Dear inhabitants of Kharkiv. We have endured a very difficult day today.
You know. Today has showed that it not just a war. This is a killing of us, People of Ukraine.
For the first time in many years Kharkiv went through this. Shells which hit residential buildings, killed and crippled innocent civilians.
Kharkiv did not see such destructions ever in the recent history. And this is terrible.
37 wounded only for this day. 3 of them are children
People went out. 4 people. They went out of bomb shelter to get water and lost their lives.
A family. 2 adults and 3 children. They were burned alive in a car. This is indeed terrifying.
We are together. We have to endure this. We are together. We have to become stronger.
Yes. It is very difficult. But we are holding the line and we will hold the line.
I feel grateful to outlet military, I feel grateful to our territorial defense who protect the city of Kharkiv.
I feel grateful to our medical professionals who save the lives of Kharkovites. I feel grateful to our utility service workers who under shelling repair damages made by occupiers.
Think about it. Under gunfire, when shells are flying, our utility service workers repair heating-houses in order to deliver heat.
Our plumbers provide water, repair leaks which were created by shell explosions.
Our sanitation workers collect garbage because we understand that the city must function. We understand that the city must be clean notwithstanding all the horror which is around us. Heartfelt thanks to them. Let us thank them for their work.
I am grateful to our partners, incl those abroad, who start to provide us humanitarian aid. It is food. These are personal hygiene products which we need. These are diapers, wet tissues, washing liquids - all the items.
Baby food - we need it very much today. Milk formulas.
We are starting to organize logistics depots, where will store food and distribute them to the people. Distribute. Distribute, because today it is our duty to help one another.
Today many volunteers join us. We are together. Together we will organize all this. The entire city will be like one united strong family. This is very important for us. In such moments we must stick together.
We will win for sure. We are holding on. Kharkiv is holding on. And will hold on. Victory will be ours. We are together. We are Kharkovites.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
It’s not only Ukrainians. Russians moms pay terrible price for Putin’s dreams of empire.
A mother of a Russian soldier Maxim Khanygin, killed in action in Ukraine speaks.
V Charter97.
TRANSCRIPT
I am horrified. Everybody is horrified. Everybody is shocked. All the friends refuse to believe he died. They all say “He is such a strong lad. We can’t believe it.”
He called on February 23rd. He told they were going for a drills. He told they took a phone away from him, “Mom, I will call you at first opportunity of communication.”
The overwhelming majority of captured Russians either deny they knew where they were heading or say whatever out of fear.
Artsiom, artilleryman from Ulan-Ude is one of few exceptions who seems to actually get it.
Video message from Artsiom to his wife.
TRANSCRIPT
Video Unian
Actually, it was a mistake that I did not refuse back then from all of this, although we were thinking about it.
What has happened now… The things which I saw here… [sobbing] Children die… This is not a joke. Strikes…
I would never want…something like that for my children.
That’s why. Forgive me [breaks into tears]. Just live the life as usual. Just I want everything to be fine. I want this – what I saw and what is still ongoing here in Ukraine – never happen again.
Ukrainian President Office:
- Enemy’s advancement near Kyiv and Chernohiv are stalled.
- “Kharkiv is Staligrand of the 21st century”. Charkiv residential areas are under heavy bombardment. The enemy suffers immense losses.
- Ukrainian forces pushed back and made a small advancement on the eastern direction and entered into the territory which is under Russia-controlled separatists rule since 2014.
- Mariupol — “situation under control”
- Kherson — street fights are ongoing.
- Milkolaiv — Russian airborne troops landed there.
- Energodar — Russians reached city outskirts.
- Big enemy columns were destroyed near Kriviy Rih and near Bashtanovka (Mikolaiv direction)