It's a mistake to think that NATO support to Ukraine would be a provocation for Putin. He is provoked by the weakness, not by strength. There was no objective reason for Russia to invade Ukraine. Putin did it because he knew he would get away with it. Next move: attack on NATO
⚡️Ukraine asks Red Cross to organize humanitarian corridors for people in the cities and villages hit by the Russian attack.
"Thousands need urgent evacuation. There is a lack of food, water, medicine, no light, or water supply," the President's Office said.
@pinatafarms The whole world is watching a mentally incapacitated male, target and abuse his ex wife and her new partner. Who’s to blame when he kills them?
⚡️ Up to 15,000 people are currently hiding from bombs in the Kyiv metro.
According to Viktor Brahinsky, head of the Kyiv metro, the underground can host up to 100,000 people. The stations have water, bathrooms, food, and medicine at their disposal.
In 1941 over 33,000 Ukrainian Jews were murdered in a 2 day span in the Babi Yar ravine marking one of the deadliest massacrers of the Holocaust. For 🇺🇦 to have a Jewish President descended from a Holocaust survivor standing up to a dictator is really empowering.
⚡️Russian lawmakers of Gagarinsky municipal district in Moscow called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “a disaster."
“This is a path to the degradation and impoverishment of the country. No other actions could cause more damage to the Russian economy,” reads the appeal.
⚡️Vladimir Putin signs decree to prohibiting Russians from leaving the country with more than $10,000 in foreign currency.
The move follows the sanctions the U.S. and allies have imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia literally blew up a Holocaust memorial and the world STILL won’t stand up and say you are a terrorist who will be stopped, instead of sanction after sanction which clearly isn’t having the desired effect. #AdolfPutin#PutinHitler#PutinsWar#WeStandWithUkraine part 2
“Ukrainian authorities had been tipped off about the plot by members of Russia's Federal Security Service who do not support the war, he added.” https://t.co/Dt8pDnQjps
“If we surrender Kyiv, we will surrender Ukraine," one sheltering resident says. "It’s better to die than become a part of Russia." https://t.co/eMoJufxhUa
Olena and I are sincerely grateful to Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima @koninklijkhuis for their warm words of support to the people of Ukraine. We resist the invasive aggression. Today, more than ever, it is important for us to feel that we are not alone.