Received briefings from Minister of Defense of Ukraine Yevhenii Khmara and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi. Unfortunately, our units have been recording significant disruptions to Starshield’s operations over the territory of Ukraine for several days now – along the entire front line and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Specifically, systematic speed restrictions are being imposed on Starshield, limiting it to 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour). The Ukrainian military have already investigated the circumstances, and these are not random errors but systematic speed restrictions. For us, this primarily means a significant complication in intercepting Russian jet-powered drones. Unfortunately, there have already been strikes that got through because our interception systems cannot reach sufficient speeds and are unable to intercept in time. Unfortunately, this is helping the Russians kill more Ukrainians and carry out more accurate strikes against Ukraine. We are trying to establish all the circumstances with the American side.
A Russian drone struck emergency workers on rescue missions in southern Ukraine on Sunday, hitting a former school and nearby shelter that had been earlier blasted by multiple Russian guided bombs as residents waited for humanitarian aid, authorities said. https://t.co/b3tTYCI8lg
Picture #1: Yana Lantrantova at the White House with Melania today.
Picture #2: Yana Lantrantova deciding which Ukrainian babies to steal. One of those babies' mothers still desperately wants her back (they were separated by the war), but Yana has already given her away. 1/
While Melania Trump is playing nice in the White House with Putin’s envoy, Russia dropped nine bombs on a school and shelter killing almost 100 Ukrainians.
A place that exists for one reason—to give critically ill, dying children a shred of peace and comfort in their final days—was turned into a war zone by russian drones. At the House of Butterflies hospice in Chernivtsi, staff had to haul these kids, many on life support and unable to move, out of their beds and into shelters while air-raid sirens screamed, russian drones roared overhead, and nearby strikes lit the night with fires. russia is a cruel evil terrorist state! We can never hate them enough
The number of victims from Russia's bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia rose to 53, the acting regional governor said, making it one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year https://t.co/dpCjJr778K
There’s no water or power in Kyiv because russia is trying to cause Europe’s biggest humanitarian disaster. Millions of people live in Kyiv.
And Putin’s envoy Dmitriev is standing at a podium in the White House describing russia as a great humanitarian nation.
Watching Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, speak from a White House podium bearing the U.S. presidential seal while quoting Vladimir Putin is an image I will never forget.
Dmitriev praised Maria Lvova-Belova as a great humanitarian. She is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes involving the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children.
He then presented Melania Trump with a painting reportedly made by a girl who, according to him, “chose to remain in Russia.” It read: “I love Melania.”
Melania Trump went on to praise Newsmax for its integrity in covering the operation in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where the outlet’s journalists traveled under Russian military guidance.
And to complete the scene, Davyd Arakhamia, head of Zelenskyy’s Servant of the People parliamentary faction, joined from the Ukrainian side to praise Melania Trump.
All of this at the White House.
Russia’s war against Ukraine continues.
Yesterday, I joked that Democrats won the Senate, but russia still runs the White House.
Today, Putin’s sanctioned envoy Kirill Dmitriev is standing at a White House podium.
Insane
Cyberattack on the French Blood Service (EFS): Hackers, gaining access via refrigeration provider Coolworld, raised the temperature of freezing units from −30 °C to 110 °C—affecting supplies including plasma intended for transfusions. A technician on call managed to prevent any damage.
Following similar attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems, this marks a further escalation targeting healthcare infrastructure.
Russia stands to gain the most: the sabotage of critical supply chains, the weakening of societal resilience, and the testing of hybrid warfare tactics—all without direct, open conflict.
🔴 Russian forces dropped nine aerial bombs on a school in Komyshuvakha as locals lined up for humanitarian aid.
At least 37 people, including two rescue workers and four police officers, were killed.
Death count has risen to 40 people. More than 30 remain under the rubble. Rescuers are searching for a 3rd day under threat of Russian strikes, some have been killed. Ukraine calls for urgent air defence support.
Zelenskyy: "there has been very little reaction from the world to this insane attack."
Bodycam footage from Ukrainian police officers who arrived to rescue survivors after the school was bombed. Everyone shown in the video, including the officers, was killed in subsequent Russian strikes on their shelter.