This is the unfinished homework of 14-year-old Daniel Umansky.
On the morning of September 25, Daniel was sitting in his room in Kyiv, doing his homework.
He was writing about Volodymyr Monomakh, a ruler of Kyivan Rus, and his moral teachings written almost nine centuries ago. The assignment asked Daniel to think about how those principles might be understood today.
He wrote about respecting others, protecting the vulnerable, helping orphans, and other basic human principles.
Daniel never finished his home assignment.
At around 8 a.m., a Russian het drone struck his apartment building in the center of Kyiv.
Daniel was killed in his room. Among the wreckage of the family’s apartment, his school notebook remained open.
There is a terrible symbolism in what Daniel was writing at the moment his life was taken. A 14-year-old boy was trying to put into modern words a centuries-old principle: the strong must not be allowed to destroy the weak.
He never finished that thought. A Russian drone reached his room first. You can see the drops of blood on his school notebook.
Today, Daniel was laid to rest in Israel, where his grandparents live.
In September 2026 alone, there were 235 air alerts in Kyiv. Schools, hospitals, universities, infrastructure, and residential buildings were under deliberate Russian attacks. Hundreds of civilians were injured. Around thirty were killed. Danya was one of them. There should be responsibility. There should be just peace.
His mother was wounded in the same attack, and the family’s home was damaged.
Source: text of Oleksandra Matviichuk, Nobel Peace Laureate
@SalihTorgeir Ja du kan bare prøve å rettferdigjøre barbariet 7. okt. for deg selv. Sannheten er at hvis det hadde vært ugjort, hadde Gaza sannynligvis stått der urørt i dag. Å bygge på det fundamentet ville vært mye smartere av palestinerne, kontra å tro på en "total seier" via Hamas.
@CarlPotro Han er jo en gal fascist da. Sånn er det bare. Men teknologimessig har han jo fått til en del. Men jeg kan godt forstå at folk velger å ikke benytte seg av tjenestene hans.
I saw a real missile made by North Korea in Ukraine. I did not see a Chinese missile. But I know that their technologies get to Russia. The machinery they use comes from China, likely along with smart people and technologies.
I don’t see China pushing Russia to stop the war. I never saw that. Maybe they do that during some of their bilateral meetings. I don’t know. But I think that they have huge influence over Russia, especially now, when there are a lot of sanctions, the shadow fleet, and cut-off energy and banking systems. Of course, China can find a way to push Putin toward negotiations. I’m sure, but they didn’t do it. And if you can and don’t, is it support or not?
It’s a pity that China is not on our side in this war, politically. It’s not even about weapons. It’s about political will. And it’s a pity because this war can be stopped immediately by strong leaders, including China. It’s a pity that they are not on our side. But that’s not the problem. That’s a pity. The problem is that they are not in the middle. Because they are a little bit more with Russia. And for them to be a little bit more with Russia – I mean, not to give weapons directly, but to be more open to them, more helpful to them than to us – for such a big country, a little bit is a lot.
From an interview with NHK. (3/3)
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
@Frid45 No one wants to use nukes to punish Russia for, let's say a minor incursion into Estonia, it's always going to be the absolute last resort. Therefore, conventional strength is what matters.
The Russian salient north of Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine has collapsed. Ukrainian forces are moving into this area, conducting mopping up operations. It is only a matter of time until all Russian units in that former salient have been dislodged or neutralized. Basically the entire Russian invasion force west of the Zherebets' River in this sector is currently in utter disarray.
It took Russian more than a year and countless losses to even establish that salient. The Russian propaganda announced Lyman's fall already. Seeing the collapse in a matter of weeks only paraphrases the absolute insanity of the Russia tactics to mindlessly throw in bodies with virtually zero gain and now even a territorial loss.
Far worse for the Russian invasion is the setback on the operational level. Their movements have already been minuscule. Lyman is vital if Russians want to move forward. Even according the most optimistic prognostications for the Russian side, it would have taken years for them to take the Ukrainian fortress cities Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, if at all.
This setback, however, not only wasted a tremendous amount of Russian resources and troops, but also pushed the target even further away. It marks now the official failure of Russian summer offensive.
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