#OTD in 1654, Ukrainian leaders signed the Pereiaslav Agreements with Muscovy (Russia).

What they saw as a temporary military alliance became Russia's favorite colonial narrative - and one of the key drivers behind Putin's war. A 🧵 1/10 2/10 Let's unpack this crucial moment in history. In 1648, Ukraine's Cossacks had just won independence from Poland. Their new state - the Hetmanate - needed allies to survive. After several failed diplomatic attempts with other nations...

A short thread on several other Ukrainian attacks in Russia and occupied territories

Following the strike yesterday morning, the fire spread at an oil facility in Russia's Orel and towards evening, an additional fuel tank exploded, producing much darker smoke (📹via @hochu_dodomu)

https://x.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1867865471162462312

A video emerged of a car bomb attack in occupied Donetsk on 9 December () that killed the Olenivka prison chief, who was involved in a terror attack on Ukrainian POWs in his facility.

📹TG/Exilenova_plus

https://x.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1866090055095501291

🧵1/12 BREAKING: Both Georgian Dream and opposition claim victory in today's parliamentary elections, as most exit polls show opposition lead.

The vote could end 12 years of rule by a party critics call "Russian Dream" 🇬🇪 a recap of how Georgia got here: euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/11/fro… 2/12 2003: Georgia's pro-Western path began with Rose Revolution. President Mikheil Saakashvili led sweeping reforms, oriented country toward EU and NATO despite Russia's 2008 invasion and occupation of 20% of Georgia

“But what about our border?”

Opposition to Ukraine aid in the U.S. remains high, especially among the MAGA, but are their arguments justified?

Nick Pehlman of NYU says “no” and takes on 6 myths on American aid to Ukraine. Find out what they’re in our thread 👇🏻 Minuscule proportion

Fear not, @yulia_navalnaya, we're here to explain how to decolonize your country which subjugated different peoples and eradicated their identity to create "the same background and cultural context".

Let's start with our interview with Leyla Latypova in the second tweet👇🏻 Here @LatypovaLeyla explains how your country oppresses her peoples

#Otd 80 years ago, Soviets deported entire Crimean Tatar population to Central Asia

The hushed-up Soviet crime is one that Russia continues spinning in its ongoing occupation of Crimea & one Ukraine insists is genocide. Here are 10 things you should know euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/18/ten…
1/Crimean Tatars are the indigenous people of Crimea, with a history on the peninsula spanning over 1,000 years.

Before Russian annexation in 1783, their population in the Crimean Khanate exceeded 5 million. By 1917, it had dropped to around 200,000 - result of Russian policies

Ukraine's battle against Russia holds the key to dismantling a global "axis of evil," warns 🇺🇦 defense expert Mykhailo Samus.

A covert war unfolds, with China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran supporting each other to challenge US influence worldwide (1/4)

euromaidanpress.com/2024/05/06/ukr… North Korea, acting as China's proxy, aids Russia against Ukraine to undermine US influence in Europe. "In exchange, Russia provides North Korea with technologies, evident from their missile developments and recent tests, which are obviously linked to Russia," says Samus. (2/4)

Russia used its new Kh-69 cruise missiles, deemed "worse than Kinzhal," to destroy the Trypilska power plant on 11 April, Defense Express writes

Why are they so dangerous? 🧵
euromaidanpress.com/2024/04/12/rus… Despite being subsonic and carrying a smaller warhead than the "hypersonic" Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal," the Kh-69, first of all, was able to penetrate Ukraine's weakened air defense.

Second, it can be launched from small tactical-class aircraft such as the Su-34 👇

Want to know how Ukraine can resist Russia in 2024? Look to Bilohorivka

@tatarigami_UA analyzed satellite images, videos & testimonies from a city heroically resisting the Russian onslaught to show the tactics Ukraine should use 2 gain the advantage 🧵
euromaidanpress.com/2024/03/20/wan… @Tatarigami_UA 1/ Bilohorivka, a town in the Siversk direction, has been holding out against daily Russian attacks for over a year. Despite ammunition shortages and a lack of air defense, Ukrainian units have heroically resisted Russian advances in this strategically important area. 👇

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev again reiterates Russia’s genocidal goal to destroy Ukraine: EXPLAINER

In front of a map with Ukraine partitioned by its neighbors, he stated that the concept of an independent Ukrainian identity must “disappear for good”: “Ukraine is Russia."

Medvedev shared this map in his Telegram in July 2022, claiming that this is how "foreign analysts" see the future of Ukraine; today, he presented it again at a festival in Sochi.

❓ Here, Medvedev is reiterating the Russian imperial narrative that Ukraine is an "artificial nation" consisting of "Russian, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian lands."

After invading Ukraine, Russian officials have claimed that Ukraine's neighbors plan to partition Ukraine, particularly - that Poland is "planning an invasion."

Russian President Putin regularly brings up this genocidal idea, which aims to destroy Ukrainian nationhood (, ).

The last time he did it was in December 2023 at a board meeting of Russia's "Defense" Ministry. Then Putin said that "many residents of western Ukraine want their territories to return to Poland, Romania or Hungary, and only Russia can be the guarantor of the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state":

The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, also spoke about an alleged plan by the USA and Poland "to establish Warsaw's control over its 'historical possessions' in Ukraine": tinyurl.com/ym726y4v
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tinyurl.com/yv2xaah3 But overall, the narrative that Ukraine does not "deserve" to exist as an independent nation is a staple of Russia's genocidal propaganda

It is also an open constatation of Russia's goal to destroy Ukraine as a state, nation, and identity.

The latest such notable constatation occurred when @TuckerCarlson aired the unchallenged genocidal speech of Putin:
euromaidanpress.com/2024/02/09/gen…

This year's Dusseldorf carnival, known for its political floats, featured an abundance of criticism of Russia, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and German pro-Putin politicians 👇

🔹Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, goes down on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kirill, a staunch proponent of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is considered to have contributed to authoring the ideology of the "Russian world," according to which "Holy Russia" is fighting against the "Godless West" in Ukraine

📷Screenshot from Ladeshaupstadt Dusseldorf official youtube channel US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is shown stabbing into the back of a Ukrainian soldier

This refers to Trump's influence on the holdup for Ukraine aid in the US Congress

📷Screenshot from L.Z. Film/Youtube

Ukraine has destroyed half of Russia’s combat power with 5% of the US defense budget, and the tech magnate has reaped millions from the process. So, what’s up with Elon Musk’s tweets on Ukraine? (1/4)
euromaidanpress.com/2023/10/02/no-… Aiding Ukraine against Russian aggression sends a message to China that the US is committed to defending crucial interests. Russia's difficulties in Ukraine may make China rethink its prospects in a conflict against nations equipped with Western military technology. (2/4)

Kherson's Rykove lies more than 100 km behind the lines. Its pre-2016-decommunization name was Partyzany, meaning "partisans". More footage of fire and detonations in occupied Rykove

📹 via UNIAN

"Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of blowing up the Kherson dam," Western media outlets reported after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka plant by Russian troops, which is incorrect, according to 🇺🇸 historian Timothy Snyder
snyder.substack.com/p/the-nova-kak… @TimothyDSnyder offered 7 pieces of advice to journalists to help their readers understand what had truly happened at the dam:

1. "Avoid the temptation to bothsides a calamity. That's not journalism."

Air raid alerts have been declared in most regions of Ukraine Monitoring channels report that up to four Kalibr missiles launched from the Black Sea are flying changing course from the south. Possible destination: Kyiv Oblast

Anti-Putin fighters from the Russian Volunteer Corps and Free Russia Legion, two military groups fighting on the side of Ukraine, claim to have again infiltrated the Belgorod Oblast, engaging in battles with the Russian Army.
euromaidanpress.com/2023/06/01/ant… Allegedly, Russian anti-Putin fighters have already destroyed some Russian equipment: 1 Kamaz truck with ammunition and one Tyulpan self-propelled mortar
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Fire at the Afipsky Npz oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai reportedly after a drone attack

📹via t.me/Tsaplienko/328… The allegedly hit Russian refinery is located about 350 km away from the front line (google.com/maps/place/Ooo…)

Kyiv City Administration says air defense is active as Kyivans report sounds of Shahed drones in the air and explosions. More explosions have occurred in Kyiv, mayor Klitschko says falling debris set a detached house in Darnytskyi district on fire.

Air raid alerts are spreading across Ukraine Monitoring channels report kamikaze drone attack threat.

As of noon, rescuers found the body of one person killed in the Russian missile attack on a Dnipro City hospital, 15 more were injured including two children - Dnipropetrovsk Oblast authorities

These are preliminary data, rescue operation continues
euromaidanpress.com/2023/05/26/dni… The Dnipropetrovsk oblast authorities updated that 13 of the injured in the attack were hospitalized. Among them are 11 adults with two of them in severe condition, and two children, boys aged 3 and 6.

This morning, explosions occurred in Russia's Krasnodar, sources reported a drone attack

📹Telegram/Baza Krasnodar is around 350 km behind the front line (map: Deepstatelive)