Dublin People Group is collaborating with the Ukrainian Center for International Communications Cideips to provide information regarding ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Yesterday should have been an ordinary morning in Ternopil.
Instead, the western Ukrainian city was ripped apart as Russia sent waves of missiles and drones crashing into its residential neighbourhoods along the Seret River, shattering homes and lives in seconds.
Twenty-six people were killed, including three children. Another 92 residents were injured, among them 18 children.
Emergency crews have managed to rescue 46 people so far, including seven children.
For many families, the frantic search for loved ones began immediately, as the scale of the casualties became painfully clear.
The blasts left a trail of devastation across the area.
Two nine-storey apartment buildings suffered the worst of it.
One block was swallowed by fire, burning through the structure and forcing rescuers to work through smoke and falling debris.
The neighbouring building was left torn open from the third to the ninth floor, its exposed rooms a stark reminder of how violently the attack struck.
Nearby industrial buildings and warehouse facilities were also damaged, adding to the widespread destruction felt throughout the district.
Rescue teams remain at the sites, working around the clock as they sift through the rubble.
Crews continue clearing debris and searching for people who may still be trapped, moving cautiously through unstable sections of the damaged buildings.
Local emergency workers have been reinforced by specialist teams from the Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Lviv and Kyiv regions, all focused on dealing with the aftermath of the attack and supporting the city as it confronts the scale of what has happened.