Ilona

Working to #rebootdemocracy at home and abroad.

[𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐚 🇪🇺🇵🇱🇺🇦 @Tweet4AnnaNAFO]

@Timodc The White House has become a stage for conspiracy theories, sponsors, and culture-war grifters. The world isn't watching with admiration anymore. It's watching in disbelief...

[Visegrád 24 @visegrad24]

Video of Russian Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles hitting Kyiv last night.

Russia also launched 600 suicide drones at Ukraine

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

Russia has bombed one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries in Europe, founded in 1051.
85 years ago, Soviet secret police blew up the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.
Today, their successors in Moscow continue the same barbarism.
Different uniforms. Same mindset.
For generations, the Kremlin has tried to erase what it could not control - Ukraine's history, culture, faith, and identity.
The attack on the Lavra is not just damage to a building; it is another assault on a civilization that long predates Moscow itself.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
@BBCWorld @CNN @Reuters @AP @AJEnglish @guardian @nytimes @washingtonpost @Bloomberg @Forbes @BusinessInsider @FT @TheEconomist @TIME @VOANews @politico @NPR @dwnews @euronews @FRANCE24

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

The U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Is a Humiliation for Trump and Netanyahu https://t.co/NajS7LN0uD

[becky gardiner @becky_gardiner]

'I never thought I would see legislation deployed in a way that so fundamentally blurs the line between terrorism and protest.' Lawyer @tayab_ali_ writes for @zeteouk on the Filton 4 https://t.co/nCZ7iEETCn

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

The bells of the Lavra rang out across Kyiv after Russia’s massive attack on the capital.

A sound of faith, resilience, and survival above a city that endured another night of terror.

[Bojan Pancevski @bopanc]

Russia & Christianity: Kyiv's fabled Dormition Cathedral, a great temple of Orthodoxy built in the 11th C, was first blown up by the Soviet Kremlin in 1941. Restored in 1995, it has now been hit again by Kremlin bombs. People died in the attack.

[Mattia Nelles @mattia_n]

This illustration cannot fully convey the terror experienced by millions of Ukrainians tonight, as hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles struck Kyiv, a densely populated European metropolis…

[Mattia Nelles @mattia_n]

Another cultural site that was damaged by russian bombardment tonight…

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Finally, we have a preliminary agreement to begin tentative negotiations over the hypothetical path forward to consider possible arrangements to discuss steps forward that may or may not be included in a notional accord over a working group that could possibly meet by a to-be-determined Teams call regarding initial steps for a peace accord.

[Mary Kravchenko 🇺🇦 @sea_inside3]

Russia has attacked the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv, one of Ukraine’s oldest film studios.

The strike damaged the studio’s costume workshop and destroyed Ukraine’s largest and oldest costume collection. The studio held around 100,000 costumes and three million items of clothing. Other buildings and facilities on the studio’s grounds were also damaged.

Rescue and emergency services are currently working on the territory.

Photos: from the account of Tetiana Berezhna, Minister of Culture of Ukraine.

[Jennifer Get In Good Trouble @TheJenniWren]

Trump used the Armed Forces Full Honor Cordon — soldiers who escort fallen heroes and heads of state — to usher UFC fighters past Abraham Lincoln’s statue like they’re celebrities on a red carpet. I am LIVID. And everyone else should be too.

[Mattia Nelles @mattia_n]

A night of hell: 70 missiles and 611 drones were fired, mostly at Kyiv, Dnipro, and Kharkiv. In the capital, nine out of ten districts were hit by drones and missiles (debris).
REUTERS/Anna Voitenko, Thomas Peter, Stringer
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[ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki]

1/ An increasingly severe shortage of fuel is gripping wide areas of western Russia as well as occupied regions of Ukraine. Russian warbloggers report that there is no fuel at all in some regions, with fuel rationing affecting the army as well as civilians. ⬇️

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Efforts to deal with the aftermath of the Russian strikes are ongoing in Kyiv, as well as in Kharkiv. Last night, the Russians launched more than 60 missiles at the capital alone. In total, 70 missiles and 611 drones were used against Ukraine. As of now, 28 people have been reported injured and four killed in the capital. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. A Russian strike on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra set the Dormition Cathedral on fire – a church whose history dates back to the 11th century. And this is one of Russia’s most serious crimes against Christian culture to date. The State Emergency Service has already extinguished the fire on the cathedral’s roof. In Kharkiv, the Russians carried out a repeat strike against our rescuers as they were putting out a fire at the site of an earlier strike on an industrial facility. So far, tragically, five people have been confirmed killed. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. Nine people have been injured. In Dnipro, Russia struck the grounds of a railway station, a college, and several enterprises.

Other cities and communities were targeted as well. The Kyiv, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions were also under attack. This is how Russia shows the world its intention to continue the war. It is very important that there be a response from the G7 countries, which are now gathering for their summit – and that this response be decisive and substantive: more pressure on the aggressor and more support for Ukraine’s air defense, especially anti-ballistic capabilities. I thank everyone who is helping us protect lives.

[EMPR.media @EuromaidanPR]

Kyiv Mayor speaking live following the latest massive Russian attack. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense has just released a statement claiming that "Russia never targets civilian objects."

[Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire]

“But even before we have the details, it is clear that Trump has failed to achieve every one of the goals he put forward for this war of choice, and now he is determined to sign, seal, and deliver America’s capitulation as quickly as possible” https://t.co/pCukqG35Gn

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

Russia launched a mass attack on Ukrainian cities, killing 4 people and injuring 25 in Kyiv, including 2 children. In Kharkiv, 5 rescuers were killed and at least 5 wounded during firefighting after a repeat Russian strike. Sumy and Dnipro also reported casualties and damage. #Ukraine

[Mattia Nelles @mattia_n]

Tonight in a heinous double tap attack in Kharkiv russians killed four firefighters and injured nine more.

Photos from the Ukrainian State Emergency Services (DSNS).

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned Russia’s strike on Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, calling it state barbarism against a UNESCO-protected Christian shrine. He said Ukraine will launch all relevant UNESCO procedures and demand immediate international action. #Ukraine