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Nov 8 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Hey everyone!
I have transferred our aid to two Azovstal soldiers: Vladyslav “Wikipedia” Zhaivoronok (he lost an eye and a leg in combat) and Dmytro “Orest” Kozatsky @Kozatsky_D (the author of the legendary photos from inside the Azovstal).
$20,000 and $5,000, respectively. ImageImageImageImage
The guys needed assistance with medical rehabilitation/prosthetics/recovery etc. They are the first ones to get our aid. I have made a list of over 30 marines, border guards, etc who were badly wounded, upon recommendations from trusted friends among medical volunteers.
In the coming days, I’ll continue sending money to them and their families to help cover their medical expenses and needs. It takes time, but I’m making sure your money is well-spent!
More reports from me soon.
We can help a lot of disabled Ukrainian soldiers. So please feel free to continue donating on PayPal: i.ponomarenko@kyivindependent.com Image

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Sep 27
We’re just about to hit $50,000 in donations to #HelpAzovstalDefenders — and everyone is welcome to join!
The charity campaign was launched just 24 hours ago but we have already fundraised a lot.
We’re to provide medical treatment to disabled Azovstal soldiers.
Here’s my PayPal account for donations: i.ponomarenko@kyivindependent.com
Yeah, babe!!
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Sep 26
Hey, people, a bit of news here.
IMPORTANT THREAD!🧵
I’ve decided that I start fundraising to help wounded Azovstal soldiers.
That’s on the regular basis.
#HelpAzovstalDefenders Image
The recent campaign to help heal Mykhailo Dianov, the Azovstal marine, was quite a success. And so many of you guys are so eager to keep donating.
I’m receiving donations on my PayPal account i.ponomarenko@kyivindependent.com ImageImage
I am to decide who gets the money for medical treatment, rehabilitation, prosthetics, etc, so your donations could be safe and fine. Of course, I’ll report to you guys here on Twitter.
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Sep 21
Azov Regiment’s commanding officer Denys “Redis” Prokopenko and deputy CO Svyatoslav “Kalyna” Palamar have been freed from Russian captivity
#Azovstal
There’s a thermonuclear blast in the Russian milbloggers community right now
Sergiy “Volyna” Volynsky is free!!!
The heroic Azovstal Marine is getting back home.
Reportedly, Russia swapped the Azovstal leaders for Putin’s kin Viktor Medvedchuk.
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Sep 2
My hypothesis on what’s Ukraine doing in Kherson region.
The Ukrainian military likely put a stake on gradually exhausting and embattling Russia’s grouping on the Dnipro right bank — while also keeping it isolated from supplies and from across the river…
So Ukrainian forces are likely probing Russian defenses all along the line, looking for weak spots, trying to advance and capitalize on their gains if possible.
It certainly does not have enough manpower and hardware for a reckless, costly, Russian-style frontal attack…
… that would guarantee nothing but a high Ukrainian death toll. So the command has to use their brains and do it in a more subtle way.
I think this operation is not about territorial gains per se, but about grinding the Russian group of 20-25 BTGs down in hard combat…
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Aug 10
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Guys, it’s just the time for you to finally embrace the true Ukrainian wartime meme “BAVOVNA”.
The bavovna is exactly what happened to that Russian airfield in Crimea, in particular. Image
Once upon a time, when the Ukrainian military delivered a strike on Russian territory, local Russian officials on TV downplayed the blast effect and referred to it as “khlopok” (“a clap”) of absolutely mysterious origin.
But in Russian, the word “khlopok” can also mean “cotton” if it’s pronounced in a different way. “Khlopok” (meaning “cotton) is translated as “bavovna" in Ukrainian.
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Aug 6
#Amnestyinternational @amnesty
War is hard. It’s horrific. It’s far from all those clean, climate-controlled offices and chart boards.
Everybody thinks the same thing: how to survive and possibly get a mission done. If you have been there, you know it.
Whether we like it or not, it is often far from those ideal rules written on paper. It’s a good idea to demand that combating sides respect the law of war and keep civilians safe. Unfortunately, very often, it’s easier said than done.
Not a single nation was ideal in terms of civilian safety in war. And Ukraine is not perfect. Because, again, fighting a war against one of the world’s largest militaries is much more complicated than lecturing someone from thousands of kilometers away from the battlefield.
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