PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY’S MISSILE ATTACK ON KHARKIV: Death toll is now at five, with five others missing, the search continues but things sound grim.
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS DAY THREE: HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!
Some of the voters have taken to dressing up the ballots…
Someone wrote "Clown" next to each candidate but "The Hague is waiting" next to Putin. https://t.co/fVsnn4KRY1
— XSovietNews 🇺🇦 (@XSovietNews) March 16, 2024
Two examples of how Russians are spoiling their ballot papers and honouring their memory of Alexey #Navalny:
— Jason Corcoran (@jason_corcoran) March 17, 2024
"I always vote for you! Navalny." pic.twitter.com/YdlMJWhYp1
Also right now, the ‘Noon against Putin’ protest, where everyone shows up at noon on Sunday to vote against Putin, both in Russia and abroad:
Armenia is a self-selecting audience of many Russians in exile, but still an impressive turnout at polling places for “Noon Against Putin” pic.twitter.com/oYR4gSfTTP
— Alec Luhn (@AlecLuhn) March 17, 2024
And, as if right on schedule, another oil refinery is hit, this time near Krasnodar: (the billboard reads ‘Stability’)
— Артемий Троицкий (@aktroitsky) March 17, 2024
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS DAY TWO: Belgorod is Going Through Some Things:
Incompetent Russian air defense is destroying Belgorod. pic.twitter.com/1y5jBjZKgd
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) March 16, 2024
In other news, the death toll in yesterday’s Odesa attack stays at 20 and another oil refinery is ablaze in Samara.
RUSSIAN ELECTIONS DAY ONE: Looks like it’s going well…
Moscow - Women sets fire to polling station.
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) March 15, 2024
pic.twitter.com/BtdpBsdGji
— Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) March 15, 2024
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: ‘Just genocide, zero military objectives.’
Thread of photos from Russia's overnight attacks on apartment buildings in 3 Ukrainian cities.
— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) March 13, 2024
Just genocide, zero military objectives. pic.twitter.com/wqIWZTfpuD
The🇷🇺troops hit a 5-story residential building in Sumy with a Shahed drone on the night of 13 March, injuring 10 people. There are dead, however, the exact number is being verified.
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 13, 2024
The attack damaged 30 apartments & destroyed 15 of them.
📷Sumy Military Administration pic.twitter.com/avtPEO7i7I
FULL COURT PRESS: In the run-up to Russian elections, we’re seeing multiple actions within the RF: Drone Attacks in nine Russian regions, two fuel depots ablaze … Air defense active in Kursk … Fighters of the Siberian Battalion call on Russians for liberation, start offensives in Kursk … Both Freedom of Russia and Siberian Battalion fighters are carrying out operations on Russian territory … Fire breaks out at a thermal power plant near St. Petersburg.
More News Updates because It Is That Kind of a Day: Dramatic footage of a Russian IL-76 crashing near Ivanovo … Claims of a drone strike hitting a Belgorod administration building … and the Vatican states that Russia should cease all aggression before negotiating with Ukraine.
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY!
Women like Yevheniia and Taira are two of the many courageous women of #Ukraine, who, alongside their compatriots, are on the frontlines defending freedom, democracy, and sovereignty from #Russia's brutal war.
— FeministsUA (@FeministsUa) March 8, 2024
We thank 🇺🇦 courageous women for defending us.#WomensDay #8march pic.twitter.com/H1501jQirZ
UPDATE ON THE RUSSIAN ATTACK ON ODESA:
UPD: Under the rubble, rescuers found the bodies of two more dead children - 10-year-old Serhiy and 8-year-old Zlata. The number of dead is 12 people😞
— Viktoriia 🌻 (@home_fella) March 3, 2024
BLOOMBERG: UKRAINE SEES RISK OF RUSSIAN BREAKTHROUGH BY SUMMER.