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Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 Profile picture
Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦
@ChakhoyanAndrew
🇺🇦-American in NL🇳🇱 @Kennedy_School alum. “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim” - Elie Wiesel #StandWithUkraine
Mar 24 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Terrorists killed civilians in moscow. The responsibility falls on the russian government (either it orchestrated the attack or was criminally negligent).
But the terror kremlin rained on russia’s capital pales in comparison to the terror it rains on Ukraine every day Image Plane icons in yellow — civil aviation in Europe: people going on vacations, business trips, to see family, etc.

White icons are missiles and drones which could hit a Ukrainian family in their sleep anywhere in the country, as russia has proven many times
Mar 22 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
You walk down the street & see a person covered in blood being attacked by a psychopath — twice the size of his victim.
You’re with a group of friends — everyone in their prime physical condition. You’ve got a taser, pepper spray, etc. & can neutralize the offender.
You walk by. Image The western policy of incrementalism. The fear of provoking putin. The failure to commit to a Ukrainian victory as soon as possible and committing to “as long as it takes” instead.
Shame on us.
Mar 19 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
putin is the president of russia on Monday, just as he was on Friday.
The outcome of the elaborate song & dance performance, which took place over the weekend, was predetermined and known to all: putin, the russian people, and the world. So why do it?
1/n (a long read)Image The most obvious answer is to legitimize putin’s rule and emulate democracy in order to confuse those who adore russia despite its war crimes & arm useful-idiots & retained-propagandists in the West with talking points, flawed as they are.
2/n Image
Nov 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
What a shame! @nytimes

We both know this is a patent lie! Why print it? A civilian death toll in 🇺🇦 is estimated at over 100,000 in 2022 alone…

And what is this wording “have been killed in 🇺🇦” vs. “Israel has killed”?

Perhaps you don’t know who is killing Ukrainians? Let me make it clear — it is russia and the russians who are hellbent on genocide. They started killing Ukrainians in 2014 and never stopped.

@LaurenLeatherby — what are your thoughts on this subheading?
Image Thanks @VladDavidzon for flagging
Oct 1, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
What we had in Europe was precious.

Peace is not inevitable. It’s not “the way things are.” It is a direct consequence of the rules-based order established after WWII.

Peace used to be an intermission between wars — not the other way around.

russia hasn’t “just invaded 🇺🇦,” it reintroduced the war of conquest — one of four gravest crimes under the Rome Statute of the ICC — back in Europe.

Make no mistake, Ukraine is fighting for all of us. Whatever the costs are of helping 🇺🇦 now, they pale in comparison to the costs of existing in the world where internationally recognized borders are not restored.

PS the graph below is notional & shows major wars involving “great powers”
Image Conflicts didn’t disappear. That’s true. There was plenty of pain & suffering in the world after 1945. But the overt wars of conquest became unthinkable in Europe until 2014 when russia invaded Ukraine.

ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace
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Sep 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
On the controversy with Yaroslav Hunka, I’m no historian & no matter what I say, someone will surely find it offensive.

But this is what I’ve learned so far
❓did Hunka serve in the 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier Division “Galicia”?
♦️yes

❓what was he doing there?
♦️fighting Soviets, who committed genocide in 🇺🇦 just a decade ago, attempting to exterminate Ukrainians by starving millions to death #holodomor. Was he justified in wanting russians out of Ukraine? You tell me.

❓did Hunka slaughter Poles & Jews, as many allege?
♦️I don’t know. But from what I’ve read, Hunka was tried in Canada 🇨🇦 by the post-war tribunal & was found to have committed no war crimes.

What did I miss?


Image I will happily delete this tweet if there are mistakes or major gaps, in the meantime here is the source

euromaidanpress.com/2023/09/25/did…
Jul 31, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
🔵 why the actions of the Russian state contradict the interests of the Russian people?
🔵 why is the kremlin waging war when it was already achieving its nefarious goals by exporting corruption, manipulating western media, & weaponizing energy?
🔴 those questions have no answer,… https://t.co/dJgE8LcOo0twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Image “🔴Russia's conquest of Siberia starting in the 1580s, included the enslavement of indigenous peoples whom it forced to pay tribute on pain of death, resulting in starvation as people struggled to meet quotas instead of feeding themselves
🔴 Some historians have compared this… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Jul 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Why did russia invade Ukraine 🇺🇦?
🔵 Much depends on how we answer this seemingly obvious question... if we can get to the root of russia's rot, we'll learn to stop worrying about Ukraine's victory & accelerate the return of a lasting peace to Europe.
🔴 Was the decision to… https://t.co/xEN10M8ecbtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Kristi Raik @KristiRaik is right 🎯
we should not be afraid of a russian collapse
foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/08/ukr…
Jun 18, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
“Since Russia’s soldiers first stormed 🇺🇦, women have been gang-raped, men castrated, children sexually abused, & civilians forced to parade naked in the streets, according to the UN.” #ThisIsRussia #RussianCulture

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… And anyone wants to attribute this to a few bad apples… Image
Jun 10, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Dear @ForeignAffairs, @dankurtzphelan
Why print this overtly manipulative and intellectually incongruent/dishonest argument?
Only god knows why @scharap writes this trash, but why are you actively trying to lose the respect of your readers, is beyond me. BS Point #1
Russia invaded 🇺🇦, the West provided military assistance so that 🇺🇦 was better able to defend itself, but has yet to publically state that a definitive, conclusive victory by 🇺🇦 is what is necessary to establish lasting peace in Europe.
From this @scharap erroneously concludes
Mar 1, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The Economist asks and answers the big question 🙋🏻‍♂️ and by doing so, it squashes the already weak arguments of putin-sponsored pacifists and the western fiscal-conservatives-minted-in-the-kremlin economist.com/leaders/2023/0… via @TheEconomist 1/5 “As the war enters its second year, some ask whether Ukraine is worth all this effort. Isn’t the cost-of-living crisis more urgent? Or climate change? Imagine if the money spent on weapons could finance development instead.” 2/5
Feb 28, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Russia/putin did this to a 19-year-old Ukrainian. Russia/putin did this to Ruslana, who volunteered to defend her country. Russia/putin did this to countless thousands of innocent victims. Russia/putin will not stop, until they’re stopped.
#NeverForget #UkraineWillWin Image 📷 Photo credit – Костянтин та Влада Ліберови via @bbcukrainian
Feb 5, 2023 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
🔴 Why did #russia launch a full-scale invasion last year?
🔵 Whether you're pro-russian, anti-russian, or Elon Musk [who just can't decide], Feb 24th doesn't make any sense
🔵 So, here is a short thread 🧵to explore the 3 most compelling explanations I've heard
1/5 1️⃣ Kool-Aid drinking party in the bunker
As @TarasKuzio explained in his piece for @ACEurasia
"It would appear that Putin simply fell victim to his own propaganda."
atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainea…
2/5
Jan 28, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Which USSR did you like more?
🔴 1939 when it signed a pact w/ Hitler
🔴 1962 when it tried to place ☢️ weapons in 🇨🇺
🔴 1968 when it sent tanks to Prague
🔴 1979 when it invaded 🇦🇫
🔵 1991 when it fell apart & People of the former colonies/Soviet republics found freedom
1/3 Which #Russia do you like more?
🔴 1994/99 when it slaughtered 300K+ of its own citizens in two Chechen wars
🔴 2008 when it invaded 🇬🇪
🔴 2013 when it bribed Yanukovych $15B so he wouldn’t sign 🇪🇺-🇺🇦 association agreement
2/3
Jan 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Brief history of escalation
🔴 2008: russia threatens Georgia, the world’s response is muted. Russia escalates
🔴 2014: russia invades Crimea, gets a slap on the wrist; invades Donbas, downs #MH17
🔴 2015: Nord Stream 2 is green-lighted. Russia exports corruption
1/4 🔴 2021: putin declares his intentions with a genocide manifesto, World buries head in the sand. Russia kills Minsk process, begins energy blackmail
🔴 2022: russia amasses troops at the border, sabre-rattles its nukes, no major response. Russia launches full scale invasion
2/4
Jan 24, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Leopards 🐆🐆🐆 are free at last 👏
#FreeTheLeopards
reuters.com/world/europe/g… This 👇
Jan 6, 2023 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
📆As we enter year 2023 and #RussiaIsCollapsing in front of our eyes, I wanted to share a Recommended 📚 Reading List on one theme: why we should welcome the final fall of the Ruscist Empire, no fear it.
1️⃣ The Russian Empire Must Die by @anneapplebaum
1/5 theatlantic.com/magazine/archi… 2️⃣ Don’t Be Afraid of a Russian Collapse. By @KristiRaik for @ForeignPolicy
A definitive Ukrainian victory "could one day open up a truly peaceful, post-imperial era in Russia’s relations with its neighbors."
2/5
 foreignpolicy.com/2022/12/08/ukr…
Jan 5, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
If the Ruscist Federation is ready for truce, they can just leave. If there were no invading Ruscists — who rape, kill, and torture — there would’ve been no fire to cease Image Let’s not forget what pure evil we’re dealing with nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna4…
Dec 26, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
How did we get here? A brief history of Ruscism
🔵 482 Kyiv founded
🔵 879 Rus' -medieval polity centred in Kyiv- formed
🔴 1147 Moscow founded
🔴 1240-1480 Mongols rule Moskovy for 240 years
🔴 1500 – 1700 Moskovy expands eastward, subjugates and occupies local polities
1/3 🔴 1721 Moskovy steals the name Rus' & proclaims itself the Russian Empire
🔴 1922 Empire rebrands as USSR
🔴 1932 Russia commits genocide of Ukrainians - Holodomor
🔴 1939 Soviet Empire forms an alliance with Nazi 🇩🇪 to partition 🇵🇱 (Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact), triggering WWII
2/3
Dec 11, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 a short thread
The only known cure for state-level #fascism is a resounding defeat in war.
The Third Reich was hellbent on holocaust 80 years ago, and today the Ruscist Federation is prosecuting a genocidal war on Ukraine
1/4
 nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opi… via @TimothyDSnyder the Feb 24 attack by the russian empire is as shocking as it is predictable, because that’s what it has tried with Holodomor when Stalin deliberately starved millions of Ukrainians to death. Same evil empire, albeit under a different banner ☭
2/4
amp.dw.com/en/germany-dec…
Oct 17, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Russia is a fascist state, it is killing Ukrainians for being Ukrainian. When an occupying power “evacuates” civilians via filtration camps, this is known as genocide.
Do not #standwithputin, use clear language
theguardian.com/world/live/202… Russia is a fascist state nytimes.com/2022/05/19/opi…