Morning from Ukraine to readers waking up all over.
Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
However, strikes overnight hit cities in Western Ukraine, places far from the front lines and which have not been hit since the early days of the war.
Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
However, strikes overnight hit cities in Western Ukraine, places far from the front lines and which have not been hit since the early days of the war.
Many displaced Ukrainians have sought refuge in the western Oblasts.
This is a strike against that feeling of relative safety.
“This looks like a message [from Putin]: ‘I can shoot anywhere,’” Taras Yatsenko, the cofounder of a leading publication in western Ukraine, told me.
This is a strike against that feeling of relative safety.
“This looks like a message [from Putin]: ‘I can shoot anywhere,’” Taras Yatsenko, the cofounder of a leading publication in western Ukraine, told me.
This depicts the aftermath of explosions in Ivano-Frankivsk, in western Ukraine, early this morning
Here’s the explosion in Lutsk, also in Western Ukraine, in the early morning hours:
And much further to the east:
In Dnieper, the scenes of destruction after Russian shelling via the State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
In Dnieper, the scenes of destruction after Russian shelling via the State Emergency Service of Ukraine:
Early this morning, sun was low in the sky and I was just blinking at my phone when air sirens go off again
In this thread we've talked about dogs, cats, rabbits & cows: this time it was birds noticeably freaking out and flying back and forth, unsure where down here it was safe
In this thread we've talked about dogs, cats, rabbits & cows: this time it was birds noticeably freaking out and flying back and forth, unsure where down here it was safe
I can’t post where I am now, but here’s a video of what the air raid siren sounds like from Ternopil, as we walked down the street to a basement shelter last week
Supplementing air raid sirens are alerts via apps, Telegram, television and so on.
And then there is the terror of just hearing the bombers, as attested to by those who have heard it:
And then there is the terror of just hearing the bombers, as attested to by those who have heard it:
https://twitter.com/sarahrainsford/status/1502033772254056458?s=21
My friend, the talented Ukrainian journalist Olena Lysenko (follow her at @seekyivcom), was drinking matcha in Lviv, a western city in Ukraine this morning.
When the air sirens went off, the whole cafe emptied, and Olena was told to take shelter in a nearby church.
When the air sirens went off, the whole cafe emptied, and Olena was told to take shelter in a nearby church.
The church was the Church of the Most Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
Inside, she said, she couldn't hear the sounds of the air sirens over the sounds of religious singing and prayer.
"I'm here praying for NPR to receive Pulitzer," she joked to me in a DM
Inside, she said, she couldn't hear the sounds of the air sirens over the sounds of religious singing and prayer.
"I'm here praying for NPR to receive Pulitzer," she joked to me in a DM
Olena also co-created a documentary film that reminds: for Ukrainians, the war has been going on since 2014.
“I Never Had Dreams of My Son” follows a father searching for his son, missing after going to eastern Ukraine to fight pro-Russian separatists.
newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…
“I Never Had Dreams of My Son” follows a father searching for his son, missing after going to eastern Ukraine to fight pro-Russian separatists.
newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…
Even as air raid sirens terrorize in the west, worth looking how Russian forces acted as they captured the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant.
Brumfiel analyzed video of the attacks, and found several instances of Russian fire directly INTO the nuclear complex
Brumfiel analyzed video of the attacks, and found several instances of Russian fire directly INTO the nuclear complex
https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1502249224775344138
Brumfiel describes haphazard fire of RPGs into an administrative building...
https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1502259116785475592?s=20&t=-cyti0OwABd78wkbCju0xQ
Most worryingly, Brumfiel identifies damage from heavy weapons in the part of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant that handles radioactive waste, which per one expert, could have caused a local radiological incident during the firefight
https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1499799810609668106
We're getting more and more video of Ukrainian troops on the front-lines.
This particular scene is in Kyiv Oblast.
Notice just how many anti-tank weapons they're bringing into the fight:
This particular scene is in Kyiv Oblast.
Notice just how many anti-tank weapons they're bringing into the fight:
https://twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1501967817247281158?s=20&t=3N7yy54JRaFeHAhcGjz5zQ
It's not just soldiers on the front-lines: USAID announced the death of a Ukrainian civilian partner, Valeriia "Lera" Maksetska, who worked with them on humanitarian response.
https://twitter.com/powerusaid/status/1501649289499627521?s=21
Maksetska, a trained medic, declined to leave Kyiv at first, but when her mother ran out of medicine, she evacuated.
A Russian tank fired on them, killing her, her mother and their driver, per @PowerUSAID, USAID administrator
A Russian tank fired on them, killing her, her mother and their driver, per @PowerUSAID, USAID administrator
In the part of Ukraine that I am, we spent some time finding a way to change money from USD to Ukrainian Hryvnia...
The advice from a local? "Go to the train station and look for the Audi," we're told.
The advice from a local? "Go to the train station and look for the Audi," we're told.
I was told by one humanitarian worker to “find the joy” here.
Sometimes it’s hard to find: over the last 24 hrs I saw one woman sobbing uncontrollably in a stairwell, and another yelling angrily - with some mix anguish — in the middle of the street near a perinatal facility
Sometimes it’s hard to find: over the last 24 hrs I saw one woman sobbing uncontrollably in a stairwell, and another yelling angrily - with some mix anguish — in the middle of the street near a perinatal facility
One flash of joy: wanted to feature the whole tape of the teenagers joking around at a volunteer pantry for Ukrainian soldiers.
The group is led by Volodymyr, the only one who can speak some English
The group is led by Volodymyr, the only one who can speak some English
Scenes from the Ukrainian countryside — beautiful churches and serene houses.
If you don’t think too hard, you might not even notice there’s a war out there
If you don’t think too hard, you might not even notice there’s a war out there
Today’s dogs of war are the dogs of Ternopil:
…because even if there could be air raid sirens any second, your dog still has to poop
…because even if there could be air raid sirens any second, your dog still has to poop
NEW: Ukrainian officials alleging two Russian fighters took off in Belarus, crossed into Ukrainian airspace and doubled back, then engaged in three air strikes on a town on the Belarus side of border
Just spoke to mayor of Rivne, who calls it “provocation”… more tk
Just spoke to mayor of Rivne, who calls it “provocation”… more tk
So what does this mean?
Ukrainian officials are telling us this could be a "provocation" meant to goad Belarus into opening a new front in northwestern Ukraine.
The geography means that the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, near the border, could be at risk.
Ukrainian officials are telling us this could be a "provocation" meant to goad Belarus into opening a new front in northwestern Ukraine.
The geography means that the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant, near the border, could be at risk.
Ukrainian officials -- military, local and ministry of internal affairs -- also tell NPR that the strikes that hit western Ukraine this morning originated from Belarus
Adding this to fix a broken thread. Click through here:
https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1502272731949240324
Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs says this is the village of Kopany, along the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, that was hit in today’s strikes
“Putin and Lukashenko have planned an armed provocation… in order to get Belarus involved in war against Ukraine.
At 14:40 two Russian planes have made a strike on Belarus while flying over the Ukrainian territory,” Ukraine’s Minister of Defense said in a statement
At 14:40 two Russian planes have made a strike on Belarus while flying over the Ukrainian territory,” Ukraine’s Minister of Defense said in a statement
Senior U.S. Defense official: No major Russian military advances in past 24 hours, no movement of Russian convoy northwest of Kyiv
Ukrainians still have 50 fighter aircraft, 80 percent of their stock before the war began
Ukrainians still have 50 fighter aircraft, 80 percent of their stock before the war began
The Ukrainian parliament just put out this statement, which reads like something you’d put out if you were expecting an invasion from Belarus
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