On August 12, she fought her last battle near Hrekivka in the Luhansk region. She was only 19 years old.
Yuliia Boianovska served with Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade. She was constantly sent where the fighting was hardest — infantry positions, assaults, the front line. Her combat path took her to some of the hottest sectors around Avdiivka and across the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts.
But there was one person Yuliia tried to protect from the reality of that war: her mother. She rarely told her how dangerous things really were. Instead, she said her brigade was somewhere safely behind the front near Kharkiv. She protected her mother's heart in the only way she could.
On Sunday evening, they spoke for the last time. Yuliia said they were heading to positions for at least five days. Her mother asked the question she always asked: “Are you okay?” Yuliia answered as she always did: “Everything is great.” Only this time, her mother could hear exhaustion in her voice.
On Tuesday morning, the family received the news no parent should ever receive. Yuliia had been killed in battle — with a weapon in her hands, carrying out her duty.
Her mother will never hug her again. Her father will never see his daughter walk through the door. Her younger brother will never welcome his sister home.
She was 19.
At an age when most young people are choosing universities, careers, falling in love and planning decades ahead, Yuliia was defending her country on the front line.
War takes the young. It takes the brave. Sometimes it takes the very people a country can least afford to lose.
But there is one thing we can still give them: memory.
Heroes die once on the battlefield. They should never be allowed to die a second time because their names were forgotten.
Remember her name: Yuliia Boianovska. Forever 19. 🇺🇦
Rest in peace, Yuliia.
Ukraine lives because people like you were willing to give everything.
Today, many were shocked by yet another video of the drone “safari” Russians are carrying out against civilians in Kherson. A Russian drone deliberately hunted down a man selling vegetables and detonated right next to him. The Russians even admitted to the crime, showing zero regret and openly boasting about tormenting people. The man was wounded in the blast. Every single day, ordinary people in Kherson face these Russian "safaris."
The world must see this. It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad and that its soldiers take pleasure in killing and abusing civilians. Without pressure on Russia, the dismantling of its capacity for aggression, and real security guarantees, it is simply impossible to imagine the world being able to coexist with this evil. We must remain resolute in defending life. We must act and support life in ways that force Russia to seriously think about peace rather than expanding the range of its drones.
This is not just about Ukraine. Russia’s campaign against human life must be stopped here in Ukraine before it spreads further. Finland and Kazakhstan, the Baltic states and Poland, the countries of the South Caucasus, Romania, and Moldova—all should work together to ensure real security guarantees and bring Russia’s war to an end. Peace is needed, which requires cooperation among everyone in the world who truly values peace. Thank you to everyone standing with Ukraine!
As someone living in Kyiv, I’m begging you:
Please help us stop this.
Almost every night, russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles, hitting civilians, homes, and warehouses.
We can’t stop these missiles because we don’t have enough Patriot systems.
People are dying.
Please don’t look away. Share what’s happening in Ukraine. Help us save lives.
Today I join others from across our game and call for Gianni Infantino to resign as FIFA President.
Infantino has debased the office that he promised to elevate. He has lied, deceived and tried to feather his own nest at the expense of the game he is supposed to serve.
He has lost the support of his senior staff, his closest advisers, the vast majority of people who devote their lives to this sport and even, it would seem, the FIFA Peace Prize winner.
It is too late to save his dignity but it is not too late to save football. He should go. Now.
#Infantinout
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When Lavrov says Ukrainian land was always theirs, he's admitting that Russia never planned to uphold the multiple agreements they signed ratifying Ukraine's 1991 borders.
It's another reminder that agreements with Russia are worthless.
Remember that.
A country that beheads enemy soldiers has no place in the Olympics.
A country that rapes and tortures civilians and POWs has no place in the Olympics.
A country that bombs children’s hospitals, then strikes again when medics arrive, has no place in the Olympics.
A country that uses chemical weapons and banned munitions has no place in the Olympics.
A country whose troops drag POWs to death and shoot surrendering soldiers on camera has no place in the Olympics.
A country that is led by an individual wanted for child abductions and war crimes has no place in the Olympics.
A country that employs the Wagner Group, and is responsible for every massacre they commit, has no place in the Olympics.
Russia has no place in the Olympics.
Not under a flag. Not under “neutrality.” Not as individuals.
In 2022, 88% of Russia’s Olympic medals were won by soldiers. That’s not sport. That’s military propaganda.
If you see this, RT and like. Let the International Olympic Committee @iocmedia hear us.
Let the world hear us.
Let justice be louder than silence. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Trump: "G7 used to be G8. They should have kept the G8. You probably wouldn't have the war with Russia and Ukraine if they did."
FACT CHECK: Russia was excluded from the G8 in March 2014 as a direct response to its illegal invasion and annexation of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
There was a fire on the 12-th floor of this apartment block in Kyiv. Water was used to extinguish. Now it's frozen on the staircase. The elevators don't work since there's no electricity. Meanwhile it's minus 15 centigrade outside...
Every single person in Africa and India needs to see this video on their feed. Russians flood these countries with propaganda to convince them to move to ‘beautiful’ russia and this is the reality. Sent to death.
Russia is at it again, using dangerous statements to undermine all achievements of our shared diplomatic efforts with President Trump's team. We keep working together to bring peace closer.
This alleged "residence strike" story is a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to take necessary steps to end the war. Typical Russian lies. Furthermore, the Russians have already targeted Kyiv in the past, including the Cabinet of Ministers building.
Ukraine does not take steps that can undermine diplomacy. To the contrary, Russia always takes such steps. This is one of many differences between us.
It is critical that the world doesn’t stay silent now. We cannot allow Russia to undermine the work on achieving a lasting peace.
This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.
Prime Minister @PM_ViktorOrban, it is Russia who started the war against Ukraine. It is them who decided we’re living in the time of war. And in such a time the only question is whose side are you on.