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Mar 7 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
We’re all severely exhausted from driving. These checkpoints are really destroying our energy. We’ve pulled over to the side of the road to rest. Hundreds of others have done the same.
Putin is making our lives a living hell.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for your financial support. For the first time in my career, I’m being paid what I’m deserve and it’s because of your financing my work. I can do independent journalism AND humanitarian work. It’s all possible because of YOU! 🙏🏿☺️✊🏿
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Mar 9
As a Black man in Ukraine who is risking my life helping Ukrainian refugees reach Europe, I agree with everything @JoyAnnReid said here. She is totally correct about the hypocrisy in how Black and brown refugees are treated by the west vs so-called "white" Ukrainians.

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Ukraine is my home and is in my heart. I am so invested in helping people reach safety that I am not engaging the race dynamics about Ukraine vs other refugee issues worldwide. I am too emotionally connected to Ukraine to do that. But that doesn't negate that facts of hypocrisy.
I have an irony about what @JoyAnnReid is saying. My contact to take the first family to the EU border is named Shane. He works at an international NGO. We spoke throughout the two days it took for me to get this fam to the border.
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Mar 6
This is a main reason why Ukrainians have ZERO sympathy for Russians struggling under sanctions. “The average Russian created this monster” a Ukrainian friend told me of their “indifference to Putin.” This is the attitude of most Ukrainians I speak to here. “Fuck ‘em.”
The Ukrainian attitude towards Russians is that “they are brainwashed slaves” unwilling to collectively die for their freedom. I travel this entire country regularly and talk to hundreds of people. “Brainwashed” and “(Putin’s) slave” are commonly used.
Here in Ukraine, outside of fancy think tank circles full of political correctness, folks here blame the average Russia for what’s happening as much as they blame Putin. There is no trust in Russian society. Putin is the average Russian for those I talk with.
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Mar 4
Read @draditinerurkar’s piece on the trauma Ukrainian refugees endure fleeing their homeland because of Putin’s war.

Once in their host countries, they have a lifetime of mental pain to heal from.

I have a direct example to share with you.

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I’m with @AndriyKyiv who is helping Ukrainian refugees reach an EU border that’ll accept them inside their countries. Meet Yulia, her 9-year-old twins Polina and Milana, and her aunt, Svitlana. It took nearly 2 days to get them to safety. Here’s what it took to make it happen. Image
First, this family is EXTREMELY traumatized and had anxiety levels I’ve never seen in a human being. Before Andriy picked them up, the family was in their basement for 3 days taking cover from air strikes like everyone else. They’d only emerge when Andriy picked them up.
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Mar 2
Hey, y’all.

I know my style of journalism isn’t what many of you are used to. It’s OK. I never lied about who I am, what my limitations are or my motivations. I’m a highly opinionated reporter.

If you don’t like it, there are plenty of folks you can follow who fit your tastes.
I know many of you just discovered me, but I’ve developed deep, very personal ties to this country and you’ll see every bit of that in my journalism. I don’t believe in “objective” journalism because it doesn’t exist. I’m as fair and open about my work as I can be.
You’ll never get so-called “objectivity” from me. What you will get is fair, compassionate reporting that reveals how much I deeply love this place. You will feel every emotion I’m experiencing as I report here. I live here. I didn’t helicopter in like everyone else.
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Mar 2
One thing I’m learning to do is ignore haters. All of the success I’m having came from years of hard work. I grew up dirt poor in Detroit. No one gave me anything. I never was jealous of others success so it’s odd when people take shots at mine.

I’ll have to get used to this.
I think what makes people jealous of me is that I didn’t get to where I am through the traditional gatekeepers and I kissed no rings (or asses) to get the support I have.

But I truly don’t understand how people can hate on folks like me who never asked anyone for anything.
Y’all know me.
I stick with I myself and don’t say anything about anybody. That folks would be so bothered by the support I’m getting is really a reflection on THEM and not ME.
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Mar 1
If you are a TV/Radio producer who is asking an independent reporter in a war zone to broadcast free for you (ME), you need to pay attention to this thread because I hope it will help you help others.

Let's discusss scheduling hit times. Prioritize reporters' safety first!
For starters, I have a selfie stick, not a 10K camera with a crew and body guard. I am in extremely hostile areas where I must focus on my surroundings. If it is dark, I have light which makes me a sitting duck, easy target. Please make the SPECIFIC TIME. Don't make me wait.
The longer I am waiting, the more of a target I am. Some producers have put me in that situation. Obviously, unintentional, but I think it also is because I am freelance and I am not their priority. Anyway, I just won't do their shows anymore.

IT CAN GET ME KILLED!!!!
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