In Ukraine today, 37 people were killed, three of whom were children, and 170 were injured, including 13 children, as a result of Russia’s brutal missile strike.
A Russian missile struck the largest children's hospital in Ukraine, targeting young cancer patients. Many were buried under the rubble.
It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world's largest democracy hug the world's most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day.
Just look at this. These monstrosities do not care who to kill.
Ukraine desperately needs air defenses to save the lives of its people and children from absolutely ruthless russian terroristic attacks.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Right now in Ukraine, a lot of us are feeling really uplifted, and it’s a big deal – it keeps us going. I want to say a huge thank you – to each of you for everything we’ve managed to accomplish! To all those who strengthen Europe by the unity of Ukraine. A special gratitude to all our guys and girls who are in the fight for Ukraine. To those who are battling right now, defending our freedom, helping our soldiers – treating them, training them, getting weapons to them, and making those weapons. All we achieve, would have been impossible without that heroic bravery of our people, our nation, which inspires the whole world.
🕯 Russian missile killed a young couple in Zaporizhzhia.
Danyil Kovalenko, 23, and his 20-year-old wife Diana were found dead under the rubble. They got married just a year ago, after Danyil proposed to Diana right in the bomb shelter.
To put Hroza into context, we make it the biggest loss of life from a single missile Ukraine has seen for 14 months.
Officials say most of the victims were at a funeral wake for a Ukrainian soldier.
At least 51 dead, in a village of 300.
Thanks to @Anastasiia_Lev:
Russian terrorist strike on Hroza yesterday killed at least 52, including a kid. Its strike on Kharkiv today killed one more child. Both atrocities prove that global support for Ukraine must be sustained and increased. Weakening it would only result in more war crimes like this.
Denys Kozyr is a man who organized a memorial service for his father, Andriy, in the village of Hroza yesterday.
They went to war together in the first days of the war, and three days later his father was fatally wounded in the neck.
Denys, his wife, grandparents and his wife's mother were all killed yesterday by the rocket attack.
Russian missile struck an ordinary grocery store in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region. This was a fully deliberate, demonstrative, and brutal terrorist attack.
As of now, more than 51 people have been reported dead. My condolences to all those who have lost their loved ones! Assistance is being provided to the wounded.
Russian terror must be stopped. All those who help Russia circumvent sanctions are criminals. Those who continue to support Russia are all supporting evil.
Russia needs this and similar terrorist attacks for one reason only: to make its genocidal aggression the new normal for the entire world. And I thank every leader and every nation that supports us in the defense of life!
We are now focused with European leaders, in particular, on how to strengthen our air defense, reinforce our troops, and protect our country from terror.
Terrorists will face retaliation. One that is both just and powerful.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
❗ UN confirms extrajudicial executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russian occupiers.
It also confirms the authenticity of two videos of executions—one in which the head of a Ukrainian POW is severed with a knife, the other of the execution of Hero of Ukraine Oleksander Matsievskyi.
In today's #vatniksoup, I'll introduce a South African-American(!) businessman and social media figure, Elon Musk (@elonmusk). He's best-known for being the wealthiest man in the world, running Tesla Inc., SpaceX & Twitter, and for parroting Kremlin's propaganda narratives.
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