A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks.
He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/
Notre-Dame was built from 1163–1345.
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was founded in 1051, with the Dormition Cathedral being built from 1073-1078, predating Notre-Dame by over a century.
When did launching missiles into major Christian cathedrals become normalized?
Russia wants to destroy Ukrainian Christianity. Anyone pretending otherwise is lying to you.
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💔 Kyiv looks like after an apocalypse. This is a capital in the heart of Europe, home to over 3 million people.
The world continues to watch russian terror, pretending we don’t exist.
I cannot believe what I’m witnessing in Kyiv tonight. Priests at the Kyiv Lavra one of the holiest Christian sites in Europe are rushing to save crucifixes, icons and sacred artefacts while Russia attacks the city.
This is what Moscow’s “Christian values” look like.
“One girl is 9, the second is 11 years old. The first one was wounded very, very badly. It has already been stitched up. The second girl is suspected of being pregnant because she already had periods before, but doesnʼt have any now.”
BREAKING:
A Russian suicide drone has struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania.
Several Romanian civilians are wounded, with some reportedly being in serious condition.
Romania is a NATO member state 🇷🇴
Russian propagandist Karnaukhov, who works for Solovyov, openly called for striking Poland with an «Oreshnik» missile to «see the reaction.»
«What will you do to us, 'Psheks'? Declare war on us on behalf of NATO? Of course not. NATO is already fighting anyway. But NATO will never actually go to war against us... Poland will just wash its hands and quietly step aside - it's too dangerous.»
«And obviously, their bases will be moved to Romania. We'll deal with the 'gypsies' there. Much simpler - the gypsies definitely aren't going anywhere.»
It's funny that in one breath he says NATO is already at war with Russia, and in the next - that NATO will never fight Russia. The script is glitching.
What's not funny is that there really are no preconditions for a serious NATO response. And many have wondered why Russia still hasn't directly attacked a NATO country with combat weapons (the drone attack on Poland had no warhead). A deliberate strike with drones and missiles on a NATO military target could temporarily paralyze the Alliance. The response would most likely be stronger air defense and renewed calls for «negotiations».
This is Vira. She was only 17. On the night of May 14, russia killed her in her own home🕯💔
Vira died together with her 12-year-old sister Liubava.
Overall 24 people died in the attack, including 3 children.
The body of another child was found under the debris.
Russia killed two kids and 14 adults in Kyiv today. It injured 57 more.
I can't find words. I am aching and sorry for everyone whose lives were ruined by Russia.
RIP.
Ukraine allows Putin’s May 9 parade to go ahead after Trump’s intervention and a promise to exchange 1,000 Ukrainian POWs. No prisoners have been freed, and Putin after his parade unleashed one of the biggest missile and drone barrages of the war. Here is a Kyiv high-rise where dozens were killed and injured last night, including children, and many more still remain under the rubble.
The attack on Kyiv was absolutely horrid, but literally no one else will talk about it other than Ukrainians.
29 locations in one city attacked with missiles, an entire block of flats COLLAPSED and there are definitely casualties, yet its radio silence here.
🗺 Approximate map of Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine over the past 24 hours
The map highlights particularly massive attacks on Kyiv, as well as a large number of targets in western Ukraine.
As a reminder, since yesterday evening alone, Russia has attacked Ukraine with 56 missiles and 675 drones.
💔 A 12-year-old girl was killed in Kyiv as a result of the Russian attack
According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, rescuers recovered the child’s body from under the rubble of a residential building in the Darnytskyi district.
The death toll in the capital has risen to five. Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
A rescue operation is currently underway in Kyiv at the site of a Russian drone strike on a nine-story residential building – an entire section of the building has been completely destroyed. Dozens of people have been rescued. Tragically, one person has been killed. My condolences to their family and loved ones. People may still be trapped under the rubble.
Overnight, the Russians launched more than 670 attack drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine. Ballistic, aeroballistic, and cruise missiles were used in the strikes. The main target of this attack was Kyiv. There is damage at twenty locations across the city – ordinary residential buildings, a school, a veterinary clinic, and other purely civilian infrastructure. Destruction has also been reported in the Kyiv region, while similar terrorist strikes targeted energy infrastructure in Kremenchuk, as well as port and residential areas in Chornomorsk.
In total, since midnight yesterday, Russia has used more than 1,560 drones against our cities and communities. These are definitely not the actions of those who believe the war is coming to an end. It is important that partners do not remain silent about this strike. And it is equally important to continue supporting the protection of our skies. The PURL initiative is needed so that Ukraine can defend itself against ballistic strikes like these. And likewise, in the interests of everyone seeking peace, pressure on Russia must continue. I thank everyone who stands with Ukraine.
Russian propagandist Karnaukhov is gloating over the killing of Ukrainian civilians in Kramatorsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Merefa, describing these strikes as a «successful targeting of objectives.»
At the same time, he is fully aware that the attacks were deliberately directed at civilians and openly admits this in his own comments.
Russians murdered 26 civilians just today:
▪️Zaporizhzhia — 12 dead
▪️Donetsk region — 5 dead
▪️Poltava region — 5 dead
▪️Dnipro — 4 dead
Then russians want a one-day ceasefire to celebrate all the killing.