Russia forces primary school children in occupied Crimea to weave camouflage nets and make candles for the Russian army.
It was shown on Russian state TV. In Kurmansky district, kids are made to do this during school breaks and even class time — Suspilne. 1/
Children explain on camera that the nets will be sent to the front to hide Russian military equipment.
Some pupils are filmed in cadet-style military uniforms while doing this work. 2/
This is a direct violation of international humanitarian law, which bans an occupying power from militarizing education or using schools for military propaganda. 3X
After every Russian strike, they go back and save the power system again.
At -15°C, they drive to destroyed power plants and boiler houses to restore heat and electricity to homes, hospitals, and schools. 1/
They deserve enormous respect. They do things that seemed impossible not long ago.
Russia destroys power generation dozens of times — and every time they bring it back from the dead. Again and again. 2/
This has never happened anywhere in the world.
There are no manuals, no instructions, no training programs for conditions like this. For the first time in history, a power system this complex faces attacks at this scale. 3/
A Ukrainian drone pilot spotted two words written in the snow near the front line: “Please, bread.”
Minutes later, a drone dropped food to the civilian who wrote them — an elderly woman trapped in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region — United24. 1/
19-year-old pilot Maksym “Maliuk” from the Phoenix border-guard drone unit saw from the air how an elderly woman traced these words into the snow in the shattered city. 2/
Maliuk: “Whenever I see messages like this, I will always respond. These are our people. We are obligated to help them. We are here for them.”
The unit dropped bread by drone directly to her location. 3/
Ukraine has eased arms exports by launching Defense City to speed up export permits — United24.
The Cabinet approved a simplified procedure for exporting military goods. For Defense City residents, permit review time drops from 90 days to 15 days. 1/
In 2026, the drone manufacturer Vampir became the first official resident of Defense City.
The goal: cut bureaucracy while keeping exports under state control. 2/
Ukraine’s defense production capacity has exploded.
It is projected to grow 35-fold — from $1B in 2022 to $35B by 2025.
The state has factories and production lines, but not enough budget to buy everything they produce. 3/