🇺🇦 Валерія Voshchevska
@Val_Voshchevska
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Ukrainian campaigner and comms strategist | 50% @UkrainianSpaces | Ex digital @amnesty , @newsweek | Words in @TIME , @AJEnglish .
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My aunt: It is impossible to imagine that my mother, who lost her parents & became orphaned at 7, fought against Hitler with the Russian people, had to hide in a haystack from Nazi German soldiers, today, at the age of 85, is hiding in the basement in Kyiv from Russian soldiers.
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I can’t. I genuinely can’t. Cats and dogs. Dogs protecting newborn cats. Ukraine ♥️
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Who’s noticed a drop in their content on Twitter for Ukraine related content?
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Margarita Symonyan,one of Russia’s chief propagandists celebrating Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine today, needs to be banned from Twitter.
Retweet if you agree.
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The last thing Ukrainians should do right now is apologise for sharing photos of Bucha massacre.
And even though you all say “you get it, we don’t need the pictures” I don’t freaking think you do. Our people are being exterminated and the world is sitting and watching.
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The brave women of
#Iran
must be heard by everyone across the globe right now. We, women of
#Ukraine
, stand in solidarity with you.
No one should have to fight for their life & freedom from violence at hands of authorities just because of their gender.
#Mahsa_Amini
#مهسا_امینی
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Imagine having so little to complain about that you complain about Zelenskyy’s outfit 🤦♀️
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I AM NOT JOKING: I am in Spain for a few days and as I picked up the phone to talk to my Dad in Ukrainian these two Russian women next to me turned on Russia’s main propaganda channel on their phone and started blasting it out loud. WHAT THE FUCK.
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OMFG Russia's attack on Kyiv today partially destroyed some parts of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Guess rooms of which department suffered?
RUSSIAN STUDIES🤦♀️
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Bucha: People peacefully living murdered by Russia.
Mariupol theater: People hiding from bombs murdered by Russia.
Kramatorsk train station: People trying to flee murdered by Russia.
Kremenchuk mall: People buying things murdered by Russia.
When. Does. This. Stop.
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Picked up my copy of the
@nytimes
this morning on my way to work in London. In case you didn’t, here’s what’s on the back. Senators in
#Argentina
, ahead of the vote tomorrow, we just wanted you to know that the world is watching.
#AbortoLegalYa
💚
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Dead woman’s manicured hand in Bucha.
Bodies of people queuing for bread in Chernihiv.
Stuffed toy in blood at Kramatorsk train station.
Photos of 4y.o. girl in purple dress killed in Vinnytsia.
Gut-wrenching screams from under rubble in Dnipro.
When will it be enough?
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A group of activists—including myself—went to Borodyanka in Ukraine, that experienced some of the most vicious bombing by Russia in the beginning of Russia’s full scale invasion, to send a message to
@Unilever
’s CEO: Get out of Russia NOW.
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You’ve already heard Kalush’s
#Eurovision
song, but what’s behind the performance? My interpretation of all the Ukrainian cultural symbols you need to know. Thank you to all who helped 🙏
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It's sad to see how successful Russian propaganda has been. Everyone who doesn't support Ukraine is a victim of it, in one way or another. If you don't support a country that was illegally invaded & is bombed daily, with people killed, something is wrong with your value system.
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All the report of rape in Ukraine that we have seen in the media show us that the Russian army's goal is to dehumanize us, Ukrainian women, and treat us as objects. Don't let them dehumanize us. Please report on how brave Ukrainian women have been.
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In the past 24 hours accounts here have wished me personally to be nuked, to starve, to go fuck myself and also that I look like a horse fucked a pig and that I’m fat.
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Update: Positioned my bag so everyone can see.
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Russian colonialism in action right now in 2022 in occupied
#Ukraine
. Yes, it's happening right now. Russian colonialism is not just a thing of the past. Today, Russia is engaging in colonial practices in occupied Ukraine. Here's what's been happening👇
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What the actual hell,
@elonmusk
?
Brotherly, from the heart of one of the chief propagandists of Russia, a country that has invaded Ukraine (+many others before) and has killed thousands of people (+beheadings)...
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As someone who’s job it is to communicate Ukraine to foreign audiences, I am really stuck with trying to explain why this video is beautiful.
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This makes me so angry. Why is the West still so obsessed with supporting Russians abroad disregarding their political affiliations when they literally do this to us on a daily basis. Russophobia? F*ck off.
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So we went and did this:
For every flower cut, a hundred more will rise.
Russians are allergic to everything related to Ukraine, even if they are in “unfriendly” London.
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Why do some Americans think that they’re so special and unique that we have an obligation to prove anything to them/convince them? Self obsessed and selfish much? I’m sorry but the world doesn’t revolve around you.
JC:"They're stealing Ukrainian children. 500 just yesterday were shipped to Russia. & this is why we should be supporting them. We cannot allow this kind of evil to go unchecked...Don't you agree with me on that?"
BG: "I'm sorry, I don't. And here's why."
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As a Ukrainian, I am expected to ask the world for help, to prove I am worthy of saving. To travel high and low in the hope of receiving aid. But not too intensely. Because then I am told I look desperate. I am told “don’t ask for too much, don’t look too needy."
A thread 🧵
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I actually think people on Twitter are insane:
In what universe does being pro-Ukraine - pro your own country that is being ravaged by war unleashed by fascist Russia - means being pro nazi? Will never forget this.
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If you care about what’s going on in my country Ukraine you should also care about what’s going on in Western
#Tigray
. Horrifying but important report from
@hrw
and
@amnesty
. With amazing work by
@vanessatsehaye
. Stand against atrocities everywhere.
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Dudes, ‘Russian-speaking’ doesn’t mean pro-Russian or Russian. Got it?
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P.S. can give you all tips on how to deal with trauma of seeing graphic content (I’ve been trained as part of my job) but please don’t silence us. Let us do what we need to save our people, even if that means showing the world the graphic hatred of Russians towards Ukrainians.
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Dear friends, we, Ukrainians, stand with all people who have gone through war, colonisation, occupation and suffering across the whole world. This treatment of people anywhere can not continue full stop, Ukraine included.
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I don’t think I have the words to describe the gut-wrenching feeling I get when I see people on the left, some of whom I once supported and respected and some of whom many people I respect supported too, peddle fascist Russian propaganda messages.
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Why ✨ EVERYONE ✨ needs to stop romanticising the Soviet Union, according to someone who lived during the Soviet Union - my Ukrainian grandmother.
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Statements like that reek of privilege and make me sick. We, Ukrainians, don’t have the privilege of not seeing/feeling/hearing the horrors unleashed by Russia on our people.
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Moral of the story is: The more visas you give to them, the more they will come and spread shitty propaganda within your societies too. So just think about it…Oh and here’s my jumper.
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I am so deeply hurt by this video.
After giving 5+ years of my life to this organisation, I am actually speechless. I can go into more detail as to why, but for now—I'll stop here.
In 2022, we've witnessed iconic acts of defiance. Countless times, people took to the streets to defend their rights.
A reminder to those in power - we will never be mere bystanders when our dignity, equality and freedom is assaulted.
#ProtectTheProtest
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It’s not a “troll” army or a “mob” - it’s Ukraine’s vibrant, strong and powerful civil society that I am proud and honoured to be part of. The end.
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masterclass for non-Ukrainians on how to talk about Ukraine: How in one tweet
@GretaThunberg
proves that it's possible to listen to Ukrainian voices. A thread (which will break this graphic into tweets that you can read.) Share 🧵👀
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So Russians across Europe are shouting about Ukrainians being “russophobic” meanwhile 6 Ukrainians have been killed by Russians in Germany this year alone? That makes total sense.
Two were stabbed this weekend.
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Got a few threats after posting this post, but hey that’s just what it’s like to be a woman online who says the word “feminism.” Read the actual thing though please.
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Recommendations for what to blast back since this is literally a developing situation - they’re still next to me.
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I'm going to post it here because otherwise too intense under the
@NobelPrize
post, why do westerns feel the need to keep working us Ukrainians into spaces with Belarusians and Russians?
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Russians abroad again: Went for Sunday roast with my parents. Next table - russian woman with Americans. After seeing me walk in, in my Ukraine jumper – she proceede: “Putin & Zelensky agreed to divide Ukraine, but then the nazi government of Ukraine went against this promise...
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@Twitter
,
@TwitterSafety
didn’t you have something in your rules about “inciting violence”?
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Asking for a friend:
Why does Russia get Zircon hypersonic missiles and Ukraine still needs to beg for fucking bullets and artillery shells?
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The same Iranian authorities that kill young Iranian women, also sell drones to russia that they use to kill Ukrainians - we have a common enemy. May equality and justice prevail in
#Iran
and across the world.
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Fuck, I love Georgia.
It’s hard to explain to someone that isn’t from a country where protest runs in blood the adrenaline rush you feel from seeing THIS.
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Repost if you agree that Russia must be stopped and Ukraine needs more air defence systems and weapons for protection.
The world needs to hear this as we sit in basements and shelters during what seems to be one of the biggest air attacks by Russia on Ukraine yet.
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LITERALLY CRYING WATCHING US CONGRESS COVERED IN UKRAINIAN FLAGS AS THEY VOTED THROUGH THE AID BILL
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Starbucks barista in Malta: Where are you from?
Me: Ukraine.
Barista: How's it there now?
Me: Still shit, still war.
Barista: Well at least the war brings such pretty customers to our cafe...
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
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Statement from my brave & extremely courageous colleagues from Amnesty International Ukraine. I fully stand with them.
@OPokalchuk
is a big role model for me & I stand by her & every single colleague of mine from Ukraine.
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Some of my fave messages I received below. There’s literally SO MUCH work
@elonmusk
has to do to make this place safe, especially for women. Maybe he could start now?
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Main Ukrainian TV channel: Take off the street signs around Kyiv if you can. Russian occupants are disoriented and don’t know their way around Kyiv, they’re driving around in circles 😉
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Okay, let me tweet again and rephrase: why did you think this was a good idea
@VICENews
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Kind reminder to anyone who needs to hear it—before Russia's genocidal war in Ukraine, it had wars & killed/s people in:
- Syria,
- Georgia,
- Chechnya,
- Moldova.
Just because you criticise the West, doesn't mean you need to close your eyes on what Russia has been up to.
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How is Simonyan celebrating Russia's missile attack on civilians in Ukraine not risking further incitement of violence? She is literally doing it to rally people to go and kill Ukrainians in their own land.
@Twitter
has to ban her permanently, just like Trump.
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Dear people in the West, you criticise our president and his wife for doing a Vogue photoshoot?
I criticise you for doing fuck all and going back to your daily lives of comfort while hundreds of Ukrainians die every day at the hands of a tyrannic Russia.
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Monday: Explosions Kharkiv.
Tuesday: Explosions Kharkiv.
Wednesday: Explosions Kharkiv.
Thursday: Explosions Kharkiv.
Friday: Explosions Kharkiv.
If you want Russia to continue to destroy and decimate a whole Ukrainian city full of civilians, scroll through.
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In a world full of Elon Musks, be a Cher.
My Prayers Are With Ukrainian Ppl.I Read News Everyday Hoping
They’re Taking Their Land Back.When I Met Young Ukrainian men
We HUGGED & DANCED
AROUND.
I AM AMAZED
UKRAINIAN PPL ARE SO STRONG,SO
COURAGEOUS,SO STEADFAST.THE SOLDIERS ARE SUPER
MEN,DAVIDS SLAYING
GOLIATH💪🏼🇺🇦🙌🏼
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We got Jameson and Beefeater to pull out of Russia. Lacoste is next.
Help us share and get the message out. Also Putin looks gross in this pic.
As
@rolandgarros
kicks off, we wanted to tell everyone that
@Lacoste
—one of the French Open's Premium Partners—has scores of stores still open in Moscow "working as per standard regime". Yes, we checked.
Call on Lacoste to stop sponsoring Putin 🎾👀
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Hey
@STWuk
, care to invite a Ukrainian to talk about this topic? Otherwise reeks of ignorance and privilege IMO that you all enjoy in the West. I’d like to see you organise an event about a war in a different country with no representative of that country on your panel…
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So Eurovision next year will now be in Kyiv, right?
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One of my best friends in Kyiv has just joined the Ukrainian army forces. Such mixed internal feelings, so proud yet so scared for him.
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Please follow & listen to ✨voices from
#Ukraine
✨ right now. This is a good time to give you all a list:
@OPokalchuk
@MaximEristavi
@lapatina_
@mrsorokaa
@Aly_shkrum
@IAPonomarenko
@olya_rudenko
@KSergatskova
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To anyone saying that what Russia is doing is a consequence of NATO expansion: Speak to a Ukrainian about the hatred they have experienced from Russians for years and centuries and read some books on the history of Russian colonialism.
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In the first few months of the war I thought I would never see my home again. My room, my books, my friends, my street, my family. When I would see people go home for vacation to visit family, I felt like a piece of me was missing. But I came back home to Ukraine last week 🧵
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Fight hate with hope. A few days ago a video on
@saintjavelin
went viral showing a Russian guy tearing up sunflowers tied to a Ukrainian monument in London. So we went there to remind him that no matter how hard he tries, we’ll always fight back.
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@paulocoelho
As a Ukrainian, I’d like to clarify: We want the world to celebrate Ukraine for once. & center experience of Ukrainians in discourse. Our culture & people. For years Russia (empire/USSR/now) tried to eradicate our culture. Celebrating Ukraine shouldn’t be equated to Russophobia.
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Dad went back to my grandmother's house in her village for the 1st time since Russia's full-scale invasion of
#Ukraine
. She didn't survive her escape in the first days of the war & died in March in Hungary as she crossed the border seeking safety. But her house is still there 🧵
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I actually can’t believe it. Pretty insane win. Activists made world’s second biggest alcohol seller flip and pull out of Russia. Just amazing to see pressure work.
@johnsweeneyroar
@lesiavasylenko
@nickdavydiuk
and others 💪
Hope wins!
@Pernod_Ricard
have STOPPED selling their products to Putin’s Russia. We’ve campaigned for this in London, in Dublin with
@UkrainianAction
, in Edinburgh with
@HelpUkraineScot
. Now the company's done the right thing.
Other companies still profiting in Russia: take note
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The haha at the end was the cherry on top. What an absolute legend.
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Poor mobilised russians now need to die for this. Can’t believe the Ukrainian nazi government.” I was just there minding my own business & instead my ears got violated by a russian woman. Thankfully the two Americans with her were like: “ermmmm, first time we heard about this…”
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@Twitter
@TwitterSafety
Quoting
@Twitter
below on permanently banning Trump because he was "highly likely to encourage and inspire people to replicate the criminal acts that took place at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021."
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So today I translated 10,000 words of my grandmother’s book where she describes her life in Ukraine during WW2 & how she lost her sister, mom & dad in the space of a month—& I’m an emotional mess. I can’t believe she had to go through war again in 2022. A life between two wars.
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Going to Berlin end of month. Outfit suggestions please? I’m thinking a Urainian flag cape and a tattoo of “Russian warship go f*ck yourself” on forehead.
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Russia is colonial as fuck.
Not only did Russia colonize Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Dagestan, Tatarstan, Chechnya, it continues to pillage and steal resources from Africa to sponsor its economic downfall and war in Ukraine.
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Yet to see a single russian reach out to me happy about the advancements Ukrainian army made in the past few days in Ukraine.
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In a world where narratives and perceptions shape destinies, Ukrainians—and all other people who have experienced wars before and after us—stand resolute. All we want is to unconditionally be allowed to exist.
So let us exist.
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Each of the three laureates deserve to be celebrated – yes. Their work has been extremely important and many have been persecuted as a result. But putting the three organizations together, in my opinion, reinforces harmful narratives that have been used to fuel war and hatred.
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Twitter friends, you’re in for a treat because thousands of Ukrainians—very few in Ukraine used to use Twitter—are signing up to this platform as we speak ✨
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I am required to speak out boldly for my country. For the horrors it experiences & experienced for centuries. But not too boldly. Not about ordinary Russians, Russian culture or Russian colonialism. Otherwise I risk making foreigners, who I depend on for survival, uncomfortable.
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The more you force Ukrainians, Russians and Belarusians into the same public spaces, the more you reinforce this concept and reinforce Putin's narrative. Big organizations with high prominence need to really acknowledge that their words and actions have power.
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I am so deeply saddened to see how the organization I cared so deeply about for such a long time is weaponising the suffering of my country and my people. As a Ukrainian and an expert, that is how I see it. There are other ways to talk about human rights issues globally.
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If you care about what’s happening in my country—Ukraine—you should also care about all other people in other countries suffering right now from war, conflict, starvation, genocide.
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A list of kick-ass Ukrainian women you NEED to follow on all things
#Ukraine
. Including
@avalaina
,
@OPokalchuk
,
@olgatokariuk
,
@TsurkanKate
,
@lapatina_
,
@InsightOlena
,
@mariamposts
,
@JaneLytv
,
@YuliaTymosha
,
@sasha_weirdsley
,
@OlenaHalushka
,
@dkaleniuk
and moi✨
Not only is it crucial to elevate, follow and listen to Ukrainian voices on
#Ukraine
️, it’s absolutely crucial to elevate, follow and listen to the voices of ✨UKRAINIAN WOMEN✨ We’ve made a list for you that we'll keep updating.
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Note how I said *some.* Glad that there's a lot of American's who don't need us to prove anything to them for them to support us, they can see that Russia is a muderous & fascist state themselves.
Glad to see what I expected to see in the replies to this post.
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I am expected to want peace. To want to stop war. The everyday suffering. But also to give up my land & the people that live on it. To give up my country & negotiate with a state that has been eradicating my people for centuries. And that will keep doing it, until we are gone.
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Let me just explain to everyone why, in my opinion, this is problematic. As you know our main enemy is Putin. Putin has built almost his entire narrative that he has used to justify invasion, killing and bombing on the concept of ✨brotherly nations✨ of Ukraine, Belarus, Russia.
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Next time someone tells you "BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RUSSIAN SPEAKERS IN UKRAINE?!?!" share this thread with them about how Russia purposefully tried to erase Ukrainian language and culture throughout the centuries 👇
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A simple question to help:
Is Russia killing civilians in Ukraine? Yes.
Is Ukraine killing civilians in Russia? No.
And if this didn't help:
Has Russia killed civilians in Syria? Yes.
Has Russia killed civilians in Georgia? Yes.
Has Russia killed civilians in Chechnya? Yes.
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