«Biden often makes ridiculous gaffes in his public speeches. Take the latest – double blooper during his speech at the White House. First, the president got lost in the ATF abbreviation (American Federation of Teachers) and then could not pronounce the nominee’s last name right»
«Dreher reminds us that Biden is the commander-in-chief of the US military. However, he adds that «it becomes quite obvious that the president is not fully able to control himself» @TextyOrgUa#GrayZone#AgainstRussianLies
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we're often addressed by foreign media with questions about the language issue in Ukraine. So quick explainer here. A thread 1/10
yes, Ukrainian is different from the Russian language. In some aspects it's closer to Belarusian and Polish. Russians need a substantial training to understand Ukrainian, and much more training to speak and write. Think of the difference btw Italian, French and Spanish. 2/10
Ukrainian was banned from the public use in the Russian empire for almost half of the century (1863-1905). No literature, theatre performances, cultural events in Ukrainian were alowed. 3/10
‼️ Fleeing from war, twice - the story of two sisters who left Donetsk in 2014 and were forced to evacuate their homes again in 2022. A thread: 1/17 #UkraineWorldTestimony
Hanna (31) and Tetiana (27) were born into a Russian-speaking family in Donetsk and grew up in Donbas. They were educated and were going to build their lives here. 2/17
In the summer of 2014, after Donetsk had been occupied by the Russian forces, Hanna and her future husband moved to Kyiv. She began speaking Ukrainian to emphasize her Ukrainian identity. A few years later, her sister Tetiana moved to Kharkiv. 3/17
The story of a woman who faced Russian invasions twice in her life. Testimony of a witness, Yana Osypova. Thread 1/8 #UkraineWorldTestimony
“Our life will never be the same again.” I said these words to my husband in May 2014. I said the same words to him yesterday. 2/8
Back then, we had left Donetsk under shelling and headed towards Kyiv. On February 24, 2022, we were already driving under explosions from Kyiv towards Zhytomyr. 3/8
"Organise the humanitarian corridors, we must immediately evacuate the civilians, and wounded and take away the bodies of soldiers to bury them," commander of Azov, Denis Prokopenko. #MariupolGenocide#UkraineUnderAttaсk
Russian occupiers are bombing #Azovstal: Bombs are superheavy, says Mariupol city council.
Five targeted missile strikes were launched by Russians to hit Lviv this morning, city mayor @AndriySadovyi says.
Civil facilities in Lviv were targeted by Russian troops - @Podolyak_M
According to preliminary data, as head of Lviv Regional State Administration Maksym Kozytskiy reports, 6 people killed, 8 injured, including one child, as a result of the morning missile attack in Lviv.
How Russians dehumanize Ukrainians. A thread. -- This is a merch advertised by one of pro-Russian telegram channels. The inscription reads: "Bucha massacre. We can repeat". The inscription contains Latin characters Z and V which are symbols of Russia's invasion now 1/7
The slogan "We can repeat" is a typical Russian slogan of recent years suggesting that Russia can "repeat" its "victory" in the World War II but also crimes of the Red Army and brutal occupation of other countries 2/7
A pig in the picture "symbolizes" Ukrainians - a typical and pejorative sterotype about Ukrainians 3/7