#itsalmostspring

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Ukrainian humor these days:

Translation: Fucking thank you.

Then a reply:

- maybe not a very relevant question, but why two sinks in the kitchen?

- just in case one of them will be smashed by a missile

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school in Kharkiv. 

kindergarten in Severodonetsk

residential building in Irpin’.

buildings in Borodyanka

shall I go on? 

...while Russia claims to strike exclusively at military objects in Ukraine, a woman with her children with "No to War!" posters is being arrested in Moscow

🕯 as of March 2, 2022, two thousands Ukrainian civilians were killed by Russian troops 🕯

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…been reading some statements like “Ukraine and Russia should be friends again, they are brotherly nations”…

Excuse you.

If you don’t know the history of Ukraine, let me say it in simple words: would you befriend your neighbor, who burned your house, raped your wife and killed your children?

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The very idea of ​​the "great Russia! great nation! great country!” that every Russian absorbs with mother's milk is, in fact, imbued with nothing but blood.

Russia is… big, yeah. But what russians did in Moldova, Ichkeria, Georgia, Syria and Ukraine has nothing to do with “greatness”.

picture from nytimes instagram. Kyiv, my native city, the capital of Ukraine, March 21, 2022.

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This is my neighborhood this morning

here’s a link to video

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We just got some good news.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have completely cleared the Kyiv region of russian occupiers.

Yes, it is too early to rejoice. It's too early to celebrate. The war continues. And although there are no russian fascists physically there, no one has canceled the airstrikes in that area…

Kyiv ❤️ region. Big and small cities and villages. 1.7 million people (not counting the population of Kyiv). We still need to recount how many civilians were killed. From the air strikes or from bullets of russian soldiers. How many children. Bury dead bodies that are lying in the streets. How many women have been raped. Or… children, because many of those girls were minors. How much damage was caused because of looting. How many houses were destroyed… How many are mined.

But today there are no russians there.

We are warned that it is still dangerous to return there, a curfew has been set for a complete sweep and demining of the area.

But they are no longer there.

So can I smile a little? A little, through tears, but still smile?

Because what else to do? Just smile through tears and believe in our victory. To hope that the occupied towns and villages of other regions will also be liberated. Very soon.

Soon…

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Morning, people!

How are you doing, darlings? ❤️ I’m alive. My family too.

Heard the news already? This night russian troops fired at Zaporizhzha nuclear power plant. FYI: this is the biggest nuclear plant in Europe. It’s much bigger than Chornobyl. Seriously, go read the news. Cause I fucking don’t even know what to think and how to react on what NATO says about it…

Meanwhile, some statistics:

The US Department of Defense notes that since the beginning of the invasion, Russian troops have fired more than 480 missiles at Ukraine. More than 230 of them were launched from mobile installations imported to Ukraine, about 160 - from Russia, another 70 - from Belarus.

World. Everything is so fucked up…

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Ukraine, Kharkiv today.

that’s Independence Square (6th biggest square in Europe, btw)

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Hey guys!

From now on I’m gonna tag all my war related posts with #itsalmostspring tag. I know many of you don’t want to see all of this. I'm not offended, I swear! for some, this is a trigger and an ordeal for the psyche, someone just doesn’t want to read the horrors of real life, sitting in the cozy bed. I repeat - I'm not offended. it's your decision. it’s on you, anyway. just informing you about the tag!)

I’ll start with the most important!

while our governments solve issues at their level, ordinary people can also do a lot. and they do! 

Lately, I've been receiving more and more messages, not only words of encouragement and promises to pray for us (which is also very important, believe me!), but also concrete actions! “Hey, I wrote a letter to my government, I demand NATO to close the sky!”,  “Hey, I joined the red cross and we help refugees!”,  “Hey, today I volunteered to help collect humanitarian aid to be sent to Ukraine!” PEOPLE YOU ARE THE BEST! I LOVE YOU!!! Keep it up! 

Believe me, everything will come in handy! but the main thing now is medicines and protective equipment. I'll explain why. army is army, but people in every city, in every village of Ukraine are uniting in territorial defense groups. I don’t know if I need to explain what they are doing?) ok, they patrol the territory, duty at checkpoints, and in some cases…. yeah they can kick ass!) most importantly, they are trying to identify and stop the activities of sabotage groups, there’s a lot of those fuckers on the territory of Ukraine (I will describe what these groups do a little later). on the first day of the war, a LOT people signed up for TD (territory defence) groups, many were given the necessary things, but, of course, there wasn’t enough for everyone. many of them are men, such as my grandfather, for example (72 years old), or dad (58 years old). I think it’s also clear that for now mobilization captured mainly reservists and stronger, younger guys, but NOBODY wants to sit idle, believe me!)))

Someday I’ll tell you guys about some phone conversations with my daddy, dude is hilarious!)) yeah, phone calls. he and mom are not with us now, they decided to stay were they are and help. 

Also. I don’t remember if I told you this, but I’m from Kyiv, this in my native city, and I live 20 mins walking from city centre. So, uh, yeah. When I woke on feb 24 from my sister’s phone call, she kindly asked me to grab my shit and (most important!!) my cat and come to her’s apartment, so we could at leats be together. We left the city later in the evening. idk how is should end this paragraph… I probably gonna write about this some other time. it’s fucking too heavy on feelings and it’s not the point right now. Ha. Most likely you won’t hear a thing about crying and panicking from me. I’m not scared. Constantly worried, angry, but not scared. Keep thinking what I can do and keep doing what I can. I finally had proper sleep today, so now I’m even fiercer.

So yeah, if you can donate - donate! This saves lives! I posted about activity of my colleagues recently here, they doing great so far yay! now it’s much wider, than only helping with medical supplies. they take a lot of calls and messages, they shared the responsibility for receiving and processing the information, and they do good! it seems there was a small glitch with paypal, because there were a lot of payments, but now everything seems to be fine! we are not the only ones who do this, so if you want to help, do not hesitate, look for local volunteer organizations, contact the Red Cross, for god’s sake!)) - the Ukrainians will not forget you! 

As I was saying, everything will come in handy! and when we will (AND WE FUCKING WILL, VERY SOON!!!) get back to our streets and start clearing them of shit, blood and stench… we’ll be same proud of you guys, as we’re proud of ourselves!

Русский военный корабль, иди нахуй!

Love you all!

❤️ Anz