1/4 This must be read.

Ukrainians on Threads are sharing moments from the war that broke them — moments they will carry for the rest of their lives.

This is the reality of war. This pain must be heard.

Below are translations.

1.“To fellow soldiers: is there something that broke you during the war? (No jokes)
I’ll start.

Shooting animals on your position because they expose it — meaning it’s either them, or you, because of them.” 💔

2.“You’re lying in a shallow trench, looking into the eyes of a wounded man five meters away, out on the street.

A drone is hanging above him, waiting — for someone to crawl out to him, or for him to try to crawl to cover.

And you both understand it. That’s why he doesn’t move.
He just lies there, bleeding, looking at me.

He died.
And I never managed to help him.”

3.“When permission is given to identify a body so the family won’t have to provide DNA — because all that remains is a burned fragment.

When you’re forced to leave in a hurry, animals scatter in panic and you can’t take them with you.

In the last five minutes, under explosions, you call out to them — but they stay hidden. And remain there forever.”

4.“When a pregnant wife of a fellow soldier — who happens to have your number — texts asking how her husband is, because he hasn’t been in touch for a day.

And ten minutes before her message, you already learned that her husband was torn apart by an artillery shell.

You look at the phone screen, powerless.”


5. “I’m a soldier’s sister. Sometimes my brother wouldn’t be in touch for three or four months. But his comrade Artur would message me once a week, saying my brother was alive, that everything was okay, that he was bringing them food to their positions.
I waited for those messages. I was deeply grateful to him for letting me know.
Then there were almost two months with no news. My brother finally got in touch.
Artur never did again.”

6. “My dad is at war. When my second child was born, he came home for a few days with two fellow soldiers.
He sat there, holding his newborn granddaughter in his arms.
Then someone called him. He stepped out of the room.
A few minutes later he came back completely different. Silent. He didn’t hold her again.
When he was leaving and saying goodbye, he said:
‘The three guys who arrived today to replace us… all three were killed at our position.’
I had never seen my father like that before.”

7. “When a man shоt himself because his wounds were too severe and he didn’t want to be a burden on the assault group — they were wounded too. Evacuation was impossible.
During the assault, he was wounded but stayed behind to cover the retreat and save his comrades.
The last words the guys heard from him were: ‘Slava Ukraini.’
These are stories from my brigade. We live in the time of real heroes.”

8. “I put my comrade into the car while he was still alive.
By the time I reached the medics, he was already gone.”

I created this account during the early days of the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine to inform the world about russian war crimes against civilians. Over two years of nearly daily reporting, I've reached a point where I must pause for the sake of my mental well-being. 1/5 As a sensitive and empathic person, the horror and grief that russia brings to the people of Ukraine has deeply affected me. The recent tragedy in Odesa triggered a nervous breakdown in me, a clear sign that it's time for me to take a rest for my soul & mind. 2/5

A thread I wrote with trembling hands. I feel exactly the same as I did in February 2022. I want to scream, beg, and cry, doing everything possible just so that my cry for help is heard and my hometown of Kharkiv is protected.
#SaveKharkiv Only yesterday, russian troops attacked Kharkiv three times during the day with various types of missiles, NONE of which were shot down! Dozens of houses were destroyed, ten people, including children, were killed, and more than 70 were wounded.

Please read all tweets below.

On the National Children’s Day, an exhibition in memory of children killed by russian aggression was opened at one of the metro stations in Kharkiv. It was hard for me to hold back tears while reading the stories of these little angels.
But I felt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Polina Tutunzhy. 8 y.o. 16.03.2022. Mariupol.

Hello! My name is Polina, I’m 8 years old and I have lived all my life in those city of Mariupol that the whole world has been talking about in recent months... My childhood was spent in the once bright city by the sea, and I died… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Today, Ukrainians honor the memory of those who died during the #Holodomor. It was the genocide of Ukrainians, organized by the USSR in 1932-1933, the purpose of which was to suppress resistance to the communist regime and to eradicate Ukrainians as an independent nation.
1/ In 1928, the USSR announced a policy of collectivization. Private farms were transferred to the collective farm of state ownership. People were paid for their work with natural products, which weren’t enough to feed their families.
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Under this tweet, I will be posting updates on my electricity situation. Morning November 18th.
Electricity, heating, water are off.

Today, on the day of the Ukrainian language, I would like to tell you some of the historical facts about the linguocide that this melodic language has experienced for many years.

1/ 1720 — the decree of the Tsar of Muscovy, Peter I, prohibiting the printing of books in the Ukrainian language and the removal of Ukrainian texts from church books.
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7 wounds of #Kharkiv. Part 1
The building of the administration of the Kharkiv region. The first massive missile attack by russians on this place was on 1 March. 29 people died that day. On September 28, the second attack was carried out.
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#KharkivWalks The experts came to the conclusion that the building of the administration of the #Kharkiv region cannot be restored, and after the victory of Ukraine, they plan to build a new building in its place.
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#KharkivWalks

7 wonders of #Kharkiv. Part 6
The Sviato-Uspensky (Dormition) Cathedral. This cathedral, together with The Annunciation Cathedral & The Pokrovsky Cathedral, which I wrote about earlier, form the “golden triangle” of cathedrals in Kharkiv.
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📷Yuriy Shevchenko The modern building of the cathedral was built in 1771-1777 with donations from parishioners, and the first mention of the cathedral dates back to 1657, when a wooden church was first built on this site.
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🧵Recently, I have become more followers, so I decided to briefly tell about myself.
My name is Iryna and I'm from Kharkiv 🇺🇦. Russians are destroying my hometown, so I had to leave home and go to Vinnytsia until Kharkiv will be safe again. In June, my parents and I were in a terrible car accident. I had a broken cervical spine, a dislocation of a vertebra and a ruptured intervertebral disc. My mother had two broken legs, an arm, a hand, a nose, and she had a concussion. Luckily my dad wasn't hurt.