A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

A Russian soldier kept Sofia, Ukrainian, for over a year as a sex prisoner — holding her in a flat with bars on the balcony, boarded-up windows, locked doors, and padlocks. He took her phone, left food, and returned there only to rape her — The Times. 1/

Russia launched one of its heaviest combined strikes of the war overnight. 611 drones and 70 missiles targeting Kyiv and other cities. Ukraine intercepted ~93% (632 of 681), but 20 ballistic missiles and 27 drones broke through, hitting 42 locations across nearly every Kyiv district. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (UNESCO World Heritage site, founded 1051) caught fire. Zelensky called it "one of Russia's most serious crimes against Christian culture." At least 4-5 killed in Kyiv, 5 more killed in Kharkiv including 4 rescuers hit in a deliberate double-tap strike. ~140,000 briefly lost power. The attack came hours after a Zelensky-Trump call and ahead of the G7 summit in France.

Russians are far worse than any barbarian hordes in history. They just damaged one of the holiest shrines of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the Dormition Cathedral (Uspensky Sobor), built in 1078, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will never forgive Russia😡Never🤬

Russians are far worse than any barbarian hordes in history. They just damaged one of the holiest shrines of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the Dormition Cathedral (Uspensky Sobor), built in 1078, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will never forgive Russia😡Never🤬

Russians are far worse than any barbarian hordes in history. They just damaged one of the holiest shrines of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, the Dormition Cathedral (Uspensky Sobor), built in 1078, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We will never forgive Russia😡Never🤬

Russians attacked the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with ballistic missiles. One of Ukraine's oldest churches, 1,000 years old, is on fire. Barbarians and terrorists

Russians attacked the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with ballistic missiles. One of Ukraine's oldest churches, 1,000 years old, is on fire. Barbarians and terrorists

Russians attacked the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with ballistic missiles. One of Ukraine's oldest churches, 1,000 years old, is on fire. Barbarians and terrorists

Russians attacked the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with ballistic missiles. One of Ukraine's oldest churches, 1,000 years old, is on fire. Barbarians and terrorists

Russians attacked the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with ballistic missiles. One of Ukraine's oldest churches, 1,000 years old, is on fire. Barbarians and terrorists

Russians attacked the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra with ballistic missiles. One of Ukraine's oldest churches, 1,000 years old, is on fire. Barbarians and terrorists

I cannot believe what I’m witnessing in Kyiv tonight. Priests at the Kyiv Lavra one of the holiest Christian sites in Europe are rushing to save crucifixes, icons and sacred artefacts while Russia attacks the city. This is what Moscow’s “Christian values” look like.