Honestly this is such a fascinating question because it must seem reasonable to an outsider because of what the narrative surrounding Ukraine’s ethnic makeup and the political issues has been in western media but I’ve been staring at it for a good few minutes because it’s genuinely and incredibly absurd issue even purely hypothetically. If, say, an ethnically Russian does all of the above then there would really be zero way to figure out he’s ethnically russian. And even if we went around telling people he’s ethnically russian… nobody would care?

Okay, so nudes or spicy photos obviously attract attention and get more people to engage with your post, so some Ukrainians use them to boost fundraisers. There’s also this unspoken rule that if you enjoyed looking at someone’s nude then obviously the decent thing is to donate to their fundraiser. Honestly it’s almost kind of wholesome since usually all of the comments under tweets like that are quite respectful and the people liking and sharing the posts also donate money to the fundraisers and it kind of helps everyone do some good while also

Okay, this is such a good question that I’d like to address it in yet another thread. Hold up while I get coffee! Alright, let’s go. Soon after the Soviet Union fell apart Ukraine’s fledgling publishing and film production industries were obviously overshadowed by Russia’s, which immediately started flooding our market with books and entertainment in Russian. Sure, books were translated

Who do you think the russian government is made up of? Who voted for this government? Who do you think is currently murdering and torturing Ukrainians, looting their homes, desecrating their graves and targeting their cities with hypersonic missiles? Who is tirelessly working

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to make the uniforms and weapons needed to keep the russian army on its warpath? Who are the millions of people cheering on the slaughter of Ukrainian civilians in telegram channels and VK pages? Who are the thousands of russian settlers eager to move to freshly-occupied towns

I haven’t done the whole ‘ask me anything’ thing in a looong while now, but my brain is melting from the heat and I can’t force myself to be productive, so let’s get procrastinating! ngl.link/olpovoroznyk Great question! First thing I try to do is keep the fridge shut whenever there’s no power, and I’ve found that the temperature inside stays pretty consistently low for the three-four-five hours the outages usually last. Freezing a couple bottles of water and then sticking them

I could.

And, honestly, before the full-scale invasion started I was almost convinced that, should living in Kyiv become dangerous or uncomfortable, I’d be trying to get out of the country as soon as I could. But I guess I was wrong, since now I can’t imagine leaving my home.

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I grew up and spent most of my life here, every single person I love lives here, all of my ancestors were buried here, every second that became a fond memory took place somewhere around here. I can’t imagine uprooting my entire life and starting all over again anywhere else.

I’ve been getting a lot of comments from people who believe that staying in Ukraine while there’s a war going on is nothing short of idiotic, as well as people who are convinced that the fact that Ukrainian men aren’t allowed to leave the country during wartime means that they are being forced to fight for Zelenskyy personally and I’ve come to realise that a lot of foreigners don’t really understand the concept of civic duty the same way as I (and many Ukrainians) do. For many people the idea of civic duty means owing something to the state as an

Look, I’m not a diplomat, nor am I an expert on international relations, but I’m getting tired of the lazy old ‘Ukrainians hate Palestinians because they’re old hardcore Netanyahu fans’ narrative that’s been doing the rounds on social media.

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Ukraine formally recognised Palestine as an independent state way earlier than many European countries did, and we have a long history of diplomatic relations, which is more than you can say for many of the countries that aren’t being called ‘far-right zionist states’ online.

Oh, MiGs are *very* dangerous since they can carry hypersonic missiles that can reach any part of the country in mere minutes, are very hard to shoot down, and cause incredible destruction when hitting their targets. But most of the time the MiGs aren’t actually carrying them but

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are just taking off to do recon or spook us. Of course, there’s no way to know if they’re carrying them or not until they launch the missiles, which is usually too late to do anything except maybe run to a bathroom or corridor and pray for the best. But if we went down to the

Good question! Kyiv has been fortunate lately (thanks to our incredible defenders!) so we’ve been getting anywhere from 0 to 3 air raid alerts per day these past few weeks. Some air raid alerts are treated with more seriousness than others: if it’s a MiG taking off then most

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will tend to ignore it and hope for the best, but if missiles have been launched/detected in our airspace and are heading in the direction of Kyiv then it’s time to head to a shelter/basement/bathroom/corridor with sturdy walls. But it obviously depends on how much you worry

Do you know why these Ukrainian ‘farm boys’ (and I’m going to ignore the fact that portraying Ukraine as a nation of peasants is deeply rooted in the chauvinistic stereotypes historically perpetrated by russia) are dying? Because they’re protecting their loved ones.

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And as someone who happens to be a Ukrainian civilian I will be always grateful for their bravery and the sacrifices they’re making every goddamn day to keep us safe. If it weren’t for these ‘farm boys’ I would be dead by now. So would my entire family, probably.

Seeing well-written opinion pieces with headlines like ‘What happens if Ukraine loses?’ in western media as a Ukrainian feels surreal because the authors are talking about geopolitics and you’re sitting in Kyiv thinking ‘oh, well I guess I might die or lose my home forever?’. And listen, it’s not a new feeling, since this very time in 2022 was even more deeply horrifying, but I really really really don’t want to go through the experience of fleeing your own home and wondering if you’ll ever see it again all over again.

Alright, I went to my husband’s best friend’s birthday yesterday, and here’s a little linguistic case study for you guys. I’ve known this group of friends since about 2016, and for a while we all used to speak russian when hanging out together. My husband and I spoke Ukrainian to one another from the first day we met, since we both come from (predominantly) Ukrainian-speaking families, but we’d switch to russian with these particular friends since most of them preferred to speak russian.

Ukrainian… what now?

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You know why there are so many people who consider/used to consider themselves to be ‘ethnic Russians’ in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine? Two reasons. If you could pass for an ethnic russian in the USSR by slightly changing your surname and switching to speaking

Many Ukrainians such as myself grew up with New Year’s Eve being the biggest and most anticipated holiday of the winter season. New Year’s was when most of us got presents under the tree as kids, and winter festivities as a whole were mostly known as ‘новорічні святаʼ (new year’s festivities). The reason for this was, of course, yet again the goddamn Soviet Union, which spent decades persecuting Christians and other religious people, trying to wipe out local traditions, and purposefully popularised New Year’s Eve as the main secular holiday of the year.

I might regret mentioning this topic, but I’ve seen far too many posts insinuating that the so-called collective west is arming Ukraine and not Palestine purely because it likes Ukrainians more (and because we’re white, of course), and also takes about how Putin, ‘unlike the IDF, is holding back and not actively trying to murder all of us in cold blood.’ And guys, I can’t take this bullshittery anymore. I have tremendous sympathy for Palestinian civilians who do not deserve the horrors they’re going through — nobody does. Period.

Ukrainians are dying. Dying. Every single goddamn day. Dying at the hands of your former classmates, your neighbours, maybe even your distant (or not-so-distant) relatives. Dying because you spent 20 years complacently watching your president accumulate more power and nurse his

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imperialist ambitions. Ukrainians have been waking up to air raid sirens and explosions multiple times per night for almost two years now, and in that time you haven’t managed to convince the majority of your own countrymen — your own neighbours and classmates and relatives —

Since you’re obviously privileged enough to live in a country that’s never been invaded, let me explain why your big ‘gotcha’ moment really isn’t one. Apologies in advance for any possible typos — Kyiv had 10 ballistic missiles fired at it tonight so I haven’t gotten much sleep.

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‘Supporting a war’ when your country is the one being invaded doesn’t automatically mean being brave enough to enlist as a volunteer — although a lot of Ukrainians including my own family members and friends have been enlisting as volunteers since the very beginning of the

You know, I’d love to stop worrying about my loved ones getting drafted, and I’d love waking up to my normal alarm clock instead of an air raid siren howling outside my window at 4 am. But let’s talk about what a negotiated solution would entail right now.

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What terms would russia accept? They’re obviously not going to give back the territories they’re currently occupying — not after they’ve changed their constitution to reflect their recent acquisitions. That would be a goddamn nightmare for putin in terms of his reputation.

I remember many of the leftists currently cheering on horrific violence against civilians in the name of decolonisation lecturing Ukrainians on how joking about dead russian soldiers on was unethical and borderline psychopathic. Don’t tell me this is about anti-imperialism.

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Justifying the actions of Hamas isn’t about your deep devotion to anti-imperialist ideas, nor is it about your sympathy for Palestinians. You’ve just found what you think is a reasonable excuse for your antisemitism and bloodlust.

The thing that drives me up the wall is that the war in Ukraine is such a clear-cut and solvable issue, you literally don’t need to come up with convoluted theories and complex solutions. We’ve got internationally recognised borders. We’ve got allies that are more than able to provide us with the weapons needed to push russia back to those borders. We’ve got a more than capable army that’s already fighting tooth and nail to push russia back. We’ve got a government that has all the public support it could ask for, and a civil society that’s unified and