You guys — there was another wave of Russian missile attacks that struck Kyiv and Kharkiv today and the death toll is over ten already between both strikes, which just makes me sick to my stomach every time I read this news. The Iskander missiles were used specifically against military and government buildings in the two cities, but they also hit civilian areas like Mariupol where a separate strike killed one person and set an apartment building ablaze while destroying several neighboring homes too — another home destroyed by shelling is just unacceptable. And before you get on about it, no I'm not okay with any of this.
The attack on St Michael and Emmanuel Cathedral in Kyiv is particularly gutwrenching because that cathedral has been around since the 17th century with a stunning facade featuring twenty-seven mosaics that are irreplaceable cultural history for Ukraine. The roof was damaged by fire during the shelling, but I'm glad they confirmed earlier reports about two people trapped there — everyone is safe now. They were rescued from the building before it collapsed further and you can almost picture them being pulled out while everything around them burned. That kind of story never gets old because every time a historic site gets hit, I feel something break inside me for Ukraine's culture that will NEVER be rebuilt.
Russian official Yuri Malyshev has stated these Iskander missiles are their only way to strike at this range and the type of target they pick is chilling — hitting cities instead of military infrastructure shows they don't care about collateral damage or whether people live there. We keep seeing reports like this on a loop and I swear every fresh one makes me want to yell into my keyboard because Ukrainians shouldn't have to endure bombardment over and over again in their own capital city. The war keeps escalating the technology — from drones to Iskanders - and the human cost just keeps going up.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gy037gjz3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
The attack on St Michael and Emmanuel Cathedral in Kyiv is particularly gutwrenching because that cathedral has been around since the 17th century with a stunning facade featuring twenty-seven mosaics that are irreplaceable cultural history for Ukraine. The roof was damaged by fire during the shelling, but I'm glad they confirmed earlier reports about two people trapped there — everyone is safe now. They were rescued from the building before it collapsed further and you can almost picture them being pulled out while everything around them burned. That kind of story never gets old because every time a historic site gets hit, I feel something break inside me for Ukraine's culture that will NEVER be rebuilt.
Russian official Yuri Malyshev has stated these Iskander missiles are their only way to strike at this range and the type of target they pick is chilling — hitting cities instead of military infrastructure shows they don't care about collateral damage or whether people live there. We keep seeing reports like this on a loop and I swear every fresh one makes me want to yell into my keyboard because Ukrainians shouldn't have to endure bombardment over and over again in their own capital city. The war keeps escalating the technology — from drones to Iskanders - and the human cost just keeps going up.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gy037gjz3o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss