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Jun 1 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Today's Ukraine well-deserved football victory vs Scotland means a lot. It's a morale boost, it's a source of joy in dark times. Soldiers watched it in the trenches, millions of Ukrainians watched it in the bomb shelters while Russian missiles were striking Lviv #SCOUKR
A fantastic third goal by 🇺🇦 Artem Dovbyk
It's also an occasion to remind the world about the horrific situation in the newly Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. This banner says 'Kherson is Ukraine'. The population of this southern region does not support the occupation and is facing massive repressions Image

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Jun 4
Sometimes I have a feeling that France, Italy and some other European countries live in an alternative reality. They feel so safe under the NATO umbrella, so used to decades of stability that they can't fully grasp that mere 2000 km away a dictator is waging a war of annihilation
Their proposed solutions to the war sound so ingenuous and naive. 'Make peace at all costs', 'avoid humiliating Putin', 'push Ukrainians to compromise' may satisfy domestic audiences who can't bear to watch war images on TV. But these are not viable options for Ukrainians
Western countries funded Russian war machine for years, buying its oil and gas, selling dual use goods for its military complex. They tried to appease Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2014. That approach has clearly failed but many refuse to admit it,repeating the same mistakes
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May 28
'I am feeling anger and profound disgust when I hear some Westerners suggest that Ukraine should just give up part of its territory to Russia': a Ukrainian soldier, who holds a PhD in history and used to work in a museum before the war, shared his thoughts facebook.com/10000398421543…
Please read it with the translation. It's a really powerful and striking personal account. 'I have never wanted to be a military man. But now I am one because there's war in my country. As are thousands of other Ukrainian professionals'
'They are killed by artillery and Tochka-U, cluster and phosphorus munitions. Some of them have already died. But they continue to fight. Because Ukraine is behind them. Because if they lay down their arms, their parents will be killed, wives and daughters raped, homes destroyed'
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May 20
Ukrainian flags and supportive messages visible in Vienna. Still, some questions to me from the public broadcaster reveal that not everyone understands Ukraine's fight and the necessity to defeat Russia together: 'what concessions is Ukraine prepared to make to stop the war?'
I answered that it's not the right question to ask now. The West should be rather thinking about how to help Ukraine win this war. If not stopped in Ukraine and rewarded for his aggression, if concessions are imposed on Ukraine, Putin will move further and wage new wars
Ukraine is not just fighting for territories, it's fighting for people. Those under Russian occupation suffer from terrible human rights abuse: kidnappings, torture, rape, extrajudicial killings. Ukraine needs to liberate occupied territories to protect them. The West must help
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May 15
As I am returning from my short trip to Kyiv, here's a thread about my impressions from visiting the Ukrainian capital after three months away. It feels almost normal - many people on the streets, including kids - but it's not, not yet
Many businesses have reopened, but not all of them. Public transport resumed work partially: metro trains run with intervals of 20-30 min and stop operating at 8 PM. Trains are quite crowded. Access to metro is free - but that will change on May 16
There are obviously a lot of armed people in military uniforms in the city. Documents are checked at the entrance to the main train station and at the platforms exits, but it looks rather as a formality
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May 14
In other news, our kittens have just turned three weeks old! Little cuties Javelin, Mariupol and Mriya (left to right) are saying hi and asking you to #StandWithUkraine
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Please continue supporting Ukraine by donating to provide equipment to its courageous defenders here: comebackalive.in.ua
This charity provides life-saving tactical medicine kits for Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline. With your donations after my previous tweets, they were able to buy 600 new kits! And asked me to say huge 'thank you' 🙏 leleka.care
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May 4
On a bus in Western Ukraine today, I overheard a boy, maybe 17 yo, talk about his apartment in Kharkiv's Saltivka district, completely destroyed by Russians. 'I'll never forgive them. My parents will go to Europe, I'll return to Kharkiv, join territorial defence and take revenge'
'These orcs are completely brainwashed. Their TV has been teaching them to hate Ukrainians for years', he said, speaking with a conductor in Russian language. 'Ukraine is my beloved country'. This war has alienated so many Ukrainians who were previously neutral or loyal to Russia
This is especially true for the new generation. Ukrainian children, who were hiding from the bombs in basements, who lost their loved ones, their homes, will be growing with a clear understanding that Russia is an enemy and a strong feeling of their Ukrainian identity.
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