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Russian Drone Strike in KyivPlease Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gab TV, Truth Social, GettrAccording to Ukrainian officials on Thursday, multiple cities, including Kyiv and Kharkiv, came under attack from a “massive” barrage of Russian missiles. Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that more than 120 missiles had been launched across the country and had been targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.Two explosions were heard in the capital city of Kyiv, but it was unclear whether they were caused by missile strikes or air-defense systems. Additional blasts were heard in Kharkiv, Odes, Lviv, and Zhytomyr. The Mayor of Lviv...

Armed Russian police raided the homes of anti-Putin activists ahead of a mass demonstration in a major new crackdown on dissent. The fresh wave of arrests was today compared with the days of Stalin by opponents on Russian language Twitter. Hello1937 was trending on the social networking site—referring to the year 1937, which was seen as the worst for Stalin purges. The coordinated early-morning raids targeted the young politicians who were thought to represent the biggest threat to Putin's 12-year rule. The Investigative Committee said the raids targeted Alexei Navalny as well as Ilya Yashin and Sergei Udaltsov over a...