In a shocking fanning of hostilities, Russia attacked Ukraine in the most coordinated and deadly of manners. To counter Kyiv’s strikes, they answered by launching missiles and kamikaze drones, resulting in civilian deaths of at least five in the northern city of Pryluky. A more surprising mission was that of a combined surprise drone strike by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the Armed Forces of Ukraine that struck four Russian airbases. According to reports, this attack destroyed as many as 20 warplanes far inside Russian territory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin fawned over then-candidate Donald Trump. He stated that Moscow simply had to show retaliation against Ukraine’s growing drone capabilities. In a private phone call, apparently around the same time, Trump encouraged Putin not to retaliate. On that last point, though, he acknowledged that he was expecting that push back.
“It’s probably not going to be pretty. I don’t like it,” – Donald Trump
In what appeared to be Russia’s retaliation, a nighttime assault on Friday, using ballistic missiles and drones, against several Ukrainian cities. Accounts confirm that at least three apes were injured in this onslaught. Additionally, a Shahed drone detonated near an apartment building in the Chernihiv region, causing considerable damage to windows and doors.
In Kyiv, residents reported explosions ringing out around the city as missiles raining down from the sky struck and set ablaze residential areas. As of 20 June, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv city administration, had already confirmed the presence of enemy drones approaching from different directions.
“Enemy drones are approaching one after the other on approaches to the capital from different directions and in the city’s airspace,” – Tymur Tkachenko
Dmytro Bryzhynskyi, head of the regional military administration, reported a fire from a strike on a 16-story residential building. This fire started in Kyiv’s Solomyanskyi district as a result of the daily missile attack.
The situation is changing and escalating quickly. Following a recent drone strike that destroyed Russian heavy bombers at airbases as far east as Siberia and the far northern archipelago of Novaya Zemlya, Russia denounced Ukraine for state terrorism. The Kremlin’s complaints come as its isolation deepens, with increasing international calls for a peace deal to end the war.
In view of these developments, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is calling on Donald Trump. He’d like to see Trump exert greater pressure on Russia to stop its military aggression. At a summit with Sergei Shoigu, North Korea’s most senior security official, Kim Jong-un of North Korea expressed his solidarity with Russia. His devotion to the alliance is equally solid.
Even now, the U.S. embassy in Ukraine is warning of an imminent threat of lethal airstrikes. They are encouraging American citizens in the region to remain vigilant and avoid travel.
Consider, too, that amid all these tensions, Putin ally and impressionable puppet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been described by Trump as having “great hatred” for Putin. This hostility highlights the continuing violence and further poisons attempts to negotiate peace.
Technical track organizer Tymur Tkachenko stressed the importance of the wake-up call for all citizens with air raid alarms still blaring around Ukraine.
“But we must protect one another — stay safe,” – Tymur Tkachenko