Kryptiq

Happy birthday, Kate 🥳 🌸

I don’t know who edited this photo, but it’s very good.

For context, this is Yablunska Street in Bucha 🇺🇦, where dozens of civilians were killed in March 2022 by Russian troops.

While all eyes are on Trump's fables, I want to share how, in just one day, Ukrainian police unit "White Angel" together with volunteers rescued 24 people and 19 animals from the towns of Rodynske and Bilytske, Donetsk region.

Russia launched a website to "select" Ukrainian children, according to Save Ukraine.

Mykola Kuleba, the founder of Save Ukraine, reported that an online catalog has appeared in Russia where people can "choose" a Ukrainian child from the occupied territories.

All day, people have been bringing flowers to the building in Kyiv shattered by a Russian missile. 31 lives ended here.

Over the past few days, I’ve been translating their obituaries from Ukrainian media into English. Not just because they deserve to be remembered - though they do.
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Neighbors said that Veronika’s parents died, and she has no other relatives. She’s all alone now.

Ukraine is squeezed between the civilized world and the madness of russia. This is not a war in the traditional sense; it is a systematic assault and the murder of innocent Ukrainians, carried out at night.

The city is under constant russian shelling, roads are destroyed by craters from airstrikes, and residential buildings are ablaze. russian drones continuously circle overhead, deliberately hunting Ukrainian transport and people, regardless of whether they are military or civilian.

This Ukrainian volunteer expressed everything we, as volunteers and Ukrainians in general, feel. Yes, every day we feel like we can’t go on anymore, like we simply can’t, but we have no choice. So we keep going and force ourselves to do what we need to do.

The creation of this force marks the start of a movement to control the population and ensure all future elections follow predetermined outcomes. The integrity of democracy is at risk. Fight for your rights now, or accept a future where dissent and freedom disappear.

Philip Obaji Wins Knight International Journalism Award Philip Obaji; the award winner. Nigerian journalist, Philip Obaji, has been named as one of the two winners of this year’s Knight International Journalism Award.…

To all my sources, Africans, Ukrainians, and Europeans who risked everything to speak out, you made this happen, and I dedicate this prize to you. Together, we brought to light Russian atrocities in Africa and beyond. I am forever grateful for your trust.
www.pillartoday.ng/philip-obaji...

I've made subtitles for you. Worth watching with them! #Spiderweb!

Animals also suffer from Russian aggression.

Touching video have appeared online showing a cat in Lutsk hiding from explosions.

If only one of the most powerful men on earth would speak those words with genuine compassion and a sincere desire to save lives and protect democracy, rather than treating the moment as mere political theater.

“They gave Putin a reason to go in and bomb the hell out of them last night,” Trump says of Kyiv’s Operation Spiderweb.

And before that, there was famously no russian bombings of Ukraine, right? Wrong. You morally rotten piece of shit they bomb us every freaking day!

I’d love it to be just some war movie. But it’s not. They were in the building Russian missile hit ⚠️loud explosions⚠️

Sportswomen from Kharkiv came to city of Lutsk in Ukraine for completion. This night the building they were staying at was hit by Russians missile

Looks like Russia has unlocked the legendary spell of Aeroresurrectio—turning scrapyard relics into airborne phantoms! Watch out for their technomanzers; they might just summon a flying fleet from a pile of ashes!

Friends💙💛

I’ve written and published my book
“Ukrainian Diary”

It’s my own story.
A story of war, love, pain, hope -
And life in Ukraine as it is.

Every page holds memories
Of who I was
And who I became

You can get it here:
buymeacoffee.com/angelica.sha...

Seems like a good time to talk about how to deal with this. And then talk more. And more.

Another half-baked nonsense message—yet with a silver lining!

I’m pretty sure the Russians are annoyed by this message. Not so much because of its content, but because it correctly spells Kyiv instead of the Russian variant 😇

Imagine living in a war zone: day in, day out, week in, week out, month in, month out, year in, year out. Relentless horrors exhaust and numb them, leaving them too drained to cry or grieve. They face constant fear and violence with no escape, no rest, and no peace. They indeed deserve better.

I agree with @kajakallas that the EU should become a beacon of freedom. So when do we start?
Here I offer six ways to actually light the beacon and step into the role history has chosen for us. Our response to the current uncertainty can be firm and long term. A thread.🧵1/17

I can’t begin to convey how emotionally draining, alienating, and soul-crushing it feels to endure bombings for the fourth year. To watch your city being destroyed, to see your people burning in their beds, while the world keeps turning—indifferent enough to let it happen. Or worse,

Happy weekend to you too! 🧡
Cheers, Kate

If kids used to count sheep to fall asleep, Ukrainian kids now count explosions to keep from thinking that one of them might just be their last lullaby.

📍Odesa 🇺🇦

Whoever deleted that data is now complicit in genocide.

Systematically tearing children from their families, stripping them of their identity, erasing their cultural heritage, and annihilating their connection to their past is not just an atrocity, it is a calculated act of genocide and a crime against humanity that demands global condemnation and action

It's all an effing game, just to put pressure on #PutintheSmall. Trump forces him to sign his deal tomorrow, at the expense of Ukraine.

Rutte was chosen because he is the best option for returning to doing business with Russia, no matter how evil their crimes.
He will have to open doors towards Russia. Kallas would have pressed for a hardline position. The choice for Rutte wasn't with a tough NATO in mind, it was purely for profits.