<story><title>Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN]</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>atlasunshrugged</author><text>Crossposting from other active thread (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=30449831&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=30449831&lt;/a&gt;): This is an unmitigated tragedy. There are reports of explosions even in the capital, Kyiv. I used to work in the region and Ukrainians are some of the brightest, hardest working, and passionate people (at least when it comes to advocating for democracy from the people I met in Kyiv) I&amp;#x27;ve gotten to know. A freelance correspondent on twitter I follow posted a thread on charities to donate to for those so inclined (disclosure, I haven&amp;#x27;t done due diligence on them): &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;olgatokariuk&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1496486993848643584&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;olgatokariuk&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1496486993848643584&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Explosions in Kiev and Kharkiv now [CNN]</title><url>https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-23-22/index.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>perihelions</author><text>Here&amp;#x27;s a wide view livestream over Kharkiv, retweeted by Jeffrey Lewis (for your  &amp;quot;is this credible?&amp;quot; filter),&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=H7ZbVufqW3s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=H7ZbVufqW3s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ArmsControlWonk&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1496692896216457222&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;ArmsControlWonk&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;14966928962164572...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;edit: Also verified by the NYT -- their screenshot looks identical to the video source above:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;The Times’s Visual Investigations team verified the location of the explosions, which were captured on a webcam just outside Kharkhiv.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;live&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;russia-ukraine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;live&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;world&amp;#x2F;russia-ukraine&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>