My name is Yuriy Gudymenko. I am a Junior Sergeant (Corporal) in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I want to appeal to each and every serviceman of the Belarusian Armed Forces. My address can be accessed in Russian and Belarusian in the Ukrainian media and on my FB page. Thread 🧵:
I am not going to lecture you. I don't want to talk about brotherly nations, nor do I want to remind you of the fact that haven't ever fought against each other.
I will be straightforward and simple.
If you step on our land — you will die. 2/12
I don't know how exactly each of your deaths are going to occur. Maybe you'll die like that Russian paratrooper on whom I've tripped in Irpin, early spring of this year, while placing mines. 3/12
I remember him, because I haven't seen dead Russian soldiers as close before, not looking into binoculars or a scope. He was fully burnt, his uniform baked together with his blackened skin, and one of his legs was eaten to the bone by dogs. 4/12
Maybe, you'll die exactly like him, betrayed by your command and comrades.
You also may get obliterated by our mines. We have a lot of them, enough for all of you. It's a quick death — if it's gonna be an AT mine, that is. 5/12
An anti-personnel mine will most likely leave you bleeding out, unable to survive without modern medical kits and evac systems.
Maybe, your truck will get destroyed by a HIMARS rocket, and you'll be lucky to die with scattered legs and in horrible pain. 6/12
Maybe, your tank will get destroyed by a Stugna or a Javelin, and you'll burn alive, just like hundreds of Russian tank crews before you. Though you'll be counted as missing for a long time, because ammo detonation will certainly turn you into tiny flesh-bone dust. 7/12
A trophy Solntsepyok HFS might as well work out a fire mission on you. Or, maybe, a Grad MLRS. We will watch the video of your death, filmed from a drone, and share it with our friends.
However it will occur – you are going to die. 8/12
Over 60 thousand Russian soldiers could have confirmed my words. But they can't. There's bad reception in hell.
You haven't seen fighting for decades. We're fighting since 2014. Your weapons are old and obsolete. Our weapons are brand new, made by NATO. 9/12
You're being pushed into a senseless war on foreign soil, while we're defending what's ours. We own the initiative, and your Russian allies are retreating month after month.
You don't have a single chance. You will die here, near a village you've never heard of before. 10/12
I have some Belarusian blood in me. Maybe, this causes me to warn you, instead of gloatingly observing your deaths.
If you'll arrive to Ukraine, you will die. Surrendering is your only way to survive and return home.
If you don't do that, you will most certainly die. 11/12
Junior Sergeant Gudymenko ends his report. 12/12.
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Russians simply don't understand us. At all. Thread 🧵:
I'm not talking about our language, of course we do have a barrier — hence the legends about «Polish mercenaries» after acquiring
Ukrainian radio comms. I mean something else. 1/7
They don't understand a single bit of our psychology. For example, right now they're sure, that after yesterday's shelling we want to surrender, when in fact we only want to achieve victory faster — and the record speed of our army fundraisers in reaching their goals is proof.2/7
Before, they were sure that we would meet their soldiers with flowers. Today, they'll be sure that we'll surrender if they knock out our heat and electricity, tomorrow they'll be sure of something else. Any Ukrainian would point out their mistake. But they're not Ukrainian. 3/7
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Unlike the psychology of a single person, the psychology of huge people masses is much simpler. If taking a single nationality, moreover a proimperialist one, it's even prognosable. 1/9
The start of any offensive war Russians will perceive with enthusiasm. This is the first stage of their emotion – enthusiastic patriotism. «We'll kick their asses without even noticing», «Second army of the world», «You're making our Iskanders laugh», etc. 2/9
If a «short victorious war» turns into a «long and hurtful war», the emotions of Russians change. Firstly, it's absolute denial («We couldn't have lost and not take Kyiv, it's some clever plan!...»), and then – a search of some magic solution for victory. 3/9
Tomorrow you'll open your eyes in the morning. Independence Day will start.
You'll check social media and see things which are already usual for a Ukrainian and a miracle for others around the world. 1/8
You'll see people, maybe even your friends, buying something for the frontline and collecting donations. Or rebuilding someone's destroyed house. Or saving cats from burned villages. 2/8
You'll see yet another video from our soldiers, dancing and joking where anyone in the world would cry. You'll see pictures from hell, and people who became more dangerous than the devil himself there. 3/8
24.08 are two dates in one. It's our Independence Day, as well as a half-year anniversary since the start of full-scale war in Ukraine.
It's time to analyse something.
So, the Russian Federation had the goals of:
а) destroying Ukrainian statehood;
b) receiving a land corridor with occupied enclaves of Crimea and Transnistria;
c) strengthening their role in the world, ideally returning to «superpower» status.
To achieve their political goals, the Russian Federation had these goals their military and secret services:
1) to achieve air domination ASAP, destroying our AA and Air Force; 2) destroying Ukrainian armed resistance, which was perceived by them as chaotic and rather small;
I am a sapper squad commander, currently recovering from battle wounds received while fighting for freedom in Ukraine. It was the same battle, in which a comrade of mine was killed. His callsign was "Marvel". He chose it himself.
And truly, he was a real superhero and died like a hero, dragging out a wounded soldier.
Despite realising that I cannot ask for anything from you, I would like to see a line in any of your upcoming movies, paying tribute to the brave Ukrainian private Olexander "Marvel" Ostapenko, who died in the battle for freedom.