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[thyinum]

It's so wild to me to see under that Xiran Jay Zhao's post about the bombed ukrainian printing house comments like "I hope everyone is safe." And I get it, people are saying this out of kindness and pure consern, there's nothing wrong with it. It just shows how little coverage our war has abroad.

No, no one in Ukraine is safe. No one in that printing house was safe, in fact, 7 people died. No one in a huge hypermarket in Kharkiv on Saturday was safe, in fact, there were 18 killed and 48 injured. And all this happened in the span of only a few days.

No one is safe in territories occupied by russians because the whole family can get killed by refusing to give up their home to russian soldiers. And every time ukrainian army liberates some region, they find mass graves and torture chambers there.

No one is safe even far away from the front line and the border with russia, because missiles and drones fly all over Ukraine, and you never know when the next one will land on your house.

Hell, ukrainians aren't safe even abroad, because there's always a chance there will be some crazy russian or russian supporter who will decide to beat or kill us. And I'm not making this up.

I'm aware that I'm more safe than the people close to the front line and the border with russia or in occupied territories. I don't hear explosions every day, unlike my friend from Kharkiv. But that doesn't mean I'm completely safe. Missiles and drones fly by at least several times a week, especially at night, when I don't hear the sound of an air raid siren simply because I'm asleep. 

I am not safe.

My family is not safe.

My friends all over Ukraine are not safe.

We're not safe until russia is gone from our territories. That's why we need all that ammunition and aid. War won't magically stop if our allies stop sending us weapons; that's not how it works. We'll just be more unsafe, because russia won't stop unless it is forced to.

Here's ukrainian news sources you can follow that report daily:

United24: Instagram, YouTube, Twitter

Svidomi: Instagram, Twitter

WeAreUkraine: Instagram

[dancingindreamlight]

Find Someone to Write to — Lifeline Search

Send a free letter via Lifeline — it means the world to someone. Show solidarity with Russian political prisoners.

If you would like to send a letter to a Russian political prisoner, you can do that at lettersnow.org. if you speak English they will translate it for you and send it as well!

Political prisoners say that letters really are a lifeline. The seemingly small act of reaching out through words can't be underestimated to someone trapped in russias prisons.

[dancingindreamlight]

Lettersnow.org selects a random person for you. You can also search for a specific person or search by region.

You can even search for people from occupied areas of Ukraine from the dropdown menu of "regions".

[dancingindreamlight]

Russian prisons for Ukrainians contain concentration camp-like horrors -- starvation, inhuman degradation and torture often done just for "fun", with specific Russian versions, often containing an element of sexual violence-- and are as integral to the Russian system as concentration camps to nazi Germany

But where is the outrage?

[dancingindreamlight]

Oleksii Anulia is in the US searching for a publisher in English!!

Everyone should know his heroic story.

[dancingindreamlight]

[dancingindreamlight]

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So cool

[standwukraine]

Ukrainian refugee starts coffee business in Camden

Saturday marks two years since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war. A new coffee roaster in Camden is providing direct aid to support th

[freedom-in-sight]

[dancingindreamlight]

The story behind this honey is really unique. It comes from mined fields of Ukraine, where local farmers can’t work anymore. With the help o

[milverton]

Itch.co currently has a charity bundle for Ukrainian hospitals. There's four days left to hit the goal.

Please reblog and consider donating!

Hospitals in Ukraine are under attack.

Russia’s full-scale invasion has already racked up $176 billion in damage to the health-care sector: 300 medical facilities have been completely destroyed and another 715 damaged. The Ministry of Health estimates that restoring basic capacity will cost at least $1 billion.

We can’t fix everything, but we can make a small, tangible contribution to help hospitals, patients, doctors and the ambulance crews who save lives every day.

So 145 creators from 25+ countries joined forces, donating 250+ tabletop RPGs, indie video games, zines, soundtracks and toolkits worth more than $1 200. Your contribution—whatever the size—puts modern medical equipment back where it’s needed most.

Where your money goes:

100 % of proceeds are transferred automatically to the Serhiy Prytula Humanitarian Foundation, one of Ukraine’s largest and most trusted NGOs. The war changes circumstances rapidly, so they are constantly communicating with hospitals in need and will be able to provide the most necessary support at the end of the bundle. Thank you for buying the bundle and supporting Ukrainian Hospitals! Please share a word about our bundle and cause, so more people can join us!

[folklorespring]

Thinking about our house in occupation. About the garden. How we never bought walnuts because we had a walnut tree I used to climb when I was a kid. How the realisation of growing up came when my favorite branch couldn't hold me anymore. Apricots falling on your head whenever they decide. Picking peppermint and lemon balm leaves for a cup of tea before bed. Intoxicating lilac smell.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ukraine is a sovereign country — not Russia’s satellite. It had every right to seek NATO membership, just like Sweden and Finland recently did. Neutrality isn’t something Russia gets to impose on others with tanks.

[timothysnyder]

UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com)

UNITED24 Media spotlights powerful new books by Ukrainian authors, now available in English. Look out for these literary gems at your local

Very good recommendations here of Ukrainian literature in English.

[demigoat]

Donate to Ukraine

United 24: General fundraising

Come Back Alive: Specific projects

Prytula foundation: Specific projects

Dzyga’s Paw: General fundraising (animal themed 🐶)

They need all the help they can get.

🇺🇦

[avoiceofnerat]

Hospitallers: Volunteer organization of paramedics who work directly on the front line.

Kolo: Targeted campaigns and subscription.

[greenzaku]

All good options listed so far. More of my personal favorites -

Help99 : Vehicles, drones, and drone jammers . Subscription and one-off.

Protect-a-Volunteer: Matchmaking sponsors of funds and airline miles (for international volunteers), general fundraising

Renegade Relief Runners: Medical and humanitarian aid. Tax deductible in USA.

Prevail Together: Landmine removal, medical and humanitarian aid. Tax deductible in the USA.

Wild Hornets: Drones....TW: the resulting FPV drone footage is *extremely* NSFW/NSFL

Yuri Chornomorets: Specialized sniper ammunition

Drukarmy: 3D printing drone parts and medical supplies

Liberty Ukraine: Earthmoving equipment and general fundraising. Tax deductible in USA.

Tytanovi: Physiotherapy and rehab for war amputees

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Shitlist (please avoid) -

German Lions For Ukraine - suspected pyramid scheme, low transparency, gives faulty medical supplies

Georgian Legion - Threatens people who ask for transparency

International Red Cross - Members have been photographed diverting refugees into Russian custody, and appear to spend more time skiing in the Carparthians than actually helping.

[greenzaku]

Update 7 May 2025:

The founder of Prevail Together has been killed in an incident in Izyum. More details will be shared when available. Update: 10 May 2025. Chris Garrett was killed while clearing a minefield on the russian border.

(Shaun Pinner was one of two British volunteers that were captured and tortured by russians after defending Mariupol, and was released in a prisoner exchange. He continues fundraising for Prevail and has confirmed that donations to the Buy Me A Coffee are still accessible to surviving members of the organisation.)

[standwukraine]

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Wow. That is very clear. Thank you. The truth is plain to see for those with functioning hearts and minds

[cyucya]

Had a conversation with a non-Ukrainian friend today that really stuck with me. They were talking about visiting and casually mentioned maybe finding a cheap flight. And I just... Freezed for a moment before saying, "The airspace is closed."

They genuinely asked, "Why?"

It caught me off guard. I forget sometimes how easy it is for people outside of Ukraine to not know what's going on here. But the reality is, we're still in constant danger. Air raid sirens, missile attacks, sleepless nights—it hasn’t stopped.

I don’t want to be aggressive about it, but I do want to remind people: Ukraine is still fighting, still struggling, still suffering. Please don’t forget about us.

[aqlstar]

And then there’s JVP Boston pushing the narrative that somehow Ukrainians are unfairly privileged compared to Gazans.

There are no “safe zones” in Ukraine because Russia’s singular military goal from the beginning has been to annex the whole of Ukraine for reasons totally unrelated to national security.

Unlike like Hamas in Gaza, which purposefully embeds itself in residential areas and refuses to wear uniforms, the Ukrainian army maintains separation between military assets and civilian infrastructure.

Despite this, Russia has repeatedly targeted civilian infrastructure in Ukraine.

We have seen Russia kidnap thousands of Ukrainian children and forcibly transfer them to the custody of Russian families to be raised as Russian citizens.

Now Trump is spouting Russian propaganda, and we still don’t have mass sustained protests for Ukraine because the narrative surrounding genocide and invasion has already been hijacked by “Pro-Palestine” groups that never cared about Ukraine.

[wintersmitth]

"Imagine if"

I don't have to imagine. I can open fucking news. Ukraine is a big country (not comparable to Russia tho which spans half a continent), and maybe your destroyed cities don't seem as "that much"... Scratch that. People posting this kind of shit don't know anything about our losses.

They just want to be on their high mortality horse.

This is not a fucking competition. Fucks sake.

"Imagine if" Trump literally told our president he disrespected him because he didn't wear a suit, and that he isn't grateful enough.

"Imagine if", better yet, imagine this: One day I'll die from a drone strike, my friends will make a post about it, and my blog here will be a ghost of a dead person. An all too likely scenario.

Fucking hell.

[standwukraine]

Joy and sadness mixed in the air - Ukrainian POWs returning home meet wi...