seven sri-lanka citizens share harrowing account of spending months as slaves to russian soldiers in occupied vovchansk in eastern ukraine. starved, tortured, abused daily, @suspilne_news reports
“every day they gave us the opportunity to go to the bathroom for 2 minutes. there was a shower once every 5 days. for 2 minutes. they fed us very little, twice a week in small portions,” recalls one of the rescued hostages
russians denailed one of the hostages, subjected another to daily beatings “for fun.” kidnapped foreigner receive no medical care, even after severe assaults. all were forced to clean after the invaders and cater to them.
the only difference between putin fascists and navalny fascists is that the latter are unpopular and disrespected even by their own people.
what navalny fascists are avoiding to admit to foreigners in public that it is simply impossible to get popular backing in russia if you are not a fascist reinforcing white supremacy, imperial and colonial foundation of russian nationalism
that’s why you never hear navalny gang expressing any heartbreak over genocide in ukraine. they are only pissed off that it ruins russian reputation and destroys the myth of russian greatness. their problem is not in russian fascism, but that it is not effective enough.
расизм - це росія.
сексизм - це росія.
гомофобія - це росія.
наша українська традиція це свобода.
друзі, у кого є питання до цього формулювання, заохочую рісерчнути для інтересу про довгу історію як московська колоніальна імперія насаджувала україні легально та культурно гомофобію, мізогінію та про інтерналізований расизм
це не означає що ці прояви унікальні тільки для московії, але не можна ігнорувати суттєвий вплив московської культурної колонізації щодо питань які є центральними для світогляду їх фашизму та домінування
amid the ongoing genocidal horror, it is extra important to celebrate fellow ukrainians.
meet stas tweeman
i have a true privilege of knowing stas for many years and seeing him grow from a kind human being into an inspirational icon
if you ever heard about kyiv as europe's new rave mecca, well, then stas is the person who made sure that this new mecca is integrally queer af
starting as a DJ in the industry at a time when open queerness could cost you a gig, over the years he transformed ukrainian club culture into the safest, most welcoming space for queer ukrainians where every spectrum of diversity and queerness is celebrated
i also personally fundraise to support my colleagues ukrainian journalists - both on the frontline and in refuge:
🫡24.02 fund 2402.org
🫡media lifeline ukraine freepressunlimited.org/en/projects/me…
ukrainians never leave our animals behind. even amid the genocide.
🫡the largest umbrella for wartime animal rescue in ukraine @UAnimalsENG