Robin Who???

Ukrainian, she/her, 22, kinda clueless. This blog has no purpose at all, i mostly just reblog Ukrainian things and Stray Kids

[folklorespring]

If you want to support Ukrainians, DO NOT donate to Red Cross. Can't speak about 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, humanitarian causes

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

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

uanimals.org - "UAnimals", saving animals

[coffee-in-veins]

i wish for every ruzzian and all who sympathise and absolves them to live through the same night as tonight in Ukraine and then being hit in the head repeatedly

[suratan-zir]

You know what I'm thinking about, looking at those videos of endless car queues for gas in russia? It reminds me of the military checkpoint queues we had to wait in to get out of the russian-occupied part of Donetsk oblast. (Before the russians eventually closed the border with Ukraine under the guise of covid.)

A trip to my grandma's town (now completely destroyed) that used to take me an hour before 2014, could take anywhere from seven to over ten hours, or even more. And it cost a lot of money for the ride, because they quickly banned public bus transit to make a profit on transportation.

It wasn't a mere inconvenience. Imagine ten hours in the steppe, under the scorching summer sun, in a car that quickly turns into a microwave. Imagine hours in frigid winter temperatures, open to all the winds. Now imagine that Donetsk's elderly, the pensioners, had to make that trip every month to get their Ukrainian pensions, because the banking system couldn't operate under the occupation. Only they had to make the crossing mostly on foot, having no money to spare on rides. Frying under the sun, standing in lines to get their documents checked by the russian terrorists, having strokes, dying in those queues.

I'm not even talking about the crippling anxiety you feel, waiting for them to check your phone, to ask you stupid questions, knowing they can do anything to you and suffer no repercussions, because the law doesn't apply there. Sometimes hearing the artillery duels in the distance, seeing flashes. Disassociating.

All the while, russians lived comfortably in their terrorist state, not caring about the war they're waging in the neighboring country, or the death and suffering they're causing. Because they weren't interested in politics.

Well, maybe now they are.

[wes-mstr]

Yesterday, on 2.07.2026, approximately at 2:20 AM a russian missile exploded right next to my flat.

I woke up with glass shards all around me and a door from another room that collided with mine, almost barricading me inside the room. Every window and door in the apartment was blown out by the explosion. My family's car burned to the crisp. The entrance door of the flat was stuck and people have spent 40 minutes trying to break it open with hammers and axes.

Despite great material damage, miraculously, me and my family wasn't injured. Even my laptop and drawing tablet have somehow survived, despite being left right by the window. And, thankfully, I have another place to go to, where I'll be living full-time from now on.

The only thing I want to tell you guys, remember that Russia is a terrorist state. That night dozens of people have died and even more got injured or lost their every possession. I was lucky to only suffer material losses. Attacks like this one have been happening since 2014 on the east side of Ukraine and for four years now all over the country and will continue. Our UNESCO protected landmarks are being destroyed and whole cities are being wiped out by missiles and drones.

Please, be mindful and avoid supporting russian organisations, and don't spread misinformation about the war. This is very important, because info war is just as much of a real part of the war as physical destruction is. If you have the means to, donate to Ukrainian volunteers. Support those who are dear to you.

But even after that life goes on. I still have to collect all of my paperwork for the graduation and applying for uni. People will be going back to work and meeting with friends.

[robinnotgood24]

Okay, people, who knows what the hell happened to user "@thewinter-eden"?

That blog had my favorite SKZ SMAU series, and now it seems to be vanished😔

Would really like to know what happened!

[wordswithoutaworld]

“The peak of EU absurdity. We are preparing to repair a pipeline that Russia itself blew up — in order to restore the supply of Russian oil, which we claim to be phasing out — for Hungary, which is blocking €90 billion for Ukraine that we are funding without Hungary’s participation.” — Latvian MEP Rihards Kols.

Latvia, as always, based 🤝

Overall, I want to say this: yes, there are many countries and people who support Ukraine, but it’s hard not to single out Latvia as one of the countries that consistently pushes back against Russia with a clear-headed approach across all spheres — not just by supporting Ukraine’s military resistance.

It was also the first country to openly react negatively to Russia’s return to the Venice Biennale and to speak out against it:

“Culture is not separate from the realities societies face. It shapes how people understand the world, what they value, and how they choose to act. Cultural institutions therefore carry not only artistic significance but also moral responsibility.

In this context, granting Russia a prestigious international cultural platform is a deeply disturbing signal. We express our deep concern about the significant risk of the Russian Federation instrumentalizing its participation in the Venice Biennale to create an image of legitimacy and international recognition, which sharply contrasts with the reality of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine and the destruction of Ukrainian cultural heritage, as well as European and international sanctions.”

Again, brilliant.

So thank you for everything, Latvia. And I hope the EU finally stops feeding Russia’s war machine, because sometimes its actions feel like half-measures rather than real solutions.

[linolinoing]

It's more love than friendship. If teamwork is something you consciously adjust, then for us, it's just our true feelings. So even if you make mistakes, you can understand and feel the desire to grow together. I think that's the most important thing. When the 8 of us are together, we live and when we're apart, we die!

HAPPY 8TH ANNIVERSARY MY SKZ! ∞

[mariacallous]

[5soswfttwtaf]

getting this news in real time was horrifying bc at first we were laughing at them like oh they knew how many soldiers they were gonna lose and came prepared but then Bucha happened, Mariupol happened, and the moment we realised it was for us made my blood run cold

[snovyda]

Same as when their authorities published instructions on how to dig mass graves. We thought it was also due to them preparing for losses, but it was all planned for us. A lot of us did end up in those mass graves, in Kyiv region, in Izium, in Mariupol, but they had plans for do much more...

[folklorespring]

Kreminski Lisy (Kreminna Forests) is the only national park in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, which russians have turned into a frontline zone. Hostilities have destroyed forest vegetation, depleted the soil, killed countless animals, and forced others to flee.

The occupation authorities are exploiting natural resources: cutting down forests, exporting timber, and using wood to build military fortifications. And even after the war ends, the area will not be safe for a long time, as the territory has been heavily mined.

[vyvilha]

please don't forget about ukraine. we are still bombed every day. our houses razed to the ground. our electricity stations destroyed so we sit in darkness and cold. our children kidnapped and given to russian families. in occupied territories, russians take our homes, while the owners are buried in backyards.

[5soswfttwtaf]

trump says zelenskyy is in the way of peace talks when russia is freezing both kyiv and kharkiv (two biggest cities of ukraine) in -15° for weeks by bombing all the power plants and critical infrastructure like that

not one power plant is intact in Ukraine anymore because of russian shelling

people spend days or even weeks without heating, electricity, and water

this is genocide

[slon-nash]

Ви живете доволі звичайне життя, схоже на мільйони інших життів. Коли раптом, здалеку чується сміх. З кожним днем він частішає, і чим більше ви вслуховуєтесь, тим чіткішим стає звук. Одного дня до вас доходить. Ви в сіткомі.

Ідея до Д-8, #січневий челендж

[robinnotgood24]

Ну блін, тепер я хочу фанфік

[justacynicalromantic]

Ukrainians when any new war-related shit happens - plagues, missiles, drones: 😐

Ukrainians when snow falls in December for the first time in 10 years and Christmas and New Year finally look like Christmas and New Year again here:

[robinnotgood24]

Yeeees, I was so shocked by the amount of snow! Winter looked like winter, finally

[justacynicalromantic]

Ukrainians who didn't grow up in the East of Ukraine:

"Winter in the East is like an alternative reality"

Me:

🥹🥹🥹 FINALLY SOME ACTUAL WINTER LANDSCAPES

Jokes aside, this might look shocking or even scary to people who didn't grow up in the steppes, but this view was the view I grew up with. On the contrary, when I had to evacuate to the central Ukraine in 2014 away from the Russian invasion, and later traveling the West of Ukraine, I've always had this acute feeling of "I MISS THE SKY " Which, logically, makes no sense - you can still see the sky in other parts of Ukraine, but it is not the same.

I mean, just LOOK at this:

I used to feel sort of boxed in and missing the sky for the first 5 years of living in Kyiv. Hills and forests of the Northern Ukraine are beautiful too and the mountains in the West are simply breathtaking, but... not the same.

[panimoonchild]

Value your life, the best of us pay the highest price for it

I'm turning today 26, when Lana lost her life at 26. That's heart-wrenching symbolism we live right now.

[redjaybathood]

It's insane. They hit the same apartment building twice; a family is dead, in a deliberate attack on a civillian multi story apartment building. They hit it with a Shakheed and then hit it again.

We lost power, we lost heating, for a while we lost even connection. We might still lose it, I don't know for how long it's gonna last. Fucking russians.

They're still hurling ballistic at Kyiv right now as I type. Two targets right now. I don't know where it will land.

Upd. In the double tap attack, a medic was killed, several medics are injured. There are four dead, dozens of injured as of time I'm writing (05;34).

Left bank of Kyiv was hit harder, numerous people living there report loss of all three: heating, water, and electricity. It was a targeted attack against civilians and civilian infrastructure and rescue workers. This is not the first time russia does it. It's been almost 4 years we see this specific pattern of an attack (reporting during initial invasion phase 2014-2021 wasn't as good so I am not sure if it went for longer than that). russia employed the same tactic in Syria though, so probably.