Updates from Ukraine
⚡️Zelensky: 'Ukraine only has 10% of air defense it needs.'
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) October 13, 2022
"We are fighting a large state that has a large amount of equipment and missiles," President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Oct. 13.
EXCLUSIVE
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) October 13, 2022
Propaganda is an essential weapon in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Peter Pomerantsev, perhaps the world’s foremost authority on the state of #Russian #propaganda today, gave Kyiv Post an exclusive interview. https://t.co/Nh0WnFlQQU
Rebuilding Ukraine
Before the war, Burianova says, young people “would never come to these villages. But now we all take care of each other”. https://t.co/CMZffUguJX
— Michael Deibert (@michaelcdeibert) October 13, 2022
International Opinions
Russia says it will help evacuate residents from occupied Kherson, the latest indication its forces are struggling in the face of Ukraine's advances https://t.co/4TJXxKXa3K
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 13, 2022
Ukrainian families are bracing for a harsh winter after Russian missiles and drones rained on cities across Ukraine this week, hitting power plants and electricity stations and damaging around 30% of the country's energy infrastructure https://t.co/mEWATnXKow pic.twitter.com/LiNERj2M5P
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 14, 2022
Outraged over Russia’s recent strikes on civilian infrastructure targets, NATO countries and other nations are vowing to boost support for Ukrainian forces, focusing in particular on the advanced air defense systems at the top of Kyiv’s wish list. https://t.co/tFFpn291k9
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 13, 2022
An @AP investigation found that officials have deported Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-held territories without consent, lied to them that they were not wanted by their parents, used them for propaganda and given them Russian citizenship. https://t.co/eJwnGkH5Ce
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 13, 2022
Correcting Misinformation
#Russia has seemingly intensified its information operation to falsely portray #Ukraine as a terrorist state, likely to set information conditions to counter efforts to designate Russia as a terrorist state. https://t.co/uGbC5oOcbf pic.twitter.com/ZC9Gn1ajGN
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) October 13, 2022
Claims of preparations for alleged & subversive Ukrainian activity in Russia align with a wider effort to deflect Ukrainian attempts to formally designate Russia a terrorist state, especially in the wake of massive attacks on critical Ukrainian infrastructure & residential areas. https://t.co/RKSPRtSK0G
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) October 13, 2022
Other
Russian military experts say that the faster they finish their invasion of Ukraine, the better their negotiating position with the U.S. will be. Their solution: carpet bombing Ukraine until it is "paralyzed." So much for their initial pretense of "liberating a brotherly nation." pic.twitter.com/NceclKwtmU
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 13, 2022