#Ukraine

[suratan-zir]

Today, Ukraine became the first. The first country in the world against which an intercontinental ballistic missile was used.

let's goooo незламний народе first in everything amirite -----------------------------------

no one cares

I don't care what you say. This is the harsh truth. No one gives a fuck if our nation lives or dies.

To use intercontinental missile to strike Dnipro. That's gotta be the most ridiculously expensive temper tantrum ever.

UPDATE: putin said that russia attacked Ukraine with the "newest" medium-range ballistic missile "Oreshnik"

[mariakov81]

[ukraineblr]

1,000 days of the full-scale war - 1,000 candles to remember and honor the heroes of Ukraine.

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

I've almost reached my breaking point with this genocide in Ukraine. I'm older than most Tumblr users, so I was being yelled at in university tutorials in the early 00s for talking about the Holodomor, and being told that "If it happened, Ukrainians deserved it for being Nazis".

I was out there in 2007 when we had the worldwide march for the Holodomor to be recognised as a genocide, only for so many countries (the USA being one of them) to tell us that they won't do it because it might upset russia.

I remember when russia invaded in 2014 and Obama said it wasn't his business, and that russia can decide what happens in Ukraine. And then he sent Ukraine fucking helmets and "hygiene kits" instead of the military aid he was supposed to.

My family in Donetsk walked out of their homes with their lives packed in plastic shopping bags nearly eleven years ago. But people prefer to believe the russian lies that Donbas wants to be part of russia.

I remember sitting at home on the 17th of July 2014, hearing about russia shooting down MH17, and feeling my blood run cold because the initial reports said the aeroplane was full of Americans. Being so sure that the USA might finally live up to the Budapest Memorandum and get involved in the war.

Of course they didn't.

And then the Malaysians went and protested at the Ukrainian embassy, as if they were to blame for being invaded by their genocidal neighbour.

I remember being at a protest at the russian embassy in Canberra just after Crimea was annexed, and the only people who turned up for us were other Ukrainians. Soon after there were massive protests for Palestine and BLM from Melbourne to Dublin and beyond. Ukrainians are too white for leftists and too foreign for right-wingers to care about.

More people dumped buckets of ice on their heads than supported us.

I spent Easter 2016 in a hotel in Ukraine. 8.5 years ago I was the only guest who wasn't a soldier on leave from the war.

Now I go on reddit and see that Americans are discussing how Ukraine "has a neo-fascist problem". Um, you guys just voted for Donald fucking Trump?

Then I see an Australian journalist say that the US election result means that America is "becoming like Eastern Europe". No. Eastern Europeans aren't Nazis. They suffered more under the Nazis than anyone.

We're always on our own. Millions upon millions of Ukrainians have been killed in the last ninety years, millions more sold into slavery in Germany (including my grandparents), hundreds of thousands sent to gulags (including the entire population of my grandmother's village), and hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands dead or missing now, but we're still not seen as worthy of caring about.

I have family members whose dead bodies have been lying on battlefields for over a year. One killed in Bakhmut, a city that no longer exists. Another taken hostage from Mariupol, a city russia bombed to the ground. The mass graves there can be seen from space.

We can't get the bodies back because russia has colonised the area. I have a relative who was moved on from fighting in Vovchansk because there was no point fighting for another city that no longer exists. My relative who was taken hostage in Mariupol was starved and tortured for 2.5 years.

And then last week our city's magazine had a three-page interview with the russian ambassador, explaining why his country "has" to commit genocide in Ukraine. The editor laughed at my aunt when she phoned to register a complaint.

But teenaged tankies on sites like this will mock Ukrainians' deaths, stick a fucking hammer and sickle in their profile, and lecture people like me about things they know nothing about.

The world needs to end its ridiculous love affair with the russian federation.

[irasppr-blog]

[Miku stands with everyone!👏👏👏]

ressource thread !!

[folklorespring]

1000 days of russian full scale invasion of Ukraine and 3926 days of war russia has started against us. Forever thankful for our defenders, the only reason I'm alive today.

[ua-memes-poorly-translated]

U know, that's my fave pic, more people should know about it

being gay is not your choice, it's mine

you're gay now

[Image ID: The Ukrainian text "Being gay is not your choice, it's mine. You're gay now", is placed on top of the photo of the fifth president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko. Poroshenko examines you with a smug and knowing expression. He just decided your fate. /End ID]

[suratan-zir]

-> open the stalker 2 stream just to see how the game looks

-> immediately see people in chat arguing about how civilian vs. military casualties are at a historic low because russia is so cautious and doesn't want any unnecessary civilian deaths, which is why "they don't carpet bomb cities"

-> close the stream

russia does what it can to destroy us. They physically can't carpet bomb cities because they don't have the air superiority needed to do so. Their warplanes would be shot down, and that's the only thing stopping them - not humanism. That's why they bomb us with cruise missiles and drones. But the cities closer to the frontline? Yeah, you bet your sweet cheeks they’re bombing those into rubble with heavy glide bombs. Please, people, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, maybe just shut up? ffs

[gentleman-velvet]

I hope everyone screams at their senators that they shouldn’t pass this

Make sure to tell them how much you hate this idea

Spread the word!!!

Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

[pagan-stitches]

Ukrainian pattern book

[the-jam-to-the-unicorn]

Friendly reminder ...

[songs-of-the-east]

Girl dressed as Motanka - Oksana Onysko

The Motanka is a traditional doll used as an amulet in Ukrainian culture, dating back thousands of years possibly to the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture. It represents the unity between ones family and ancestors - once also believed to be a vessel of the ancestors of the person who possessed it. It was also viewed as a tool that helped protect a person from the evil eye and curses, and that the person creating it could project powers into it based on what they were thinking at the time. The Motanka is created faceless with a cross covering its head, as Ukrainian folk believe claimed that etching a face onto it could drain a living spirit into it.

[justacynicalromantic]

The developers of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2: Heart of Chornobyl dedicated the game to all those who fought and all those who fight for Ukraine.

[dontforgetukraine]

1000 days of full-scale invasion. At 1,000 days, the russo-Ukrainian war is not just a regional conflict; It's a frontline defense of democracy, sovereignty, and international law. russia's unchecked aggression risks a world where borders shift by force, endangering global security. For the US, Europe, and beyond, supporting Ukraine is about upholding these values and securing a future where peace and rule of law prevail.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

With two months left, Biden escalates NATO war on Russia

By Gary Wilson

In a menacing shift of U.S. policy with less than two months left in office, President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S. long-range missiles for strikes deep within Russian territory, potentially engaging in a direct NATO war on Russia.

[folklorespring]

So, russia used intercontinental ballistic missile. Where are all the people who worry about escalation and ww3? Or does that work only when Ukraine defends itself, not when oppressor attacks with long range missiles that are usually used for nuclear weapons delivery?