This thread was posted by Olena Zelenska on Instagram. It tells the stories of volunteers killed by russia. These brave people were evacuating those trapped in areas under russian attack or were bringing them food and medicines
Nastya Yalanska. Her car was shot while she was carrying aid to Bucha, which is currently cut off from the сonnection
Pasha Li was a Ukrainian actor and TV presenter. His mother is from Zakarpattia, and his father is a Korean from Crimea. When Russia attacked Ukraine, Pasha wanted to be helpful to his country like every Ukrainian. He took people out of war-torn Irpin and died
Anatoliy Berezhny, an IDP from Severodonetsk. He also helped to evacuate Irpin residents. He was just 200 meters away from his bus when a Russian mine hit his group
Oleksandra Polishchuk was an animal rights activist who cared for the dog shelter. She died in Kherson when a shell hit her house. 2 volunteers who tried to feed hungry animals at the Ecopark near Kharkiv were shot for it - we do not know their names yet
Also Yuriy Prylypko was killed while taking care about his local community
Of course, they don't care, but I am offended by some Western "opinion leaders" who push messages "Ukraine is not democracy", "Ukraine has drowned in corruption" & other variations of bs when they try to justify Russian aggression.
These people know nothing about Ukraine /1
They don't give a sh** about the huge progress Ukraine has made over the last 8 years. They abase the efforts made by democratization drivers.
Simultaneously, they usually shy off to inform their audiences that it is Russia which is a *truly* corrupt autocracy /2
The US insists that sanctions against NS2 will "undermine united front in response to Russia." Ukraine's - frontline's! - stance is not taken into account.
NS2 is not a deterrent. On the contrary, it's an incentive for Putin to further attack Ukraine /1 reuters.com/markets/commod…
Why? 1) Putin needs Russian gas to flow to Europe; 2) Ukrainian transmission system is a route of largest capacity. It's well operational & maintained; 3) the fear to damage it & lose gas revenues/ Euro market in longer persp ties Putin in his further actions in Ukraine; /2
4) now Putin has little doubt that NS2 will be working. To speed up the process he is interested in crashing Ukraine & our pipeline. He presumes that in case UA system is destroyed NS2 will not be stopped: Europe won't have much other gas routes available; /3
Leaving geopolitical debates aside, human dimension of the Russia's looming large-scale invasion is rarely discussed. But it would affect the lives of tens of millions. In and beyond Ukraine
Small thread /1
#UkraineWillResist: 1/3 of Ukrainians are ready to take up weapons if Russia further invades. We will eventually kick Russians out - but at what price?
Ukraine has been mourning deaths of every defender Russia had killed over last 8 years. These are our best & bravest people /2
Large-scale invasion would destroy critical infrastructure and cause severe humanitarian catastrophe. It would be amplified by covid & blackouts amidst winter cold /3
Just one more piece to add to this picture. Ukraine has long been a target to Russian propaganda. But media watchdogs noticed that disinfo which particularly hits hard on reforms & demonizes Western partners who had advocated them has intensified over last years 1/4
Such propaganda advances a key narrative of Ukraine being a failed state governed from overseas. It tries to convince people the reforms eventually have a single goal which is to allow foreigners to grab as many UA strategic assets/ enterprises/ land/ whatever as possible 2/4
Just take a look at this one blatant example. And that's the show, broadcasted in prime time on the most popular news channel Ukrayina24 which belongs to Akhmetov: kyivpost.com/article/opinio… 3/4