
Anton Gerashchenko
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Ukrainian patriot. Advisor to Internal Affairs Minister (2021-2023). Institute of the Future founder. Support volunteer translators https://t.co/nWSASMUo29
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The horrific aftermath of last night’s massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones. In Kyiv, eight people were killed and seven more injured, including three children. Six of those killed were employees of Ukrainian Railways. In Boryspil, four people were killed and 13 more injured. An apartment building, a shop, private homes, vehicles, a business, and an auto repair shop were damaged. 📹1: Boryspil, Kyiv region / Radio Liberty 📹2: The terrifying sounds of explosions in Kyiv last night (sound on, if you can) / cherrybombfields / Instagram 📷1: Kyiv region / SESU 📷2: Kyiv / SESU
Anton Gerashchenko87,956 views • 15 hours ago

A massive Russian attack on Ukraine with missiles and more than 200 drones: 12 killed, dozens injured, including children and rescuers. ▪️ In Kyiv, eight people were killed and eight more were injured, including a 10-year-old boy. ▪️ Four people were killed and 13 injured, including two children, in Kyiv region’s Boryspil district. Civilian infrastructure was damaged. ▪️ Russian strikes with guided aerial bombs and drones continued throughout the evening and night in Odesa region. Residential, energy, and port infrastructure were targeted. Thousands of families were left without electricity. ▪️ A Russian strike damaged a border crossing with Romania, as well as export infrastructure. ▪️ In Zaporizhzhia region, Russian shelling killed two people and wounded eight more. In Zaporizhzhia, Russians attacked a fire and rescue vehicle that was on its way to put out a fire at a private house caused by an earlier Russian strike. Four rescuers were injured. Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions also came under attack. 📹: A Russian Shahed drone strike on a residential building in Kyiv.
Anton Gerashchenko47,445 views • 12 hours ago

First day of school in a shelter for Ukrainian kids. 📹: damnitskyi / TSN
Anton Gerashchenko38,426 views • 12 hours ago

In the past few days, Russia has launched over 1,500 drones at Ukraine, 800 of them jet-fuel drones. The air raid alerts are non-stop in Kyiv. School starts tomorrow, so this means that kids should either spend all of their school day in a shelter or not attend school.
Anton Gerashchenko78,883 views • 1 day ago

For the first time since the start of the full-scale war, Russian finance minister Siluanov was specifically invited to the G20 summit in North Carolina. On the sidelines of the summit, Siluanov met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. According to reports from Politico and Reuters, Bessent told Siluanov that the United States would not offer Moscow any "economic relief" until the war ends - meaning no cancelling of sanctions. When Siluanov attempted to bring up issues of mutual interest, Bessent replied that such discussions were impossible prior to the conclusion of the war. Siluanov’s participation in the summit sparked outrage among several European nations. German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil, along with several European counterparts, threatened to boycott the ministers' traditional "family photo". Ultimately, Siluanov was not present in the photograph.
Anton Gerashchenko21,768 views • 8 hours ago

India’s Prime Minister Modi to Putin: "Every single day spent in war pushes humanity backwards. And every single step taken towards peace fills all of humanity with new hope and enthusiasm. We must move from an endless war towards an end of war. We have to move in that direction, which is also essential for the welfare of humanity. It is humanity’s call that all issues be resolved peacefully as soon as possible. This is India’s message—the message from the land of Gandhi, the land of Buddha: a message of peace, a message of humanity." Comment from me: these words are fair and true. Ukraine is thankful for them. However, Putin doesn't understand words, he understands actions. So India's refusal to purchase Russian oil would be more persuasive. If India stops financing Russia's budget through buying Russia's crude and then helping Russia with gasoline, Gandhi's teachings will come true quicker.
Anton Gerashchenko91,886 views • 1 day ago

Kaja Kallas: July and August have been the deadliest months for civilians in Ukraine. Russia is really escalating to hurt the people of Ukraine as much as possible and to break them. Ukrainians are standing strong, and we have to support them. The main issue is air defense. They are lacking interceptors. We know that some countries have interceptors that will expire soon, so it would be very good if those were given to Ukraine so that they could use them to protect their people.
Anton Gerashchenko30,002 views • 11 hours ago

The unplanned visit by CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow was undoubtedly driven by specific and serious reasons. Upon returning from Moscow, Ratcliffe briefed the U.S. administration on the results of his visit. It is reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were also present at the White House meeting. Presumably, the CIA chief traveled to Moscow to warn Putin against any escalation targeting the Baltic states - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. According to Politico, Ratcliffe also demanded that Moscow reduce its military and economic support for Iran and stop transfers of weapons and defense technologies. During the talks, the CIA director also reportedly urged Russia not to "overreact" to a possible tightening of sanctions against countries that maintain economic ties with Iran. Judging by the Kremlin’s reaction, it has no intention of reducing or halting the escalation. Do the U.S. and its allies have a Plan B? A rhetorical question.
Anton Gerashchenko343,912 views • 5 days ago

"This is how we go grocery shopping. The bridge was washed away 9 years ago..." - a resident of the Altai Republic. While Russia spends billions on its bloody war against Ukraine, basic infrastructure across the country has been neglected for years and continues to deteriorate.
Anton Gerashchenko55,199 views • 1 day ago

Lukashenko was urgently summoned to meet with Putin. It will be interesting if, immediately after this urgent visit to Moscow, Lukashenko suddenly makes an unplanned trip to Beijing. The visit to Moscow comes amid increased Russian attacks on Kyiv, following CIA Director Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow and amid accelerated construction of a military base and access roads in Belarus, directly near the border with Ukraine. Of course, Putin will discuss the war with Lukashenko. But Lukashenko will agree to allow his territory to be used for an attack on Ukraine and the Baltic states only if China tells him to do so. So far, nothing indicates that this will happen, so Lukashenko will resort to "escalation" in the information space. 📹: Lukashenko called Ukraine a "shared problem" for Russia and Belarus.
Anton Gerashchenko185,291 views • 4 days ago

Drone pilots of the K-2 unit strike Russian logistics deep in the temporarily occupied territories. You'll see burning Russian tankers, broken dry cargo ships and trucks. Each target is fuel that will not get into the Russian tanks, and shells that will not hit Ukrainians.
Anton Gerashchenko51,257 views • 1 day ago

"You think we are calling for brutality? We are calling for demoralizing the people to such an extent that they come out to meet our troops with their hands up." Russian State Duma deputy speaker Pyotr Tolstoy said that Russia must openly bomb Ukrainian cities to demoralize the population and force Ukrainians to surrender to Russian forces. Russia has shifted to a new tactic against Kyiv region: constant terror and the exhaustion of the population. The main goal is to break people psychologically, divide them, and try to break their will to resist. Air raid alerts in Kyiv and Kyiv region are no longer sporadic attacks lasting a couple of hours at night. They now last throughout the day and are likely to stretch on for weeks and months due to the constant launch of drones. The old protocols for the functioning of the capital and the region, designed for isolated attacks, are no longer viable in this reality. In effect, the frontline and its economy have shifted. Kyiv and its entire suburban conglomerate, home to around 5 million people, have effectively become a frontline zone.
Anton Gerashchenko134,165 views • 4 days ago

After calling for civilians to be demoralized by bombing Ukrainian cities, Russian officials are once again issuing nuclear threats, saying Russia is "obliged" to use tactical nuclear weapons to force Ukraine to surrender. "We are delivering devastating strikes on the enemy’s infrastructure. But we must hit harder so that the enemy understands that it must surrender. There are discussions about whether we can use tactical nuclear weapons. Listen, there should not even be such a discussion. If necessary, we are obliged to use them," Russian State Duma MP Zhuravlyov said.
Anton Gerashchenko63,448 views • 2 days ago

Oh God. A Grandma in Kyiv waited for rescuers to find her grandson in the rubble after the Russian strike. They found his body... Journalist and eyewitness Maryan Kushnir wrote: "Cries of grief were heard across all of Solomianka. This woman's cry tore everything from the inside…" 📹: Channel 5
Anton Gerashchenko451,926 views • 12 days ago

Murder charges against Putin's friend, businessman IlyaTraber, have been dropped. Ilya Traber, associated with the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and known as "Antikvar," was under arrest on charges of contract killing and illegal possession of weapons. Last week, he was suddenly released from pretrial detention, allegedly due to deteriorating health. This case concerns the 2020 murder of Alexander Petrov, a Vyborg MP and the father of Russia's first Formula 1 driver, Vitaly Petrov. Traber's lawyer stated that the criminal prosecution was terminated on exonerating grounds due to his innocence. Law enforcement sources report that the investigation found no evidence of Traber's involvement in the murder. During his two-month arrest, Traber managed to remove himself from the list of co-owners of key assets. This is likely the reason for the sudden easing of his pretrial detention. 📹 Current Time
Anton Gerashchenko33,056 views • 1 day ago

After CIA Director's visit to Moscow, Russian defense ministry published a combat training launch of a mobile-launched solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The training warheads arrived at the designated area at the Kura test site (Kamchatka Peninsula), according to the ministry.
Anton Gerashchenko117,033 views • 4 days ago