A terrible night for Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones at Ukraine tonight. Kyiv was the main target. Five people were killed and 35 more were injured, including a pregnant woman and two kids.
▪️ Kyiv:
Destruction was recorded in all 10 districts of Kyiv - at least 26 residential buildings were damaged.
Russians also targeted their drones and missiles against history, religion, art, and education.
The Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and academy were damaged, and one of the production workshops at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio was destroyed.
While rescuers were working to extinguish the flames at the main cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Russians launched a follow-up strike nearby, hitting the Mystetskyi Arsenal National Culture, Arts and Museum Complex.
A kindergarten, a business center, administrative buildings, private houses, a market, cars, and unfinished high-rise buildings were also damaged. An innovative postal terminal was destroyed.
▪️ Kharkiv region:
Five people were killed. 24 people were injured, including two children.
In Kharkiv, 4 rescuers and 1 civil protection specialist from the Kharkiv regional military administration were killed. They were working at the site of a Russian strike when Russians carried out a deliberate follow-up strike targeting them.
▪️ Dnipropetrovsk region:
Two people were injured.
The Russian attack damaged the House of Organ and Chamber Music in Dnipro. A college building was also destroyed, and the blast wave blew out windows in a school.
▪️ Sumy:
One of the Russian drones hit a residential building.
Three people were injured, including a child.
Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv regions were also under Russian strikes.
BREAKING: Sen. Warnock calls for Supreme Court reform, telling NBC that “All options are on the table” – including adding seats!
In a powerful interview on Meet the Press, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) made it crystal clear that Democrats are done playing defense against a corrupted Supreme Court.
Asked by host Kristin Welker if he would support adding seats to the Court, Warnock answered affirmatively:
“I think all options have to be on the table… We definitely need reform to this court. We need a code of ethics.”
Warnock laid the blame for the court’s descent squarely on Donald Trump and his acolytes for igniting a “terrible race to the bottom” through extreme gerrymandering and weaponizing the courts to make decisions favorable to the MAGA agenda to sometimes devastating effect on our fundamental freedoms.
In calling out the current Court for pouring “fuel on that fire” and undermining its own credibility, Warnock is making a significant shift in tone.
Expanding the Court, imposing term limits, and enforcing a real code of ethics have all become legitimate responses to the right-wing capture of the judiciary, and the influential Warnock is on board with it.
Since he managed to bully Congress into confirming his ideological right-wing nominees, Trump has considered the Supreme Court to be in his pocket, fuming with righteous indignation if they dare oppose him. Not because they are right or wrong, but because they didn’t acquiesce to his will after he took the trouble to nominate them.
But Warnock just made it clear: in his mind the era of one-sided rules must end, by whatever legal means necessary.
The Reverend Dr. Warnock speaks for all sensible Americans when he says he is tired of a Supreme Court that protects billionaires, strips away rights, and acts as an unelected super-legislature.
Fair is fair. If Republicans keep abusing the hallowed institution, Democrats have every right to fix it.
And all options should indeed be on the table.
❗️The 🇺🇦422nd Unmanned Systems Regiment “LUFTWAFFE” of the 17th Army Corps and the Special Operations Centre “A” of the Security Service of 🇺🇦Ukraine destroyed a 🇷🇺Russian electronic warfare (EW) station in the southern direction.
This station was designed to jam Starlink satellite communications.
A jazz drummer canceled his show because he wouldn't perform under Trump's name. The regime sued him for $1M to destroy him, but a judge just threw it out and ordered the government to pay HIS legal bills: 👇 https://t.co/nBK8xWmcjb
The Trump Administration is now attempting to sideline or erase women’s contributions in the Military. This Ceremony has been happening for 28 years as a bipartisan tribute to women Veterans & fallen service members.
#BREAKING: Hayes: “It has been clear to anyone paying attention that Donald Trump, the guy who did January 6th, the guy who insists he won the popular vote in 2016 and created a whole commission that took over a year to confirm, no, he still lost by three million votes, the guy who insists that California, yes that California, a state which he lost his closest race by 20 points, actually voted for him in all its elections but then rigged the count, the guy who has pushed this totally unprecedented lawless effort to rig the congressional maps for the midterms, that guy was always going to use every trick he could, legal or not, to retain power in the midterm elections, we have known that, and now this week, that is coming into very very sharp focus.” 😳
MORALE IS A FACTOR: Russian tank crews seldom miss an opportunity to park their vehicles with all of the hatches left open. They do this becuase reporting your vehicle destroyed is much safer than driving it across the Zero Line.
Robert De Niro: I'm pretty close to being a free speech absolutist. Even speech I don't like. But when I hear something I don't like, I use my own free speech to respond. When I hear Trump say, "I don't think about Americans' financial situation." I say, "shut the fuck up."
"Chiar și Premiul Nobel pentru Pace nu ar fi suficient. Unii spun că Ucraina ar trebui să fie recunoscătoare pentru tot. Adevărul este exact invers. Noi, ceilalți, ar trebui să fim recunoscători Ucrainei." - Donald Tusk, premierul Poloniei
🇺🇸 Trump: We could offer Italy a spot in the 2026 World Cup.
🇮🇹 Meloni: Thank you, but Italy has already lifted the world trophy four times. We prefer to earn our place on the field rather than receive it as a gift.