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[folklorespring]

If you want to support Ukrainians, DO NOT donate to Red Cross. Can't speak about for their work in other countries, but they're useless in Ukraine. The only trustworthy international organisation I can think of is World Central Kitchen.

Donate to World Central Kitchen

And it's even better to donate directly to Ukrainian organisations. Here are a few good legit places:

hospitallers.life - "Hospitallers", Ukrainian paramedics on the frontlines

savelife.in.ua - "Come Back Alive", assistance to the army

prytulafoundation.org - "Prytula Foundation", assistance to the army

starenki.com.ua - "Starenki", helping elderly people

everybodycan.com.ua - "Everybody Can", helping disabled children, elders and hospitals

uanimals.org - "UAnimals", saving animals

[disarmonia]

Another change in the environment around my artwork, which is somehow still holding on after russia’s latest massive terrorist attack on Kyiv. As the world keeps caring less and less, genocidal freaks are now openly threatening to destroy our capital with missiles. ____________

If you want to support me and my art - my tip jars are HERE along with links to trusted foundations to support Ukraine.

[gewska]

Four years ago I woke up at 5 am from distant explosions. I asked my boyfriend if he heard them too, he said he didn’t and I should go back to sleep. I tried to calm myself down, went on the internet, it was silent, no news or explanations. I told myself that those were just some weird street noises. Half an hour later I woke up again from the same noses, but louder. This time, there were news: russia launched a full scale invasion. In these 4 years I’ve felt layers of fear, hatred and sorrow I never thought were possible. The war completely changed my perception of the world and justice, it forced me to reevaluate everything in my life and everything I believed in. I’m not very good with words, so today I’ll be sharing some of my very personal artworks exploring some of the complicated feelings and experiences I had over the past 4 years. The war still goes on, in fact it has been going on since 2014 not 2022. russians still kill, rape, torture Ukrainian people, destroy our cities and do everything in their power to erase our nation from this world. Today I would like to ask you to donate to Ukraine and share info about this war. All the links can be found here. Thank you Слава Україні!

[folklorespring]

Vladyslav Heraskevych wearing a helmet with pictures of Ukrainian athletes who were killed by russia.

[wordswithoutaworld]

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russian soldiers have killed more than 650 athletes and coaches — not to mention how severely they have also destroyed sports grounds and training facilities for those athletes who are still alive and continue training even during blackouts after Russia’s strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure

Unfortunately, I can’t add more stories due to image limitations

[will-ruadh]

will somebody get those dead Ukrainians out of our screens 🙄

[justacynicalromantic]

“Will I die?”

“No! No! All will be well. Don’t worry!”

Ukraine's Police releases footage from bodycameras of policemen who arrived on sight after a Russian drone strike on a kindergarten in Kharkiv.

Caretakers managed to gather all kids inside the kindergarten basement in time, so no kid died or got seriously injured - but they had a fright of their lives, and the rescuers had to evacuate them out of a burning building quickly, knowing a second strike might come any moment.

[suratan-zir]

After a night of bombing, russia shelled a kindergarten in Kharkiv. Currently reported of one killed man as a result of this attack and seven wounded. All children were unharmed, except for psychological trauma.

Also, in the Kyiv region, a woman, a 12-year-old girl, and a six-month-old baby were killed as a result of today's russian shelling.

This is the face of russian culture.

[panimoonchild]

Grandma and goats are a danger to Russians

On the 6th of September:

[justacynicalromantic]

I want to reiterate that THIS was not in fact done with those huge Shaheed drones we talked about. This was done by the same drone your cousine might shoot wedding videos with - in other words, the Russian operator was looking at the live camera footage, saw a grandma and two goats and went consciously for the kill.

This is the same shit they've been doing in Kherson for over a year. That's why we call it "Human safari"

[soheisse]

Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights, under an ICC arrest warrant, openly described how she abducted a boy from Mariupol, forced him to stay in Russia, and broke his worldview.

She recounts how Philip sang Ukrainian songs, said he loved Ukraine, and didn’t want to live in Russia. Then she boasts about how she “gradually changed his attitude,” and now he “doesn’t want to return to Ukraine.”

It is a confession of a crime and clear evidence of the Kremlin’s systematic and cynical policy to destroy Ukrainian identity and erase a nation.

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bring kids back

[5soswfttwtaf]

seeing "the biggest missile attack of the war" almost every day about different cities is terrifying bc they're not exaggerating and russians are getting more and more aggressive since the world lets them to with its tolerance to terror

[suratan-zir]

Tonight russia carried out another terrorist attack on Kyiv, Odesa and other Ukrainian cities, using shahed drones and ballistic missiles. Kyiv alone was attacked with 175 drones and 14 missiles. In total, Ukraine was attacked by more than 440 drones and 32 missiles in one night.

In the video - a shahed drone hits a residential apartment building. (turn on the sound if you want to hear what Ukrainians have been hearing every night for years)

In Kyiv, currently reported 60 injured and 14 killed, but the rescue operation is ongoing.

At the very same time, trump says he refuses to approve additional sanctions on russia, because it costs the US money, and because russia is *this* close to signing a peace deal, obviously.

He and others like him are simply waiting for Ukraine to run out of people and resources for resistance, so they can finally give russia what it wants and continue with business as usual.

[folklorespring]

Lmao russia announced so-called "ceasefire" for Easter and now there's an air raid 40 minutes before the "ceasefire" due to russian drones in the air. You can't make this shit up

[folklorespring]

The way we all collectively thought "oh so we're getting bombed twice as hard on Easter, got it" after seeing the news about the "ceasefire"

[suratan-zir]

This is what the russian "Easter ceasefire" looks like in Kherson

fucking bastards

[panimoonchild]

Russian culture is nothing sacred

On Palm Sunday, Russia launched a missile strike on Sumy, slaughtering over 20 civilians and injuring many more. And they have used 'double tap' again.

Russia doesn't want a piece, they want to raise hell on Ukrainian lands. I don't have words to describe my hate towards that bloody country. I wish all of them to live through this level of pain for centuries. There's no forgiveness for such crimes.

[suratan-zir]

Just two days after the previous strike, russia hits Kryvyi Rih again. They struck a residential area, next to a playground. In the early evening, when parents and children were outside.

As of now, 14 people are known to have been killed, including 6 children.

In the photo, parents stand over the body of their killed 15-year-old son.

Back in 2022, the world was saying "russian war of aggression will not be normalised". Today, in 2025, we are just numbers. Russia killing Ukrainians for the sin of existing has been normalised. Our lives are a boring statistic and our tragedies barely ever make it into the world news. Because this is no longer news.

[suratan-zir]

Here's how the russian ministry of defense took responsibility for yet another war crime:

(translation)

At 18:49, a high-precision strike was carried out with a high-explosive missile on the site of a meeting of military commanders and Western instructors in one of the restaurants in the city of Krivoy Rog* (ukr. Kryvyi Rih). As a result of the strike, the enemy lost up to 85 servicemen and officers of foreign countries, as well as up to 20 vehicles.

...

Yes, they really just called a strike on a playground in the middle of a residential area a "high-precision strike."

Those dead children were the "officers of foreign countries" in case you didn't know. The youngest "foreign officer" injured in this attack is 3 months old.

[ua-memes-poorly-translated]

First of all, sincerely, thank you. And again, Thank You Very Much. Thanks. Thank you once again. Thank you and again Thank you. Thanks again. Thank You Very Much Thank You Very Much Thank You Very Much

[Image ID: Shrek with a sincere and kind smile and a hand placed on his heart. The Ukrainian text on the picture says: "First of all, sincerely, thank you. And again, thank you very much. Thanks. Thank you once again. Thank you and again thank you. Thanks again. Thank you very much thank you very much thank you very much".

On second thought, actually, it's possible that the guy in fact may be sarcastic. /End ID]

[ua-memes-poorly-translated]

First of all, sincerely, fuck you. And again, Fuck You Very Much. Fuck you. Fuck you once again. Fuck you and again Fuck you. Fuck you again. Fuck You Very Much Fuck You Very Much Fuck You Very Much

[Image ID: The same picture as in previous post, but it's edited so the meme with the phrase 'fuck you' is placed on top of the text when there were originally 'thank you'. The meme originally translates as "go fuck yourself" and depicted as yellow text 'ІДІ нахуй' on a blue background, with the "ІДІ" (Go) part of the phrase resembling the Ukrainian national emblem. /End ID]

[folklorespring]

If I hear "Ukraine needs to hold election during war" ONE MORE TIME I SWEAR TO GOD

[ddeserteagle]

Point no. 1. The Constitution of Ukraine prohibits elections during martial law. Because Ukraine follows the book of law, it cannot be changed to accommodate whims of the orange toddler.

Point no. 2. In order to provide fair elections, one must know exactly, where the electorate is and how many people are there. Many have perished or are in besieged towns and villages, that are almost impossible to get to. Many are in occupied territories. Besides, there are soldiers and auxiliary personnel on the front line. How will they vote?

Point no. 3. How about conducting fair elections in russia first, where the tsar has been in power since 2000? Some of you weren't even born at that time yet.

[suratan-zir]

If hearing Trump say that Ukraine started the war with Russia infuriates you – donate to help Ukraine persevere. If you're a USA citizen and you're upset and ashamed of your current government – take part in protests, educate those around you when you can, and donate to help Ukraine persevere. If you know at least a little about history, and you see that the current processes in the world lead to WW3 – donate to help Ukraine persevere, save democracy, and show dictators around the world that they can't take everything they want by power.

Write to your representatives, engage in protests, share whatever you can, or encourage others to do so. This war is so much more than you can imagine. It's the start of something that has the potential to affect everyone, no matter where you are or what you believe in. The world is a dangerous place, and it needs every one of us to do what we can to make it safer. Don't just think good - do good, in whichever small way you can.

[lesmotsquinousmanqueny]

To find protests in support of Ukraine worldwide you can use:

https://standwithukraine.org/

A lot of protests are set up for February 23 and 24, the anniversary of the invasion.

Show support by showing up.

[tributary]

really don’t think the onion got taken to task for this enough post-bucha

look at the date.

[snovyda]

Context on the date: this is 4 days after the Bucha massacre was uncovered. So they are openly mocking that.

They also had a few pieces where they outright mocked Ukraine for asking for weapons for defending itself.

So very progressive of them.

[iamnmbr3]

What the fuck?!

[tributary]

friendly reminder that i never forget. consign the onion to the compost bin of history

[klinger4yossarian-deactivated20]

the onion article screenshotted here isn't minimizing war crimes or mocking the victims of the massacre, it's pointing out the hypocrisy of the US gvt and certain Americans, and the inconsistency with which war crimes are identified as such and the inconsistency of consequences for committing war crimes.

[tributary]

read it again. why did they publish this days after bucha became public knowledge?

why use a picture of a ukrainian apartment destroyed by a rocket?

what’s the point of mocking the concept of war crimes, if not to wave it away as ‘oh that’s just what happens in war, quit your complaining’?

[wintersmitth]

Since Onion is posting their merch site today, and unfriendly reminder this is what they consider good humour.

[creidart]

ew

[swamp-cats-den]

The Onion posted that article a couple of days after these photos came out (I'm attaching one of the less gruesome pics). Streets covered in bodies of tortured and murdered Ukrainians russian occupants didn't even bother to remove. The Onion is mocking this

[ami-fly]

yeah, russians killed half a thousand people in one city, and these progressive individuals were like but how do we make it about "america bad"???.

also, "hypocrisy". "satire". lol, lmao even.

from the first day of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine was an "acceptable target" for online western leftists, and the overwhelming sentiment was to mock and sneer and project their anti-west grievances onto us. I'm never gonna forget that 👍