Willy de Koning

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

Overnight on June 15, a Russian strike set fire to the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio.

The blaze destroyed the costume workshop, erasing Ukraine’s largest and oldest costume collection — some 100,000 costumes and three million garments kept by generations of studio staff since the 1950s.

[Franky & Coen @FrankyandCoen]

Friet, plezier en heel veel kindergelach!

We stonden op een grote locatie bij een school in de buurt van Pavlohrad, tussen Dnipro en de poort van de Donbas. Terwijl veel kinderen in Oost-Oekraïne inmiddels online les krijgen, is deze school nog open. Doordeweeks zitten de kinderen hier te studeren in gewone klaslokalen, maar tijdens de luchtalarmen in de kelders. Nu was het zondag, dus iedereen was vrij. En dat merkten we meteen: het terrein liep al snel behoorlijk vol.

Omdat we wisten dat er veel kleine kinderen zouden zijn, hadden we opnieuw twee entertainers meegenomen. De vorige keer was dat een groot succes, en ook nu bleek het weer een schot in de roos. De jongste kinderen waren zó druk met spelen, lachen en meedoen, dat sommigen bijna vergaten dat ze ook nog een frietje konden halen.

Uiteindelijk denken we dat iedereen een frietje en een snack heeft gekregen. En misschien nog wel belangrijker: voor even was er gewoon plezier, drukte en kindergelach.

Precies waarvoor we dit blijven doen.

#standwithukraine
#support #ukraine #help
#steun #oekraine

[Iryna Voichuk @IrynaVoichuk]

For days now, I've been completely invisible here, just shouting into the void.

If you see this, please help me spread the word.

[Willy de Koning @WillydeKoning2]

@strategywoman Thinking of you. 🫂

[Meanwhile in Ukraine @MeanwhileInUA]

9:00 AM. Every day, Ukraine stops.

Cities go quiet. Traffic stills. Voices fall silent. For one minute, nothing moves — only memory.

Ukraine remembers those who stood in its defense and did not come home. Those who gave their lives for the right of Ukraine to be free, strong and unbroken. Those whose names live not only in history — but in the heart of every Ukrainian.

Freedom is not abstract here. It has faces. It has names. It has families who still set a place at the table.

Every morning at 9:00, Ukraine remembers why it stands — and for whom it keeps going.

[Rima Med 🇺🇸🇱🇹🇺🇦 @rima_medUA]

While I was briefly back in the US, I was disheartened by how many would say "oh is that still going on?" when referring to the war in Ukraine.

It was incredibly frustrating for me especially as an active duty medic in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At that point its just willful ignorance. Everyone has a cellphone, laptop, tablet, etc. Information is literally at your finger tips. But instead of informing oneself properly, the choice seems to be watching AI slop, mainstream media, and other short attention span apps.

The was is not over, it has not slowed down, we are still working and fighting for freedom in Ukraine, the frontline is still 1000 km long, civilians are still being killed by r*ssia every day. We can only go so far to inform you. The rest is up to you. Up to date sources, @KyivIndependent @KyivPost @saintjavelin @U24_gov_ua

Stay informed and inform others.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Today is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. For Ukrainians, this is a painful reality that has become part of everyday life.

Since 2022 alone, Russia has killed 707 Ukrainian children, injured 2,548, and left 2,318 missing. The youngest victim was just two days old - born and killed in a maternity hospital.

These figures may be far higher, as the full truth about what has happened in the temporarily occupied territories remains unknown. In addition, at least 20,470 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia or forcibly displaced.

Eternal memory to all the children whose lives have been taken by Russia's aggression...

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

June 4 is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. It honours kids affected by war and violence. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, at least 707 Ukrainian children have been killed. Behind every number is a child whose future has been stolen. Russia must be held accountable for these crimes.

@United24media

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Open Letter
To the President of the Russian Federation
From the President of Ukraine

When you came to power in Russia more than 26 years ago, many people in Ukraine viewed you positively. That is how it was. But that is now in the past.
Now, the overwhelming majority of Ukrainians view it positively that our long-range drones paid a visit to the opening of your forum in St. Petersburg, covering a distance of more than 1,000 kilometers. As you know very well, that distance is not the limit of our capabilities.

[Kyrylo Budanov @Kyrylo_Budanov]

Moscow is killing our children. No words in the world can ever ease this unbearable pain and horror.

According to official figures alone, Russia has taken the lives of 707 Ukrainian children. Another 2,548 have been wounded and maimed by explosions. More than 20,000 have been abducted and forcibly taken from their homes. These are just dry numbers, but each one represents a lifetime of pain for a Ukrainian family.

Today, June 4, is the Day of Remembrance for Children Killed as a Result of Russia’s Armed Aggression Against Ukraine.

Everything the Russians are doing amounts to genocide. It is a systematic and clearly planned attempt to destroy the Ukrainian nation. They deliberately target our children, committing war crimes for which there can be no justification. They are destroying our history, our memory, and trying to physically kill our future.

We will never forgive the Russians for this. There is no and will never be any justification or forgiveness for crimes committed against our children. Everyone who gave these orders and everyone who carried them out will be found and destroyed. The ground will burn beneath your feet wherever you try to hide.

There are no words that can comfort parents whose lives have been shattered forever by Russian killers. But we have a duty: to bring home every abducted child and to do everything to ensure that the truth about these crimes is heard around the world.

Eternal memory to the innocent victims of Russian terror.
Glory to Ukraine!

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

This is not World War II footage.

This is Toretsk, Ukraine — and it’s not as far away as you think.

A city that once had over 30,000 residents. Now almost completely erased.

There is no excuse for this. None.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

During Russian attack against Ukrainian civilians, a mother was killed in Kyiv while trying to get her two children to safety. The children are now in hospital.

Russia is a terrorist state, and @RealCandaceO is a supporter of state terrorism.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

What can realistically be done and what needs to be done immediately to decrease the deaths and suffering in Ukraine?

◾️Massive transfer of air defense systems and missiles, long-range weapons to Ukraine and strengthening Ukrainian air defense/aviation.
◾️Create a fully functioning European-Ukrainian defense union.

◾️Integrate Ukraine into the European security system, including the European Defense Foundation and air defense/drone defense programs.
◾️Increase the speed of integrating Ukraine into EU defense industry.
◾️Finance all of the above with frozen Russian assets.

📹: Ukraine today

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Since last night, first responders and all necessary services have been working wherever needed. As of now, at least 83 people have been confirmed injured since midnight. Tragically, there are fatalities. My condolences to the families and loved ones.

It was a heavy attack – 90 missiles of various types, many of them ballistic missiles – 36 in total. There were 600 drones. Unfortunately, not all of the ballistic missiles were intercepted – the largest number of hits was in Kyiv. Kyiv was the primary target of this Russian attack.

Putin can’t even pronounce the word “hurrah” clearly anymore – slurs and mumbles – yet he is still vanquishing residential buildings with his missiles. Launched three Russian missiles against a water supply facility. Burned down a market. Damaged dozens of residential buildings. Hit several ordinary schools. Launched his “Oreshnik” against Bila Tserkva. They really are unhinged.

It is important that this does not pass without consequences for Russia. Today, everyone in the world who will not stay silent and chooses to help Ukraine is a defender of life. It is critically important to continue working to secure air defense for Ukraine, especially anti-ballistic capabilities.

We are doing our best to achieve peace and protect people – everything. It is important that Ukraine is not alone. Decisions are needed – from the United States, from Europe and others – to make that old “Oreshnik” in Moscow finally utter the word “peace.”

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Rubio says that US-led peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine "were not fruitful." Not fruitful?

​Let’s look at the facts: your negotiators visited Russia seven times, and Ukraine zero times. You demanded concessions from Ukraine before negotiations even began, and throughout the entire process.

You pressured Ukraine by cutting off weapons support entirely, constantly badmouthing us, and showing up at our doorstep waving Russian "peace plan" you demanded we sign immediately.

​And now, after Ukraine stands more firmly on its feet without your support, you realize you can't pressure us anymore. So your excuse is that you are tired and leaving?

​How about, for once, you actually support the victim, which is Ukraine instead of terrorist Russian regime? Send your team to Kyiv, support our fight, and apply real pressure on aggressor.

Sanction Russia and seize their shadow fleet instead of handing out sanction waivers. Do that, and maybe negotiations will magically become "fruitful."

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

Ukrainian Warriors share their childhood photos and photos of themselves today.

📷: storkkk1 / veltobtovalik / olia__scherbiy / malen.ka666 / Threads

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Two Sisters. Twelve and Seventeen. Buried Together in Kyiv Today.

Liubava was 12. Vira was 17. This morning they were laid to rest side by side in Kyiv, killed along with 22 others when a Russian missile struck the residential building where they lived.

Their father, Yevhen Yakovlev, was killed in combat in 2023 defending Ukraine. He never came home. Now their mother has lost her husband, her daughters, and her home.
One family. Completely gone.

When we talk about missile strikes on residential buildings, we are talking about this. Not infrastructure. Not statistics. Families. Children who had names, ages, futures. A mother who now has none of them.

Russia does not accidentally hit apartment buildings. It targets them.

Remember Liubava and Vira.

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

Absolutely horrifying and painful footage.

russia is wiping another Ukrainian city off the map while the world stays silent.

Kostiantynivka: from 70,000 people to a ghost town under nonstop russian bombs.

Why does the world keep allowing this horror?

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Teenagers in Kyiv mourn their friend, 15-year-old Mariia, killed in a russian attack.

Classmates, friends, and teachers gathered in Kyiv to honor the memory of Mariia, who was among the 24 people killed in Russia's May 14 attack on the city. Two sisters, aged 12 and 17, were also killed in the strike. Their father had died in 2023 while defending Ukraine.

Source: United 24

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

Kyiv today.

But sure, tell us again how badly Russia wants “peace.”