Russia is already lying about Kyiv, pretending this was about “military targets.”
Hotels are burning. Apartment blocks are burning. Civilians are still trapped under the rubble.
I went on @SkyNews to say the obvious: Russia is talking absolute shit.
🔴 Russian strikes kill nine across Ukraine.
Russian forces launched a massive combined attack across Ukraine on June 15, killing at least five rescue workers in Kharkiv and four civilians in Kyiv.
The strikes damaged residential buildings and cultural landmarks, including the historic Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, in an ongoing assault.
🤬Russia has struck the grounds of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra — a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of Ukraine’s most significant spiritual and cultural landmarks.
🔴 BREAKING: Overnight Russian missile attack on Ukraine killed at least five in Kyiv, including a child.
21 others were injured, including four first responders targeted in a double-tap strike, according to local authorities.
This is a Ukrainian boy, Bohdan. He will forever be eight years old.
Yesterday, a Russian drone killed Bohdan as he was playing on a playground in Cherkasy.
Bohdan sang in the church choir.
Deepest condolences...
Russian terrorism must be stopped.
Darnytska Power Plant heated around 500,000 people in Kyiv. Now it is rubble, Russia destroyed it on purpose, during negotiations.
Do not normalize this. Make them pay.
A genocide against Ukrainians is unfolding right now.
It already has a name: "Kholodomor" (exhaustion through cold)
This crime is being deliberately committed by Russia.
In legal terms, it has a clear definition - genocide.
Under Article II of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, one of the defining acts of genocide is:
"Deliberately inflicting on a group of people conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."
Many Ukrainian cities - Kyiv foremost among them - have been without electricity, heating, and water for the second week in a row, amid severe frosts.
What does this mean?
It means people are being condemned to death by Russia.
This is what is happening:
▪️ Elderly people cannot leave their apartments to buy food or water because elevators do not work - or because they are physically unable to walk down the stairs;
▪️ No communication: mobile phones are dead, there is no way to call for help or an ambulance;
▪️ Sick people cannot use life-sustaining medical equipment because there is no electricity at home;
▪️ Mothers of small kids carry their children and strollers up staircases in high-rise buildings - along with water and food;
▪️ No hot meals and no possibility to cook food at home;
▪️ Sewer system failures, creating critical and dangerous conditions;
▪️ Illness caused by extreme cold and the inability to stay warm;
▪️ Children cannot attend schools because there is no heating. Distance learning is also impossible without electricity;
▪️ Kindergartens are closed, mothers cannot work, earn money to feed their children;
▪️ Stray animals are freezing to death on the streets;
▪️ Even pets are dying from the cold - parrots, aquarium fish, animals kept in terrariums;
▪️ Animals in zoos are freezing;
▪️ Collections of rare plants in Kyiv’s botanical gardens have frozen and died;
▪️ Small businesses are earning nothing, forced to spend money on generators and fuel - causing direct losses to the economy;
▪️ Severe harm to the environment and public health due to the constant operation of massive numbers of generators;
▪️ Public transport functions far worse due to power outages; electric transport does not operate at all, leaving people unable to reach work, doctors, or essential services;
▪️ Burst pipes and freezing temperatures are destroying homes, making them uninhabitable;
▪️ Hospitals are forced to cancel planned surgeries, operating in emergency mode and at full capacity;
▪️ Rates of depression, anxiety disorders, and burnout are sharply increasing.
Russia wants to make large Ukrainian cities uninhabitable.
This is a humanitarian catastrophe deliberately caused by Russia.
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
Horrific footage from Odesa.
Russia delivered a missile strike on a residential area in Odesa.
Because when Russia kills Ukrainians and stays unpunished on the daily basis, it’s totally fine with the “X” hypocrites.
When Ukraine tries to fight back and save itself - it’s “WWIII”.
This is what Russian terror on Europe looks like. 120 missiles and 90 drones, all targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. Absolutely insane that this is allowed to continue unabated with no real consequences for Putin. And yet we don’t let Ukraine strike back properly.
Today, there is wet snow with rain in many Ukrainian regions. The temperature at night gets below zero. It is already snowing in Kharkiv. The heating is not on in several cities.
Ukraine is getting ready to face the hardest winter in our history.
There may be no electricity in Ukraine for 20 hours a day in winter if Russia strikes our critical energy system and the weather is cold.
As of today, blackouts are most probable for 8-14 hours a day.
We are expecting a very harsh winter. I don't know if the people in their apartments will be able to survive the prolonged heating and power cuts in severe cold weather. Russia is doing everything to make Ukrainians flee their country.
📹: Kharkiv today
Russia struck a nine-story building in Kharkiv with a guided aerial bomb.
Tragically, there are casualties, including children, and more people may still be trapped under the rubble. All necessary emergency services are on site.
Partners see what happens every day. In these circumstances, every delayed decision on their part means dozens or even hundreds more Russian bombs used against Ukraine. Their decisions are the lives of our people. That is why we must stop Russia together — and do so with all possible force.
On September 14, 2024, 22-year-old Yurii returned from Russian captivity, unable to speak or respond.
He was rushed to a Kyiv hospital in critical condition. Despite a grim prognosis, his mother recently shared footage of him talking again.
📹: @radiosvoboda