Azimat

11:28 pm in #Kyiv Updates on a russian missile attack on Odesa. 4 people were killed, and 32 people were injured, among them 2 children. Did your media cover Odesa today?

5:47 pm in #Kyiv I am on the territory of St Sophia Cathedral. I forgot that on Monday you can only walk on the territory and cannot visit the cathedral, and other buildings here. But I had such a great walk, took many photos and impressions. At last, you rarely find in any book, what to do on Mondays on the territory of St Sophia Cathedral. You will do it in mine 🙈 You can see St Sophia Cathedral in the video starting from 2:32 to 3:00 minutes. The interior of the cathedral has remained almost unchanged since the 11th century, when it was built. I will show you the interior some other day (I have already done it earlier, but maybe you missed it).

11:54 pm in #Kyiv If you miss this girl. Victory (still a cat) is here with her night greetings. She is incredibly cute, and it seems she knows about it 😅 (especially in the super early morning when she wakes me up with that angelic look). Night-night. See you in the morning.

10:12 am in #Kyiv Morning from Ukraine! The night was calm in Kyiv. I wish the nights and days were calm all over Ukraine. I had my morning #warcoffee and am ready to live life. Today's piece of Ukrainian art: Hanna Art, Ukrainian strength, power, beauty, 2023 Ukraine has many talents. I am happy to have a chance to show them to you. putin made a strategic mistake by starting this war. He wanted to ruin Ukraine, but he united us.

9:57 am in #Kyiv Morning from Ukraine! The night was with drones. As I read, Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast were attacked with 15 Shahed drones overnight. All of them were down on the approach to the capital. So I had a good sleep. Mood? I managed to have some rest yesterday. It seems that even I sometimes need short breaks. If everything is calm, I would like to attend a lecture (in the evening) on the art of Kyiv in the 11th century. The lecture will be held at the National Art Museum of Kyiv, which is the oldest museum in Ukraine, founded in 1899. Sometimes I am not sure if you need my cultural journey. But I continue it because Ukraine deserves to be heard and discovered by the world. Today's piece of Ukrainian art: Margit Selska, Dzembron still life, 1965 (for you: Dzembronski waterfalls - a waterfall cascade in the Ukrainian Carpathians)

10:23 pm in #Kyiv Today, I felt an enormous support. I am not alone. I have you ♥️. Ukraine stands!

10:16 am in #Kyiv Morning from Ukraine! The night was calm in Kyiv. I share with you my today’s view from the window. When the full-scale invasion began, I used to post pictures from my window. Perhaps it was my message to the world that we are still here, and Kyiv is still standing. February 24, 2022, has been the longest day of my life so far, and it's not over yet.

4:28 pm in #Kyiv At last some good news from the US (I know there is a hard road ahead with this aid bill). Spring is coming. Soon. Soon.

10:48 am in #Kyiv Morning from Ukraine! The night was calm in Kyiv. Again, the russian forces attacked Kherson and settlements in Kharkiv Oblast in the late evening and at night. It is a grey and rainy morning here. Once, I said that grey is also a colour (okay, just not very bright). I had #warcoffee and am ready to live life whatever colour it may be. Have a nice and successful new week. Today's piece of Ukrainian art: Petro Kholodnyi, A girl and a peacock, 1915.

11:07 pm in #Kyiv Have you noticed, too, that something is going on with X/Twitter? Very low activity. Okay, I brought you the latest news from Ukraine, anyway. It is #warcoffeedaily, February 2, 2024: Attacks on civilians and infrastructure Kherson: In the afternoon, the russians bombarded the central part of Kherson, injuring a 73-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. A three-storey building was partially destroyed, and neighbouring houses were also damaged. Kherson Oblast: the village of Inhulets was attacked twice today. A 59-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were injured. International support Lithuania has delivered another batch of military assistance to Ukraine, including remote detonation systems and ammunition for anti-tank grenade launchers. Today, the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, voted for the 2024 budget with strict debt limits and the abolition of agricultural subsidies, which farmers had opposed. The document includes almost €8 billion in military aid to Ukraine, which was announced last year. Ukrainian children abducted by russia I was asked recently about Ukrainian children being abducted by russia. Today, I read that four children under the age of 16 have been rescued from the russian-occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts. The youngest is not even a year old. It was reported as of December 2023, Ukraine had managed to bring back 387 children from russia. The total number of abductees is 20,000. Also, Canada and Ukraine will form an international coalition to help bring back children who have been forcibly taken from occupied territories to other occupied regions or russia. Damage to culture russian forces struck the nationally significant 18th-century historical site of Kamianska Sich in Kherson Oblast with three powerful hits.

10:35 pm in #Kyiv Thursday. And I brought you the latest news from Ukraine. I share what I read in local media, government officials and international think tanks. It is #warcoffeedaily, January 25, 2024: New nuclear reactors Ukraine plans to commence the construction of four new nuclear reactors in the summer or fall of 2024, seeking to compensate for lost energy capacity. All four reactors will be built at the Khmelnytskyi Nuclear Power Plant. Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko commented for Reuters. The Il-76 crash What's new today: - Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has stated that the Il-76 plane that crashed in russia’s Belgorod Oblast yesterday was supposed to carry russian officials on board. Still, at the last minute, the FSB forbade them to board. - Ukraine has received no evidence indicating that a large number of prisoners of war were onboard the Il-76, said Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights. - The Security Service of Ukraine has opened a criminal investigation into the downing of the Il-76. - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the crash. It will take place at midnight on January 26, Kyiv time. - The Institute for the Study of War: russian information space actors are seizing on the Il-76 crash to sow domestic discontent in Ukraine and undermine Western will to continue giving military support to Ukraine. International support The European Commission and Lithuania are allocating 15,5 million euros to build bomb shelters for Ukrainian schools. I don't know if it helps (what it changes) On January 31, the United Nations International Court of Justice will announce its decision on Ukraine's lawsuit against russia regarding Crimea and Donbas. And I have a question for our US community. Do you really support Trump? (I have read about the Reuters/Ipsos poll, where 40% voted for Trump)

3:20 pm in #Kyiv This is the second air raid alert for today. The first one was without launches. Probably, our Day of Unity bothers russians. Okay, I hope no launches, too.

We should think about our children and grandchildren…

I have read about these NATO exercises earlier.

Thank you so much for doing it 🫂