Die Lawra ist einer der bedeutendsten Orte für das orthodoxe Christentum und UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe. In der Nacht stand das Kyjiwer Höhlenkloster in Flammen, weil Russland die ukrainische Hauptstadt massiv und rücksichtslos angegriffen hat. Dem Kreml-Regime ist nichts heilig.

Museen, Kulturzentren, Klöster – Russland greift verstärkt Orte an, die für die historischen Wurzeln der Ukraine stehen. Viele Menschen empfinden einen tiefen Schmerz und große Wut. Sie werfen Russland vor, einen Krieg gegen die nationale Identität ihres Landes zu führen.

More from Moscow 🔥🔥🔥🔥 15km to the Kremlin. The refinery supplies up to 40% of Moscow's fuel market and about 70% of Moscow and the region's gasoline needs.

Panorama of Moscow 🤩🔝

Ukrainian drones struck the Moscow oil refinery early June 16, triggering a major fire and heavy smoke. The facility processes about 12.8 million tonnes of oil per year and supplies roughly 35-40% of fuel consumed in Moscow and the surrounding region. #Russia

Ukrainian long-range strike drones roaming absolutely free over the Moscow region. #Russia

Tell me... If Russia is today bombing civilians and cultural objects in Ukraine "out of desperation," what was Moscow doing in February 2022 when it starting bombing civilians & cultural objects in Kyiv & the rest of free Ukraine? You know, when the West offered Kyiv to be a government in exile.🤔

Despite all the concentrated air defense around the Russian capital, the largest refinery of Moscow is burning.

5/ Russia appears to be perpetuating sophisticated information operations that use artificial intelligence (AI)-generated footage of flag raisings to fabricate claims of Russian tactical successes in Kostyantynivka.

“The equivalent for us in France would be the bombing of the Notre-Dame.” Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Jean-Noël Barrot, on russia burning Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The Notre-Dame fire was a tragic accident — it’s unfathomable how someone can do such an atrocity on purpose.

⚡️ Russian court fines resident for criticizing Taliban. A Rostov-on-Don man was fined after posting a derogatory comment on VK regarding the presence of the Taliban in Russia.

Meanwhile in Russia: host Andrey Norkin suggested targeting black Americans who visit Russia — except for Candace Owens, since Moscow considers her to be a tool of Russia's soft power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4UH...

📍After accession, Ukrainians will have the right to freely live, work, study and open a business in any EU country without additional permits. 📍Ukrainian business will receive full access to the single market. 📍Ukraine will also be able to apply for significantly larger amounts of funding. 3/3

📍According to the optimistic scenario, all clusters can open by the end of July, according to the pessimistic scenario - in the fall. 📍Ukraine must carry out large-scale reforms. 📍One of the most difficult areas remains judicial reform, the fight against corruption and the rule of law. 2/3

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine has officially opened the first negotiation cluster "Fundamentals" on the path to joining the European Union. 📍In general, Ukraine must go through 6 clusters and harmonize 35 sections of legislation with EU norms. 1/3

🇩🇪 Germany's Chancellor Merz: Russia cannot win militarily. Its economy is weakened. I say this with the utmost caution: for the first time, a window for diplomacy may slowly be opening here.

Ukraine is clearly to blame for that cathedral being bombed. If they had just let the missile hit the apartment block it was aimed at, the church would be fine.

A Russian double-tap strike killed four emergency responders and injured six others after they arrived at the scene of an earlier strike in Kharkiv overnight on June 15, Ukraine's Emergency Service confirmed to the Kyiv Independent.

🔴 Russia damaged UNESCO-listed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a key Ukrainian religious site.

Poland has paused the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine pending a deal on drone technologies. Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk said Warsaw seeks access to Ukrainian expertise in drone swarms and interceptor UAVs before the aircraft are handed over. #Poland

Das Kyjiwer Höhlenkloster brennt nach einem russischen Angriff. UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe und seit dem Jahr 1051 eines der Zentren des orthodoxen Christentums. Ein weiteres Kriegsverbrechen Putins.

www.zeit.de/politik/ausl... #kyivpechersklavra Höhlenkloster in Kyjiw 😭🤬👹 Die ru Bastarde werden in der Hölle verrotten. /Ch

Russian fascists struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The monastery was built in 1051, nearly a millennium ago during the era of Kyivan Rus'.

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: Monastery founded in Kyiv's caves in 1051, spiritual heart of Kyivan Rus' & Eastern Orthodoxy centuries before Moscow even existed. UNESCO site with saints' relics & Baroque churches. Russian fascists struck the Dormition Cathedral with a ballistic missile.

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❗️Video of the fire at the Dovzhenko film studio

Oh my god our famous Kyiv cinema studio is on fire , early reports say . Russians bombed it. Russia doesn’t want culture to even exist

❗️In the Obolonskyi district of Kyiv, a direct hit on a 9-story residential building, — KMVA. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, 5 hits on civilian infrastructure in less than 30 minutes. A market and a grocery store are on fire.

🔴A Russian double-tap strike on a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv killed five Ukrainian rescue workers and injured five more. united24media.com/war-in-ukrai...

In the first photo, I circled the main church. It's the one that's burning now...

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The Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra is on fire…. after russians massive missile and drone attack on Ukraine, which is still ongoing! Inhumans who have nothing sacred... All they can do is kill civilians and destroy buildings with a thousand-year history!

🤬 There are preliminary reports of fires caused by strikes on the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Waiting for confirmed information. This is a complex of historical monuments – churches dating back to the 11th century that are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

🤬 Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is on fire

⚡️ Russia struck one of the churches of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, causing a fire. Few things better capture the modern Russia: a state that claims to defend conservative, Orthodox, and “traditional” values, while striking a cathedral that dates back to the era of Kyivan Rus.

Im Zentrum von Kyjiw sind heftige Explosionen zu hören. Russland greift die ukrainische Hauptstadt unter anderem mit ballistischen Raketen an. Es ist eine weitere massive, kombinierte Angriffswelle, die Städte im ganzen Land trifft. Reiner Horror für Millionen Menschen.

🚨 BREAKING: Russia strikes residential buildings in Ukraine’s Kyiv. Russian missile attacks on June 15 struck residential apartment buildings across the capital’s Pecherskyi, Obolonskyi, and Solomianskyi districts, local officials say.

❗️Strike near the Senator business center in Kyiv ❗️Two floors of a high-rise building on Obolon in Kyiv collapsed. Two more collapses occurred in high-rise buildings on Pechersk and Solomiansky

Our investigations spanned six EU countries, as well as Sahel nations, to better understand how Russian-aligned influence operations have evolved since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Our interview with @afp.com and a recap of our findings below. 📽️ FactStory for AFP

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⛽️ The fuel crisis began to affect not only civilians, but also the Russian army. At one gas station in the Rostov region, Russians were refused permission to fill a barrel with gasoline for their own needs.

Zelensky said he held a long, detailed call with Trump on war, diplomacy, partner positions and paths to peace. He thanked the US for its support, said Trump raised Russia’s seizure of Crimea as the starting point of the war, and confirmed they agreed to meet in Europe soon. #Ukraine

a century ago, the russian empire's most dangerous indigenous critic learned firsthand that every Moscow peace deal is only a piece of paper. his memoir reads as if it were written this year endrussia.today/p/zeki-velid...

🤬 Terror continues: Russians drop 12 KABs on the market in Vasylkivka, Dnipropetrovsk region

🔥 DroneBomber: Over the past week, AFU hit all key land corridors between Kherson region and Crimea: 🔴Chonhar bridge (auto + railway); 🔴Bridge on Arabatskaya arrow (Henichesk); 🔴Perekop auto bridge — Armyansk; 🔴Bridge near Stavki; 🔴Two bridges over the North Crimean Canal (Preobrazhenka and Myrne).

"#Vienna is the capital of espionage,“ Dietmar Pichler told me. „#Austria has always been friendly towards Moscow — and that has created a kind of gateway for Russian propaganda and Russian influence, not only in the espionage sector but in the information sector too.“ fm4.orf.at/story/misinf...

🇪🇺🇨🇳 The EU confirms reports that China trained Russian troops, some of whom participated in the war against Ukraine, - Radio Liberty. The training took place in several locations within China. China will be a key topic during the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on June 15.

"We will open the cluster on fundamentals; the backbone of the accession process," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on June 12. "It covers the core values and principles on which the EU is built, from the rule of law to strong democratic institutions."

The EU will officially start accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova on June 15, Ursula von der Leyen says. All member states agreed to begin the first round of negotiations on fundamental issues including rule of law and democratic institutions.

⚡️Pay raises, fixed terms, and more foreigners: Ukraine announces landmark military service reforms. According to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's new monthly rate is the highest salary rate for infantry in the world.