happy remembrance and reconciliation day
an air raid alert
please go to the nearest shelter, Ukrainians
all the rest can continue
saying

never again.

Victoria Amelina (01.01.1986 - 01.06.2023)
08.05.2022 Lviv

I’m less active on social media this month as I spend time with my family I haven't seen for many years. I’ll be glad to see you among the readers of my newsletter as it’s the place where I’ll be showing up each week, as usual. Link in the pinned tweet 💛

Two more syllables.

That's all it takes to turn 'War in Ukraine' into 'Russia's War in Ukraine'.

In that one breath, journalists and politicians perform a public service by reminding publics of the state actor responsible for death and destruction in Europe. Is it so hard?

OTD in 1920 USSR signed Treaty of of Moscow with Georgia, recognizing their independence. We invaded them 9 months later.

Part of pattern.

In 2022, I had 1 grave to visit at the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv. It’s 5 now. I’m not even from Lviv. It’s hard not to feel bitter knowing that ru could have been stopped in 2022 with proper military aid from our allies. It’s not too late to realise what’s at stake though—and act

Stacie is a survivor from Mariupol. Russians took her home, friends, separated her from family. Read her story below and consider donating to her fundraiser for drones to help Ukrainian defenders. More than anything she wants to return home, and only 🇺🇦 army can make it possible.

⚡ Mothers in hospitals in temporarily occupied  Luhansk region are facing threats of having their newborns taken away unless either parent has Russian citizenship. According to ISW, these actions violate Article II(d) of the Genocide Convention.

Today, 🇺🇦 celebrate Orthodox Easter. Russians celebrate it too…by sending bombs and missiles to kill as many Ukrainians as possible. This is true Russian culture. Meanwhile, too many Westerners continue to adore “great Russian culture and literature” and bully Ukrainians online.

On this sunny Sunday holiday afternoon, russian troops struck the central district of Kharkiv with three glide bombs, injuring 15 civilians, destroying a house, and damaging over 20 private homes and apartment buildings.

📷place_kharkiv, haystov

More of our Ukrainian Easter in Lviv 💛💙 Dancing, music & vyshyvanka everywhere. Pure joy and a celebration of Ukrainian culture & being alive 🙏

It’s been 800 days since Russians started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 800 days of pain, grief, fear, death, shock. I can’t believe that the civilized world couldn’t unite to stop Russians all this time, having all those weapons in stock and power.

Today is my dad's birthday, and just as I was congratulating him, I heard a distant explosion in Kharkiv. Russian troops just struck my hometown with a glide bomb.

I rarely use polls here, but let’s see the results! Do you write and pronounce “Belarusian” [be-la-roo-sian] correctly, or do you use “Belorussian” [be-la-rushan], the name that Russians invented and, therefore, spread their colonialism further?

Any posts from the Russian opposition influencer of the year about Georgia? Of course not. Nor are there any in support of Ukrainians. That's how you see the difference between those fighting against tyranny for the sake of democracy and freedom, and those for political gains.

Only $10 was raised since this update. With such speed, we will be able to reach the goal only in 6,5 months. Ukrainian warriors cannot wait for so long to have a night-vision device. Please, let’s bring more attention to this fundraiser and donate if you can! 🙏

This Sunday, Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Easter. My mom used to dye the eggs in a similar way using onion skins. Watch this video, it radiates with so much warmth ❤️ Watch it with sound on to hear a beautiful Ukrainian song.
Video by babysuna.hatka (IG handle)

🫡Update on the night vision monocular fundraiser! Over the past day and today we managed to raise $970! more and now we have $1455 in the treasury ($1945 left). Let's keep this run in the same spirit and hopefully the fundraiser will be closed soon🙏

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