In #Kyiv, early morning on Sunday, a Russian missile hit the roof of a 9-storey residential building, destroying several upper floors. A fire is being extinguished now. Number of casualties TBA. ps. Late at night, Putin was seen heading to the Kremlin. #StopPutin
2nd hit of Putin's "high-precision" rocket: a kindergarten. The playground is now a funnel, 7 meters diameter. 14 missiles launched at #Kyiv Sunday morning.
A 6 y.o. girl and her mom are rescued from underneath the rubble. A man, presumably the father, is found dead. It was an early Sunday morning. Summer. #StopPutinNOW
Correction: the mother is NOT rescued. She is under a block of concrete. The rescue operation is ongoing as I am typing this.
#Odesa#Opera opened tonight for the first time since the Russian full-scale invasion on 24 February. It was the most moving performance I have ever been to. Got lucky, no air raid. #SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Ukrainian opera. I will write about the Gala concert for the Ukrainian Army and the theater with bombshells but really want to share a few snippets now.
Half-empty theatre which never happens in Odesa. People standing up for the national anthem. Whispering along.
A short article on "Immortal Regiment" in 2022, amidst #PutinWarCrimes, is forthcoming shortly. (3/3) Understand the hybrid war and its tools. Recognize flipping narratives, laundering history, and other strategies, and do not let the aggressor justify another genocide.
I am on a mini-bus Odesa—Chisinau, and a mother with a pre-teen daughter just said goodbye to the father. “I love you, papochka.” Everyone is crying quietly and discreetly, with sunglasses on. I never knew it is possible to hate Putin and Russia as much as I hate them now.
Elizaveta and Symba are fleeing Ukraine to Estonia via Moldova. A woman in her 80s is scared of music, thinks it’s a siren. Her house in Mykolaiv got bombed and she was left alone. Marina and Yoda flee to Germany, their man stayed in Ukraine.
#Russia#NewsfromMordor Russian watchdog Roskomnadzor is preparing sanctions against Google, Telegram, Meta, Discord, Pinterest and Twitch. The Ministry of Education is ready to discuss Medinsky's proposal to introduce a prayer for the glory of Russia in schools.
#Russia#NewsfromMordor Medvedev: "No restrictions on the return of the death penalty in Russia, everything will depend on the situation. The moratorium may remain, if everything is calm, or be revised if necessary."
#Russia An Interior Ministry official arrested for spreading "fakes" about war, was charged for speaking on the phone, allegedly spreading "knowingly false information." He called his acquaintances in the Crimea and the Moscow region. No permission to tap his phone, says lawyer
"Distant crumps - soft explosions - reported from west Kyiv, towards the airport. Not Cruise missiles, i think, but sounds like an attack on the airport." @JohnSweeney
#Putin's speech here; he is a raging maniac, still speaking about the collapse of the USSR, the balance of powers in the world destroyed and using offensive language, basically challenging the US thttps://www.vesti.ru/video/2386956
"Due to the fact that after the collapse of the USSR, Moscow lost confidence in itself, the balance of power in the world was upset. At the same time, American politicians resorted to lies at the highest level, "blatant behavior." "chemical weapons" of Iraq, which did not exist."
"The US is an empire of lies. (sic!!) The collective West supported separatism and mercenary gangs in southern Russia. Until recently, the attempts of the West to use us in their interests did not stop. "