Today is the funeral of little angel Milana. She was just 5 years old. Russians killed her mother Natalia as well. Her older sister, Veronica, 13, is in the hospital.
📍Sumy, Ukraine
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Her name was Hanna Doroshyna.
In one month, she would have turned 23.
Instead, russia killed her.
💔 Hanna was killed alongside her uncle, Vitalii, during russia's overnight attack on Vyshneve on July 6.
She had her whole life ahead of her. russia stole it.
She escaped the russian occupation of Nova Kakhovka.
She came to Kyiv to survive.
But russia found her anyway.
Iryna Hrabko is among the 15 people killed in last night's mass attack.
There is no safe place from russian terror while this war continues.
🕯Eternal memory to every innocent life stolen by russia.
A four-day-old baby girl experienced her first night at home to the sound of explosions during Russia's attack on Kyiv.
"You're four days old. This is your first night at home. It should have been a joyful one for you - and for us, your parents. But the neighboring state is nothing but the scum of society," the baby's mother, Arina, wrote.
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russia is producing ballistic missiles faster than the West can deliver new Patriot systems. Ukraine must build its own air and missile defense industry. That is the only sustainable way to protect our people. @CNN | @paulanewtonCNN
Another Nova Poshta building has been hit tonight.
It's the large branch in the town of Samar in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Flames also engulfed warehouses where agricultural machinery was stored. Fortunately, there were no injuries.
Russia has spent $1 billion in the last few days attacking Kyiv. Not building roads, hospitals or fixing the failing economy - on murdering civilians. This is the priority of a nation totally obsessed with terrorism and nothing else.
In Zelenivka, today's Russian airstrike damaged about a dozen residential houses and the local cultural center.
Within just half an hour, Russian occupiers dropped seven guided aerial bombs there. Four people were injured in the attack, including two women and two children.
Yesterday, Peskov said: this is no longer a "special military operation" - it is a war.
This statement by an official is yet another step toward a future mobilization in Russia.
What could happen if war is officially declared instead of a "special military operation" ("SMO")?
Instead of partial measures, Russia would launch a mechanism for general (total) mobilization and introduce martial law:
◾️ Putin would have to issue a decree introducing martial law and submit a bill to the Federation Council and the State Duma declaring a state of war.
◾️ The country's borders would be automatically and completely closed to all citizens liable for military duty, preventing them from leaving the country.
◾️ Unlike the "SMO," where the focus is on people with combat experience and in-demand military specialties, a general mobilization would call up all categories of citizens in the reserve, in turn.
Another indirect indication of preparations for a total mobilization is yesterday's news that the Russian defense ministry intends to abolish mandatory medical examinations for contract soldiers and those mobilized to determine their fitness for service. The ministry has already prepared the relevant amendments to the law on military service.
Abolishing military medical examinations would introduce a "presumption of absolute fitness" for everyone subject to mobilization. This would make it possible to mobilize large numbers of Russians and send them to the front lines as quickly as possible.
All Russians who do not want to lose their lives or their health in a criminal war must flee Russia. Right now.
It’s all garbage and noise to deflect US critics and delay European action. Trump has never materially changed his stance of talking to Putin, repeating Russian talking points, and pressuring Ukraine to surrender to Russian demands.
The most extensive damage to residential areas since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion was recorded in Kyiv's suburb of Vyshneve following today's mass attack, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.
In total, 13 hectares of residential buildings were damaged in Vyshneve. Due to the scale of the destruction, the government will allocate funds from the reserve fund to restore damaged housing in the municipality.
Residents of the small town of Vyshneve, on Kyiv's western edge, have described scenes of terror amid Russia's latest devastating missile and drone attack on the capital, as they found themselves fleeing a series of massive explosions after a strike on the town.
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I have a friend in Kyiv. Her name is Tanya too.
We have been friends for many years. She is a rock. Not just a strong person — the kind of person who keeps standing when others already can’t.
A top manager. A woman who couldn’t live in evacuation. When Kyiv started being bombed in 2022, they left the country for a while… but they came back home.
During that terrible night, she saw everything from her window.
I was calling her and couldn’t reach her. I honestly didn’t know what to think anymore.
Then she finally called me back.
They are alive, thank God.
And this woman — this rock — was crying on the phone.
“Tanya, do you understand… we simply have nothing to shoot down these missiles with.”
Then she told me about her aunt who lives in Nikopol.
There, roads are being shelled. There, ruzzians hunt living people.
Ukraine is fighting a civilized war. We strike oil — the resource that finances the killing of our people.
They exchange their oil for our blood.
I think this is a very unequal exchange.
Chances of new major open mobilisation in RU increase as RU is not ready to lower political demands combined with RU battlefield strategy plateau given mismatch of losses&recruitment. It’s a risky option for Kremlin occupant - but less risky than others.
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Russia is attacking gas stations in Zaporizhzhia again. Two people have died in one attack tonight.
The victims were a young woman aged 18, and a 41 year old man.
Nine other civilians have been injured, including an eight-year-old boy.
#RussiaIsATerroristState