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what a unique experience to live in a country next to russia. Only here, in Ukraine, you can wake up in the middle of the night, listen to a russian drone with a growing buzz hit somewhere nearby, recover for half a minute, look out the window as another drone flies right over your house, scratch your head, and watch as a third one is shot down even closer a couple of minutes later

russian kamikaze drone btw:

More examples of Ukrainian resilience, this time through art.

Flowers painted on tank guards (Kyiv)

A small impact crater with petals carved out to resemble a flower (Kharkiv)

Art created by children while they were sheltering in subways during the beginning of the invasion in Kharkiv, still on display. (Yay for people being decent enough to not vandalize them for almost 3 years)

Pierced armor. The first one was titled «Stolen Childhood», the second «We Are All Heroes» (Kyiv, Local Conflicts Museum, ArtArmor exhibit)

do not. fucking. dare to say to me shit like "oh, but not all russians are bad!"

you bitchasses with no brain have no fucking idea how much suffering russians have caused and are causing with no fucking pause to us, even right fucking now. you assholes with no fucking shame can't even imagine how much i do not care for that 0.11037% of russians who aren't pro-war. you little parasites should shut your fucking mouths and listen to real victims.

so fucking tired. go fuck yourself yall. bastards.

Thanks for the inspiration! And his hair was a big pain..

messmer closeups (meow?)

i love how his snakes always seem to be paying close attention to him with one of their eyes. definitely believe they are implied to help be his eyes just from seeing how they interact close up. the lower one specifically seems to always looking near his feet to help him avoid tripping on shtuff

Ukrainians on occupied territories are about to be deported from their homes if they don't obtain russian passport. This is genocide.

On this day, 10 years ago, russian occupation forces, namely the "Oplot" brigade, in an act of terrorism, fired a Grad missile at a Ukrainian checkpoint near Volnovakha when there was a passenger bus. Twelve Ukrainian civilians were killed, and 18 were injured. Russia never admitted guilt or paid for the crimes, the consequences and continuation of which we see today.

This story is more personal for me because I was on that same bus earlier that day, heading from Donetsk city to Volnovakha. If, for some reason, I’d decided to return that day, I could have been one of the victims.

I had to pass by the remnants of the bus a few days later, which was horrifying. Subconsciously, I was expecting this to happen again, only this time to the bus I was in. It didn’t, and I’m still here. Although drones flying above my roof remind me every day that it could be any of us, any time, as long as russia exists.

It wasn’t even the only terrorist act by Russia that felt too close to me. But I’ve talked about this before.

Anyhow, later they completely isolated the russian-controlled (annexed) part of the Donetsk oblast from the rest of Ukraine, banning public transport (like these buses) at first and then essentially banning even smaller private mini-buses, allowing only cars through the checkpoints (to profit from bribes). Then, when covid happened, they banned all civilian movement through the checkpoints, allowing it only with special passes that were impossible to get. So Ukrainians, born and raised in Ukraine, to travel from one Ukrainian (illegally occupied by Russia) city to another, would have to go through russia... if they could.

The world didn't care then - when they were killing us, separating families, isolating us, re-educating, forcing us to get russian citizenships, etc. Now, ten years later, they’re doing the same things on a much bigger scale. If Ukraine falls, they will move forward. They will never stop.

First season was fun

Sometimes I see this misunderstanding and I'd like to clarify it. When Ukrainian say "russian drones/shahed drones/iranian drones," we don't mean this kind of drones:

We mean THIS kind of drones that can carry a warhead and are essentially used as missiles:

While they're not as large, destructive and difficult to intercept as, say, ballistic missiles, they can still cause significant damage. Russia launches them at us every night, but most are successfully shot down.

2024: Ukrainian modern cemetery near an old Cossacks cemetery.

Those Cossack graves are 300+ years old.

I mean, why wouldn't russia bomb Chornobyl NPP, after the literal ABSENCE of any reaction from the rest of the world to it destroying the Kakhovka Dam? They know there will be no reaction now, as well. They know the rest of the world is totally fine with it doing literally ANYTHING.

Why wouldn't russia escalate its violence?

This world is literally not worth the effort that it takes to live in it.