Why russia cannot help but invade? Been pondering this question for a decade now... 🇷🇺 didn’t “return” to dictatorship under POO-tihn. It never left. Rusich is crowdsourcing war crimes, Navalnaya is asking 🇪🇺 to fix 🇷🇺 for russians, and I try to make sense of it all kyivindependent.com/why-russia-c...

Russia arrested two 16 year olds from occupied Melitopol on false charges. Danylo Dakhov and Pavlo Hrymak were both killed in captivity, likely tortured to death.

💔In Sumy region, russia again killed an entire family including two young children. A mother, father and their sons, aged 4 & 6, was killed inside their home when russia deliberately hit the residential building with a drone around 2:40 at night. Never forgive. Never forget.

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No Gripens for now

€392 to go to get generator, can we do it today?🥹 Please🥺Really need to close these requests ASAP

🕯️ Her name is Oleksandra Polishchuk. She was supposed to go to school, laughing with friends, building her future. Instead she will forever only be 12 years old. Another Ukrainian child murdered in her home by ruzzia. Never forgive. Never forget.💔😔 #RussiaisATerroistState

Something that is being missed with diminishing attention on Ukraine is that the attacks on Kyiv and other cities are only increasing. Last night was one of the biggest attacks of the war with 600 drones and 48 missiles being launched.

Another person was found dead at the site of a strike on civilian infrastructure. Across Ukraine, there are currently more than 70 people injured. ​In some areas, the enemy attack has devastated entire neighborhoods. During the emergency response efforts, a structural collapse occurred,

For over 12 hours, Russia has been attacking Ukraine. ​In Kyiv eight locations was attacked. Four people have been killed. Among them was a 12-year-old girl who was crushed by a concrete slab. A nurse and a patient were killed at the Cardiology Institute. ​

Many of you don’t want to hear this but the liberal international order currently rests upon the shoulders of a Ukrainian Comic and a former AQI insurgent

6 June - Russia launched 452 aerial assets, including 405 drones 17 June - 472/440 29 June - 537/494 9 July - 741/728. Today - 823/810 The summer I almost turned sleep-deprived.

Thought-provoking thread. 1st question: is there a European grand strategy towards Ukraine? To me, it looks more like exercises in wishful thinking, falling back from 'Perhaps Ukraine can beat Russia without Western weapons striking RU territory' to 'Perhaps Trump can negotiate a deal'. 1/2

⚡️ 9 killed, 81 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 54 drones overnight, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones, and fired four S-300/400 guided missiles.

A U.S. citizen who is nine months pregnant was hospitalized upon her release from immigration custody after she was detained by federal agents in Hawthorne on Sunday. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/i...

🔴 Russian forces attacked the city center of Sumy killing three, and injuring at least 20. "[They hit] the city, ordinary streets with rocket artillery. An absolutely deliberate attack on civilians," Zelenskyy wrote (1/4)

Anyone calling Ukraine’s operation, long-planned and happened to come right after a massive Ru drone attack on Ukrainian cities, “an escalation” is being ridiculous. Ru only attacks, Ukraine only defends.

Russia has escalated from the very beginning of this war, it wants to destroy Ukraine/its people which it doesn’t even acknowledge as a nation. So how on earth can defence against such an existential threat be escalation (also legally, the scale of the attack is the yardstick for proportionality)

According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukraine has destroyed up to 40% of Russia’s strategic aircraft today, with estimated losses around $7 billion.

The phrase that comes to mind is "reasonability theatre" - this whole circus is played out by the Russians to try and construct the false impression they are not in fact lunatics who are intent on killing Ukrainians until Armageddon. It is not clear who the target audience for this is.

It's always really fun to point out how the overwhelming majority of land battles in the Russo-Japanese war were fought on what is now the territory of the People's Republic of China

NBC reports that, shockingly, during his latest Moscow pilgrimage Witkoff met with Putin and his two negotiators alone and without his own interpreter, relying - in breach of protocol - on a locally present one www.nbcnews.com/world/russia.... However, this seems half the problem (1/n)

Really great piece on the history between Russia and their "new" allies in the Global South, and the through-lines of colonialism in their past and present relationships newlinesmag.com/essays/the-h...

The fundraiser is a bit stuck, can we change it?

Last night in kyiv

More than 16k Ukrainian civilians are being held in Russian prisons, where they face torture and other inhumane treatment. I wrote about two cases, Anna Yeltsova and Iryna Navalna, for @kyivindependent.com. Any peace deal must include their return to freedom. kyivindependent.com/trumps-peace...

In captivity, russians tortured combat medic Halyna for refusing to speak russian. After release, her boyfriend Mykola immediately proposed to her. Both defended Mariupol as marines. Both were captured, but while he was released in autumn 2022, she spent nearly two more years in captivity 📸: Sho_Tam

Monsters. russians are monsters. This is the real face of russian occupation. forbiddenstories.org/russia-detai...

Russia returned the body of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna missing organs. They kidnapped and tortured and murdered her.

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Russia has announced they want a ceasefire to protect their victory day military parade from Ukrainian drone attacks in spite of the fact that they continue to try to wipe Ukraine off the map every single day and don't honour their side of any ceasefire

Not a good morning today in Kyiv. russia strikes residential buildings. 9 people dead, 63 injured including 6 children. While Trump claims russia wants peace. We can’t rely on the US anymore. Let’s convert our pain to donations for Ukraine. Support Dronefall savelife.in.ua/dronopad/mai... #UaView

‼️‼️ Combined massive attack by Russia against Ukraine (video - direct hit on a high-rise building in Kyiv): ▪️Kyiv: Now it is known about 10 dead and about 100 injured and people are still being searched for under the rubble. Strikes on residential buildings and more than 20 fires.

23-year-old man dies of wounds, raising Kryvyi Rih attack death toll to 20 According to the latest data, over 70 people were injured in the attacks. Among the 20 killed are nine children. euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/16/2...

The sad part about this is that it does not shock anymore. It is clear now that the US and Europe have parted ways in the strategic assessment and aims for Ukraine and Russia.

One of the worst parts of Russia's many, many attacks on civilians causing mass death is watching the casualty numbers creep upward as the deaths are confirmed

The death toll has risen to 32, including two kids aged seven and 11. Another 99 injured. A grim day and a sign that Russia has no intention of stopping its bloody war, or engaging in a "peace process"

🇺🇦 Amid the ruins of a building destroyed by Russia today in Sumy, one thing remained untouched — the Ukrainian flag. This is not just a flag. It's a symbol. A sign. We stand. We are unbreakable. We will keep resisting. 📹 DSNS in Sumy region

⚡️'Crosses any line of decency' — US Envoy Kellogg condemns Russian attack on Sumy. "As a former military leader, I understand targeting and this is wrong," U.S. Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg wrote in response to Russia's deadly Palm Sunday missile strike on civilians in Sumy.

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In Kryvyi Rih, residents bring toys and flowers to a playground where a Russian missile strike killed 18 people, including 9 children. A woman was also killed in a separate drone attack. Over 60 were injured, 40 remain in hospital. The city is in mourning. Photo: Svoyi Kryvyi Rih

This is Tymofiy he was walking home with his grandmother yesterday when russia hit with a ballistic missile and killed him.

3, 16, 7, 7, 15, 15, 15, 9, 17 Ages of the children killed by russia yesterday

Lyudmila, 54, lives in Kherson in a one-bedroom apartment with her daughter Galina, grandson Vasyl, 18, son, 20; son-in-law, 32; and five dogs and a red cat. A small apartment is littered with clothes donated by neighbours. The family has nothing else left because Russian drones burned their house.

Russia struck a residential area and playground in broad daylight

Hello from Kryvyi rih today 14 people killed by Russian attack. Including 6 kids

💔🕯️ As a result of the missile attack on Kryvyi Rih, 18 people have already died, including 9 children (!). The number of injured has also increased to 56.

Why did Trump hit Ukraine with a 10% tariff on all imports to the US, but not Russia? 🤨