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Mar 13 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
To those calling on Ukraine to surrender because they can't stand watching the horrors of war: that's not going to happen. Russia wants to destroy Ukraine, in one way or another. Get a grip, sanction Russian oil and gas, send more weapons to Ukrainians
Ukrainians cannot surrender and they won't do it to make you happy. They know too well what happened in Russian-occupied territories since 2014: Ukrainians killed, put in secret prisons, tortured. This will happen again on a huge scale, if Russia is allowed to take more land
Ukrainians fight so fiercely because they know that this war is for their very existence. They value freedom and independence they obtained 30 years ago, after centuries of struggle. So-called democratic values that are shallow for so many in the West are a real thing for them
This is not just war between Russia and Ukraine. It's a war between democracy and tyranny. Between future and past. Between innovation and backwardness. Between humanity and cruelty. For the sake of everything that is good in this world, for the sake of hope, Ukraine should win.

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Mar 14
I want to share here an opinion by Volodymyr Sheiko, director of the Ukrainian Institute - a major institution promoting Ukrainian culture in the world. A thread.
'In order to discuss or report on Russia’s war on Ukraine it is essential to understand the nature of the conflict'/1
'Russia’s attempts to pacify, consume, homogenise, subdue, and colonise Ukraine have been going on for centuries.
Today’s Russian invasion is a neocolonial war on a sovereign and peaceful country, an attempt to restore Russia’s imperial geopolitical blueprint'/2
'Ukraine’s resistance is a decolonial struggle to break away from the former empire and to continue nurturing a pro-Western political nation. Therefore, both countries’ existential objectives are mutually exclusive'/3
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Mar 10
I got a call today from a friend who was unreachable for two weeks. She said she and her extended family were trapped under Russian occupation in a village on the outskirts of Kyiv. They went to a dacha there on the first day of war on Feb 24, hoping it would be safe
Instead, the village was occupied by Russian army and they were unable to leave for 12 days: it was too dangerous to step out of house because soldiers shot civilians. They ate two times a day and very little. There were children with them, the youngest under one year.
Finally, yesterday they were able to leave for Kyiv with volunteers taking people there on a dangerous road under Russian bullets. They checked whether that person was to be trusted because, as they told me, some drivers say they go to Kyiv, and instead bring people to Belarus
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Mar 10
Russia signaled it is not ready to implement ceasefire, it wants Ukraine to surrender. This is not going to happen - Ukraine's foreign minister Kuleba after talks with Lavrov in Antalya
Russia's narrative is that they will continue aggression until Ukraine surrenders - Kuleba
These are war crimes, they must be stopped, and everyone who commits them will have to bear responsibility - Kuleba
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Mar 9
Russian occupation forces torture the staff of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant they captured four days ago, Ukraine energy minister German Galushchenko said. 'There are about 500 Russian soldiers and 50 units of heavy equipment inside the station' 🧵facebook.com/10005225909387…
'A breakdown at a nuclear power plant due to the use of weapons by Russian troops will lead to a disaster for the whole of Europe. The responsibility for this will be entirely on Russia', he said
'If a breakdown happens, Europeans will be forced to switch the comfort of their homes to radiation shelters. We must stop Russia's nuclear terrorism together. We must do it now – until it's too late', Ukraine's energy minister urged
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Mar 8
'We see, feel and appreciate the world’s solidarity. But stopping Putin will require resolute and immediate steps. We need aircraft. We need effective air and missile defense systems... to stop Russian aircraft&missiles from killing more civilians': 🇺🇦 FM
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'Russian Sberbank needs to be banned from SWIFT, countries must stop buying Russian oil, which is now tainted with Ukrainian blood, and ban Russian ships from ports; and the hard currency of Russian financial institutions in the US, Switzerland, Japan, UK & the EU must be frozen'
'Russia and Putin must be completely isolated. Russian ambassadors and representatives must be expelled from international organizations. Boycotts and bans on cultural and sporting events must be expanded'
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Mar 5
Parlo l'italiano ma non commento quasi più per i media lì. Ho cercato di raccontare l'Ucraina dal 2013. Mi fa fisicamente male il livello di disinformazione. Si mette sullo stesso piano l'aggressore e la vittima, si dà spazio agli ignoranti e corrotti. Non ce la faccio più
Per chi ha chiesto della mia relazione con l'Italia, indicata sul profilo: ho imparato l'italiano da sola da adolescente, ho sognato l'Italia. Poi, ho fatto la laurea in Italia. Ho sempre amato l'Italia, ma dall'inizio della guerra nel 2014 è cambiato tutto. Mi fa troppo male
Il caso Markiv ha spezzato questa relazione ulteriormente. I soldati e la diaspora ucraina definiti nazisti sulle maggiori testate italiane. Un innocente condannato a 24 anni in un processo mediatico farlocco. Poi assolto in appello e cassazione. Nessuno mai si è scusato
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