Top 10 of Vidbir 2025 (🇺🇦Eurovision before staging)
1. Masha Kondratenko - No Time To Cry [Shostka, Sumy Oblast] ⏰🙅🏼♀️💧
Didn’t expect for the song to be so dark from ‘Ванька-встанька’ star, but in love with melody of resilience. One of favorites to win.
2. Ziferblat - Bird of Pray [Kyiv] 🐦🪽
Need ukrainian Freddie Mercury lookalike singer finally at Eurovision. Ethno-mix with their sound is magical.
Aug 31, 2024 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 Thread of art of Nika Kozhushko, 18 year old ukrainian artist who was murdered by Russia in Kharkiv yesterday.
Art of Ukrainian soldiers Nika drew for volunteers.
May 3, 2024 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 Thread of courageous ukrainian women who took part in social video of “Teresa & Maria” by Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil ⬇️⬇️
Iryna, callsign iSky, is a soldier of the 59th OMPBr named after Yakov Handziuk and an artist. Since March 2022, she has been traveling to frontline positions to film crimes committed by the Russian occupiers.
Jan 11, 2024 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 Vidbir 2024, Ukraine selection for Eurovision songs:
Alyona Alyona & Jerry Heil-Teresa & Maria
Arguably two of the most popular 🇺🇦 artists joined forces to sing about women friendship . “Song unites us as two women and is saturated with theme of girl power.”
ANKA - Palala (Burning)🔥
Anna Korchenova is from Kyiv and been playing flute since 3 and sang in folklore groups. Her music combines folk motifs, flute & dance music. Song Palala (Burning) is about uplifting yourself back up and continuing going forward.
Nov 9, 2023 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
Debunking every lie Vivek Ramaswamy said on todays GOP debate 🧵
Lie 1: ‘Ukraine is not a democracy because they banned 11 opposition parties’
For security guarantees these parties that were subsidized by the Kremlin and who were working for Russians during the war have been made illegal to counter Russian influence. It’s not about power, it’s about national security.
Banning parties collaborating with the enemies during war seems reasonable.