Infopia @plottace

💔 Nikopol. Absolute barbarism. A russian drone murdered an entire family in a deliberate strike on a city street. Three civilians were killed. One of the victims was a person in a wheelchair. This is deliberate terror. This must not be normalized.

It is important that the world does not remain silent in response to this latest act of Russian barbarism. This strike on the Lavra is an attack on the Christian community and on the cultural heritage of humanity. There can be no justification for this or for any other similar Russian attacks. What is needed is more cooperation to stop Russia’s war and stronger protection to save lives from Russia.

Митрополит Епіфаній @Epifaniy

a week ago

Внаслідок російського обстрілу, який відбувається зараз, вночі 15 червня, горить дах одного з найбільш святих місць християнського світу - Успенського собору Печерської лаври у Києві. Просимо про молитву за врятування святині від знищення. Черговий російський злочин проти

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I just watched priests trying to save crucifixes from a burning monastery. This is what russia is destroying. The Kyiv Lavra is one of the holiest Orthodox sites on earth. A UNESCO World Heritage site. Moscow calls itself “Christian civilisation.” It’s literally barbarism.

Before and after Russia’s attack on the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The UNESCO World Heritage site, which dates back to the 11th century, was damaged in Russia’s overnight strike. Fire broke out in one of the most sacred places of Christianity. Missiles and drones do not strike cultural heritage sites on their own – this is a deliberate barbarity by Russia. This attack must be strongly condemned by the international community. Russia must be held accountable.

The National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO strongly condemns yet another Russian strike that has damaged the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage site, a cultural property under Enhanced Protection pursuant to the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its 1999 Second Protocol, a sacred site of Ukraine, and an invaluable part of the cultural heritage of humanity. We also strongly condemn the attacks in Kyiv on the "Mystetskyi Arsenal" National Cultural and Art and Museum Complex, the National Palace of Arts Ukraina, and the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, as well as the attacks on the Dnipro House of Organ and Chamber Music and the Kharkiv Art Museum. We are outraged by the shelling of the National Dovzhenko Film Studios, which resulted in the destruction of Ukraine’s oldest costume collection. Russia has once again demonstrated its complete disregard for human life, international law, and the values that unite the civilized world. By destroying Ukraine’s cultural heritage, the aggressor seeks to erase historical memory and inflicts damage upon the heritage of all humankind. ❗️ We call on the international community to stop tolerating these crimes, to increase political, economic, and legal pressure on the aggressor state, and to take decisive measures to bring Russia’s aggression to an end as soon as possible. ‼️ We demand a firm and unequivocal response from the leadership of the UNESCO Secretariat and the use of the mechanisms available to the UNESCO Executive Board, the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, and the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. We expect the prompt deployment of UNESCO experts to the targeted cultural heritage sites to document the damage and provide an objective and impartial assessment of the consequences of yet another cynical Russian crime. Impunity breeds new crimes. The terrorist state must be held accountable. Russia bears full responsibility for grave crimes against culture and should not have a voice  within UNESCO. ❗️ We call on all countries to work towards preventing Russia’s participation in UNESCO’s key governing bodies.

We can't have Russian citizens enjoying the freedoms of European life while the Kremlin continues its missile attacks against Ukrainian families and cities. Together with Sweden, we call on the Commission and Member States to uphold a stricter visa policy for Russian applicants.

Today marks 85 years since the first Soviet mass deportations in Estonia. More than 10,000 people torn from their homes. 7,000 of them women, children, and the elderly. We will never forget the innocent lives shattered and lost. We will stand for our freedom. #NeverAloneAgain

Unfortunately, utilizing a conduit among friendly nations, Russia has once again revived its long-discredited claims about alleged biological weapons programs in Ukraine. Ukraine fully complies with its obligations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and has never developed, produced, or stockpiled biological weapons. Cooperation with international partners, including the United States, has focused on public health, disease monitoring, laboratory diagnostics, and biosafety measures that are standard practice around the world. These accusations have already been examined through international mechanisms, including consultations under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention and discussions at the UN Security Council. No evidence was ever presented to support Russia's claims. The facts are clear. Ukraine's biosafety programs are civilian, transparent, and consistent with international law. Recycled propaganda does not change that reality.

This is not World War II footage. This is Toretsk, Ukraine — and it’s not as far away as you think. A city that once had over 30,000 residents. Now almost completely erased. There is no excuse for this. None.

Russian strike on an ambulance in Kherson today. Russia is systematically tearing Kherson apart, committing one war crime after another. The city is in a desperate, critical situation‼️‼️

Most people completely underestimate the insane, inhumane scale of the war in Ukraine. According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, the siege of Mariupol alone saw between 27,000 and 88,000 deaths in only three (3!) months. Read that again and let it sink in

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One of the most terrible things we will have to face in the future is learning, one way or another, how many people died in Mariupol in the spring of 2022, when Russia was leveling the city to the ground along with its inhabitants. Among them were my former classmate and the father of a good friend of mine. And how many more remain unknown to us, lying in the vast anonymous mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol, visible even in satellite images.

Joni Askola @joni_askola

3 weeks ago

Most people completely underestimate the insane, inhumane scale of the war in Ukraine. According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, the siege of Mariupol alone saw between 27,000 and 88,000 deaths in only three (3!) months. Read that again and let it sink in

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine firmly rejects the latest unfounded accusations by the Russian Federation regarding the alleged "attack by Ukraine" on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, disseminated on May 30 by representatives of the Russian state corporation "Rosatom." The Russian accusations have also been officially refuted by the Defense Forces of Ukraine. We consider these statements as yet another information operation by the occupying state, aimed at diverting the international community's attention from the only real source of nuclear danger at the Zaporizhzhia NPP – the illegal Russian occupation of the station. As always, Russian accusations lack logic: it is unclear why Ukraine would strike its own nuclear power plant located on its own territory, which it itself seeks to regain under its sovereign control. Russian propaganda is trying to promote the absurd notion again and again: the state that is defending its territory is supposedly attacking its own nuclear facilities, while the state that has occupied them is acting as their "protector." The very fact that it is necessary to repeat this thesis already indicates its untenability. The Russian Federation has been refusing for years to provide full and unrestricted access to international experts to all areas of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. In particular, throughout the entire time of the IAEA mission at the station, international experts were not granted access to the western parts of the turbine halls of the power units. The Russian side also systematically restricted access to other facilities and premises of the station under various pretexts. A state that does not allow international inspectors into certain areas of the occupied nuclear facility today demands the world to trust its own reports about events at the same facility. Ukraine draws the attention of the IAEA member states to an obvious pattern: practically before every meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors, the Russian Federation launches a new wave of information manipulation around the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The details, pretexts, and wording change, but the goal remains the same – to divert the international community's attention from the illegal occupation of the station, the systematic limitation of the IAEA's activities, Russia's violation of international law, and the fact that the Russian military presence at the ZNPP remains the main threat to nuclear safety. The current provocation occurs on the eve of the June session of the IAEA Board of Governors, during which member countries will consider the Agency's Annual Report for 2025 and the Director General's Report on the Application of Safeguards. For Russia, these documents pose a serious political problem. They will reiterate what Moscow has been unsuccessfully trying to change for the fourth year in a row: the IAEA does not recognize any Russian claims on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; the IAEA does not recognize any Russian jurisdiction over Ukrainian nuclear facilities located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine; the Agency continues to assert that the ZNPP is a Ukrainian nuclear facility under illegal Russian occupation. The same applies to other Ukrainian nuclear facilities in temporarily occupied territories, including those in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in particular the Sevastopol research reactor and the subcritical nuclear assembly to which Russia unsuccessfully attempts to extend its illegal claims. No information campaign will change the main fact: the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was, is, and will remain a Ukrainian nuclear power station. We specifically address the member countries of the IAEA Board of Governors. For many years, the international community has responded to Russian nuclear provocations with statements of concern, calls for restraint, and diplomatic formulas. Russia responds to concern with new provocations, to calls for restraint – new violations, to diplomatic signals – further escalation. Ukraine calls on the 34 members of the IAEA Board of Governors to respond to the actions of the Russian Federation not only in statements but also in decisions. For many years, Russia has enjoyed the privileges and authority granted by membership in the Agency's governing bodies, while simultaneously grossly violating fundamental principles of nuclear safety, occupying the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, obstructing the work of international inspectors, and using nuclear facilities as instruments of military and political pressure. Today, the members of the IAEA Board of Governors have the opportunity to demonstrate that this behavior cannot go unpunished. We call on the members of the Council not to support granting the Russian Federation a seat on the IAEA Board of Governors at their June session.

The decision has been made. 37 states officially approved the agreement necessary to establish the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine and move it towards operation in The Hague. This is a milestone for international justice. The Tribunal is built on a principle established after the Second World War: those who unleash wars of aggression bear personal responsibility for that decision. Russia’s war against Ukraine did not happen by itself. It was planned, authorised and executed by specific individuals. They must be held accountable. Because lasting peace is impossible without justice – and aggression must never remain without consequences.

A Kherson resident I know shared this photo: "Artillery just hit our neighborhood. One shell hit a playground. A family I knew well was there. The father of four was killed. The mother and youngest daughter are hospitalized, in critical condition." Russians do this. Every day.

Look, world. Please look. This is Kyiv today after another russian attаck

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Show this video to everyone who says that Russia protects Christianity.

Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme

4 weeks ago

Russians continue to bomb evangelical churches in Ukraine. This time in the city of Balakliya, Kharkiv region, the Church "Light of the Gospel.”

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Several Russian missiles completely destroyed the market in Lukyanivka. A massive fire. Another targeted war crime.

It is totally unacceptable that a clearly marked UN vehicle was hit by Russian drones in #Kherson yesterday. Civilians and humanitarian workers are #NotATarget, and must be protected, not attacked. Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine must stop.

OCHA Ukraine @OCHA_Ukraine

a month ago

Today, delivering aid to people in severe need of assistance and under constant attack in #Kherson, a clearly marked @UN vehicle was struck by a drone. Over 200 civilians, mostly older people, remain there. More from the Head of @UNOCHA in Ukraine, who accompanied the convoy⬇️

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Russian Z-propaganda bloggers are publishing footage of russian drone operators targeting UN mission vehicles in Kherson, literally documenting their own war crimes.