#russianattacks

“Ukrainians save each other by sticking together – despite all the dark and cold brought by the enemy.” ~ @ukraine.ua 🇺🇦⚡️💙💛🫶🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . Because of Russian attacks, thousands of welcoming homes in Kyiv and Kharkiv have turned into traps without light and heating. The locals are seeking shelter in a variety of places – for instance, in resilience points… on wheels!

Ukrainian Railways have launched 6 resilience carriages in Kharkiv, as well as 2 in the Darnytskyi district of the capital, where the situation is particularly difficult after massive shelling. Inside, one can get warm and drink hot tea, find Internet connection and charge gadgets, entertain children and animals 🚆

Ukrainians save each other by sticking together – despite all the dark and cold brought by the enemy.

“President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared a state of emergency in the energy sector, with particular attention on Kyiv, which is reeling from Russian attacks that have left residents without power, heating, or water in subzero temperatures.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦❄️🥶💙💛❤️‍🩹😥🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared a state of emergency in the energy sector, with particular attention on Kyiv, which is reeling from Russian attacks that have left residents without power, heating, or water in subzero temperatures.

Zelensky said a task force will be set up in Kyiv to coordinate the response around the clock, adding that newly appointed Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal leading efforts to support citizens and communities under the emergency measures.

“The consequences of Russian strikes and worsening weather conditions are severe,” Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel.

The government will ramp up efforts with foreign partners to procure critical energy equipment, boost electricity imports, and secure additional support, the president said, while also streamlining rules to connect backup energy equipment to the grid during the state of emergency.

Zelensky also said that he had ordered a review of the midnight curfew — in place since martial law was implemented at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion — to allow people unlimited access to "invincibility points" set up across Kyiv that provide power and heat. The city is also planning to add more points.

The Education Ministry and local authorities are also expected to send proposals to the government on what format children will attend school during the state of emergency.

Russia has pounded Kyiv and the country with missiles and drones over the last few days, leaving around 70% of the capital without power on Jan. 13. While energy workers repair the damage, the icy temperatures are making it difficult, and replacement equipment is running out.

Photo: Yan Dobronosov; Andrew Kravchenko / Getty Images.

Swipe left on this photo at @mfa_ukraine to see more photos of how, while Russia seeks to break the spirit of Ukrainians, Odesa and its residents keep living and working. 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . Streets in Odesa left without power after Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. While Russia seeks to break the spirit of Ukrainians, Ukrainians have faced blackouts before – and continue to show remarkable resilience. Odesa and its residents keep living and working despite everything.

📸 Photos: @gimanov

With daily malevolent acts of terror and war crimes, Russia continues with impunity to make a mockery of concerted efforts by the President of the United States to achieve peace in Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . On the night of August 21, Russia attacked Ukraine with 614 aerial weapons, includind Shahed drones, Kinzhal and Iskander ballistic missiles, and Kalibr and Kh-101 cruise missiles. Ukraine’s air defense downed or suppressed 577 targets, but missiles and drones still struck 11 locations.

In Lviv, one person was killed and at least three were injured; homes and vehicles were damaged. In Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, Russia’s strike injured at least 15 people. Attacks also hit the Dnipro region, where one person was injured and enterprises and a gas pipeline were damaged. A strike on Zaporizhzhia damaged industrial sites and shattered windows in homes. Russia also attacked Cherkasy and Khmelnytskyi regions.

To strike an American-owned factory in Zakarpattia, Russia even used several cruise missiles. This was a civilian enterprise with U.S. investment, producing everyday items such as coffee machines. It was not the first Russian attack on American businesses in Ukraine – earlier this year, Russia also struck Boeing offices in Kyiv and other facilities.

Russia’s airstrikes have no military logic – only terror against civilians, businesses, and normal life. Bilateral Ukraine-Russia and trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia talks are crucial for diplomacy to work, as well as reliable security guarantees from the U.S. and European allies. Strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses remains urgent to stop Russia’s attacks.

Since Russia has by its words and actions confirmed it is not going to make any attempt to agree to a ceasefire in 49 days, the obvious question that arises is: “Why wait seven more weeks to impose stiffer sanctions?” 🇺🇦❓💙💛🤔🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Explosions rocked Ukrainian cities overnight on July 16 as Russia once again launched waves of drones and missiles across the country.

The attack comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin has 50 days to strike a peace deal or face stiff tariffs from Washington.

Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported hearing explosions and the sound of air defense units at work shortly before 1 a.m. local time on July 16.

Ukraine’s Air Force issued multiple alerts that waves of Russian drones were targeting the capital and other regions, including western oblasts far from the front lines. The Air Force also warned of the threat of ballistic missile strikes.

The northeastern city of Kharkiv came under intensive fire, with at least 17 explosions occurring in just 20 minutes, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

Read the full report at the link in bio.

Photo: State Emergency Service

Acting with impunity — exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action — and with the support of major countries as well as, surprisingly, even major American companies, Putin continues to sink to deeper depths of heinous barbaric inhumane depravity. 🇺🇦💔💙💛😢🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost . . . Russia continues to inflict massive strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure. A Russian ballistic missile damaged the ship ‘Optima’, which was sailing under the flag of Palau. It arrived for loading on 7 October and was hit by a Russian strike a few hours later. According to Oleksiy Kuleba, the Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, one person was killed, and five more crew members, who were foreign citizens, were injured.

This is the second civilian cargo ship to suffer from the Russian Federation in the last two days. Before that, on the night of 6 October, the Russians damaged the ship ‘Paresa’ under the flag of St. Kitts and Nevis near one of the berths in the Southern seaport. About 6,000 tons of Ukrainian corn were supposed to be exported.

‘This is a purposeful practice of intimidation and obstruction of the work of the Ukrainian Maritime Corridor. In this way, the aggressor is trying to destroy once again shipping in the Black Sea and undermine Ukrainian efforts to guarantee food security,’ Oleksiy Kuleba notes.

Ukraine suffered the onslaught of more gruesome devastating Russian attacks on September 4. 🇺🇦😢💔💙💛❤️‍🩹😢🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . At least seven civilians were killed and 64 injured in Lviv in the early hours of Sept. 4 amid Russia’s attack against Ukraine, regional authorities reported. Children were among the casualties.

Several explosions were heard in the city amid a nationwide air raid alert as Russia launched drones and missiles against the country. Multiple casualties were reported also in Kryvyi Rih.

Explosions were heard in other cities overnight, including Kyiv, Sumy, Lutsk, and Rivne.

Initial reports said that three children were among the killed, but the latest updates confirmed a single 7-year-old girl among the fatalities. The girl, Emilia Bazylevych, was killed in her home along with her 43-year-old mother, Yevhenia, and two sisters, 21-year-old Yaryna and 18-year-old Daryna.

Only their father, Yaroslav, survived the attack, according to Mayor Andrii Sadovyi.

The other killed victims included a 52-year-old woman and two men aged 54 and 55.

There are eight children among the wounded, including a 10-year-old boy. Some 47 people have been hospitalized as a result of the attack, of whom seven are in critical condition, Governor Maksym Kozytskyi reported earlier during the day.

Read the full report at the link in bio.

Photo: Maria Derhachova/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

“Ukraine needs the necessary forces and means to destroy the carriers of these bombs.” ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦💔💙💛😢🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost . . . Russia has used more than 800 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine this week alone, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 30.

Guided aerial bombs are precision-guided munitions that have a shorter range than missiles, but are far cheaper to produce. The weapons are launched from aircraft within Russian territory, outside the range of Ukrainian air defense.

Civilian casualties from guided aerial bomb attacks are often reported in areas close to the Russian border, such as Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Sumy oblasts.

“Ukraine needs the necessary forces and means to destroy the carriers of these bombs, in particular, Russian combat aircraft where they are,” Zelensky said.

“Long-range strikes and modern air defense are the basis for stopping the daily Russian terror,” he said, thanking “all partners who understand this.”

Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on May 25 that Russia has dropped nearly 10,000 guided bombs on Ukraine since the start of 2024.

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