Watch "An excerpt from President Zelensky’s remarks at the news conference yesterday, when russia carried out terrorist attacks while the African leaders were in Kyiv." on Streamable.
@IPHR@truth_hounds@GlobalDiligence 2/ on 8/3/22, Ukraine's MoD identified that 2 BTGs under the 5th Separate Tank Brigade (Unit № 46108) of the 36th Combined Arms Army (Ulan-Ude, Buryatia) were present in Yasnohorodka, #Kyiv Obl, only 7km from Motyzhin and less than 20km from both Kopyliv and Severynivka.
Dozens of their own special forces were supposed to arrive in Kyiv with the president of the South African Republic for security and mass media but this plane was forced to get stuck in Poland, causing a scandal.
russian June 16 attack on #Kyiv Oblast conveying message to African delegation
"russian missiles are a message to #Africa ; russia wants more war, not peace," tweeted Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. He called the attack the largest on Kyiv "in weeks."
A substantial #Ukrainian force was pushing an assault against #Russian positions in the south on Thursday, in an intensification of fighting that some Ukrainian officials and western analysts said marked the start in earnest of #Kyiv’s much-vaunted #counteroffensive.
"A group of Nato countries may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine if member states including the US do not provide tangible security guarantees to #Kyiv at the alliances’s summit in Vilnius, the former Nato secretary general Anders Rasmussen has said."
"The attacks signal the approach of a pivotal point in the war. If the Ukrainian counteroffensive liberates a significant swath of territory and sets Russian forces back on their heels, it would offer hope of an early end to the conflict. Failure could doom Ukraine to a protracted gruelling struggle with no end in sight, and international pressure to cede territory."
"It is obvious how much is at stake for #Ukraine, politically and emotionally. But in Kyiv, the anxiety runs deeper than that. 'I know that when the counteroffensive starts, a lot of people I know will die,' a politician told the Guardian on Sunday."
"After a day of inspections of Kyiv shelters, the commission found that half of them are unfit for use or closed, writes the Minister of Strategic Industry Oleksandr Kamyshin.
According to him, the large number of open and suitable shelters is explained by the fact that on the first day shelters were checked in schools, kindergartens and hospitals, where "the situation is a little better than in general in the city."" - t.me/ukrinformcenter
‘We Hate Them Even More’ – Rage and Defiance in Kyiv as russia’s Attacks Increase
by Chris York, Denys Martynov
Night after night the people of #Kyiv have faced wave after wave of moscow’s missiles and drones, but say the kremlin’s attempts to demoralize them are actually having the opposite effect.
Intro
“We have only become angrier,” 63-year-old pensioner Alla tells Kyiv Post
There is no military reason for russia to attack #Kyiv. The Ukrainians do not have missiles that can fly from Kyiv to russia, or even from Kyiv to Donbas. #russia is not even claiming it as territory like they do #Donbas. This is solely to torture civilians as they try to sleep. It is 5 am there as I write this. #ukraine
[Video] An excerpt from President Zelensky’s remarks at the news conference yesterday, when russia carried out terrorist attacks while the African leaders were in Kyiv. (streamable.com)
Watch "An excerpt from President Zelensky’s remarks at the news conference yesterday, when russia carried out terrorist attacks while the African leaders were in Kyiv." on Streamable.
European officials support plan that could ease Ukraine’s move into NATO (www.politico.com)
President Joe Biden is open to waiving the Membership Action Plan for Kyiv, but the idea still faces stumbling blocks from other alliance members.
Russian forces face shortage of tanks as counteroffensive creeps forward (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine forces slowly pushing back Putin’s troops, claims Kyiv, aided by western hardware
The African delegation stated russian shelling of Kyiv was “disinformation and untruth” (ukrainefrontlines.com)
The South African delegation stated that today's shelling of Kyiv is "disinformation and untruth".
Protectors Who Were Supposed to Accompany South African President to Kyiv Remain Stuck in Poland (www.eurointegration.com.ua)
Dozens of their own special forces were supposed to arrive in Kyiv with the president of the South African Republic for security and mass media but this plane was forced to get stuck in Poland, causing a scandal.
Russia-Ukraine war live: explosions reported in Kyiv during visit of African leaders on peace mission (www.theguardian.com)
Rockets from Ukraine’s defence system launched to intercept Russian missiles heading to capital on Friday morning