Ik verwonder mij oprecht over de 'kritiek' die @SaskiaBelleman krijgt over de podcast over femicide. Van een klein groepje, hoor. Maar toch. Een draadje.
Door de extreme onderdrukking kunnen Russen nauwelijks protesteren.
Vandaag tonen ze immense moed. Door de straat op te gaan en zelfs ‘NEE TEGEN DE OORLOG’ te scanderen (👇). Daar staan lange gevangenisstraffen op.
De beste manier om #Navalny te eren is deze beelden zoveel mogelijk te delen!
Op de Russische TV is hiervan niks te zien. Als wij deze beelden delen, is de moed van deze heldhaftige Russen niet voor niks geweest! (1/3)
Today is the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion and ten years of Russia's war with Ukraine
I would like to honor the memory of all Ukrainians who died during this horrible war.
Our heroic Defenders who laid down their lives for Ukraine's freedom and independence, for our future.
Ukrainians who were killed by Russian attacks on peaceful towns and villages.
Let's remember all those tortured to death by the enemies in prisons, shot for flying the Ukrainian flag or for the words "Slava Ukraini," killed in their homes by Russian missiles.
We remember all those who sacrificed their lives for bringing our Victory closer and all those whose lives were destroyed by Russia.
Eternal memory to all of them.
Dear great people of a great country, I am immensely proud of each of you. I admire each one of you. I believe in each one of you. Any normal person wants the war to end. But none of us will allow Ukraine to end.
That is why when it comes to ending the war, we always add: on our terms. That is why, along with the word peace, there is always another word: just. That is why, in the future, the word independent will always appear alongside the word Ukraine. This is what we fight for. And we will prevail. On the greatest day of our lives.
I thank all of our soldiers, our people, and everyone around the world who stands with us and the truth. Glory to Ukraine!
Two years.
It's been two years since that fucking night of February 24.
We knew -- well, we've been told "it's not 100% confirmed yet...but THIS is possibly due at 4 am or 5 am, stay put."
A half-glass of single malt whisky with ice poured into a glass, the final hours alone in sweet silence in front of a laptop.
Scrolling through the news all the time.
And then the morbid face of Putin twisted with sick rage live on TV. And, shortly after, the rolling thunder of missile strikes coming in from all around Kyiv.
That was supposed to be the apocalypse of a nation, but, thanks to so many men and women standing up, that night became the beginning of Ukraine's finest hour.
The one that old grandpa Winston was once talking about.
Oh, it's been an epoch of time ever since that day.
The Battle of Kyiv. The heroic resistance of Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kharkiv. A lone Ukrainian Marine sacrificing his life to blow up a bridge and stop advancing Russian tanks.
The tragic debacle in the south. The Russian extermination of Mariupol. The Bucha massacre. The unspeakable meat grinder in Donbas. The Kharkiv operation. The cheering crowds jubilating from the Ukrainian colors getting back to Kherson.
The fields of death and gore at Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Battles in the sea and the air.
So many ups and downs, so many heroes, human-made miracles. The price of survival as a nation is terrible. We're going to mourn and shed tears many decades in the future over what Russia has done.
We've seen unbelievable things in this war. Ukraine has done and is doing incredible things in this war in spite of all odds.
The Ukrainian military has been making a gargantuan sacrifice against one of the largest and the most brutal war machines in human history.
Everyone in this war has revealed their true face, from very ordinary people to the highest-ranking power brokers.
Frankly, I don't get it how some could choose to side with the evil, bloodlust, blatant lies, hypocrisy, and imperial savagery over the story of a nation that was supposed to go extinct within weeks but now enters the third year of resistance against the most terrible war of extermination since Adolf Hitler.
With everything that has happened over the last few months, we all should be ready for a lot of hard things to happen. A lot of hopes have been broken due to things we have no control over.
Yet, we need to keep doing what we should and what is simply right.
We've made an extremely long way, and the struggle continues no matter what.
Two years. We are all here 🇺🇦
Together with representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Egypt, Estonia, the EU, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, the Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, the Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Thailand, Türkiye, the UAE, the United Kingdom, the USA, Viet Nam, as well as international organisations, the WHO, WFP, EUMAM, the UN system, IBRD, EIB, ILO, ICRC, IOM, NATO, OSCE, CoE, UNDP, UNFPA, FAO, UNHCR, UNOCHA, UNICEF, and others.
Fout: de mens is de grootste schapendoder van Nederland met 685.000 slachtoffers in het slachthuis en 223.000 onbedoelde slachtoffers op de boerderij, zonder dat er een wolf aan te pas komt 🐺 https://t.co/qWHWMXxlH8