Lots of horrific developments overnight...Posting below in order.
Lots of horrific developments overnight...Posting below in order.
A loud bang heard in Kyiv downtown just now.
— olexander scherba?? (@olex_scherba) October 10, 2022
We've been hit in Kyiv.
— Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) October 10, 2022
Attack on city center.
It's bad.
Series of massive explosions in Kyiv. Woke my wife and I up and we ran from bed to the bomb shelter. Nothing this intense in Kyiv for months.
— Nolan Peterson (@nolanwpeterson) October 10, 2022
Kyiv was reportedly targeted by Russian strikes this morning, multiple explosions were seen. pic.twitter.com/BC3VCWgiIJ
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 10, 2022
More footage in Dnipro pic.twitter.com/WGTjf7uuJm
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 10, 2022
Kyiv Mayor @Vitaliy_Klychko writes on Telegram: “Several explosions in the Shevchenko district, in the center of the capital.“ Reports of several loud explosions and photos now circulating on Telegram of black smoke rising over Kyiv.
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 10, 2022
On scene of the Kyiv attack.
— Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) October 10, 2022
It's horrific.
Multiple casualties.
Missile attacks in central Kyiv. Reports say Hrushevsky monument on Volodymrska hit. That appears to be deliberate target: a symbol of Ukrainian culture. And the street (tho a bit further down) of HQ of Ukrainian security services pic.twitter.com/Xl5sa7qgHI
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) October 10, 2022
A series of explosions in downtown #Kyiv this morning. Thanks to the quick reaction of the security staff, my team and I were rapidly transferred to the hotel shelter. We are safe and waiting for updates. #UkraineRussianWar pic.twitter.com/QtWwCwCqr6
— Didier Reynders (@dreynders) October 10, 2022
Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Obuhiv, Khmelnytskyi — all cities where explosions have been reported in the last 30 minutes.
— Anastasiia Lapatina (@lapatina_) October 10, 2022
Breaking news!
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 10, 2022
Center of Kyiv attacked by kamikaze drones.
We've been HIT AGAIN On Kyiv.
— Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) October 10, 2022
This is now 5 different locations.
Saturday: Russia appoints Sergei Surovikin, the man who destroyed Aleppo, commander of its invasion forces
— max seddon (@maxseddon) October 10, 2022
Monday: Russia hits downtown Kyiv in airstrikes for the first time since the war began https://t.co/WeV93d2BQE
#BREAKING Explosions reported in Lviv, Western #Ukraine, as #Russia carries a massive attack across the country
— Guy Elster (@guyelster) October 10, 2022
The attacks on Kyiv are unacceptable. Russian agression must stop. I spoke to our Ambassador to Ukraine, @LGaladza. We are monitoring the situation closely.
— Mélanie Joly (@melaniejoly) October 10, 2022
More arrivals in #Kyiv pic.twitter.com/wDIMKpLABI
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) October 10, 2022
A playground was also hit in Taras Shevchenko Park https://t.co/BExhrmPKi2
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 10, 2022
Shevchenko Park in central Kyiv now. Probably the city’s busiest park, usually packed with people and street musicians pic.twitter.com/9kIS4rBiKq
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) October 10, 2022
Two heavy hits really close to where I am now.
— Illia Ponomarenko ?? (@IAPonomarenko) October 10, 2022
Stupid evil spitting its hatred upon a peaceful beautiful city.
Biggest explosion yet in Kyiv. They are destroying the city.
— Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) October 10, 2022
More explosions in Kyiv just now. All this during rush hour, after the school day began. Reports of multiple deaths, Shevchenko Park in the city center was hit.
— Nolan Peterson (@nolanwpeterson) October 10, 2022
This is straight out of Putin’s playbook. Indiscriminate retaliatory killing of civilians with no military objective. He just wants everyone to to know he’s a sadistic brutal beast https://t.co/FHOqbSorvv
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) October 10, 2022
Apocalyptic scenes in Dnipro. Also reports of explosions in Kremenchuk, Kropyvnytskyi and Poltava province. pic.twitter.com/wA7bDva4U4
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) October 10, 2022
Multiple strikes in central Kyiv and across Ukraine this morning. Russia escalates its barrage of attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
— Ambassador Bridget A. Brink (@USAmbKyiv) October 10, 2022
Zelensky: “The air alarm does not subside throughout Ukraine. There are missiles striking. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded. Please do not leave shelters. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. Let's hold on and be strong.”
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 10, 2022
In the Shevchenkiv district of Kyiv, eight people were killed and another 24 civilians were injured as a result of a rocket attack on Monday, Rostyslav Smirnov, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, said.???
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) October 10, 2022
At the site of one of the missile strikes. Many people didn’t make it out of these cars. No possible military targets in the area - I know it well pic.twitter.com/Q2izvhS7Xi
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) October 10, 2022
Mikolayev gov. Vitaly Kim says a second wave of Tu-95 bombers in bound to the launch line near Astrakhan. More strikes coming pic.twitter.com/5L8xqywV5a
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) October 10, 2022
One of the missiles exploded into the playground in Shevchenko Park. Any later in the day and it would have been filled with families and children. I pass here almost every day and it’s packed with happy kids playing. This goal of this can only be to terrorize and kill. https://t.co/X1JIMYWXCS
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 10, 2022
A missile just landed next to a large civil building. A Ukrainian friend on the ground with me says it’s the headquarters of Samsung in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/DIzsmN7y8n
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) October 10, 2022
The cute tourist “Klitschko bridge” in Kyiv under bombardment.
— olexander scherba?? (@olex_scherba) October 10, 2022
Putin, seriously, this is your answer for #CrimeanBridge? How desperate are you, asshole?#RussiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/WAQt52LG3Y
Kyiv, Lviv, Kropyvnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Dnipro, Ternopil, Kremenchuk, Rivne, Vinnytsia and other places on Ukraine is under attack pic.twitter.com/0bAf69FSCj
— Alexander Khrebet/Олександр Хребет (@AlexKhrebet) October 10, 2022
Dnipro now #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/1rtqmNK5fT
— Mariana Betsa (@Mariana_Betsa) October 10, 2022
3rd wave of Russian attack: 47 missiles approaching Ukraine - Mykolaiv Oblast Head Vitalii Kim https://t.co/gOYZVMoRjD
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) October 10, 2022
I think some people are coming to the realization that these Russian missiles arent missing, but were aimed at civilian areas in the first place.
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 10, 2022
Hits on #Kyiv city centre. ?? staff ok. My thoughts right now with those injured. Huge thankfulness for ?? first responders.
— Melinda Simmons (@MelSimmonsFCDO) October 10, 2022
48 Iranian Kamikaze drones launched from Belarus 15 minutes ago, likely headed to Kyiv.
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) October 10, 2022
One of the explosions of a Russian rocket in Kyiv this morning happened 800 meters from the office of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Russia destroys peaceful cities and kills civilians. @EFJEUROPE @IFJGlobal pic.twitter.com/4BAv11yPDT
— Sergiy Tomilenko (@Stommedia) October 10, 2022
Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadoviy says Russian missiles struck critical infrastructure in western Ukrainian city. Power is out in some places, as is hot water. City crews working to get things up & running. Backup generators are pumping water to some places. 1/3 traffic lights don't work https://t.co/RaNXthXnwy
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 10, 2022
Before this wave of attack even ends, it is clear that this is the largest attack against civilian targets since the war began… So far we are looking at over 50 rockets plus suicide drones on multiple cities. The latter were launched from Belarus, according to ?? officials.
— Mattia Nelles (@mattia_n) October 10, 2022
Kyiv thermal powerplant reportedly hit. pic.twitter.com/QbHn6GILa3
— NOËL ?? ?? (@NOELreports) October 10, 2022
Two museums, a pedestrian bridge, a philharmonic, an office building, a children's playground – this is not a complete list of “important military targets” that Russia has struck with missiles in Kyiv this morning.
— Taras (@tarasmi) October 10, 2022
For all those who know us and worry about us, please know that @CanEmbUkraine staff — Canadians and local — are safe and accounted for. On this ?? #Thanksgiving we are grateful for those who work hard to keep us safe.
— Larisa Galadza - Лариса Ґаладза (@LGaladza) October 10, 2022
Країна-терорист?? завдає ракетних та авіаційних ударів по території??, застосовує ударні БПЛА.
— Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (@CinC_AFU) October 10, 2022
Зранку випущено вже 75 ракет. 41 з них знешкоджено нашою ППО.
ЗСУ роблять все можливе, щоб захистити співгромадян.
Однак ворожа атака триває.
Закликаю всіх знаходитися в укриттях!
This morning, Russia launched 75 missiles, 41 of them were neutralized by Ukrainian air defenses - Comander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) October 10, 2022
The aftermath of a Russian missile strike on the headquarters of Ukraine's private energy company DTEK located in Kyiv on the morning of Oct. 10.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) October 10, 2022
?Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty pic.twitter.com/GYSJ1gp4Ry
US Embassy Kyiv has sent out this email to Americans in Ukraine: "The U.S. Embassy urges US citizens to shelter in place and depart Ukraine now using privately available ground transportation options when it is safe to do so." pic.twitter.com/75dvhNOLXZ
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) October 10, 2022
"There's the response for you," RT's Margarita Simonyan writes https://t.co/tSFUMMocdW
— max seddon (@maxseddon) October 10, 2022
Fresh rocket attack in Lviv. People standing around recording on their phones and calling panicked relatives. pic.twitter.com/15xqJmDTdy
— Matthew Luxmoore (@mjluxmoore) October 10, 2022
⚡️ 83 missiles have already been launched in Ukraine, 43 of them were shot down, - Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar.
— FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) October 10, 2022
? Follow @Flash_news_ua pic.twitter.com/2AYTPI33fP
Three cruise missiles launched on Ukraine this morning from Russian ships in the Black Sea crossed Moldova's airspace.
— Nicu Popescu (@nicupopescu) October 10, 2022
I instructed that Russia's ambassador be summoned to provide an explanation.