 14 injured.
▪️Sumy: 1 killed, 4 wounded, including two 12-year-old boys.
▪️Mykolaiv region: a 3-month-old girl and a 1-year-old boy wounded.
▪️Kherson: a 14-year-old girl wounded.

This is not a battlefield report.
This is daily life for millions of Ukrainians.

Please. Look at it. And act — if there’s any humanity left.

[Maria Avdeeva @maria_avdv]

Pavlo visits 5-year-old Zoryana, the little girl he rescued from the rubble in Pryluky ❤️‍🩹

She and her mother were thrown from their fourth-floor apartment and buried under the rubble. Her father was killed in the Russian strike.

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

While Trump was congratulating Putin for his birthday Ukraine was pulling the bodies of kids from under rubble.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

While Ukrainians are dying every day from russian missiles and drones, Trump and his family are discussing how to make money from doing business with russia.

According to Reuters, Trump’s team and Putin’s representatives are discussing the possibility of restoring russian gas exports to Europe through Nord Stream, with American investors profiting from the deal.

And guess who is involved? Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Apparently, bringing Russian gas back to Europe and creating lucrative business opportunities with Putin’s regime is now part of the so-called “peace process.”

Russia invaded Ukraine, murdered civilians, destroyed entire cities, and weaponized Europe’s dependence on russian energy. Europe spent years trying to break that dependence.

And now Trump’s family exploring ways to bring it back for profit.

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

Russia carries out terrorist attacks on Ukrainian territory daily, murdering Ukrainian civilians by the dozens. These heinous crimes must be punished, and Putin and other criminals must meet the same fate as the fascists at Nuremberg in 1946.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

The Trump administration wants to lift sanctions on a Russian company to benefit mostly Middle Eastern investors (who also happen to be Trump family business partners)
https://t.co/Ixe1T4lJTM

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

And the @NHL continues to allow Ovechkin—a supporter of that terrible murderer and criminal Putin—to appear publicly on the ice. The NHL and every team owner know full well that this stance supports and prolongs Russia's imperialist war and costs a vast number of human lives!

[Ania_In_UA @Ania_In_UA]

Ovechkin with his kids yesterday
vs.
Ukrainians with their kids yesterday

Shamelessness and complete moral bankruptcy of the @NHL and @Capitals on full display.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Ukraine is amazing! Responsible for the depletion of US stockpiles of weapons that were never sent to Ukraine and for the price of diesel that was stable throughout months Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries, and only spiked when Trump attack attacked Iran.

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

It does not matter which season this is for Ovechkin. What matters is that, because this supporter of murderers and the worst criminals will be taking the ice, the entire @NHL will serve as a massive advertisement for Russia's imperialist war, and—as a result of this year's NHL..

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Terrifying footage from Pryluky: a rescuer is pulling a child from under the rubble after the russian attack. Multiple are dead and wounded.

[Adam Proteau @AdamProteau]

In case you missed it: Here's my story for @TheHockeyNews on Alexander #Ovechkin, and his legacy as a supporter of a ruthless dictator. Just because he puts pucks in nets doesn't mean Ovechkin shouldn't be judged in part by his off-ice actions. https://t.co/QCFJ81SOBe

[Community for Ukraine 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @Community4UKR]

Local DC area folks will rally outside the Capital's season opener, in protest at team captain Ovechkin campaigning for Vladimir Putin.

- Wed Oct 7, 5:45 pm
- Capital One Arena, Washington DC

Details and updates:
https://t.co/4TGpyyBaIC

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

It’s official! With its stance, the @NHL has decided to serve as an advertisement for Russia’s imperialist war into the 2026–27 season as well.For the fifth consecutive year, the NHL’s position will help prolong 🇷🇺 war, leading to the deaths of far more people.Please share this!

[Morgan Trau @MorganTrau]

NEW: In an attack ad against US Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses him of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her."

As it turns out, she isn't from Ohio and didn't have surgery until she was an adult.

@WEWS @WCPO @OhioCapJournal
https://t.co/zkUzZ2FhDR

[Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angelshalagina]

💔 His name was Ilya Goncharov.
He was only 14.

His family fled the constant russian attacks in Sumy region, hoping to find safety near Kyiv.

But the war followed them.

A russian strike destroyed their home in Vyshhorod. His parents and sister were pulled alive from the rubble.

Ilya wasn’t.

Another Ukrainian child who should have had an entire life ahead of him💔

[Dr. Alice Frost @PoliSciChick84]

This diagram says it all (from the NYT).

Background: Witkoff and Kushner, while negotiating with Russia over ending the war in Ukraine, are also reportedly helping negotiate a multibillion-dollar deal involving the sale of Lukoil’s international oil fields, refineries, and gas stations. Lukoil is one of Russia’s largest oil companies and was placed under U.S. sanctions.

The leading bidder is a consortium involving Todd Boehly (who donated $2 million to the Trump-supporting MAGA Inc. super PAC), the U.S. government’s International Development Finance Corporation, and Gulf investors with extensive business ties to Kushner, Witkoff, and members of the Trump family. Those investors include Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan of the UAE and the Qatari Al-Khayyat family. The transaction would require approval from both the U.S. government and the Kremlin.

It is my sincerest hope that, should the Democrats win Congress in 2026, and the White House (and Congress) in 2028, these types of relationships and transactions by the Trump Cartel (of which there are many) are thoroughly investigated, and, if criminal wrongdoing is found, those responsible face prison sentences and massive fines, rather than receiving the kind of slap on the wrist Trump received for his 34 felony convictions.

Sadly, I expect Trump will pre-emptively pardon many members of his Cartel for any potential federal crimes. But presidential pardons do not protect them from state prosecutions or civil lawsuits arising from their conduct.

[Dr. Brian Goldman @NightShiftMD]

It’s time for Ovechkin to be removed from the NHL for his support of a mass murderer of Ukrainians. Shame on you.

[Dominik Hasek @hasek_dominik]

This is insane! The @NHL is well aware that this post supports Russia's worst criminals, and the NHL will bear responsibility for more people killed and maimed in Russia's imperialist war in Ukraine. And yet, they did it. For the NHL, human lives do not come first!

[Kate Mejiritski @KateMejiritski]

@NHL has no moral compass and is willing to completely ignore the fact that this guy can score goals while openly supporting Russia’s genocidal fascists

[NHL @NHL]

It's time for another season of Alex Ovechkin scoring goals to begin! 🚨