Russification is an example of destroying the #national identity, and it is also a part of #genocide.
A crucial element of this #crime is the intention to fully or partially destroy #Ukrainians as a national group.
Under such circumstances, #children are the least protected and the most vulnerable category of people, therefore they need the most protection.
Almost immediately after the occupation of #Ukrainian territories, #russians are actively implementing #russification policy and urging collaborationism.
In those places where fighting continues or where the great majority of school-age children have been evacuated, #schools are not working at all.
Russian troops place their command and control centers and other units on some school premises.
At the same time, once active hostilities are stopped occupiers actively start russifying the local #schoolchildren.
We elaborate on how russia is trying to russify Ukrainian children in the occupied territories.
On June 1, 2025, Poland elected Karol Nawrocki president after a razor-thin runoff. But a deeper issue emerged: pro-Kremlin disinfo from Belarusian state media—sanctioned by the EU, yet still reaching millions. A thread 🧵
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State-run Radio Belarus has leveraged its Polish-language pages on TikTok, YouTube, X, and Facebook to publish over 7,790 videos and posts — racking up 16 million views and at least 542,000 engagements by early May.
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Radio Belarus pushed disinfo claiming EU election meddling, casting doubt on Poland’s Supreme Court — which validates results — and portraying establishment candidates as foreign puppets, leaving voters with “no real choice.”
Russia is running a global scheme to lure, coerce, and traffic migrants and students into its war on Ukraine—using fake jobs, passport traps, and threats. Recruits come from over 20 countries. Most get no training, no pay, and no way out.
Here's how it works
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In April 2025, Ukraine captured two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia — part of over 155 identified on the front lines. This script is not rare: according to UK intelligence, Russia has recruited over 1,500 fighters since April 2023, mainly from across the Global South.
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Many are misled, trained through hand signals, and used as expendable cover for Russian troops, with over 300 confirmed deaths among foreigners – although the real number is likely much higher.
On May 18, 1944, the Soviet regime deported the entire Crimean Tatar population—nearly half perished. Few know they were already a minority by then, after centuries of repression.
Together with @qirimlia, we explore Russia’s long campaign to erase them.
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The 1944 deportation was the tragic culmination of a long history of persecution that began with the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Empire in 1783. Before the annexation, Crimean Tatars comprised about 90% of the peninsula’s population.
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1783 marked a turning point – the beginning of the so-called “dark century” for the Crimean Tatar people and start of Russia’s century long attempt to create a narrative that Crimea had always been
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Ukrainians in Auschwitz were largely invisible not because they were absent, but because the Nazis registered prisoners by official nationality rather than ethnic identity.
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Ukrainians from western regions were often recorded as Poles; those born in the Soviet Union were listed as Russians or Soviet citizens; others were classified as Czechs or Romanians.
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Almost 120,000 prisoners from Ukraine passed through Auschwitz. 86,000 of them were Transcarpathian Jews, while others were the Red Army POWs, members of the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (so-called Banderites), and forced labourers.
The Soviet Union transformed May 1st into a propaganda showpiece — parades, flags, and slogans celebrating workers’ rights that often existed only on paper.
Behind the spectacle was a much harsher reality. Here’s what May Day didn’t show
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Artificial loyalty
May Day parades claimed to celebrate workers’ rights — but even refusing to march wasn’t allowed. Just days after the Chornobyl disaster, 120,000 Kyiv residents, including children, were forced into the streets.
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Meaningless work
Soviet Union built its entire identity around “outrunning and outdoing” the West — especially the United States. This often took absurd forms, like boasting about melting more cast iron than the US, regardless of whether it was needed or efficient.
📢 "Russian imperialism does not know the concept of borders."
Oksana Zabuzhko, a renowned Ukrainian writer, explains how Russian imperialism disregards borders, history, and sovereignty—an issue that even Ukraine’s allies have never fully addressed.
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Oksana Zabuzhko’s works have been translated into 20+ languages. In 2023, she was named one of the BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women, and in 2024, she joined the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival.
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💬 “Since February 2022, Ukrainian artists have done enormous work, collectively pushing to convey what Western organizers initially failed to understand. At first, they were convinced that this was Putin’s war and genuinely believed that there was an opposition in Russia.”