⚡️BREAKING: Russia’s forces have entered the Obolon district in Kyiv, where the Ukrainian military is currently fighting them. Ukraine’s Defense Ministry ask residents not to leave their house and prepare Molotov cocktails. The district is approximately 10 km from central Kyiv.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 25, 2022
Live on the scene from Southeast Kyiv. This residential building suffered massive damage. Trying to gather facts on what happened. This is 15 minutes from where I live. pic.twitter.com/VzIkxXy0SX
— Terrell Jermaine Starr 🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸✊🏾 (@terrelljstarr) February 25, 2022
Breaking News: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine accused Russia of targeting civilian areas with rocket attacks. Ukrainian officials said there were multiple missile strikes in Kyiv, but the targets and damage remained unclear.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 25, 2022
Follow live updates. https://t.co/CF209JqNuE
President @ZelenskyyUa says he is staying in Ukraine. He says he has intel that he is Russia’s top target, and his family is target number 2 for Putin pic.twitter.com/pQcBEpV1b4
— Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) February 24, 2022
Ukrainians are a proud people and they have the will to fight for their country. Putin has miscalculated. The Ukrainian people will continue to resist Russia from now until the day Russia gets kicked out of Ukraine. And the US and our allies will continue to support Ukraine. https://t.co/hCtV4B2MRG
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 25, 2022
Today doesn't feel like it's gone as Putin wanted:
— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) February 24, 2022
* Ukrainian defence stronger than expected.
* Massive US/EU/UK sanctions for all major banks
* Stockmarket down 40%
* Protests across Russia (despite thousands of arrests)
* Finnish MPs pushing to join NATO
If true this would be a stunning development. Ukraine Minister of Defense claims to have re-secured the airport, seized by Russian Air Assault Forces—Russia’s elite military units–on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv. He added the fight continues. pic.twitter.com/6SpT7lhIn6
— Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) February 24, 2022
After one of my @CNN appearances, one of the anchors asked me off-air why I had confidence in Ukraine's army to push back agains the illegal Russian military onslaught.
— MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) February 25, 2022
I used a bit of "battlefield math" to explain my rationale. 1/16
Russian close are support striking a ground target right next to this house… a child screams… the family panicked and seeks cover. pic.twitter.com/HdVnHtvq6u
— Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) February 24, 2022
PHOTOS: Inside Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin ordered an operation to “demilitarize” the country https://t.co/QWrYq2uOre pic.twitter.com/DtgLWZGvxg
— Bloomberg (@business) February 25, 2022
London, 1940s. Kiev, Today. pic.twitter.com/vqyLH1nCU1
— Emily Parcell (@emilyparcell) February 25, 2022
Shock has to give way to resolve. Russia must pay. Its act of aggression must cost Putin so dearly that his ultimate failure stands as a reminder that the world rejects aggressive war—that it is a path to ruin and loss, not victory and greatness. https://t.co/IeHc5yz8Ti
— David French (@DavidAFrench) February 25, 2022
Vladimir Putin cannot tell his people that his army is fighting against their Ukrainian brothers and sisters who gained freedom. So he is telling them that Russia is at war with America, NATO and its proxies https://t.co/wB4o3hGu9x
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 25, 2022
The streets of several major cities across the globe transformed into seas of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags. Protesters are demanding action from their local leaders regarding the Russian invasion into Ukraine. https://t.co/iTmOSszxw9
— ABC News (@ABC) February 25, 2022
We are in downtown Moscow where hundreds are protesting against the Ukraine invasion. Arrests. A large police presence. It takes a special kind of bravery to protest in Putin’s Russia – especially on the day he sends his country to war. pic.twitter.com/zDJEEKU03m
— James Longman (@JamesAALongman) February 24, 2022
Pushkin Square, maybe less than 1000 meters from Red Square and the Kremlin, is the cite of a significant protest. These people know the risks of challenging the regime. They’re on the street in-spite of major personal costs. pic.twitter.com/bYEfbO91xG
— Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) February 24, 2022
Putin's war against Ukrainian freedom is also a war against Russian democracy. https://t.co/56K6vvOSZZ
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 25, 2022
Meanwhile…
GOP leaders, while condemning Russia, were silent on Donald Trump’s comments praising Vladimir Putin. Some on the right amplified them. https://t.co/UCyz1iAX9L
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 25, 2022
I'm old enough to remember when Jane Fonda visited North Vietnam and many voices on the Right called for her to be tried for treason. https://t.co/ndpRfVHt0J
— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) February 24, 2022
This Tucker Carlson quote favoring Russia over Ukraine is sad as well as outrageous. And it's not a fluke: A Yougov poll found that U.S. Republicans overall view Putin more favorably than they do Biden, Harris or Pelosi. https://t.co/mleCkxcjY7 https://t.co/oxFEg6k527
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) February 25, 2022
There's a horrible possibility that Putin himself watched Carlson's program – and misinterpreted the TV performances of Tucker and the Tuckerettes as real-world American public opinion, rather than the mirror reflection of Putin's own propaganda https://t.co/HhFLHD31GV
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 25, 2022
Spring harvest in China expected to be bad and Ukraine has been a major exporter of wheat. This is China helping itself as much as it is helping Russia.
— Rodney Faraon 方德 寜 (@rfaraon) February 25, 2022
President Joe Biden hit Russia with a wave of sanctions after Moscow invaded Ukraine. The measures impede Russia's ability to do business in major currencies along with sanctions against banks and state-owned enterprises https://t.co/ioieiugSAl pic.twitter.com/ypO6XFYyQ1
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 24, 2022
EU says "Putin must and will fail" as it agrees new sanctions https://t.co/a2sqsufoNC pic.twitter.com/Pa7x4KATWz
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 25, 2022
President Zelensky personally imploring Boris Johnson to impose tougher sanctions ⬇️ https://t.co/AaDTA29mEN
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) February 25, 2022
Today Boris Johnson said oligarchs in the UK will “have nowhere to hide”. On the same day Andrey Guryev, owner of Witanhurst (the largest mansion in London after Buckingham Palace), attended a solidarity meeting of oligarchs with Putin in the Kremlin. Pretty brazen. https://t.co/81QgLXJohS
— Miles Johnson (@MilesMJohnson) February 24, 2022
As Putin's wider invasion looms, @BorisJohnson's mixed messaging on sanctions suggests he simply hasn't done the legwork needed to crack down on the 'Londongrad laundromat'.
— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) February 23, 2022
Tonight's #WaughOnPolitics: https://t.co/qT0rKQvLEI
I spoke to a senior Russian executive who said the UK sanctions were the least impressive of the lot because they don't do anything to clean up the City of London.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 24, 2022
The executive likened it to "Columbia, Mexico, Argentina, and Afghanistan cutting Russia out of the drug trade." https://t.co/1WVzALRuOj
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