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Oct 10 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Horrific images emerging from the blast right in the heart of Kyiv, which drives home that no place in Ukraine is yet safe. Looks like there are fatalities.
The aftermath of one strike on Kyiv this morning
This is *right* in the centre of Kyiv, beside a busy park at exactly the time when people were rushing to work. No confirmation yet on number of fatalities.
Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv now. Probably the city’s busiest park, usually packed with people and street musicians
A girl was recording herself as she walked through what looks like Shevchenko Park in Kyiv this morning. She was almost killed by a Russian rocket

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Oct 8
Russians awoke today to videos of the Crimea bridge on fire, the symbol of Russia’s resurgence under Putin and a key target for Ukraine since February. A huge blow that won’t go without a response from Putin, who already warned of a major escalation if Russian territory is hit.
The road section of the bridge is destroyed, and the rail section is still ablaze. An incredibly successful strike that seems to have been caused at least in part by a truck exploding. Russia announced all traffic along the bridge has ceased.
Another view of the massive explosion on the Crimea bridge, which links the peninsula to Russia and to occupied Kherson region and was a major supply route for Russian forces.
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Sep 21
Protests in Moscow and St Petersburg today have grown pretty large. People chanting “No to War!” Dozens of arrests reported
That was Moscow, this is St Petersburg. People marching through the city center denouncing Putin’s war
Can’t remember seeing such scenes on Moscow’s streets since February. Activists say almost 1,000 people have been detained today.
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Sep 21
Protests against mobilisation are taking place in several Russian cities today, mostly small-scale actions leading to a smattering of arrests. The woman’s sign reads “No to Mobilisation” ImageImageImage
A video from Novosibirsk shared on Telegram, showing police heading to disperse the local protest
Tomsk today. Sign reads “Give me a hug if you’re also afraid.”

Needless to say punishment for protesting the war in Russia can be severe. ImageImageImage
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Sep 21
Putin is finally speaking on live TV, announces a “partial mobilisation” - as many had expected
He portrays a parallel reality in Ukraine where neo-Nazis round up dissenters and stage terrorist acts - we’ve heard much of this before
Russia is mobilising reservists, Putin says. That’s potentially hundreds of thousands of men with varying levels of military experience
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Sep 9
Video appearing to show emotional residents of Balakliya greeting Ukrainian troops who liberated the town after enduring 7 months under Russian occupation.

“The flag of Ukraine in a free Ukrain­ian city un­der a free Ukrain­ian sky,” Ze­lensky said yest
Another clip from Balakliya. The women offer a meal to the men, who warn them: “Stay in the basement, the city can still be shelled. But don’t worry, we are here now”

Months under Russian control make some lose hope of liberation. So timing of the Ukrainian offensives is crucial
Imagine being a Ukrainian soldier in your teens or early 20s witnessing a scene like this
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Sep 2
Our dispatch from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where volunteers are braving artillery barrages from Russians advancing on the city in order to save the most vulnerable residents. For many who stay, "the fear of being homeless outweighs the fear of death” wsj.com/articles/for-s…
Bakhmut is now so close to Russian lines that the volunteers almost turned back when a helicopter swooped overhead dropping rockets on a strategic position overlooking the road. “Sometimes we show people a map and say ‘Look, the Russians are just 2 miles away.'" Many have no idea Image
Many residents of war-torn Donbas are choosing to stay, hoping the fighting stops and often scoffing at a $50 payout promised to evacuees. Some 80% of people have no set destination and no relatives or friends to go to. They accept help only when the situation becomes unbearable. Image
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