Valeriia ‘Nava’ Subotina is a Ukrainian defender, who went through the siege of Mariupol and 327 days of torture in russian captivity. At Azovstal, she became a fiancée, a wife, and a widow. Nava had a dream that she promised to fulfill if she survived.
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Nava used to work as a press officer for the @azov_media and in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, where she met her future husband, Andriy Subotin.
On February 24, 2022, Andriy left for his service. Nava joined the Azov's press service and documented everything happening in Mariupol.

Mariia  ‘Gerda’ Chekh is a Ukraine’s defender who survived the siege of Mariupol and russian captivity.

This is her story🧵👇
1/10 This is an archival photo of the Azov Brigade servicewoman, celebrating her birthday in one of the Azovstal’s bunkers. She is the only one in the photo who survived.

Roman Oleksiv survived a russian missile strike, facing severe burns and a difficult recovery. For almost 2 years he wore a compression mask, and is now finally free of it. Roman came back from🇩🇪to Lviv, where he goes to school and spends time with his hobbies
Read his story🧵1/6 On July 14, 2022, then-7-year-old Romchyk and his mother were waiting for a doctor in Vinnytsia when russia launched a missile strike.
Roman’s mother was killed.

Anastasia Trofimova and the majority of russians wouldn’t see their compatriots’ crimes if we shoved the evidence in their faces. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t, however.

Don’t listen to russians. Silence their propaganda with facts. Don’t let it spread with impunity.
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russian terror won’t stop by itself.
But there is a way you can help protect Ukraine, and save our people — by calling your representatives to supply more #PatriotsForUkraine.
@United24media made a step-by-step guide on how to do this. Use and share it, please
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Our donor @Barnett_556 from Malvern🇺🇸got his first tattoo — in honor of Ukraine and his childhood hero @MarkHamill — the Rebel Alliance's Starbird in blue and yellow🇺🇦

But it all started much earlier, when Mark became a U24 ambassador.
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Under the initial announcement post, we received an unusual request from @MontayBayBay: if Mark becomes a NAFO fella, Barnett will get his first tattoo at age 52 to mark the occasion.

Hot Ukrainian borsch is a perfect dish for a cold winter day.

@KatherynWinnick
cooks borsch according to her mother's recipe. Our ambassador is proud of her Ukrainian roots and preserves her family's traditions🇺🇦
We want to share this recipe with you👇
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We’re launching a fundraiser to build bomb shelters in 3 schools so that 2,283 children in Ukraine could continue their education.
Join in and get a chance to win one of 10 carol stars:
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905 pupils from the age of 6, who travel from 5 neighboring villages, study at the Tatarbunary Lyceum in Odesa Oblast. It has a small shelter; during an air alert, some children are forced to walk 7 minutes to a nearby bomb shelter and sit in a cold, damp room for several hours.

23-year-old Mykola lives in Arkhanhelske, Kherson Oblast. In March, he helped sappers demine his native region. Together with his friends, they partook in detecting explosive devices, which russians left behind when they fled.
🧵 "That day, my friend and I were making a detour around the Ivanivka village on tractors. I hit an anti-tank mine and it exploded"
Mykola received shrapnel wounds and a broken leg. He was taken to the hospital, where doctors gave him first aid, and then was transported for surgery

The effectiveness of UAV strike units is hard to underestimate. Over the last month alone, the strike units provided to the Army of Drones have destroyed 112 tanks, 185 armored combat vehicles and another 192 pieces of enemy equipment.



The commander of the strike UAV unit of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians, nicknamed "Student," thanks everyone who contributes to supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Kakhovka HPP is completely destroyed and can’t be restored. This is one of the biggest man-made environmental disaster in decades.

The plant was blown up by the russian military at night. The outcomes are devastating.
🧵 📍80 settlements are at risk of flooding. Water continues to flood Kherson, Nova Kakhovka and other cities and towns, taking lives and destroying Ukrainian ecology;

📍over 200,000 residents of surrounding settlements are at risk of losing access to drinking water;

Here are the last batch of named #SquaDrone UAVs. These are tributes to our wonderful donors, their friends and families. The first one is a birthday gift from a birthday girl, Flight Lieutenant @Linda7042. The best kind of present you can give yourself.
🛩️🧵👇 Our second UAV is a contribution in memoriam Lt @RobEld75’s late father, may he rest in peace, knowing that this drone will do the right thing in his name.

Due to the proximity of the front line, many victims with shrapnel and mine/explosive injuries arrive at the Mykolaiv Clinical Hospital. An X-ray machine, purchased with the funds of U24 donors, helps to save them. Like this story of a man who came under fire🧵👇 "We quickly took him to the operating table, and operated with the help of an arc. There were access difficulties due to the limited time and bleeding. With the help of a C-arm X-ray machine, we were able to install a metal structure through a small incision."

Thanks to your donations, we have raised $201,425 to rebuild of the school in Buzova 🔥
The 14 winners of the Vyshyvankas raffle were randomly chosen among the participants who donated $24 or more. Here are their e-mail addresses👇 john***ve.com
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Some of our donors didn’t have a Fella avatar when they funded a drone. But we still made tributes to them. And even supplemented some of them with visuals. Like this email request from Lt @Iakwasny for an UAV in honor of Ukraine’s great poet Taras Shevchenko. This drone from Lt @DirkAltrichter is dedicated to Ukrainian girl Kira. Today, on International Children’s Day, we want to pay tribute to all kids in Ukraine who suffered from russian invaders. They will pay for each child’s tear.

Our continuous supporter @nother_fella has funded 6 UAVs already. The 1st one was dedicated to his grandfather who flew Wellington bombers. The 2nd is a tribute to his other grandpa, Flying Officer William Fergusson, who flew Mosquitoes and died in combat. Here are the rest👇 This next drone is a tribute to Ruslan, Ukraine's warrior and a friend of our dear supporter and volunteer @IamBohhi. Ruslan was killed defending our country, and we really wish he'll be avenged. This UAV is a good way to do that.

U24 connects donors worldwide! We receive letters from everywhere
"Today's day 444 of russias tyranny. I've worn these colors with pride and high respect for the country and people of Ukraine everyday of those 444 days and will continue to wear them with pride" Michael,Perth🇦🇺🧵 “Today, I made a small donation through UNITED24, your country's official website, hoping that the Ukrainian people will know that there are ordinary people in China who support you until the final victory,” Qian Jiang, 🇨🇳

On #NAFOday, we present a special big #SquaDrone thread, featuring all the team drones. We'll start with a jab from one of Ukraine's greatest boxers, bought by The Drone Team 2 (we're not sure who fellas had in mind — @Vitaliy_Klychko, @Klitschko, or both)
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Big bada boom is so 1997.
Badda jagga bonk is much trendier, although the point is pretty much the same.
"Anybody Else Want To Negotiate?"
#NAFO #SquaDrone

How to make Oscar-worthy movies? How to cast actors? Which is more important — talent or luck? Michel Hazanavicius, film director and U24 ambassador, answered these questions for students of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University.
🧵👇🏽 We were inspired by the story of @BereniceBejo, who won the 2011 César Award as Best Actress in The Artist:
“When Berenice was doing the text, I didn’t really look at her. She called her agent and said ‘He didn’t look at me, he was not interested.’ But I hired her"

“My injuries were caused by hatred. But my body was rebuilt by love. And I said: “As a Ukrainian soldier, you will not find greater love than you will find in Ukraine. And you will have the opportunity that I have to have a new life”
Giles Duley @gilesduley
🧵👇🏽 War documentarian Giles Duley defines himself as a lucky man. 12 years ago, while filming in Afghanistan, he stepped on a landmine. Giles lost 3 limbs, had 37 surgeries, and was given a very poor medical prognosis. A year and a half later... he returned to work in Afghanistan.

U24 ambassador @TimothyDSnyder opposes russian propaganda on a regular basis. He recently spoke at a meeting of the @UN Security Council, convened by moscow to discuss "russophobia," and explained how russia uses this term to justify its genocide against the Ukrainian people👇🏽 📌 If you stand in russia with a sign saying "no to war," you will be arrested and very likely imprisoned. If you stand in Ukraine with a sign that says "no to war," regardless of what language it is in, nothing will happen to you.