At the very moment when the whole world is watching the World Cup third-place play-off, Russia is carrying out what is surely its most intense ballistic missile attack on Kyiv to date. 24 ballistic missiles have already been launched. It’s hell now in Kyiv.

🇺🇦 Defence Minister Fedorov, whose resignation has sparked protests across Ukraine today, described 🇩🇪Minister Pistorius as the “European Churchill”. He expressed his gratitude for Pistorius’s leadership and the significant changes he had initiated in defence policy.

Whatever the cause of Lindsey Graham’s sudden death, it is very sad news for Ukraine. 🧵 1/

Upd. Russia attacked Ukraine with 73 missiles and 656 drones of various types. Ukrainian air defenses shot down or suppressed 40 missiles and 602 drones. Impacts from 30 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles, and 33 drones were recorded.

Anastasia Rodi (exMagazova) 🌻@anastasiarodi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Another terrible night in Ukraine. A massive attack +40 different missiles and +300 drones. At least 4 people were killed in Kyiv and 5 in Dnipro. Many more were injured, hundreds of residential buildings were damaged. Ukraine urgently needs additional Patriot missiles.

Another terrible night in Ukraine. A massive attack +40 different missiles and +300 drones. At least 4 people were killed in Kyiv and 5 in Dnipro. Many more were injured, hundreds of residential buildings were damaged. Ukraine urgently needs additional Patriot missiles.

Today’s Russian attack on Kyiv changed nothing on the battlefield. Psychologically, it changed nothing either - except that Ukrainians now hate Russia even more. It did not make people demand surrender out of fear - it only strengthened their resolve. 1/

High probability that an Oreshnik strike has targeted the Kyiv region. Kyiv has reportedly been attacked by >10 ballistic missiles. Plus missiles launched from MiGs and Tu bombers are still in the air, along with Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea. Massive explosions reported across Kyiv.

Einige Menschen suchen dort Hilfe bei Dokumenten und anderen deutsch-ukrainischen Angelegenheiten, andere kommen einfach, um Ukrainisch zu hören und sich für einen Moment weniger allein zu fühlen. Für den neuen Text habe ich den #UnityHubBerlin besucht. 1/

Eine aktuelle Umfrage des Kyjiwer Intern. Instituts für Soziologie (KIIS) zeigt, dass 71 % der Ukrainer nicht daran glauben, dass diese „Friedensgespräche” zu Frieden führen werden. Heute, fast einen Monat nach dem letzten Treffen der Ukrainer mit den Russen in Anwesenheit der US-Amerikaner, ... 1/

Yesterday I spoke on #DeutscheWelle about how escalation in the Persian Gulf affects Ukraine and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Main points 🧵

This Monday in Berlin: #CaféKyiv! I warmly invite you to join the evening discussion on frontline regional journalism, which I will have the honour to moderate. Join us to support journalists working in frontline regions - and to honour our colleagues killed or severely wounded by Russia.

You are warmly invited to join our interactive workshop at #CaféKyiv! As a mixed cohort of Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian PhD researchers in Germany, we will reflect on the ethics of working with a country at war. Let’s reflect together. Let’s ask uncomfortable questions. Let’s navigate the gap.

Another extremely massive Russian air attack on Ukraine. So many drones and missiles of all types - more than I can remember seeing in the past few months. The attack is ongoing. The main targets appear to be energy infrastructure in the western regions of Ukraine.

To be Russian today means: take a break, collect as many missiles as possible, wait a few days until the temperature drops to −22°C, then attack Ukrainian energy infrastructure in eight regions of the country with 71 missiles and 450 kamikaze drones - targeting what remained after previous attacks.

Kyiv und Region – Ziel war das Kraftwerk Tripolskaya und ein 750-kV-Umspannwerk, die das KKW Riwne mit Kyiv und den zentralen Regionen verbindet. Sie gilt als entscheidend für die Energieversorgung der Hauptstadt.

Bunkerhunter@bunkerhunter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

❗️Der massivste kombinierte Angriff auf das Gebiet der Ukraine in diesem Jahr. Der russische Abschaum hat nach Schätzungen von Monitor-Kanälen ca. 350-500 Drohnen und bis zu 65 Raketen verschiedener Typen eingesetzt. Das Ziel des Angriffs war die Energieinfrastruktur in fast der ganzen Ukraine.

⚡️Russia targets Dnipropetrovsk miners 2nd day in a row after deadly bus attack. Russia struck a coal mine operated by Ukraine's biggest private energy firm, DTEK, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for the second time over the past day, the company said on Feb. 2.

Russia targets Dnipopetrovsk miners 2nd day in a row after deadly bus attack

Russia struck a coal mine operated by Ukraine's biggest private energy firm, DTEK, in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast for the second time over the past day, the company said on Feb. 2.

kyivindependent.com

For your information, this is what one day of the so-called Russian “energy ceasefire” looked like - something foreign media outlets, for some reason, simply call a “ceasefire.” It is unclear when it began or when it will end. This is what it was like: 🧵

After another night attack on Kyiv’s energy infrastructure, 6,000 homes have been left without heating. In some of them, heating had already been restored twice after 2 previous attacks; in others, it had not been possible at all. How are the negotiations in Abu Dhabi going? Does Putin “want” peace?

Heute Abend um 18:00 Uhr im Kino Krokodil (Berlin)! In difficult times, there are no easy films or simple discussions. You are cordially invited to join us! Registration/Anmeldung: libmod.de/en/kalender/... @libmod.de @zois.bsky.social @kiu-network.bsky.social

Ich kann an nichts anderes denken, wenn Menschen bei solchen Temperaturen ohne Strom und Heizung auskommen müssen. #Ukraine #Kyiv

Kein fließendes Wasser, um zu duschen. Kein Strom, um zu kochen. Frieren, während Raketen heftig einschlagen und für massive Zerstörung sorgen. Im kältesten Winter seit Beginn seines Angriffskriegs schießt Russland die Ukraine in eine humanitäre Katastrophe. Aus Kyjiw für @tagesschau.bsky.social.

My Op-ed @theguardian.com on #Ukraine, the Paris declaration & unrealistic hopes for a ceasefire⬇️

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 7mo ago

Ending the war in Ukraine has more support than ever. So why is peace still not in sight? | Gwendolyn Sasse

In der vergangenen Woche hat Russland gegen die Ukraine eingesetzt: ~1.100 Angriffsdrohnen, fast 900 gelenkte Bomben und mehr als 50 Raketen. Eine davon war die Mittelstreckenrakete „Oreshnik“. In soz. Netzwerken tauschen die Ukrainer:innen Tipps aus, wie man sich wärmen kann.🧵 1/ taz.de/!6144639/

Russische Luftangriffe auf Kyjiw: „Die schwierigste Lage in diesem Winter“

Russland setzt seine Angriffe auf die Energieinfrastruktur der Ukraine fort. Bei extremer Kälte fehlt Millionen Menschen Strom und Heizung.

taz.de

'We're preparing for Oreshnik tonight,' my close friend from Kyiv wrote to me an hour ago. 5 min ago info: Ukraine is under threat from long-range ballistic missiles, and monitoring channels have reported activity at the 🇷🇺 Kapustin Yar site, which was previously used to launch Oreshnik at Ukraine.

Zum Jahreswechsel habe ich eine große Analyse des Jahres 2025 für die Ukraine geschrieben, die die internationale Ebene, die Innenpolitik und selbstverständlich die Front umfasst. Im neuen Jahr hofft die Ukraine auf Frieden, bereitet sich aber auf ein Fortdauern des Krieges vor. taz.de/!6138493/

Did I understand correctly that Trump considers it a generous offer when Putin proposes to sell electricity to Ukraine at low prices from the stolen Zaporizhzhia NPP, and after that he bombed the Ukrainian power grid? What kind of world do we live in if the POTUS considers this acceptable?

Here is Putin’s response. The attack on Kyiv has already been ongoing for about 12 hours. Twelve energy facilities have been hit; thousands of buildings are without electricity and partially without heating. The total numbers as for now: ~500 drones and ~40 missiles (Kinzhals, Iskanders, Kalibrs…).

At this moment, Kyiv is repelling a simultaneous attack by Kinzhal missiles, ballistic (other) and cruise missiles. Russia is targeting energy infrastructure.

⚡️“I'm glad that we have managed to unite the United States and Europe by working together on these documents. Now we will see the outcome. We all together also had a call with U.S. President Donald Trump today,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy just told reporters.

«Auch die russische Besatzung ist ein Krieg, nur das Leid wird dabei unsichtbar» - Oleksandra Matviichuk. Es kommt nicht jede Woche vor, dass ich die Gelegenheit habe, eine Friedensnobelpreisträgerin zu interviewen. Unser Gespräch wurde zum Thema der Woche in der @taz.de. Zum Text taz.de/!6129881/