Updates from Ukraine
Desperate Putin has threatened to increase attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Is Ukraine ready?https://t.co/CC8XKr4YbY
— Business Ukraine mag (@Biz_Ukraine_Mag) September 27, 2022
Life in Ukraine: four strikes on critical infrastructure, electricity goes out but the waiter still comes up to the table to settle the bill. Another patron continued eating his steak using his iPhone flashlight. Life goes on.
— Mari Saito (@saitomri) September 27, 2022
#Kharkiv is heavily shelled. Railway infrastructure damaged. No casualties among railwaymen/passengers. One train departed +28min and another one departed +9min. Station is illuminated. #KeepRunning.
— Alexander Kamyshin (@AKamyshin) September 27, 2022
Leaves on the line, Ukrainian style. From the head of Ukr railways. https://t.co/C0BH7mnMAG
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) September 27, 2022
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 28 September 2022
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) September 28, 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/dq76aQkS57
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/89it6XMKOj
Rebuilding Ukraine
From @ReutersGraphics: Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused widespread destruction with direct damages of over $97 billion as of June 1 according to a report by the World Bank, the Ukrainian government and the European Commission https://t.co/eKK7VcJKPW 1/6 pic.twitter.com/DpHqD6o1eS
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 27, 2022
Ukraine's reconstruction needs could reach an estimated $349 billion or about 1.6 times the country's gross domestic product in 2021 2/6 pic.twitter.com/FDXKlKoKSa
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 27, 2022
$105 billion will be needed in the short term to address urgent priorities, such as rebuilding thousands of damaged or destroyed schools and over 500 hospitals 3/6 pic.twitter.com/PM8fqA3c7b
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 27, 2022
Nearly three-quarters of damage from the war has been concentrated on Ukraine’s eastern front — particularly the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia — where the frontline was sustained for months 4/6 pic.twitter.com/qauSHix19F
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 27, 2022
Regions like Kyiv and Chernihiv retaken by Ukrainian troops and returned to government control accounted for 22% of damages 5/6 pic.twitter.com/vlmAGw93fm
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 27, 2022
In the middle-class Kyiv commuter town of Irpin, nearly half of the 22,149 buildings were estimated to have been damaged or destroyed.
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 27, 2022
Nearly 9,690 of those were residential https://t.co/eKK7VcJKPW via @OvaskaOvaska 6/6 pic.twitter.com/mCwYFvUUih
Government Statements
I had a call with NATO Secretary General @JensStoltenberg to thank him for decisively condemning Russia’s illegal “referenda”. We discussed current battlefield developments and further support of the Alliance’s member states to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 27, 2022
In the face of Russia's nuclear threats, the world must not disregard the danger. All countries, especially the "nuclear club," must show a strong consolidated reaction to the irresponsible statements made by 🇷🇺 leadership. Let us discuss what is dangerous about these threats 1/4 pic.twitter.com/ZaPpabjN4T
— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) September 27, 2022
Ukraine voluntarily gave up world's third-biggest nuclear arsenal in exchange for global guarantees of security, including guarantees signed by Russia. The security guarantees included mandated non-use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine at any point. 2/4
— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) September 27, 2022
Ukraine has the right to liberate its territory and its people who ended up under Russian occupation. It will continue to do so. 3/4
— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) September 27, 2022
The Kremlin's statements on the nuclear deterrence doctrine applying to the occupied territories are absurd — by this logic, any country of the world can apply the same idea to any territory. 4/4
— Stratcom Centre UA (@StratcomCentre) September 27, 2022
Global Support
Winter is Coming
— Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) September 27, 2022
And Ukrainian soldiers need our help
Our goal is to buy $1M worth of generators, sleeping bags, thermal clothing, and medical kits before December
This week, we ordered 100 generators worth $100,000
Shop, donate and spread the word.https://t.co/qdp11CAuqN pic.twitter.com/QfYjReAcOR
International Opinions
Checked in with a good friend yesterday — also a good friend of Ilya, as it happens. I asked him how many of our mates still in Moscow. “No guys, at least none under 60,” he answered. Putin is destroying the best of Russian society. It feels intentional.https://t.co/xjRSh8pmRw
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) September 27, 2022
The number of Russian citizens entering the EU has jumped 30% since President Vladimir Putin moved to expand the war through a draft, the EU's border agency said. In the past four days alone, 30,000 Russians have arrived in Finland. https://t.co/Ctv6tdrdlE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 27, 2022
Zelenskiy denounces Russian-staged votes; says there will be good news from the front https://t.co/PVHn7kmAtd pic.twitter.com/dQ2Gw0u574
— Reuters (@Reuters) September 28, 2022
Zelenskiy dismisses Kremlin-led referendums in Ukraine as 'farce' – video https://t.co/oLh2lDyaCo
— The Guardian (@guardian) September 28, 2022
Putin’s nuclear threats and his decision to deliberately target Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure will only harden convictions in the West that Russia must be stopped rather than accommodated, writes @JamesMLindsay. https://t.co/iD9RBmGgmI
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) September 27, 2022
BREAKING: The White House has reportedly requested $35 million to assist Ukraine's nuclear security
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) September 27, 2022
Journalists are being trained to gather evidence of war crimes — starting in Ukraine https://t.co/5RM2YOouhM
— Janine di Giovanni (@janinedigi) September 27, 2022
Yesterday’s piece on Russia’s fantasy “referendums,” reported from Zaporizhia, where thousands of desperate Ukrainians are fleeing to to avoid the consequences of Putin’s land grab. https://t.co/colqVrXr8d
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) September 28, 2022
Correcting Misinformation
Meta disables Russian propaganda network targeting Europe https://t.co/TQnqF4OEwm
— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) September 27, 2022
International Governments and Parliaments
Russia’s military has damaged, destroyed, or taken control of nearly 1 out of every 6 of Ukraine’s grain storage facilities since the latest invasion began. Read more about how Putin’s war is making food less available around the world: https://t.co/0ibgVDixQZ
— Department of State (@StateDept) September 27, 2022
“Hostilities continue to kill and injure civilians as well as destroy and damage civilian infrastructure” in #Ukraine, the head of @UNHumanRightsUA said, launching a new report on the deteriorating rights situation in the country.https://t.co/DbvZyaub2r
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) September 27, 2022
Russia’s sham referenda in Ukraine are a false pretext to try to annex parts of Ukraine by force – in flagrant violation of international law. The United States stands with our @NATO Allies & partners around the world in rejecting whatever fabricated outcomes Putin will announce. pic.twitter.com/J6gkROh7BU
— US Mission to NATO (@USNATO) September 27, 2022
Other
Russian state TV says that various traps are being planned for those Russians who traveled to the neighboring countries to evade mobilization, or are in the process of doing so. pic.twitter.com/dNJHFL4AP6
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) September 28, 2022