@OKhudetska as a journalist is respected in ๐บ๐ฆ for work like this: a spotlight on Berkut who shะพt dozens of Ukraine's Heavenly Hundred in 2014, and those like Avakov who blocked efforts to apprehend them.
It'll also help you know why you ought not RT @Gerashchenko_en.
๐บ๐ฆ๐งต๐
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en "I know it's a bit long, but it's a masterpiece of how Avakov and senior police officers blocked the arrest of the Black Berkut Company, one of the units that carried out the shootัng on Instytutska, in Apr 2014.
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en "Here, then-Deputy Prosecutor General Bahanets describes how detentions of 16 members of the Black Company were disrupted: senior police officers broke into investigators' offices, threatened investigators, and took soldiers away from interrogations..."
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en "...The operation was clearly previously leaked by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en "Then the building in the center of Kyiv where the interrogations were taking place, was surrounded by 300 Berkut officers WITH GUNS, blocking the exits to prevent the removal of those already detained..."
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en "...They were able to remove three of [the Berkut officers], while the rest were released under threats of armed assault."
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en "Not only were none dismissed for rioting, Avakov met with a Berkut and promised them protection."
"My sources told me about this conversation. They say Avakov promised directly 'I won't give you to them'. In exchange, he asked for personal loyalty."
"Oh, and... Berkut did not pass the evaluation, the evaluation with the public and journalists in the commissions. They had some kind of internal evaluation... ๐ซ ๐ซ
@OKhudetska @Gerashchenko_en For your convenience, a link directly to a translation:
This is why we need to check in with Ukrainians. No matter how good Gerashchenko's social media team is - don't RT him! He has no right to it.resonance-ua.translate.goog/pro-rol-mvs-taโฆ
This focus of @OKhudetska's journalism is valued in ๐บ๐ฆ. She's exposed cover-ups, tracked Berkut as they've been brought to trials they'd likely have escaped otherwise.
It deeply matters, holding kัllะตrs of the Heavenly Hundred to account. Please read and boost her original ๐งต.
Supporting actual nazis is a death threat, period.
It is looking at a death machine that systematically killed 12 million civilians, including 6 million Jews (hence 6MWE) just for their identity or beliefs, and millions more in wars of choice, and say, "Let's try that again."
At least 1 out of every 33 people then on Earth died in WW2.
That's on the nazis and Stalinists who began it jointly in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, when they attacked Poland.
I knew WW2 veterans who liberated death camps that fed into ones with chimneys pouring human ashes. Talking with them as a child meant blundering into unspeakable things.
Anyone who supports what put horror beyond words into their faces is a monster.
@DI_Ukraine's statement: the "Georgian Legion" does not exist as a unit, is not in Ukraine's command struction, and is not to be confused with Georgian volunteers serving with various real units of ZSU, GUR, and TDF or the International Legion.
Mamuka's not fought since April 2023, and his "second in command" Reshytlo hasn't fought and has been stealing valor. This emphatically means that they cannot be what they represent themselves as for fundraising purposes. GL's refusal to account for the millions of dollars fundraised, its actual instigation of threats and harassment against whistleblowers inside and outside of Ukraine, has done evil to people who tirelessly sought to help real Ukrainian units and orgs, not this siphoning GL scam.
Many over at @Official_NAFO only thought they knew because they were told. Others were in a position to know and speak up about the aggressive harassment of volunteers, up to and including threats of rape and death. One cannot be a mute bystander to mass-incited harassment or defamation of dedicated Ukrainians and supporters who wanted funds and support for Ukraine to be properly directed, and then be "Official" to a decentralized movement.
Meanwhile, real Ukrainian units exist, top-notch and highly accoutable organizations like @BackAndAlive and @dzygaspaw show reports, @TPSpindel ad @potuzhnishyy and @LvivNightingale and @TheWarSanta and @RachelPAV have spoken truth about GL each in their way, and endured horrific slander for their bold stance. And I, I've seen my share for my advocacy to support Ukraine through its best orgs, which Georgian Legion's hardcore chose to see as vicious rivals and even russian fronts, while they themselves disappeared millions of dollars in donations. We're here for Ukraine, not fake Twitter celebrities.
Those who were in good faith and deceived by others, I for one do not begrudge you trying to help Ukraine as you understood how, but we have a responsibility to hear Ukrainians, to verify supporters, to make sure we are actually helping Ukraine as intended.
Those who chose grift and LARPing and defamation of all outside the club, coordinated attacks on Ukrainians and volunteers of all sorts: your malicious projection of your own sins onto others will not hide what you did. Ukraine doesn't need this, and we are not here to be your scapegoats.
A translation of the announcement follows, boldface emphasis added:
"โผ๏ธ Statement on false accusations of the Slovak Republic authorities against the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
On January 31, 2025, during a press conference, officials of the Slovak Republic made accusations against the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine - allegedly, servicemen of the Georgian National Legion, โsubordinateโ to the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, were involved in organizing protests in Slovakia in preparation for a coup d'รฉtat.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine carefully studied the accusations, because hybrid and information operations aimed at undermining the situation in European countries, sowing discord both within states and between European partners are an extremely serious threat to Ukraine, which, with the support of the civilized world, is heroically resisting russian armed aggression.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine officially reports that there is no unit called the Georgian National Legion in its structure.
As for the International Legion of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, it is a multinational active duty unit that is directly involved in battles with russian occupation forces in the hottest spots of the frontline and, of course, does not conduct any hybrid actions on the territory of the European Union.
As for the person mentioned at the press conference [Ed.: that would be the reported commander of the "Georgian Legion"], he is not a Ukrainian serviceman, has no relation to Ukrainian intelligence, and does not receive any tasks or instructions from the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. This person terminated his contract with the International Legion of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine in April 2023 and did not renew it.
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine strongly rejects false accusations of organizing illegal actions in the Slovak Republic.
We emphasize that the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine is in constant contact and cooperation with colleagues from NATO countries, adheres to the principles of good faith cooperation and partnership, always works for the benefit of common security and overcoming the challenges posed to European countries by the full-scale war unleashed by russia, in particular the information component of russian aggression.
European politicians should be as responsible as possible for their words, especially for accusations against friendly countries, in order to avoid giving any grounds for hostile propaganda.
โ๏ธ We note that it is russia that is constantly trying to sow discord between the countries of the Free World, discrediting European politicians, interfering in democratic elections, organizing street riots, and even committing political assassinations in Europe."
"I would like to see Maidan commemorated not in the annual cycle of fasting on the anniversaries of the beginning, storming, dispersal, and shooting, but rather in the efforts to punish those who organized and committed bloody crimes against peaceful protesters..."
๐บ๐ฆ๐งต๐
"You can go to the courts in Maidan cases so that judges do not see empty indifferent halls and a bunch of urban crazies, but rather the public's demand for justice.
The schedule of courts is published weekly by the Advocates' Advisory Group on Facebook"
"During this period, we have provided 16 units with everything they need to effectively hunt down enemy UAVs: pickup trucks, interceptor drones and related equipment.
The total value of the aid we have provided so far is UAH 39,581,680 ($958,960 USD) โ "
Treating Ukrainians lives as expendable is everything wrong with the world's response, and crap tourniquets are an insidious manifestation of that evil.
@sector_m14 did, in fact, point out russian connections to Dnipro TQs. Back to that after I translate Olga's thread: ๐บ๐ฆ๐งต๐
"In comments on Instagram, Dmytro Kozyatynskyi, a military medical servicemember, shared his experience from the ground of the Dnipro TQs: his wounds were bleeding under them.
In response, the host of the Dnipro TQ manufacturer's YouTube attacked:"