On the night of the strike, the girls’ mother Tatiana stayed with her elderly mother elsewhere. She arrived at the collapsed building as rescuers searched the rubble: “I already lost their father… and now there are his daughters under that rubble.” 3/
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Father dies in Luhansk combat, wrote to daughter before death
Their father, Yevhen Yakovlev, died during a combat mission in Luhansk trying to stop Russia’s advance. Months before his death, he wrote to Liubava on her 9th birthday: “We will win, I’ll be back and we will get away… at least to the edge of the world!” 2/
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Three years after father’s death, Russian strike kills his daughters
A Ukrainian soldier was killed in Donbas in 2023. Three years later, Russia killed his 2 daughters in a missile strike on Kyiv. Liubava, 12, and Vera, 17, died under the rubble of their apartment building after a Russian Kh-101 missile hit at 3:42am, The Times. 1/
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Ukraine strikes Novorossiysk oil terminals, citing military logistics support
Ukrainian forces have confirmed the strike on the Shekharis and Grushevaya oil terminals in Novorossiysk. General Staff: "The facility is used to support the military logistics of the aggressor state".
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Russia’s soldier losses outpace recruitment; war longest in modern history
Russia is losing more soldiers than it recruits — estimated 35,000 casualties a month against 24,000–30,000 new volunteers. The war has now lasted longer than Russia's involvement in both World Wars combined. It is the longest major conflict in modern Russian history. 4/
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Russia’s labour shortage worst in modern history with 2.5 million shortfall
Russia's labour shortage is the worst "in the history of modern Russia," said central bank governor Nabiullina. Over a million killed or wounded. Hundreds of thousands fled abroad. Labour shortfall now estimated above 2.5 million workers. 3/
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Moscow mood shifts after Ukrainian drone strikes kill three, shut airports
The mood in Moscow has shifted. Last weekend, hundreds of Ukrainian drones struck the capital — killing three, hitting the oil refinery, shutting all four airports. "For the first time since the war began, I felt personally scared," one Muscovite told The Telegraph. 2/
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Putin faces choice: scale back war or impose mass mobilisation
Within the next year, Putin can either scale back the war, or impose a second mass mobilisation — IISS analyst Gould-Davies. If he chooses the war, Russia will have to return to a Soviet-type, Stalinistic model: subordinating the entire economy to the state — The Telegraph. 1/
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UK ready to deploy soldiers for Ukraine ceasefire support
Elviss: The UK government says it is ready to deploy British soldiers to support a ceasefire in Ukraine. Planning is already underway for a multinational division with a British brigade-sized force.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 23 mai 2026
The deployment would be sustainable long-term.
2/ pic.twitter.com/ys3hYILirrElviss: The UK government says it is ready to deploy British soldiers to support a ceasefire in Ukraine. Planning is already underway for a multinational division with a British brigade-sized force. The deployment would be sustainable long-term. 2/
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Courageous bakers distribute bread to Ukrainian civilians
🇺🇦🤝🇫🇷 Vous vous souvenez de nos boulangers qui aident les civils ukrainiens ?
— Cyrille Amoursky (@AmourskyCyrille) 23 mai 2026
Nous sommes allés ensemble à Pokrovske, dans la kill zone, où pullulent les drones russes, pour distribuer du pain.
Ils ont du courage, et cette initiative de solidarité est à saluer !
Bravo à eux ! pic.twitter.com/oQRFlwEi3eDo you remember our bakers who help Ukrainian civilians? We went together to Pokrovske, in the kill zone, where Russian drones swarm, to distribute bread. They are courageous, and this solidarity initiative is to be commended! Well done to them!