1/ THREAD The incredible story of Mariupol defender Gennadyi Zelenyi: Captured in Mariupol, he escaped captivity and survived for nine months in occupied Mariupol, hiding in a basement. Eventually, he managed to reach Ukraine-controlled territory.
Part 3
2/ Side note: Gennadyi mentioned that he reads all the comments about him on social media. Feel free to share your thoughts here—he might see them!

In case you missed it, this is Part 2.

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1/ THREAD: The incredible story of Mariupol defender Gennadyi Zelenyi. Taken prisoner in Mariupol, he escaped captivity and survived 9 months in occupied Mariupol, hiding in a basement. As a prisoner, he witnessed executions of Ukrainian POWs by the occupiers.

PART 2 2/ PART 1 in case you missed it

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1/ THREAD: The incredible story of Mariupol defender Gennadyi Zelenyi. He was taken prisoner in Mariupol but managed to escape captivity and reach Ukraine-controlled territory after surviving 9 months in occupied Mariupol, hiding in a basement.

PART 1 2/ "On February 23rd, I had a date with a woman. We were watching a movie at her place when a soldier friend called, saying there’d be an attack at 4 a.m. I said, 'No way.' He told me, 'One million Russians are going to invade.'"

1/ THREAD
On this day, one of Ukraine's most prominent writers and activists, Vasyl Stus, would have turned 87 today, but he died at 47 in a Soviet camp in 1985. Please share this important thread. 2/ Born in 1938, Vasyl Stus grew up and studied in Donetsk. He later worked in Horlivka, near Donetsk, before moving to Kyiv to pursue a PhD in Ukrainian literature in 1963.

Thread 27 #RussiaDecolonized Barentsburg and Pyramiden (Svalbard) HISTORY
The history of Svalbard officially begins in 1596, when the archipelago was discovered by Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz. Hypotheses suggest earlier discoveries by Pomors or Norsemen, but these remain unconfirmed. /1

#RussiaDecolonized Thread 26. Abkhazia HISTORY

Over the centuries, the area saw numerous territorial formations. The Kingdom of Abkhazia was one of them, existing for 200 years until it united in 1008 with the Kingdom of Iberia, forming the Kingdom of Georgia. /1

1/ The first time Russia tried to annex Ukrainian territories.
THREAD Tuzla Island. #RussiaDecolonized 2/ The geography and history of the island are very interesting.
The island is situated between Crimea and Krasnodar Krai (Russia).

Heartbreaking story: Marine officer Andriy Turas returned home after 2.5 years in captivity, reuniting with his wife Olena, a combat medic. She was released earlier, learning she was pregnant. Andriy returned to find out he has son, now almost two years old. 1/ "In February, rumors spread that a war was coming. We were on high alert and slept in our clothes a few days before it began. We knew Mariupol would take the biggest hit, but we couldn’t grasp the full scale of it."

#RussiaDecolonized The Sandarmokh Executions of November 1937 and Their Legacy in Today’s Russia. THREAD 1/ Sandarmokh is a forest near Medvezhyegorsk in Karelia, Russia, where thousands of victims of Stalin’s Great Terror were executed in 1937-38.

#RussiaDecolonized Масові страти у Сандармоху в листопаді 1937 року. ТРЕД 1/ Сандармох — це ліс поблизу Медвеж’єгорська в Карелії, Росія, де в 1937-38 роках було страчено тисячі жертв Великого терору Сталіна.

THREAD: In September 2024, Mariupol defender Valery Horishniy, known as "Yarylo," was exchanged among 15 Azov soldiers who were returned home.
He had endured torture in the Donetsk torture chamber known as "Isolation," experiencing horrors difficult to imagine.
PLEASE AMPLIFY AZOVSTAL

"To be honest, we didn’t think much about being taken prisoner. We were more inclined to think we’d just die there." /1

1/ Tasty THREAD to relax after the news :)
Gastronomical map of Ukraine. I will go over each region and show you very delicious food!

Write your favourite Ukrainian meal below! 2/ Zakarpattya

Bohrach and Zavyvantsi

#RussiaDecolonized Thread 23. Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. (Chukotka) HISTORY

Chukotka takes its name from the Chukchi people, the Indigenous inhabitants of far northeastern Eurasia. The Chukchi are traditionally divided into the Maritime Chukchi, who rely on fishing, and the Reindeer Chukchi, who are primarily hunters. /1

THREAD #Ukrainian Humanitarian Mission in #Georgia during the Abkhazia War (1992-1993) The war in Abkhazia was marked by extreme brutality, with the Georgian population suffering the most. Many war crimes were reported throughout the conflict. /1

A Ukrainian soldier with the call sign "Barett" is a GUR sniper who voluntarily went to Mariupol in March 2022. Barett discusses the battles in Mariupol and reveals what helped him endure torture in captivity.
PLEASE AMPLIFY "I spoke to my daughter 10 minutes before the flight to Mariupol. She asked where I was, and I said I was at McDonald's ordering food. 'Hang in there, Dad loves you.'" /1

#RussiaDecolonized Thread 22: Putin In the context of #RussiaDecolonized, we often discuss Russia through the lens of imperialism. In this thread, I want to explore how modern-day Tsar—Russian dictator Vladimir Putin—has worked extensively to revive Russia's imperial nature as much as possible. /1

Civilian Ihor Bondarenko was captured by Russians while trying to flee occupied Kherson through Crimea in August 2022. The 45-year-old man from Kherson was detained, beaten, tortured, and became a victim of rape while in captivity. "I knew they were looking for me, though maybe not as intensely as for others. I kept in touch with some military personnel, patriots, shared information about collaborators, and supported those who were hiding here." /1

#Russiadecolonized Kuril islands.
Welcome to Thread 21. Initially, the islands were inhabited by the Ainu people, who resided in the areas of Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, and the Kuril Islands. They have been almost completely assimilated by the Japanese, with only a few thousand representatives remaining. /1

Palyushky recipe from my family

Ingredients:

Potatoes – 800 grams
Flour – 250-300 grams
Egg – 1 piece
Cottage cheese – 2 tablespoons (optional)
Salt, pepper – to taste
Oil or butter – for frying onions or greasing the finished palyushky
Sour cream - for serving Preparing the potatoes: Peel the potatoes and boil them until fully cooked (about 20-30 minutes, depending on the type of potatoes) in salted water. Mash the potatoes and let them cool.

THREAD OF THREADS
Ukrainian defenders' interviews about their time in Russian captivity
Please amplify Vladyslav Zadorin. Zmiynoy Island defender.
In captivity: 22 months /1

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Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Antonenko spent 10 months in Russian captivity. He was beaten and tortured by electric shocks, cold, and hunger. Please share.

WARNING: This story contains descriptions of torture and violence. "For the first three weeks in captivity, we were fed about four times. Porridge was served on one tray, and we were given four spoonfuls each." /1