#slava ukraini

[kazhanko-art]

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The add includes the line “Let’s clean ourselves of compulsory Ukrainian Nazism” (not my translation) and links having a Ukrainian name to nazism. And yet people are still debating on Ruzzia’s intent for this war and what they mean by “denazification” (hint: it has nothing to do with nazis)

[qqueenofhades]

What is the best way to financially help Ukraine? Is it better to go through organizations or gofundmes or something else I'm not aware of?

Thanks for asking, nonnie. That's very kind of you. If you or anyone else has some spare change and wants to give, here are a few ideas:

United24 is the official fundraising platform established by President Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian governmental members and directs money to all areas of the country.

The Olena Zelenska Foundation is primarily focused on medical, humanitarian, and educational aid across the country and was founded by the First Lady.

Stand for Ukraine gives you a range of charity options, depending on whether you want to donate directly to the military, or you would prefer to fund non-lethal or humanitarian aid, etc.

Come Back Alive is the main fundraising platform for the Ukrainian military. You can choose to donate to air defense, heavy weapons, demining, medical aid, overall combat equipment, etc.

Donate to Ukraine's Defenders also offers various (carefully vetted) links and options to donate to rebuilding projects, private medical assistance programs, initiatives for democracy, and others.

[mishacollins]

поточний настрій.

[traceamountsoftimetravel]

I had the privilege of knowing her since 2017-18. Amazing person. She was so articulate, funny, caring, generous, gracious, and so much more. It hurt deep in my soul hearing the news via her husband. I can’t make it make sense how such pure malice can exist in the world, but Diana persevered her whole life, and was the one light in the darkness that gave you hope. For the good people in your life, it is never “Goodbye,” but “See you later.” Rest easy, Diana. Slava Ukraini.

[liberalsarecool]

Don't stop talking about Ukraine. 🇺🇦 💙💛

[derehono]

24.02.2022.

The day that changed my life forever.

24th of February 2022 should have been my usual day. No, not usual. A wonderful day. I should have been checked with a doctor, gave notice to teachers in high school of my absence, and then fly away on vacation, my parents wanted it so much.

On 23rd of February 2022 I felt happy. I had a secure, happy life, preparing to finals, hanging out with my friends, already having an offer from university.

Until 5AM 24.02.2022.

I had not a single class in my school since then.

I haven’t seen my friend group in 2 years.

I didn’t have my finals.

We did not have that vacation.

“Daughter, wake up. This old psychotic man attacked us. We are leaving.”

That was my first photo of the day, trying sarcastically keep myself normal. I remember that actual emptiness, reading my classmates texts about how their windows were shaking because of explosions, the sky was orange. They sent that video.

He called it “a special military operation”.

I collected random clothes, some hobby stuff just to keep my sanity, grabbed my pet, emptied my safety locker. I was scared that russians would intrude into our home and steal all my savings, so I throw away key to that lock. This key became my symbol of war, I have never found it even after return.

When I with my parents and pet got out of flat to car we heard for the very first time air raid siren. We would hear so many more of them, we would learn to differentiate them, but then we were confused.

It was my second photo. People were going away. Foot, cars, bicycles. I remember such a surreal picture. Some moms were carrying their toddlers, one woman was carrying a bucket of water with turtles, other people were carrying cages with parrots, with dogs, with cats, with exotic pets despite air raid siren, temperature, rain. Everyone was so confused and scared.

Few days later the road we were riding was occupied. Bridges destroyed. Factories burnt. Supermarkets demolished. Houses in ruins. Road in holes. On the side of the road burnt cars with “DO NOT TOUCH, POSSIBLY EXPLOSIVE”. That gut wrenching feeling seeing photos of dead bodies and recognising the place.

But back then it was still lively, not a road of death. I remember reading news then. First victims, first shelling. Invasion from East. Invasion from Kharkiv region. Invasion from Crimea. Invasion from Chernihiv. Invasion from Zhytomyr. And we were in Zhytomyr region at that moment. Explosions in Kyiv. The border was destroyed.

I felt nothing. Just emptiness.

This precious girl was keeping my head cool all the road. She was also scared and irritated, but she was so strong, such an amazing girl. I am so proud of her.

We were heading to my grandparents who lived closer to West Ukraine, so we would be safer. The road that takes usually just 4 hours but that time it took 13 hours. 13 hours of driving exhausted and nerved. We saw soldiers, trucks, jets, how barricades were built, signs were removed.

But we made it. We were lucky. Lucky to be alive, to have family alive and mostly close to West, further from russia. Even though, part of my extended family still was under occupation in Chernihiv region, suffering from such close border with belarus.

When we arrived, we were just silent. Then collected mattresses for shelter, asked grandpa to grab some patrol (we knew that they would definitely destroy reservoirs and literally next day the started doing that), and just fell asleep in something that we arrived in, being so scared.

That day I also cut ties with russian friend who I am shamed to admit having. He was proving me that this is just a military operation, no one would be harmed.

Then, arrived spring that I will never forget but at the same time never remember. I remember 10 people in one floor house. I remember the whistle of rocket that woke us up. I remember sirens. I remember news. I remember losing hope. I remember first photos after deoccupation of Kyiv region. I remember how forgotten friend of my dad suddenly called him saying that his city is fully destroyed, his neighbour right on his eyes was exploded attempting to get into the car and evacuate.

I remember my first mental breakdown. How I was crying in the darkness, but quietly so no one would notice.

We were able to return home three months later. But we are just lucky. Someone would never return. Someone is not even alive to see their home again. Someone’s home is forever destroyed.

I was lucky that I have secured my place at foreign university before war, but my whole family is still in Ukraine.

War is not over at all. 20% of Ukraine is occupied. So many displaced civilians, so many deaths. No one could even count, we do not have any access to bodies. Only way to identify is to deoccupy and find mass graves. No other means. Children are suffering from PTSD even in such a young age. Almost in every city, big or small, you would find graveyards covered in Ukrainian flag, grave of the soldier.

Maybe media does not talk that much of us, but it doesn’t mean that everything is alright. Avdiivka is destroyed, right now operation searching for people under debris of the civilian house after attack is undergoing.

And this is happening all the time.

Who was punished for Olenivka? Who was punished for destruction of Kakhovka Dam? Who was punished for all fully destroyed cities? Who was responsible for all that absolutely atrocious videos torturing Ukrainian soldiers?

Please, remember, Ukraine is still on fire. People are still dying. Soldiers cannot even counterattack because they do not have enough ammo, just for protection. Information war is also waging, sharing all that misinformation, Nazi narratives, russian propaganda.

Remember.

Help.

Share.

russia is a terrorist state.

Glory to Ukraine.

Glory to the Heroes.

[porterdavis]

I can only imagine the frustration and anger with which Ukrainians are watching Israel's US-supplied Iron Dome and Patriot missile batteries knocking down Iran's drones and rockets.

Putin must be laughing.

[screwcharms]

I remember watching that video, f#cked up shit.

Edit: TW: someone posted an NSFL gif in reblogs so be careful.

[jyndor]

do people understand that crimea is only so heavily russian because russia ethnically cleansed the region of the indigenous tatars over like two/three centuries, and even though they were granted right of return in 1989 by the soviets they still only make up like 15% of the crimea population, so frankly any majority opinion over what the crimeans want that doesn't take into account what the tatars want is actually just a symptom of russian imperialism?

oh but I'm sure then these same idiots will claim that because russia doesn't consider them indigenous that they aren't indigenous, even though the tatars have been the people in crimea since ethnogenesis, are now and have historically been marginalized by both russia and ukraine, have connections to the land and distinct culture as well as a governing body.

so no actually it isn't right for ukraine to just give up crimea even though the majority of the region wants to be annexed by russia because that majority was settled there in order to displace the tatars.

now ultimately if the tatars want independence they should absolutely have that, and if the russian majority has a problem with that, they can go back to russia. this is what these folks would say in any other case. and they'd be right - the self-determination of the indigenous people of a region trumps the comfort of settlers. always. but as of right now they are in favor of staying in ukraine.

I get that the west and the us are the spawn of satan but that doesn't make russia good lmao you do not need to defend them for their bullshit

[drthrvn]

today the russian ambassador in Poland was supposed to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cementary in Warsaw, so this is what had been prepared for him to see before the entrance:

from what i understand, he laid the flowers before this whole installation, without even entering the cementery.

[kazhanko-art]

If I’ve learned anything (though really it’s more a reaffirmation) over this past few weeks, it’s that being Ukrainian consists of constantly having any crime, tragedy, or hardship that’s befallen you or your family ignored, belittled, or dismissed, until it becomes politically useful and suddenly all those who shared no words on the horrors espouse how lucky you are, how thankful you should be, what a privilege it is, that you got so much recognition, so much empathy, so much kindness.

Recognition your people had to bring forth with their already bleeding hands, empathy given on the condition you are constantly perfect and thankful, kindness granted when it was years late on its due.

It doesn’t matter if it was centuries of imperialism, it doesn’t matter if it was centuries of forced assimilation, it doesn’t matter if it was racism at home or abroad, if it was internment camps for being an enemy alien. It doesn’t matter if it was genocide, where the people were starved and the culture was killed with a bullet to its holders’ heads. It doesn’t matter if it’s a war, whichever one I’m talking about.

It doesn’t matter if it’s then or now.

To be Ukrainian is to be forgotten, till someone says you were always remembered, so you should stop asking, and start being grateful.

I’m sorry to all of you in the war right now. Victory will be there one day, I just hope it’s sometime soon.

[apicturewithasmile]

in case this gets drowned out in all the coverage about the parasites in chief (both the old and the new) let me be the one to tell you:

the Ukranian army is cutting through Russian defense lines like a hot knife through butter. within just a few days of their Northeast/Kharkiv counter offensive they already reached Luhansk, the easternmost region of the country. Russian troops are either abandoning their equipment and positions to run for the hills (or as Kremlin propaganda puts it “to regroup”) or they surrender en masse. finally some good fucking news!

[mishacollins]

Cars destroyed by Russian shelling. Sunflowers are a symbol of hope. 

Donate now to help UNITED24's humanitarian demining effort!

[traceamountsoftimetravel]

This was my friend. This is what she stood for and defended, not because of politics or for personal gain, but because it was the right thing to do. Because there is a price for vigilance and the defense of liberty, a price she, and many of her brothers in arms, would end up paying.

You will be in my memory forever, Diana. You will always be someone I can say, with no doubt, that you were the ultimate badass, and that I was proud to know you, even in this little corner of the online world. Slava Ukraini

And for those not in the know or who are on the fence about supporting Ukraine, consider this: If we do not help them defeat this existential threat to democracy, then it will be our daughters and our sons sharing these same front lines, and they will be the ones returning home in a flag-draped casket.

[syndromealice-blog]

The Russians prepared everything to blow up the Zaporizhia Nuclear Plant. Four of six power units. I just want this page not to be forgotten. If after the explosion I will not be in touch for more than a week - please just remember who did it. Do not forget who killed me and more millions of people. Do not forget who has been committing the genocide of the Ukrainian people for centuries.

[thomas--bombadil]

Far from the Midwest, deep within a European forest, lies an unassuming pond. It was made in an instant, long ago, by a V2 rocket, chain bomb or cluster bomb.

Nature reclaimed it and made it her own. Now, it is a place of peace and beauty.

How many of these types of ponds exist?

How many more of these ponds are being made in Europe every day; again?