Shevchenko Park, Kyiv

[Tommy Carcetti]

Visited it in 2019. Lovely place, named after the Ukrainian National Poet Taras Shevchenko. The University across the street also bears his name.

Ate at O'Panas Restaurant in the park. Specifically remember the group sitting next to our group had to be celebrating something exciting because they were raising toasts for what felt like every single minute for a period of about 30 minutes.

They also had Ukrainian folk singers singing music throughout the meal. Perhaps it was to cater to the tourists, but they did it well.

Next to the restaurant was a playground, which had a whimiscal statue of a grandmother sitting on a park bench.

I remember feeling a spiritual connection to the place because it reminded me a lot of the city park where my own Ukrainian grandmother lived.

Today Russian missiles hit Shevchenko Park.

Right in the playground area, to be exact.

Link to tweet

There was zero military or tactical significance to the park. It was just that; a park.

[blue-wave]

1. Beautiful pictures of a beautiful place

Ukraine must win this war against the invading terrorists. The west should greatly increase support for Ukraine. Give them what they need to end the war.

[Grolph_]

2. A playground, really

Russian mentality needs to be excised from the global psyche.

No

Russia needs to be excised from the globe. Time for something different.

[Javaman]

3. russian military tactics haven't really changed much in several hundred years.

they seem to believe that "scorched earth" is the only tactic.

[moondust]

4. Nice Red Square you got there.

Be a shame if it collapsed into smoldering rubble.

[iluvtennis]

5. What a beautiful place. Putin continues committing war crimes against humanity.

[wnylib]

6. Risky, but imagine if someone returned the favor to Red Square.

[Warpy]

7. BBC had before and after pictures

Putin really did a number on the parking lot.



https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-63193124

[Cha]

8. FUCK OFF putin to HELL!! MF

Mass Murdering Maniac!

Ukraine

[niyad]

9. Cultural and emotional genocide. These are designed to destroy he spirit

and unity of the Ukrainian people.

SOMEBODY PLEASE TAKE THAT BASTARD OUT ALREADY!

SLAVA UKRAINI,

[Lonestarblue]

10. Putin has escalated attacks on civilians. Time for NATO to give them the air power they need.

Plus, Putin just ut a general in charge of Ukraine who used nerve gas to kill thousands of civilians in Syria. He is a butcher.

[rubbersole]

11. A terrorist with nukes.

The embarrassment of losing the war won't be tolerable to this runt. It's going to get really ugly if someone doesn't take him out.

[haele]

12. Putin & his Generals -You blew up my bridge! I'll show you!

Typical petulant response - nom-permanent damage to a military target like the heavily guarded rail and vehicle bridge infrastructure that is used to bring military supplies to a disputed area means retaliatory strike on soft targets like children's playgrounds and apartment blocks.
Historically, attacks on non-strategic civilian areas does not weaken the resolve of the defending country. Especially in near-peer conflicts where the defenders aren't weak or under a absolutely corrupt system.
Russia didn't realize that the average Ukrainian standard of living had gone up since 2014 when it kicked the Russian puppet regime out of power?
They won't give up and return to living like a poor, orphaned cousin 'graciously' allowed to live (serve) in the Great Russian Family home so long as they recognized the Father and Real Family as the proper authorities.

Haele