A European capital is on fire because Russia spent the night firing missiles at civilians in their beds.
Kyiv is full of smoke. People are buried under rubble.
This is terrorism.
Total chaos in the sky over Moscow
A new video from this morning shows how Russian air defense is completely failing to deal with Ukrainian drones.
Anti-aircraft missiles fly in different directions, completely missing the targets.
And it all began nearly 1,000 years ago, when a monk named Anthony returned to ancient Kyiv from a monastery on Mount Athos in Greece.
He was seeking solitude and the life of a hermit, and so he secluded himself in small caves among the green hills on the banks of the Dnipro, where centuries earlier Vikings sought shelter while traveling far to the south along the great river had stopped and sought shelter.
People learned of the piety of the hermit Anthony, and disciples began coming to him in the caves. Over many years, they dug entire labyrinths in those caves, where they prayed and labored in the half-darkness -- and reverently noticed that after death the bodies of the monks remained incorrupt (of course, this was due to the unique microclimate deep inside the caves).
Thus was born the famous Kyiv Pechersk Monastery (that is, the “Cave Monastery”), which would later become the magnificent Lavra -- the foremost and greatest holy site of Christian Rus'.
A real city within a city, with magnificent ancient churches built by rulers of different eras, monastic caves, gigantic crowds of pilgrims, and, in later times, the famous 97-meter bell tower, one of Kyiv's calling cards, visible for many dozens of kilometers along the banks of the Dnipro.
Over its 1,000 years, the Lavra survived the internecine wars of the princes of Rus', the Mongol invasion, long years of decline and rebirth. It was the foremost center of learning and printing, and it was in its caves that the legendary monk Nestor wrote the famous Primary Chronicle -- the principal book of historical memory of the East Slavic peoples.
It survived the barbarity of the Bolsheviks. It survived destruction during World War II. It survived centuries during which Moscow priests, having seized it, lorded over it.
It will survive Putin and his fascist Russia as well -- no matter how the monster pukes blood in powerless rage because it cannot defeat Ukraine, and no matter how hard it tries to wipe from the face of the earth everything it cannot seize.
This is the aftermath of a deliberate Russian strike on one of the oldest cathedrals in Europe.
The murals and paintings of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra were inspired by Byzantine tradition. Masters traveled to Constantinople to study and recreate its frescoes and beautiful art in Kyiv.
There is no Byzantine Empire anymore, but Ukrainian Christianity still stands.
Twice in history, Russians tried to destroy it — in 1941 and now in 2026.
The first time, it was mined and blown up by retreating Soviet NKVD forces after German troops occupied the city.
The second time, it was targeted by a Russian-Iranian Shahed drone.
PHOTOS: Office of the President of Ukraine.
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.
I just watched priests trying to save crucifixes from a burning monastery.
This is what russia is destroying.
The Kyiv Lavra is one of the holiest Orthodox sites on earth. A UNESCO World Heritage site.
Moscow calls itself “Christian civilisation.”
It’s literally barbarism.
The amount of activated American agents of Russian influence is astonishing. Is it coincidental that the spike in their activity related to Ukrainian success on the battlefield?!
Tulsi Gabbard's pathetic attempt to please her Russian master on the way out of her US Intel job used an insane map of Ukraine wherein non-existent "biolabs" are in cities that located in completely incorrect locations.
Look where Kyiv is, for example.
This is what Tulsi Gabbard shared. A terrible AI-generated map with Kyiv in the south of Ukraine — and what even is “Cherniv”? 😭
What an embarrassment for the United States 🤷♂️
Russia has lost its confidence. Putin is out of sight. His generals were prepared to fight the last war, not the high-tech drone centric conflict that has stymied the bear.
Slava Ukraini
🚨🧵UPDATE: Candace Owens to speak alongside kidnapper of Ukrainian children at the event in Russia.
My thread mentioned @RealCandaceO's co-panelist, Anna Kuznetsova, the Deputy Chair of Russia's State Duma.
Ukrainian military-intel lists her under "Child Kidnapper."
The entire city of Saint Petersburg, Russia, received a front row seat for the destruction of the local oil terminal. This includes also the attendees of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which will start today.