Nine Killed, 63 Injured — Including Six Children and a Pregnant Woman — in Russian Combined Attack on Kyiv

Residential buildings were destroyed and rescue efforts continue as people remain trapped under the rubble.

According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the Sviatoshynskyi district suffered the most severe damage from the assault. Photos of the Aftermath of the Russian Attack on Kyiv, Which Killed 9 and Injured 63

Photos by: Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov

Source: Live Ukraine

1/ A Russian soldier who took part in atrocities against civilians in the Kyiv region at the start of the full-scale shared his memories about events in Bucha, which serve as further evidence of Russian war crimes there.

Source: United 24 media
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Consequences of the Russian attack on Odesa region on the evening of March 6. Private houses are burning, rescuers are working on the scene, - DSNS


The moment of one of the landings near Odesa, there are hits in private houses and cars, - local residents report

1/ A Ukrainian woman tells Catherine Philip from the New York Times in Kyiv what has happened to her in hopes of bringing criminal charges against Russian soldiers.

source: @thetimes 2/

1/ Andrii - voluntarily mobilized. Before the full scall war, he sang in a choir and loved to travel. And he also has a beloved wife, Alina. She is the one who takes very touching care of him today,she lives with him in the hospital. For several months, Andrii took the… https://t.co/lLZa4GxVYFtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/ Andriy lost both hands, eyes and partially hearing. He had almost no face, but now, thanks to the titanic work of the doctors, it is hardly noticeable.

Alina helps him eat, meets a physiotherapist, and after the procedure - just lies down next to him. And the way they lie… https://t.co/ZLACwNfnvttwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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Maryna, 6 years old is the first child with amputation due to
a military injury who received a prosthesis in Ukraine.
Early In May, the girl was injured: her house was hit by a missile, causing severe injuries to the child's legs. At the hospital In Kryvyi Rih, her leg was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2/ The hospital team became second family to Maryna
When the girl entered Ohmatdyt hospital, she meet a physical therapist that helped her to prepare her body to receive a prosthesis.

⏳ Eva, 5-year-old , draws paintings to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ❤️🇺🇦
If anyone want to buy a paint you can contact her mother here. They speak english.
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#Zelensky March 1
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" Today I held a meeting on the energy sector. Everyone who is responsible for the stability of our energy system participated. It was a long meeting – three hours.

Energy companies: Naftogaz, Energoatom, Ukrenergo, Ukrhydroenergo, and others. 2/ 💬
The Government. The Office. The head of the relevant committee of the Verkhovna Rada. Military. Intelligence.

This winter is over. It was very difficult, and every Ukrainian without exaggeration felt this difficulty.

#Zelensky Feb.28
1/ 💬Today, I held a regular meeting of the Staff. Again in an expanded format. The Main Intelligence Directorate, the Ministry of Defense, the Commander-in-Chief, and the commanders of directions delivered reports. 2/💬 We are dealing in detail with the situation on each of the frontline directions. The most difficult situation is still Bakhmut and the battles that are important for the defense of the city. Russia does not count people at all, sending them to constantly storm our positions.

1/ Ruslana Danilkina volunteered for the ranks of the Armed Forces on the first day of the full-scale invasion. She was 18 years old. She obtained the position of operator-communications officer, worked in the Zaporizhzhia region, and later in the Kherson region.
Pic : Libkos 2/ On February 10, during a combat mission, her car came under mortar fire. Ruslana was seriously injured and lost her leg.
Ruslana was brought to the hospital,
"In the first days after I woke up, I didn't want to live. I was afraid that the world would not accept me

#Zelensky February 27
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💬 ”The day began with an attack by Iranian drones. Most of them were shot down. Eleven out of fourteen. Unfortunately, there were also hits. Three employees of the State Emergency Service in Khmelnytskyi were wounded, two were killed. 2/ 💬 My condolences to the families.

In fact, that is why we need the aviation component of air defense – modern combat aircraft – to protect the entire territory of our country from Russian terror. Air defense is complete only when it is backed by aviation. Modern aviation.

Boris Nemtsov was killed 8 years ago

These words were spoken by him 9 years ago - but as if about today. If Nemtsov had survived, perhaps history would have taken a different path.
SRC: @Gerashchenko_en Numerous Russians bring flowers to memorials dedicated to the memory of Boris Nemtsov.
Among them a girl, who laid flowers and a poster "Fight" at the politician's memorial, was immediately detained by the police.

1/ The Minister of Defense of Estonia arrived in Kyiv to personally hand over a new aid package for Ukraine

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur visited Kyiv on Sunday and handed over a new package of military aid to Ukraine. 2/ This was announced by Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov.

"This is not the first visit of our great friend to Kyiv. And again and again, I want to praise the courage of Mr. Minister. It is difficult to overestimate the aid to Estonia. Just imagine –

#Zelensky Feb. 25
1/ " Every foreign policy opportunity for our state, and every manifestation of world attention to Ukrainians is based on the resilience of the people of Ukraine, the resilience of our soldiers. On the fact that Ukraine is strong and constantly getting stronger. 2/ The world loves the strong. And helps the brave.

The global center of strength and courage is now right here, in Ukraine, right in our people who defend our state. Who defend our land, our Donetsk region, our Luhansk region, all our lands, where very tough and painful

1/ People who are defending Russia now are the same who were silent when Russia targeted schools and hospitals in Syria. Same propaganda, in Syria , schools were ammunition depots, Syrians were terrorists, good Russians protect the world against Isis, because Russia care so much. 2/ The United Nations who was blind gave the coordinates of the hospitals in Syria (to avoid to bomb hospitals by "mistakes", then Russia used it to target those hospitals. I just find this incredible. independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…

1/ “This is a wall,” Ukrainian President Zelensky on whether he will still address the citizens of the Russian Federation.

“Unfortunately, they don’t hear. This is a wall. And the fact that after the death of our people they applaud instead of crying is a colossal tragedy,” 2/ the president said in an interview with journalist Dmitry Komarov.

**Since the start of the full-scale war, President Zelensky has several times recorded appeals to the Russians. The first is on the night of February 24, 2022.

1/ 🇨🇳 CNN and The Wall Street Journal report that China is still negotiating with Russia to supply it with drones and ammunition. Negotiations are currently underway on the price and volume of supplies. Beijing has not yet made a final decision, but evidence suggests that the 2/ Chinese side is leaning toward it.

The day before, Der Spiegel wrote that Russia is negotiating with China to supply lethal weapons and a batch of one hundred ZT-180 kamikaze drones, which can carry a warhead weighing 35 to 50 kg.

Anti-war rally organised by Russians in #Armenia today.
Armenia massively received Russian emigrants this year. Here, every 24th day of every month, anti-war rallies are held on the Russian Square and near the Russian Embassy in Yerevan. twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 2/ While in St. Petersburg this evening of February 24, the police detained a young man with a sign “No to war” at the Gostiny Dvor metro station. According to eyewitnesses, the man practically did not have time to stand with a poster, he was taken away immediately.

#Zelensky Feb.21
1/”Today's meeting of the Staff is extended and detailed. Including reports from the frontline – from our commanders in the hottest directions.

Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny reported on the overall frontline situation and enemy missile attacks on our positions. 2/ The reports on the Donetsk and Luhansk regions evoke particular emotions. We are doing our best to deter enemy attacks there – constant intense assaults, which Russia does not stop, even though it suffers huge losses there.

#Zelensky Feb.19
1/ " I held a meeting of the Staff in a new expanded format. The Commander-in-Chief and the direction commanders reported, there were reports directly from the front.

We are leveling the situation, doing everything to prepare OUR actions for the near future. 2/ The Commander-in-Chief reported on the overall situation at the front, with a special emphasis on mobilization, specifics on how and what is being done.

I heard detailed reports on each combat position, each hottest area.
General Syrskyi reported on the Bakhmut direction,

1/ The body of a little girl was found on an island in the Kerkennah archipelago,Tunisia, last December, in the same position as little Aylan Kurdi in 2015. But unlike him, his photo did not not made the rounds of the world nor engendered the slightest political reaction. 2/ A silence that says a lot about people and their "selective humanity"