Paula Lavis #IStandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 Слава Україні @plavis

Just heart breaking. The Pechersk Lavra is an amazing building and has great religious and historical importance. People who haven't visited Kyiv may not realise this. In England it would be similar to someone bombing Westminster Abbey, or St Paul's. Nazi's bombed both in WW2

Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko

4 days ago

This is what Christianity truly means to Russia. The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the oldest and most significant monastery of Eastern Slavic Orthodox Christianity, a UNESCO site with almost 1,000 years of history, was under Russian attack last night in Ukraine’s capital city. This is

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Зараз у Києві – у Лаврі та в Мистецькому Арсеналі – рятувальники вже ліквідували пожежі. Я вдячний усім службам, які працюють на місцях обстрілів, і кожному, хто допомагає. Підтверджено, що два російські дрони цілеспрямовано атакували ту частину міста, де розташовані Лавра та Мистецький Арсенал. Станом на зараз відомо про 35 постраждалих у Києві. Загалом по країні поранено 53 людини й відомо про 11 убитих цим масованим російським ударом. Мої співчуття всім рідним та близьким. Ми в постійній комунікації з нашими партнерами щодо наслідків цієї російської атаки та необхідного реагування. Важливо, що лідери країн, громадські лідери, міжнародні організації не мовчать. Доручив МЗС України та всій нашій дипломатичній команді максимально активізувати сьогодні всі контакти з партнерами, щоб міжнародні заходи цього й наступного тижнів дали реальні результати для посилення нашого захисту та глобального тиску на Росію за цю війну. Потрібна справедлива відповідь на цей російський удар. Дякую всім, хто з Україною!

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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.

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June 4 is the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. It honours kids affected by war and violence. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, at least 707 Ukrainian children have been killed. Behind every number is a child whose future has been stolen. Russia must be held accountable for these crimes. @United24media

Sarah Everard was kidnapped, raped and murdered by a WHITE Police Officer. Nigel Farage called for calm. But when he can use racism he calls for Cold, Hard, Rage.

Moscow is killing our children. No words in the world can ever ease this unbearable pain and horror. According to official figures alone, Russia has taken the lives of 707 Ukrainian children. Another 2,548 have been wounded and maimed by explosions. More than 20,000 have been abducted and forcibly taken from their homes. These are just dry numbers, but each one represents a lifetime of pain for a Ukrainian family. Today, June 4, is the Day of Remembrance for Children Killed as a Result of Russia’s Armed Aggression Against Ukraine. Everything the Russians are doing amounts to genocide. It is a systematic and clearly planned attempt to destroy the Ukrainian nation. They deliberately target our children, committing war crimes for which there can be no justification. They are destroying our history, our memory, and trying to physically kill our future. We will never forgive the Russians for this. There is no and will never be any justification or forgiveness for crimes committed against our children. Everyone who gave these orders and everyone who carried them out will be found and destroyed. The ground will burn beneath your feet wherever you try to hide. There are no words that can comfort parents whose lives have been shattered forever by Russian killers. But we have a duty: to bring home every abducted child and to do everything to ensure that the truth about these crimes is heard around the world. Eternal memory to the innocent victims of Russian terror. Glory to Ukraine!

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Awesome Kyiv Day vid from Ukraine’s Air Force

‼️ Please do NOT look away! Watch the video! Feel what people just like you felt at the moment Russian forces attacked a playground in Kherson. Children were wounded. One little girl lost an eye. Please share! The world needs to see what Russia is doing to innocent Ukrainians. Video: Andrii Bokser

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A shocking video of the aftermath of the attack on Lukyanivka in Kyiv has been published online. Horror and pain. Perpetrator: Russia.

Hellish night in Kyiv. Didn’t know if I’d wake up. When there’s nothing on the battlefield, Russia wages war on market stalls and apartment blocks, murdering people in their sleep.

Since last night, first responders and all necessary services have been working wherever needed. As of now, at least 83 people have been confirmed injured since midnight. Tragically, there are fatalities. My condolences to the families and loved ones. It was a heavy attack – 90 missiles of various types, many of them ballistic missiles – 36 in total. There were 600 drones. Unfortunately, not all of the ballistic missiles were intercepted – the largest number of hits was in Kyiv. Kyiv was the primary target of this Russian attack. Putin can’t even pronounce the word “hurrah” clearly anymore – slurs and mumbles – yet he is still vanquishing residential buildings with his missiles. Launched three Russian missiles against a water supply facility. Burned down a market. Damaged dozens of residential buildings. Hit several ordinary schools. Launched his “Oreshnik” against Bila Tserkva. They really are unhinged. It is important that this does not pass without consequences for Russia. Today, everyone in the world who will not stay silent and chooses to help Ukraine is a defender of life. It is critically important to continue working to secure air defense for Ukraine, especially anti-ballistic capabilities. We are doing our best to achieve peace and protect people – everything. It is important that Ukraine is not alone. Decisions are needed – from the United States, from Europe and others – to make that old “Oreshnik” in Moscow finally utter the word “peace.”

Putin wanted to show “strength” but only confirmed his weakness. Overnight, Russia carried out one of the largest terrorist attacks on Kyiv with around 600 drones, many dozens of ballistic, air-ballistic, and cruise missiles, and a dummy IRBM. Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kropyvnytskyi, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, and Zhytomyr regions were also under attack. As of now, at least two civilian people have been reported killed and many dozens injured. These numbers may grow. Many residential buildings have been damaged. Unable to achieve any results on the battlefield, Putin turns to terror against civilians. This strike was probably meant to demonstrate “strength” to the domestic audience, but instead it only confirms Putin’s weakness. Even Russians see that he is a loser. His “special operation” is not achieving any results. Losses are enormous, but there is not a single achieved goal. Except that there are no safe places in Russia any more, as Ukraine ramps up its special long-range sanctions. To our allies, I want to say this: it is time to double down, not back down, in supporting Ukraine and increasing pressure on the Russian regime. We call for additional defense capabilities, including to protect our sky; investment in our defense industry; increased pressure on Russia, including entry ban for Russian combatants, full use of frozen assets; strong political decisions with regard to Ukraine’s EU accession and other steps. The world has the leverage. It needs to be used right — to show Moscow that such strikes will not bring any results — and force Russia to end this war.

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Yesterday, Russia killed 24 people in Kyiv, three of them children. Here are some of their names and pictures. They were simply living their lives until Russia brutally took their lives from them: ▪️Sisters Liubava and Vira Yakovlieva, aged 12 and 17. ▪️15-year-old Mariia – killed along with her dad and grandma. ▪️Yurii Orlov, captain of a Kyiv floorball club, and his girlfriend, Maryna Gomenyuk, an English teacher. ▪️Svitlana Moskalishyna, a kindergarten teacher. ▪️Dmytro Lepskyi, a "Nova Poshta" employee, and his wife, Svitlana, a teacher. ▪️Dmytro Pavelko, a "Nova Poshta" employee. ▪️Ivan Nosko, a florist. ▪️Halyna Relik. ▪️Ivan Mohylnyi, a restaurant manager. ▪️Olha Karpuk, Head of Marketing at Greenville Park (no photo). ▪️Zoya and Serhiy Petrovskyi, mother and son (no photo). The remaining names have not been made public as of now. Deepest condolences... Russia must be stopped.

Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en

a month ago

Kyiv residents shelter in an underground parking lot during Russia’s overnight attack on May 14. The Russian strike killed 24 people, including three children, and injured 48 more... 📷: byefilm

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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.

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@POLITICOEurope That's Piggy Cox for you. Wonder whether he has been working so hard to help his constituents in Torridge area now that cost of heating oil has increased.

$580,000,000 in oil futures moved 16 minutes before Trump announced a pause in Iran strikes. Not after. Before. The BBC just documented five separate instances of massive, suspiciously timed trades preceding Trump’s biggest market-moving announcements — oil futures, the tariff pause, Maduro’s capture, Iran ceasefire bets. The platforms where anonymous accounts cashed in? Polymarket and Kalshi. Donald Trump Jr. sits on Polymarket’s advisory board and is a strategic advisor to Kalshi. There’s even a law against this. The STOCK Act (2012) explicitly covers executive branch officials. Zero prosecutions in 14 years. Oh, and the DOJ unit created after Watergate to prosecute exactly this kind of corruption? Trump cut it from 36 lawyers to 2 and stripped its authority to file new cases.

Remember, ending air-defense aid to Ukraine is JD Vance's proudest accomplishments as Vice President.

The Ukrainian Review @UkrReview

2 months ago

🕯️🇺🇦 Kyiv bids farewell to 11-year-old Maksym Veremchuk, who died during a Russian missile strike on the capital on April 16

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Kyiv burns as Ukraine no longer has any Patriot interceptor missiles - the only defense against Russian Iskander ballistic missiles. Vice President Vance recently bragged of his "proudest" achievement - cutting off military support for Ukraine.