Olha Nikitchenko

🇺🇦 Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania @MFA_Ukraine

[Olha Nikitchenko @OlhaNikitchenko]

Ukraine is ready for a full energy ceasefire if Russia stops attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. What remains unclear is whether Russia genuinely wants the same.

Continued terror must be met with accountability and increased support for Ukraine.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

We had a very detailed discussion with @vonderleyen on virtually all the current areas of our work with the European Union and the decisions needed to support Ukraine. I thanked Ursula for the recent €1.24 billion tranche for defense, which Ukraine has already received. I am grateful for the confirmation that another approximately €3 billion in military support will be allocated as early as next week. These funds will strengthen us.

Of course, I briefed the President on the brutal Russian strikes that continue unabated. Just before our conversation, the Russians struck a power plant in Kyiv with a “shahed” drone, and many districts experienced power outages. Later, there were strikes on energy facilities in the Kharkiv region. And all of this happened AFTER the President of the United States made his statement about an energy ceasefire.

Under these circumstances, reliable support from our partners means real protection for people's lives and a guarantee that the Russians will not be able to break Ukraine. We deeply appreciate all the tangible steps taken to support our defense and our people.

Ursula and I agreed that our teams will have detailed discussions on our next joint actions and the coordination of our steps. We are also preparing to open the negotiating clusters – so that all the remaining clusters are opened by the end of the year. Ukraine’s European path is also a path toward strengthening Europe itself. Thank you!

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

President @ZelenskyyUa leads our nation in a time of war — a war for independence, freedom, and dignity. He has the support of the Ukrainian people, and they have the right to decide. Statements from abroad only confirm that he is doing his job well. He deserves support.

[Sergii Koretskyi @KoretskyiUA]

Russia has attacked residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, hitting a residential area with at least five aerial bombs. Entire entrances of apartment blocks have been destroyed.

As of now, twelve people are known to have been killed, including three children. Fourteen people are injured, and information is being verified on twelve more. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.

Overnight, Russia also attacked cities and communities across Ukraine with drones. Private homes, agricultural businesses, warehouses and railway infrastructure were hit.

Damage has been reported in more than ten regions. Thirteen of our regions came under attack.

Thank you to the rescuers, police officers and medics working at the scene, clearing the rubble and helping the victims.

[Mindaugas Sinkevičius @mindaugassink]

Russia attacks #Ukraine’s #grain terminals and ships, steals Ukrainian grain and sells it globally, while exporting its own grain through European ports.

This must end. Lithuania will push to stop Russian grain transit and to sanction agricultural oligarchs who support the war.

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, a Russian strike on a passenger bus killed 30 people. In the village of Bilenke, part of the Kramatorsk community, three more people were killed today in Russian attack.

The search-and-rescue operation in Pryluky, Chernihiv region, was also completed following Russia’s missile strike on a five-storey residential building yesterday, which killed 22 people.

Moscow continues to escalate its terror against civilians, striking wherever people are. Unless pressure on Russia is increased, these atrocities will not stop. We call on international partners to support Ukraine’s defence and step up sanctions against Russia.

[Sergii Koretskyi @KoretskyiUA]

A horrific tragedy in Kramatorsk. Russia struck near a public transport stop with an aerial bomb.

At least 30 people were killed and 18 injured, and they are receiving assistance. Such crimes can never be justified.

Since the night, Russia has been terrorizing Ukrainian cities with jet-powered drones. As of now, 2 people are known to have been killed and 3 injured in a strike on a construction supplies store in Kyiv.

My heartfelt condolences to everyone who lost family and loved ones.

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Thank you, dear @BudrysKestutis, for your firm stance and for Lithuania’s unwavering support for Ukraine since the very beginning of Russia’s aggression.

There is no military purpose in destroying a residential building. The purpose is terror: to make ordinary people feel unsafe in their own homes and to achieve through fear what Russia has failed to achieve on the battlefield.

For years, Russia has used this tactic against Ukraine. And for years, it has failed to break us. Yet Moscow continues because the cost of terror remains too low. Our task is to change that calculation — increase the pressure, strengthen Ukraine, and make every new act of Russian terror carry a higher price.

Grateful to Lithuania for understanding this so clearly and for consistently turning this understanding into action. Terror may outlast outrage. It cannot outlast our unity and resolve.

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Thank you, Lithuania, for another €15 million for Ukraine’s recovery and resilience through the World Bank and EIB mechanisms.

Lithuania has stood with Ukraine from the very beginning and continues to back this support with practical decisions that help our country recover and grow stronger.

And thank you, dear Taurimas, for your personal engagement and support 🇺🇦🇱🇹

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

While thousands of Ukrainians are kept in darkness and silenced in Russian captivity, we must be their voice and shed light on the truth.

Every timely decision, every campaign, every post counts in exposing Russia’s state-run system of torture and violence.

Justice for Ukraine is also about protecting the international community. Effective accountability mechanisms must ensure that grave crimes have consequences. Impunity does not contain evil – it allows it to grow, spread and strike again.

[Ministry of Finance of Lithuania @LithuaniaFinMin]

Lithuania’s Govt approved €15M in support for Ukraine via international finance institutions to strengthen financial resilience and rebuild critical infrastructure.

[Kęstutis Budrys @BudrysKestutis]

The Kremlin’s criminals decided to deliver a “birthday gift” to Putin: a massive attack on #Ukraine targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, killing at least 15 people. In Pryluky, a residential building was destroyed, killing at least nine people, including three children. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.

Our deepest condolences go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy.

When we talk about possible peace negotiations, this is what we must keep in mind: Russia is a terrorist state that does not abide by international law, or indeed any law at all. Its claims about a willingness to end the war are nothing more than empty words that bear no relation to its actions on the ground.

The only way to bring this war to an end is to help Ukraine to end it. We must provide Ukraine with stronger air defence and long-range capabilities, in addition to sustained military and financial assistance. We must also target Russia’s war machine through sustained pressure and sanctions.

#Lithuania remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine as it defends freedom and democracy against Russia’s terror. We will stand with Ukraine until victory and continue strengthening its ability to defend its people, its sovereignty, and the security of Europe.

[MFA of Ukraine 🇺🇦 @MFA_Ukraine]

Russia launched a cynical attack against Ukraine on October 7, firing around 70 missiles – many of them ballistic – along with Shahed drones. The attacks hit Kyiv and 12 regions, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens.

In Pryluky, Chernihiv region, a Russian strike destroyed a five-storey residential building, killing 13 people, including three children. At least 43 people were injured, including children.

Nine apartment buildings were damaged in Dnipro and Kremenchuk. Two people were killed and 27 more injured. Two more people were killed in Kyiv and two in Oleksandriia.

Russian ballistic missiles remain one of the biggest threats. Ukraine urgently needs more air defence, including Patriot missiles, to protect lives.

[Sergii Koretskyi @KoretskyiUA]

Overnight, Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv and twelve regions. It hit residential buildings, civilian businesses and warehouses. Our energy sector was among the key targets.

In Pryluky, a missile strike completely destroyed one entrance of a five-story apartment building. Five people were killed and 26 others injured, including 5 children. People may still be trapped under the rubble, and the rescue operation is ongoing. In Kremenchuk, four high-rises were badly damaged. Two people were killed and 8 wounded.
In Kirovohrad region, the enemy attacked Oleksandriia. Two people are confirmed dead so far and three more injured. The rescue operation is ongoing.

A missile struck Lozova in Kharkiv region. Dnipro also came under a massive attack, with 5 apartment buildings damaged.

In Zaporizhzhia, the Russians hit a residential building with a drone.

In Kyiv, warehouses and civilian businesses were damaged in several districts. Two people were killed. Rescuers are working at the sites.
In Kyiv region, the enemy struck Obukhiv with missiles twice. Fires broke out at a local enterprise.

My sincere condolences to the families and friends of those killed. All necessary services are working at the sites of the strikes. Thank you to the rescuers, medics, police officers and everyone helping people and responding to the attack.

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

I joined President @ZelenskyyUa and our distinguished guests today in honouring the victims of Babyn Yar.

Almost 34 thousand Jews were killed here by the Nazis in just a few days in 1941.

Nearly 100,000 Jews, Ukrainians, Roma, and people of different backgrounds were murdered here during the years of Nazi occupation.

Eighty-five years later, Babyn Yar remains a warning of what happens when hatred prevails over life. Memory therefore carries responsibility. Antisemitism, racism, attempts to erase identity, and the denial of people’s right to exist must never be treated with indifference. Evil grows when it encounters silence and impunity.

It matters deeply that representatives of Israel, Germany, and our other partners came to Kyiv today, despite Russia’s ongoing war, to remember the victims together with us.

Our responsibility is to recognise hatred and dehumanisation before they become violence, and to act before impunity makes further crimes possible.

[ŽygimantasPavilionis🇱🇹🇺🇦🇬🇪🇲🇩🇪🇺🇺🇸🇹🇼🇮🇱 @ZygisPavilionis]

No reward for the kremlin, keep EU sanctions on those who enable russia's war - clear statement from #United4Ukraine Please share with each EU/NATO, G7 governments & parliaments - all friends of Ukraine 🇪🇺❤️🇺🇦✊️✊️✊️!!!

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Another deadly Russian attack on Ukraine. Guided aerial bombs struck civilian sites in Kharkiv, killing at least six people and injuring 59, including three children.

For millions of Ukrainians living in frontline regions, the threat is particularly acute. Guided aerial bombs have become one of Russia’s main tools for terrorising Ukraine’s frontline regions.

Cities and communities close to the frontline face this threat every day, while Russia retains the ability to launch these bombs from a distance and repeat such attacks again and again.

Protecting these regions requires depriving Russia of the ability to carry out such attacks with impunity. We are working with partners to reduce its ability to launch such deadly strikes.

When Russia uses its military capabilities to terrorize Ukrainian civilians, Ukraine has every right to respond and decrease Russia's terror capacities.

[Kęstutis Budrys @BudrysKestutis]

Russia’s war of aggression is spilling across the Black Sea.  Civilian merchant vessels shall not become military targets. Deeply regret the loss of human lives and stand in full solidarity with our #NATO Allies #Romania, #Bulgaria, and #Türkiye. 

By attacking merchant shipping and #Ukrainian grain exports Russia is not only violating international law on freedom of navigation but also undermining global food security and threatening vulnerable nations that depend on the Black Sea grain supplies.

Russia’s reckless escalation threatens Black Sea security, global trade, and the stability of international food markets.

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

One can watch three things forever: fire burning, water flowing, and Russian criminals trying to intimidate the diplomatic corps in Kyiv.

This campaign failed six months ago, and it will fail again now.

We are grateful to all our foreign colleagues who remain and work in Ukraine during these challenging times and refuse to yield to Russian intimidation.

[Andrii Sybiha 🇺🇦 @andrii_sybiha]

Thank you for your bravery, commitment, and solidarity with Ukraine!

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