📢 "Russian imperialism does not know the concept of borders."

Oksana Zabuzhko, a renowned Ukrainian writer, explains how Russian imperialism disregards borders, history, and sovereignty—an issue that even Ukraine’s allies have never fully addressed.

🧵1/10 Oksana Zabuzhko’s works have been translated into 20+ languages. In 2023, she was named one of the BBC’s 100 Most Influential Women, and in 2024, she joined the jury of the Berlin International Film Festival.

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In our episode of Ukraine Through the Eyes of Others, a German political scientist @andreasumland sheds light on the historical context that has contributed to the speed of Germany's delivery of military assistance to Ukraine. “The German approach to Ukraine has a somewhat complex history, which can be seen as a downside of the so-called 'Ostpolitik' pursued over the last five decades. This policy has seen some peculiar developments, notably during the 1980s...”

Beginning of December in #Ukraine Power supply continues to be restored in liberated Kherson.

Russification is an example of destroying the #national identity, and it is also a part of #genocide. A crucial element of this #crime is the intention to fully or partially destroy #Ukrainians as a national group.

Do you know how is it to starve to death?
Ukrainians do.
Holodomor is the artificial starving organised by the soviet regime in 1932-1933 aimed at the destruction of the Ukrainian nation.

The same regime is trying to do it now, in 2022, by waging a fierce war, cutting Ukrainians from food and water supplies, burning Ukrainian harvests, and blocking the export of grains in the Black Sea.

November 26th is the commemoration day of all the victims of these inhuman actions…