Thread by @BogdanPolovko

In the last week, I and many more Ukrainians feel that people in the world stopped caring about what is happening in Ukraine, more people find it easier to just throw some statement that devalues the context of this war. Here is the list of what was happening in the last week:

- Russia has been bombing civilians and killed many
- In Kherson, they started deportations
- They are planning to use civilians as a shield for escape and possibly blow up a dam
- Russia stole many more children from parents and has given them for adoption to Russia

The amount of suffering that we have to go through is impossible to explain, still, we are somehow called Nazis by many. Our country was invaded by an evil force, but we are somehow the warmongerers, and we are somehow the ones who want a nuclear war. We don't.

That is why we need more guns because that is the only thing that is deterring Russia. The only language that Russia understands well is force. Russia is stopped where they are stopped, that will make sense if you know the history well.

We gave up the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal because we were given guarantees by the most powerful countries to protect our sovereignty, we believed in a future where the rules, laws, and freedoms could be used to solve conflicts.

Or is this the new reality where any country that has an atomic bomb can terrorize anyone to accomplish its most terrible goals? I certainly don't want to live in a world like that, that is why I and many other Ukrainians do everything possible to defeat the aggressor

That is why Ukraine is now fighting against dictatorships worldwide. Russia, Belarus, Iran, North Korea, and Syria - are the countries that teamed up to destroy our freedoms and will. And countries like Hungary and Syria were only inspired by Putin's imperialism.

So do we want to make state-sponsored terrorism an accepted form of leverage in international relationships? Well, why don't we then go further and decriminalize sexual or domestic violence?

Russia is a #StateSponsorOfTerrorism. #RussiaIsATerroristState and should be designated as such by democracies worldwide. At the same time, Ukraine needs guns so that we could liberate our people from the genocidal activities of Russia. Here is the list of what we need:

- ATACMS or other long-range missiles
- air defense so that we could protect the sky
- Leopard 2 or M1 tanks, IFVs are needed to push Russia to its international border
- Armored vehicles for soldiers to move safely around the frontline

So please - the least you can do is petition your governments and ask them to send these things to Ukraine! Right now in many of your countries it only costs time and money, whereas we here pay every day in our lives! I fish you can never experience Russia's "brotherly love"

P.S. Thank you everyone for your kind words of support! I’m glad that the way I felt was not exactly the way things are! Please if you can contact you representatives in government and ask them them to provide what is needed to Ukraine, that will be the biggest help!