@visegrad24 Elderly Palestinian woman to Al-Jazeera reporter near a Khan Yunis hospital:
"Hamas takes all the aid to their tunnels and their houses; they can shoot me, I am not afraid of them"
The Ukrainian tryzub (trident) is raised to replace the Soviet emblem on the shield of the historic Motherland monument in Kyiv on Aug. 5.
📽️: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
FUN FACT:
Spelling note:
"KIEV" and "KYIV" — the difference is that Kiev reflects the Russian spelling, and "Kyiv" is the way an independent Ukraine spells it.
So, Kyiv.
⚡️Switzerland adopts EU sanctions, freezes Putin's assets.
Switzerland broke its historically neutral status to adopt EU sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine.
⚡️Zelensky posts another video filmed in central Kyiv.
"There's a lot of fake information online that I call on our army to lay down arms, and that there's evacuation," he said.
"I'm here. We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state."
⚡️State Telecommunications Service: Kremlin website down.
Ukraine’s telecoms agency also announced that the Russian media regulator’s site was down and that Russian TV channels had been hacked to broadcast Ukrainian songs.
Today at Polish Parliament Group on Ukraine @michaldworczyk from PM Office, confirmes that Polish border is open for ALL Ukrainians, even those without a valid ID document.
No COVID certificates, no insurance. Animals are welcome. We prepare for 1-4 million refugees in days.
🇺🇦A total of 10,624 Ukrainians entered Romania through its six border checkpoints on Thursday, the Romanian interior minister Lucian Bode said.
A UN refugee agency spokesperson said that at least 100,000 people had been uprooted in Ukraine
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⚡️Zelensky: “I know you can all see this, all of you. But we don’t see what you are going to do with it.”
“How are you going to defend yourself, if you’re so slow in supporting us in Ukraine.”
⚡️BREAKING: Russia’s forces have entered the Obolon district in Kyiv, where the Ukrainian military is currently fighting them. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry ask residents not to leave their house and prepare Molotov cocktails. The district is approximately 10 km from central Kyiv.
I’m in the north of #Kyiv where Russia is continuing to bomb the neighborhoods. This is the bridge that Ukraine blew up today to prevent the advance of Russian tanks. You can see ppl fleeing the city on foot scrambling over the ruins; I watched as a man dragged over his bicycle.
Being a mom is using the opportunity to message your work team in London at 6am and getting some work done, BECAUSE YOU DON’T SLEEP ANYWAY. #momlife#vfx#timedifference