🇸🇪 In Sweden, several companies and stores have refused to sell products from Mondelez, a company still operating in Russia.
In Swedish supermarkets, information notices appeared near the company's products stating that Mondelez International still has a branch in the Russian
Ukraine's sovereignty extends to its entire territory. Ukraine is a unitary state. The territory of Ukraine within the existing border is integral and inviolable.
Article 2 of the Constitution of Ukraine 🇺🇦
Ukrainian athlete and defender Volodymyr Androshchuk, 22, will not represent Ukraine at the Olympics. Because the Russian army killed him near Bakhmut two weeks ago.
Photos: Volodymyr’s Facebook page, Yevhen Pronin
🇺🇦 They are at home, in Ukraine! 108 Ukrainian women returned from Russian captivity — 11 officers, 85 privates and sergeants, and 37 war prisoners from the Azovstal plant.
Photo:
@AndriyYermak
, Babel
Ruslana became a military volunteer last year when she was 18. On February 10, her car was shelled and she lost her leg. Her family says she unstoppably cried for 2 days. But then, she decided she would fight for her bright future 💪🇺🇦
Photo:
@Liberov
Choreographer Oleksandr Chaika lost his leg after being hit by a Russian tank shell but bravely went through the extremely difficult stage of surgery and prosthetics. Today, he is teaching choreography and acrobatics to children again.
Photo: Olena Shkoda
Today Russia attacked the Chernihiv city centre. 5 people were killed and 37 were injured, among them 11 children.
During the attack, Russian terrorists targeted Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Theatre. Established in 1926, it is among Ukraine's oldest and most prominent regional
Safety is first, but Ukrainian journalists also care about the truth. As the air raid alert warned people across Ukraine about the Russian attack, the Kyiv Independent team was sheltering underground to keep you updated about the news in Ukraine.
📷
@KyivIndependent
In February 2022, the Russian missile hit a residential building on Lobanovskyi Avenue in Kyiv, a heartbreaking photo of which horrified the whole world and showed Russia's true intentions.
Almost one year later, the building is renovated.
#WhatWeAreFightingFor
? For the people we love. The cities and villages — true places of power. The values worth fighting against the enemy. The ability to live at home on your own land. To build a future we want. For something that encourages us to do what seems impossible.
🫂 This is Oleksii from Sloviansk in the Donetsk region. He is only 4. For months, he has been hiding in basements, trying to escape bombs and missiles launched on the city by Russians. The boy’s mom died just before the full-scale war, so he stayed with his grandma and grandpa.
✨ For a long time, “Shchedryk” lived in Ukrainian folklore until a talented Ukrainian conductor Mykola Leontovych heard it and created a choral masterpiece. Now the song is known worldwide as "Carol of the Bells".
Russian war criminals have shared a video where a Ukrainian defender is executed — not the first case when Russians film and share how they torture and kill. In the background, Russia continues chairing the UN organ charged with ensuring global peace and security.
Any thoughts?
🇺🇦🏆 Ukraine showed its best result in the Invictus Games history by winning 34 medals! This international multi-sport event is held for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans.
🇺🇦 🪖 A Ukrainian defender after another combat mission in Bakhmut.
The battle for Bakhmut continues from July 2022. Ukrainian soldiers keep fighting the enemy back and bravely defend their homeland. Together – to victory 💪
Photo: REUTERS / Kai Pfaffenbach
Russian army destroyed 343 sports facilities & killed 231 athletes and coaches in Ukraine. While Ukrainians fight for our lives, the International Olympic Committee is "looking for ways" to allow athletes from Russia & Belarus to participate in the Olympics.
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@United24media
Heroiam slava! Glory to the heroes! 🇺🇦
Today, Ukrainians were shaken by another case of Russian brutality. A video has been circulating showing how the Russian invaders killed a Ukrainian prisoner of war simply for uttering the words "Glory to Ukraine / Slava Ukraini".
Today Russia ruined the
@UNESCO
-protected Transfiguration Cathedral, one of the biggest and oldest in Odesa. Its history says — nothing is over.
The historic landmark was built in 1795-1808.
Soviets destroyed it in 1932.
But Ukraine restored the architectural gem in 1999-2005.
In March, a Russian shell destroyed a 16-storey residential building in Kyiv. The residents of 126 apartments were left without homes.
Nine months later, families could return to their homes. Although it still needs furniture, some residents will celebrate there New Year 🤗
In 2020,
@Barbie
launched a doll inspired by the fencer Olha Kharlan. Today she was disqualified after her victory over a Russian athlete. She could not shake hands with a representative of the country that killed over 200 Ukrainian athletes and coaches in its brutal war.
While receiving Ukraine's first Oscar award for "20 Days in Mariupol", the director Mstyslav Chernov sheds light on Russia's atrocities against Ukrainians and calls to make sure that the history record is set straight and that the truth prevails.
💔 A Polish weekly magazine
@TygodnikWPROST
created a cover to remind its readers of Ukrainian soldiers who changed their homes for trenches to defend peace and Christmas for millions of families in Europe.
🇺🇦 Donetsk. 9 years ago, on March 5, 2014, around 10,000 citizens gathered on the central square to support the unity of Ukraine. Later, Russian forces managed to temporarily occupy the city but they will never manage to occupy its Ukrainian spirit.
Photo: Anton Skyba
“Everything will be all right, brother. You will live,” says a Polish 🇵🇱 combat medic who evacuates a severely wounded Ukrainian 🇺🇦 defender from Soledar, Donetsk region.
What a surprise! The Princes of Wales joined the Kalush Orchestra for the opening performance during the Eurovision final! 🤩 The Princess played the piano at Windsor Castle as part of a rendition of Stefania, last year's winning song 🎹 Video:
@bbceurovision
@KensingtonRoyal
Mykhailo lost both legs in war, which changed his life forever. Together with Iryna, his fiancee, he lives now in a tiny room in a hospital and undergoes rehab.
Despite everything, the couple already plans for the future — to have children, a house, and help other people 🤍
Ukrainian cats are brave and invincible. The war also changed their lives, making them adapt to new conditions, and it seems that they can cope with it perfectly 💪
The photo shows a cat named Shayba, who helps his owner to defend Ukraine from the Russian invaders. Ukrainian
Representatives of 9 European countries signed the "Tallinn Pledge" to support the Ukrainian fight against Russian invaders by helping with military equipment.
Amazing and groundbreaking step! Thank you, partners, for bringing our victory closer! 🇺🇦💪
📷Photo:
@DefenceHQ
British lead vocalist of the band Florence and the Machine Florence Welch raised the Ukrainian flag at a concert in Milan 🇺🇦❤️ Thank you for standing with Ukraine!
Video: photo.graphe_lore/Instagram
🏆🎬 "20 Days in Mariupol" wins the 2024 Oscars for Best Documentary Feature! This is the first-ever Ukrainian film 🇺🇦 to be nominated for the Academy Awards and win!
Congratulations to the documentary team — Mstyslav Chernov, Evgeniy Maloletka, Vasylisa Stepanenko, FRONTLINE
💙💛 Blue and yellow celebrations in London tonight! Part of the traditional New Year firework show was dedicated to Ukraine this year, accompanied by ‘Stefania’ by Kalush Orchestra.
Greetings and thanks to our British friends from Ukraine 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Video: Mariia Ratushniak
The Emperor has no clothes! It’s all about Russia again. From the second-strongest army in the world to the second-strongest army in Ukraine. From the bright artificial image fuelled by propaganda for decades to an outcast for the whole world. From sending countless soldiers to
This is the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Or rather, it was. What the Russians have turned it into is hardly a city — the ruins of a once beautiful town with a developed infrastructure and lovely architecture.
Russia has deprived Bakhmut of a civilised and happy life. The people
Maksym and his mom. The defender came right from the frontline in Bakhmut to
#Dnipro
after Russia’s attack.
He watched a video of how people were rescued from the damaged building and understood his mother could have survived in her apartment — and she miraculously did.
🔆 Ukrainian children have enough light inside to overcome darkness. They learn, play, read, draw, grow and care about others despite Russia’s efforts to destroy the Ukrainian power system. Candles and flashlights help them maintain their daily routines.
📷 Serhii Hudak
Spring is in the air! 💜 Right now the whole areas, like the one in Kolochava, Zakarpattia region (the westernmost one in Ukraine), turned violet thanks to blooming crocuses.
Do you know, by the way, what kind of practical use these flowers have?
Photo: Viktor Pavlysh
Maksym, a defender of Ukraine, journalist & restauranteur, was liberated from Russian captivity. This is the first time he has eaten fresh fruit in almost a year. Impossible to hold tears. We pray & fight for every single Ukrainian defender to return home🇺🇦
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@United24media
🇺🇦 Ukraine is everywhere! Yesterday, countless number of people all over the world met outside to march in support of Ukraine, and some iconic buildings turned blue and yellow.
Dear world, thank you for standing for us! 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇮🇸🇩🇪 in the photos.
By mining vast areas of Ukraine, Russia created the largest minefield in the world — around 250,000 km². It’s almost like the territory of Poland or Italy and bigger than the United Kingdom 😦
What a remarkable day — 45 Ukrainian defenders of Azovstal were rescued from Russian captivity! Glory to the heroes! 💪🇺🇦
Photos: Presidential Office of Ukraine
Vlad, a sapper, lost both eyes in a battle but never lost his optimistic spirit. Together with his girlfriend, he is testing new medical technologies to restore vision. Vlad wants to see again and is sure he will. We know this too! Impossible is nothing 💪
Photo
@Liberov
Today, Russia attacked a residential area in Kharkiv with large-caliber guided munitions. One person was killed, and at least 19 people were injured, including 4 children. The search and rescue operation is ongoing.
Russia must be held accountable for its war crimes.
Bakhmut and Soledar, Kreminna and Svatove. These Eastern Ukrainian cities and their defenders stay strong despite all the Russian attacks. Because they are Ukrainian and forever will be.
Photos: libkos/Instagram
Don’t kill, says the Bible.
Don’t kill civilians in an armed conflict, says the Geneva Convention.
Russia, which attacked Kherson on the Orthodox Christmas day, the day of the ‘ceasefire’ it suggested, respects neither the laws of God nor the laws of war.
Photos:
@Liberov
A year of the full-scale war in photos. When we are left with no words, photos show all the horrors of the war. This is a selection of the most striking pictures over the past year. But these are not just photos. These are real people and their tragedies.
Like life, sports are based on values—simply fair play. If you follow the rules, you are a deserved winner. If not, the game is over. What Russia does in sports and real life is nothing about fair play. The game should be over for Russia. Olympic Games too.
#GameOverForRussia
Ukrainians in Chernivtsi take a minute each morning to show their memory of people killed by Russia. It’s just a minute, but it symbolizes our hours, days, years filled with the pain of loss and grief.
Video: _patrash/Instagram
Music: Myroslav Skoryk — Melody
🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 Joseph Biden, welcome to Kyiv! Such an honour to have you here! We are extremely grateful to you and all Americans for standing with Ukraine.
Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy
🎥 Introducing the talent behind Ukraine's Eurovision performance this year: Ukrainian director Tanu Muiño.
With her extraordinary visionary, she staged the rendition of "Teresa & Maria" by alyona alyona and Jerry Heil, and previously directed music videos for Katy Perry, Cardi
🇺🇦 🪖 Ukraine returned home 100 servicemen, among whom were the defenders of Mariupol and Hostomel. We work day and night to make sure all our brave defenders are rescued from Russian captivity.
Glory to our heroes! Glory to Ukraine!
Video: Presidential Office of Ukraine
“Bakhmut loves Ukraine” is written on the wall in the war-torn and half-ruined
Donbas city. Russians can destroy buildings but they cannot destroy love 🤍
Who the hell thinks we can give up our home?
Photo: Andriy Dubchak for
@donbasfrontline
Ex-mercenaries from the Wagner Group confessed to numerous horrendous war crimes they committed in the Donetsk region in an interview that was released today. They killed children. They committed mass murder of civilians, calling it a “clean-up”. They executed prisoners of war.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the positions of Ukrainian military in the Bakhmut direction yesterday. Not only very close to the front line but also to his comrades 🤜🤛
Photo: Presidential Office of Ukraine
Our nations have already a lot in common and will have even more in the future — a prosperous, free, European future 🇺🇦🇬🇪🇪🇺 Ukraine stands with Georgian people fighting for the shared values of freedom and democracy.
Freedom will win!
Photo: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AFP/Getty Images
“Ukraine must win. Ukraine can win. And Ukraine will win”.
Thank you
@trussliz
and the people of the United Kingdom. With such allies nothing is impossible.
500 days of full-scale war. Over 9 years of resistance to Russia’s aggression. We almost stopped counting — we stand as long as it takes. We don’t know how many more days are ahead, but we know the last one will be the day of our shared victory.
This is
#WhatWeAreFightingFor
🇺🇦
The walls of the Kherson Regional Museum are empty. Before retreating, the Russian military stole the most valuable artworks from the cultural institutions. The estimated losses are up to 15 000 works in the Kherson region alone.
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Nothing can stop our brave people in their fight for peace and justice, however much the enemy outnumbers us in weapons or personnel. Ukrainians will never surrender! 💪 🇺🇦
Last March... Full of unbelievable pain, destruction, and death. The month of revealed truth and uncovered Russian crimes. The month of heartfelt support, unity, and bravery. The month when Ukrainians faced an enormous challenge but never stopped fighting for our people and land.
🌉 This is one of the most important bridges in the Kyiv region, connecting Kyiv and Zhytomyr. It became a significant obstacle for the Russian invaders to reach Kyiv.
Now the bridge in Stoianka is restored and ready for traffic 🚗
A year ago, on December 31, 2022, instead of the New Year's celebration, Ukrainians had to shelter from Russia's shelling. A year has passed, and Russia is only increasing the scale of its attacks.
🇺🇦🇹🇷 People around the world shouldn't be left alone with their pain and trouble. Ukrainians understand the devastating feeling of losing brothers and sisters. And we know that relief comes with a helping hand.
While Ukrainian sportspeople fight and die for their families and nation on the cruel battlefield, Russia, a terrorist state, could be allowed to join the civilized world in honest and fair competition. Is it really fair?
🎄 One year ago, the squares of Mariupol hosted Christmas celebrations. They were full of joy and dreams. Just two months later, on February 24, the Russians invaded the city. Where the decorations were — now there are ruins and deserted streets.
📷 Evgeny Sosnovskiy
We stand with Türkiye. We feel and share this unbelievable pain caused by today's tragic earthquake. Our thoughts are with the victims' families, and we pray for the injured to recover quickly.
Every body is an artwork. As war changes people’s bodies, the perception of beauty also changes in our society — this is the idea behind Marta Syrko’s project showing the beauty of the veteran’s body.
Fire, water, and seeing how Orlando Bloom travels around Ukraine, using Ukrainian Railway Company’s services — Ukrzaliznytsia in Ukrainian 🇺🇦 Not the easiest word to pronouce, but Orland got it!
Video:
@Ukrzaliznytsia
Wounded Ukrainian defenders sing (despite the enormous pain) the Ukrainian anthem, a true anthem of bravery, love, and hope ❤️🩹🇺🇦
Video: Daniel Salem.
Wishing you a peaceful and blessed Easter! 🙏 This day reminds us that life wins over death, truth wins over lies, and light wins over darkness. May this Easter bring you and your beloved ones hope, new beginnings, and prosperity 🌱
📷 decoira, Galina Tudai, Mariana Svirzhevska
Merry Orthodox Christmas to all those who celebrate it all over the globe today. In Ukraine this year, it is protected by angel guardians in military uniform.
May hope, peace, and light always be with you wherever you go.
Art: Andrii Yermolenko
🇬🇧 British actor and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom came to 🇺🇦 Ukraine and visited the Spilno Children's Center in Kyiv.
"Children in Ukraine need their childhood back," said the actor.
Photos:
@UNICEF_UA
🎹🎶 Music through the ruins
On March 9, 2022, a Russian missile hit a residential building in Izium and destroyed it.
Ukrainian musician Vitalii Ivanusa and an American volunteer Anton Hursh climbed on the destroyed building to play on the abandoned piano.
Freedom we have learnt to follow
Makes our future spirits stronger /
თავისუფლება დღეს ჩვენი
მომავალს უმღერს დიდებას
Freedom unites us, and unity makes us stronger! We stand with the people of
#Georgia
🇺🇦🇬🇪🇪🇺
#StandWithGeorgia
🇺🇦 🪖 Dmytro, 23, had been serving in the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the first day of the full-scale invasion. In a battle with Russian troops, he sustained burns covering around 70% of his body, including his head, neck, body, and limbs.
We wish Dmytro a speedy recovery 💪
This night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 19 cruise missiles and 19 drones.
▪️ In Mykolaiv, the shelling destroyed residential buildings and injured 19 people, including children.
▪️ In Odesa, an administrative building was destroyed, and residential buildings were damaged. At
More than 42K women serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At least 5K among them are defending the country on the front line.
Women fight on an equal footing, take risks, and sacrifice their lives to protect Ukraine’s freedom 🇺🇦
People who give our homes light — literally💡 Every day Ukrainian engineers, electricians, emergency service workers do an unimaginable job under unimaginable conditions.
We usually don’t know their names, but we owe them for holding the invisible front line between the wires.
Thousands gathered on Independence Square in Kyiv to say thank you and goodbye at last to the exceptional hero, leader, and patriot Dmytro "Da Vinci" Kotsiubailo, who was killed by Russia near Bakhmut.
Photos: Hromadske
Yana "Yara" Rykhlitska was a volunteer and combat medic. She was killed on March 3, 2023, during the evacuation of the wounded near Bakhmut. She was known as the "Angel of fighters" for saving the lives of Ukrainian defenders. May she rest in peace!
Photos: Julia Kochetova
🏔Incredible views from the flowering slopes of the Ukrainian Carpathians. That very moment when you witness the wonderful interplay of winter and spring ☀️
Video: Bohdan Susol
🇺🇦🌼 Painful contrast Ukrainian soldiers witness: beautiful blossom and war trenches. Ukrainian defenders keep fighting for our bright, peaceful future and our free land under the shining spring sun.
Video: _prince_of_nothing_
Music: Serge Pavkin
There are even some women who were captured by Russian proxies before the full-scale invasion because of their active pro-Ukrainian position.
Just as we fight for every inch of our land, we in Ukraine will fight for every Ukrainian 💛