Kyiv was subjected to an extended bombardment last night as Russia launched more than 300 Shahed drones at Ukraine. The blast wave from one drone in Kyiv damaged the 1,000-year-old St. Sophia Cathedral.
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❗️ As a result of the night strike, the St. Sophia Cathedral, which is under the protection of UNESCO, and the Odessa Film Studio were damaged. The cornice on the cathedral was destroyed by the blast wave, the Minister of Culture of Ukraine reported.
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— Shaun Pinner (@olddogua.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Sophia Cathedral, an XI century symbol of Ukraine was damaged by the Russian military attack last night. I remember the tragedy of Notre Dame fire as a tragedy of all the Europe. Sophia is of the same value to our shared history. Speak about Sophia today, mourn with us.
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— Viktoriia Grivina (@brams884.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Russia also bombed the coastal city of Odesa, including a film studio and a maternity hospital.
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During an overnight attack on #Ukraine, Russia struck the Odesa Film Studio
"Today,at around 1 am, the enemy struck the Odesa Film Studio one of the oldest in the world.Production buildings,costume,prop warehouses were damaged,some of the historic sets were destroyed,"the film studio said
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Odesa was also subjected to a horrific overnight bombardment. Reports indicate that several people were killed and others injured.
Among the damaged structures are a maternity hospital, an emergency medical station, a private medical clinic, a sports complex, a zoo, and the railway station building.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 6:06 AM
How big of a monster does a Russian commander have to be to be arrested for abusing his own troops?
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1/ Colonel Anton Necherda, the commander of a Russian Army regiment, is reported to have been arrested for a string of brutal crimes against his own men including extortion, beating, torture and murder. His own deputy, a lieutenant colonel, was allegedly one of his victims. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Russia is just two days of losses away from a million casualties.
The prisoner swap continues.
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Ukraine and Russia have conducted another prisoner exchange.
The Coordination Headquarters confirmed that among those freed today are defenders of Mariupol, who had spent over three years in captivity. In addition to soldiers and sergeants, officers were also successfully released.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Russian forces are blackmailing families of Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to the Coordination Headquarters for POW Affairs.
Spokesperson Petro Yatsenko reports unknown individuals impersonating Russian officials are pressuring families to take specific actions - an attempt to sow distrust.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) June 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hammer time.
Hell’s Angels getting sent to hell.
Tetkino, which is just across the border in the Kursk region, is under heavy assault by Ukraine.
Don’t pick it up!
NARRATOR: He picked it up.
Someone left the damn door open again.
Zelenskyy has had enough of Viktor Orban.
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🇭🇺‼️🇺🇦 Hungary is interested in the location of Ukraine's air defense, — Zelensky
🗣️ "How should we react to this during a war? I am not saying that Budapest has certain intentions, but if not, then for whom is it collecting information?."
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— MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Not surprising, but still shameful.
Recently released prisoners recount how Russians tortured them.
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1/ "I said to one of the detention center employees: "Not on the stomach, I have a shrapnel wound (after the terrorist attack in Olenivka)." He asked if my head was okay and started beating me there", - Oleksandr Verengov, Azov fighter. #UkrainianView
www.slidstvo.info/news/ukrains...
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— Tetїana △ (@tpspindel.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
2/ In Kamyshyn Detention Center #2, Ukrainian POWs were tortured: bones broken, legs smashed, stun guns used until they smelled “like fried meat.” At least 5 died. russian guards acted like sadists. This is what they endured.
4/ Above their cells, russians had a torture room. Every prisoner of war went through it. Every. Single. One.
5/ Ostap Zhydachevskyy remembers: Hands and feet tied.Wires on his fingers. They used a tapik (field phone) to electrocute him for 4 hours. Asking, “Which civilians did you kill?” Not allowing him to answer. Just shocks and blows.
6/ The bathhouse was another torture site. One minute to wash. Then beatings. Stun guns on wet skin. “You’d smell like fried chicken,” Oleksandr said. The guard enjoyed it.
Yesterday an Israeli official said that Israel had given Ukraine Patriot missiles. Today another Israeli official said no, they didn’t.
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⚡️ Israeli Foreign Ministry denies sending Patriot systems to Ukraine amid conflicting claims.
The denial contrasts with statements made by Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky, who said in a recent interview that Israel had agreed to transfer retired Patriot missile systems to Ukraine.
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— The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) June 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This is the guy Russia put in charge of the “peace” negotiations in Istanbul. Oreshnik is the ballistic missile that Russia is very proud of, but which seems to have a hard time getting far off the ground.
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Head of the Russian negotiation delegation Vladimir Medinsky: “Our people demand far tougher actions: ‘We need an Oreshnik [scorched-earth tactic] for Kyiv, for Lviv—enough talks!’ It’s very difficult for us in this regard,” he said, commenting on negotiations with Ukraine.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) June 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Serbia sadly has a long way to go before it can be integrated into Europe’s economy/security apparatus.
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1/ The predominant sentiment in Serbia is that all of our woes are caused by a vile conspiracy of Western imperialists and the domestic fifth column and that Serbia isn't the Greatest Place on Earth, happily stretching over territories far outside its present borders, only because...
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— Dejan Pantic (@dejanp.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
2/ only because...Americans and Europeans hate our guts and always put us down. But all we have to do is wait patiently, and keep those yucky liberal values and human rights out of our society, and one day, Russia and China will rise and crush the American hegemony along with Western hypocrisy…
3/... and decadence. Then we will get back Kosovo, Montenegro, Republika Srpska (large parts of Bosnia), Srpska Krajina (good portions of Croatia), maybe even Northern Macedonia, or even northern parts of Albania.
Yet another reason not to join the Russian army.
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1/ A Russian military doctor has spoken frankly in an interview about the atrocious state of Russian military medicine and the lack of medical training given to soldiers. Most of the wounded die, he says, and doctors themselves are treated as 'slaves' by the Russian military. ⬇️
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— ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
14/ A "catastrophically low level of medical training in the troops" is the leading cause of the loss of limbs. According to the Kalashnikov Center for Tactical Medicine, a third of amputations are due to improper tourniquet usage. Alexander comments:
15/ "An applied tourniquet or tourniquet is not a way to stop bleeding, it is a way to stop the blood supply to the limb." The safe time is an hour, and every 15 minutes the tourniquet must be loosened.
16/ "But with us, as often as not, a wounded person comes, and his arm is already purple. The tourniquet was applied two days ago, and it was never removed. Well, that's it - now it's time to cut."
17/ Soldiers are often not provided with medical kits and have to buy them at their own expense. Additionally, painkillers are often missing from aid kits because bored or addicted soldiers consume them as recreational drugs.
18/ As a result of all of these issues, battlefield mortality is very high. Alexander gives the example of a shell which explodes and strikes ten men with shrapnel, injuring all of them.
19/ One man dies immediately. Two more will die within half an hour from unsurvivable wounds. Three could be saved if given prompt treatment within an hour. This usually isn't possible due to the inability to carry out evacuations by helicopter.
20/ Of the five remaining, three have received immobilising injuries. They could be saved if given first aid by their comrades and evacuated within 4-5 hours. However, because of the constant threat of drones a timely evacuation is often not possible. So the immobilised die too.
21/ "Today, seriously wounded soldiers from assault units have no chance at all. They die in the grey zone, many commit suicide to get rid of suffering.
22/ "Only the very resilient and very lucky end up in hospitals – those who were able to return to their positions themselves or who were carried out, given first aid, and then quickly taken to the hospital."
This is how two Russian soldiers were treated for bronchitis.
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Russian servicemen from the 2nd Motorized Rifle Company of the 163rd Tank Regiment reportedly refused to take part in a suicidal “meat assault,” citing bronchitis.
Next time someone asks me, “Do you think there will be peace?” — this is what Russia does to its own soldiers. So no, I don’t.
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— Shaun Pinner (@olddogua.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This unfortunately is very true. It seems that the more drones Russia launches at civilian targets in Ukraine, the less coverage it seems to get and the less outrage outside of Ukraine it seems to generate.
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We’ve become basically desensitised to successive record breaking air attacks by Russia against Ukraine. “Russia launched almost 500 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian forces said on Monday.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/w...
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— Shashank Joshi (@shashj.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We’re going to have to work harder to be No. 1 again.
The irony? In Germany, Russian "cultural diplomacy" is alive and well — with Russian concerts, theater shows, and even a photo of a Russian soldier replacing the Soviet one at Berlin’s famous Checkpoint Charlie.
This poor cat just wants to hide from the explosions.
Rest in peace.
Audio on.
Shameful that the anthem wasn’t played for the team.
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🇺🇦 When the anthem mattered most, they sang it themselves.
At the Golden European Volleyball League match in Slovenia, the Ukrainian team waited—only to find their anthem wasn’t played. Instead of silence, they rose. A capella. By heart. With pride.👇
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— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) June 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And they went on to win in three straight sets.That's Ukraine: unbreakable, musical, victorious. 🎶💛💙
Life in Kharkiv.
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A volunteer friend of mine came to visit Kharkiv, unlucky enough to arrive just as russia unleashed 45 drones plus glide bombs, and missiles on our city on June 7th.
The next day, we walked through the park. It was full of people. hot summer Sunday, families bringing their children to
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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) June 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Hot summer Sunday, families bringing their children to ice cream cafes, cooling off by the fountains. After a night of unprecedented terror, life seemed to carry on as usual. As we walked, we talked about how hard it is to explain to outsiders that life doesn’t stop, even under relentless attack. How absurd it is when people say things like, “But you have time for Twitter during attacks” Then, two more explosions shook the city.
No one flinched. No one ran. No one screamed. Later, we learned it was an attack on the children's railroad. at least two people were killed, a dozen more injured. We just kept walking. The kids kept playing.
