At a gas station an hour outside of Florence, I saw a young family with two little kids and a car with Ukrainian plates. They had fled Kharkiv and tried to settle in Italy but found it impossible. "We'll have to go back to Germany," the man said. "They're serious about refugees."
It was important to start my visit in Bucha.
Because in Bucha our humanity was shattered.
My message to Ukrainian people:
Those responsible for the atrocities will be brought to justice.
Your fight is our fight.
I’m in Kyiv today to tell you that Europe is on your side.
Your strategy of incremental sanctions doesn’t work. Cannot work…
That’s why 212 members of Parliament demand a special #EUCO meeting to decide on full sanctions immediately!
My speech👇🏻
So Zhirinovsky is dead. I can genuinely not think of a single positive things to say about him. It is not just that he was a ghastly person who espoused ghastly views, he was also one of the architects of Russia's debauched pseudo-democracy 1/
I think it's dangerous to report & so repeat Russian denials - unless it's made 100% clear that you are quoting cynical lies & distortions
'The Kremlin claims...' & a raised eyebrow is not enough
Litvinenko, Eastern Ukraine, MH17, 'Genocide' in the Donbas...now Bucha
Enough
These photos were taken 41 days apart by the president’s photographer. The first one on the 23rd of February, the last day of peaceful Ukraine. The second one in Bucha today.
The governor of Luhansk region Sergii Gaidai is a tough crisis manager, ex-businessman. Busy & confident. When I asked how he feels about his native Severodonetsk he cried. He can’t comprehend why Russia destroys schools, parks, the swimming pool his mother taught swimming. (RU)
Sergey Lavrov announces accreditation of first Taliban government diplomat in Russian Federation.
The Taliban are adequate and sane partners with a historical statehood. And Ukraine is a sub-state to be "denazified".
Orwell envies the plot, Kafka went mad from the absurdity.
If the West doesn't enact a full trade embargo (especially oil & gas) against Russia, as well as flood Ukraine with the weapons it needs, this is going to be a long and bloody war.
Incredible testimony on BFMTV from this mayor of Melitopol who was kidnapped for several days by the Russians. He says they had no idea what’s going on. They told him we’re here to get the Nazis - he said I’ve been in this town 30 years and I’ve never met one…. then they said
The scale of destruction in Mariupol visible in this drone footage is shocking.
It’s on the level of Mosul, Aleppo and Raqqa.
Will take decades to rebuild. Russia must be made to pay reparations.