Michelle kostiuk

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@CBC it’s not “the Ukraine war” it is RuZziA war on Ukraine. Please correct your reporters.

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@CTVNews Tuxedo cat. Enough said.

[Olga Patlyuk 🇺🇦 @OlgaPatl]

Kostiantynivka

This is not a movie scene.
This is a Ukrainian city that Russia is systematically erasing.
They want it to disappear — physically and from the world’s memory.
Please, don’t stay SILENT

🎥 libkos, 28th Mechanized Brigade

[𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐨𝐦𝐬𝐚 🇪🇺🇵🇱🇺🇦 @Tweet4AnnaNAFO]

Russian soldiers at the Paralympics.
Flags. Anthems.

🇺🇦 Ukraine
🇵🇱 Poland
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Refuse to stand beside them.

RT if you agree.

[Documenting Saylor @saylordocs]

Real Luxuries in Life

1. Living 10 minutes from work
2. Living 5 minutes from the gym
3. Having quiet neighbors
4. Having money left at the end of the month and investing it
5. Peace at home
6. Drinking coffee without rushing
7. Sleeping with a clear conscience
8. Laughing with people who truly get you
9. Traveling every year
10. Waking up naturally without an alarm
11. Enjoying a home-cooked meal with loved ones
12. Having time to read a book in one sitting
13. Finding joy in simple daily routines
14. Having a pet that greets you happily at the door

These are the things that actually feel rich.

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@Sportsnet It’s my fault. I bought his jersey …every single time I buy a jersey, bam, traded 😢

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@gregbradyx Oh yes, had a young woman on a plane doing a work Teams call, heard all of it. Thought about saying something but then she ordered a scotch at 9am, silently gave her kudos for that instead.

[Nate Mook @natemook]

Horrific.

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

Is it ok to wait 4 months post surgery for an oncology consult @ABDanielleSmith @YourAlberta What if this was your sister?

[Natalka @NatalkaKyiv]

I want to share something truly meaningful with you.

This is a performance by my son’s dance ensemble that begins as a traditional Ukrainian dance and transforms into a profound statement about what Ukrainians are going through.

Please watch to the end.

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@waitbutwhy I bought rollerblades about 20 years ago, skated like a dream …in the store.. never got them out of the box after that. I live on a hill :) and never considered dealing with hills, potholes, stopping etc. Anyone want to buy some vintage rollerblades?

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Just a thought:

Ukraine’s President is Jewish.
Our Defense Minister is a Muslim, a Crimean Tatar.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces is an ethnic Russian.
Our top drone ace — recently awarded the title Hero of Ukraine — is an ethnic Hungarian.
Over 70,000 women serve in the military now.
Almost all of the most renowned combat medics are women.
The revolution that changed this country forever began with a Facebook post by an ethnic Afghan Pashtun, a prominent Ukrainian journalist.
And in our parliament, we have a Black MP — an Afro-Ukrainian and universally admired Olympic champion.

All of this — in a country that is still, for the most part, Slavic.

On the streets of Kyiv today, you’ll see halal restaurants for Muslim tourists standing peacefully next to Jewish eateries. Nearby are a museum and a monument to Sholem Aleichem, and a plaque bearing the face of Golda Meir, who once lived here.

Among our main landmarks: 19th-century synagogues. Just a short walk away — a large mosque and Muslim cultural center. And above all, of course — the ancient Christian churches and monasteries that are the oldest and most significant in the East Slavic world.

I still can’t get over the fact that Ukraine’s chief Muslim mufti (an ethnic Tatar from Donetsk) stepped down to serve as a frontline paramedic in the army. That our chief rabbi works tirelessly every day to help Ukraine across the globe — and that his adopted son died fighting for Ukraine, weapon in hand.

For many years now, a giant glowing menorah has stood each Hanukkah in the heart of Kyiv’s main square. And on Independence Day, every religious denomination gathers in Saint Sophia Cathedral to offer prayers for Ukraine, each in their own rite.

Just as they all come together for remembrance at Babyn Yar and the Holodomor monument.

The more you look at the world, the more often you realize how much healthier Ukrainian society has become when it comes to coexistence between nationalities and faiths.

We weren’t always like this. We are becoming this now — as the country is being radically transformed by revolution and by the defense against imperial Russia.

We are shedding the weight of so many remnants of the past — really fast.

Just recently in May, Ukraine held its WWII commemorations — with poppies and the slogan “Never again!”

What a stark contrast to the satanic frenzy of Russia’s “Victory Day,” with its death cult, its “We can do it again!” bravado, and its glorification of dying for the Tsar.

Against the backdrop of war, Ukraine is living through a real national and cultural renaissance. We are rediscovering the Ukrainian language, Ukrainian books, music, cinema — as something precious.

And for how many decades were we taught to look down on everything Ukrainian — as “third-rate,” “peasant,” “inferior”?...

I walk the streets of Kyiv on Christmas (December 25th, not January 7th as demanded by Moscow priests) and see bands of children in traditional embroidered clothes carrying colorful Bethlehem stars and singing carols. “Ukrainian Christmas” is returning to these lands as a vibrant cultural tradition.

On Easter, crowds gather near Saint Sophia Cathedral for picnics and spring dances. In the old city above Podil, I often hear youth pounding out Cossack songs on drums. I always see many people at our nation’s sacred places — the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the cathedrals of Lviv, the Motherland Monument, the old castles.

We haven’t suddenly become devout believers. We’ve simply come to take pride, like never before, in being Ukrainian — in treasuring our traditions, our culture, our history, and our way of life, in our own country.

New traditions keep being born in wartime, against all odds.

Today, we honor war veterans by inviting them to make the symbolic first kick at football matches — and then we give them a standing ovation from the stands, for their service.

I could go on like this for hours.

What I’m trying to say is — I love what Ukraine is becoming.

This hope — breaking through unspeakable pain and hardship — feels like a light piercing the tunnel.
Ukraine now, and Ukraine 12 years ago, are two completely different countries.

The road ahead is brutally hard, but if only — if only our Ukraine can survive this war for its very existence.

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@weathernetwork Yes!

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The pressure on Russia is still insufficient, and the daily Russian strikes on Ukraine prove it. Last night, ballistic missiles were launched against Kyiv, while attack drones targeted the region. Strikes also hit the Mykolaiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Cherkasy regions.

The number of air attacks is increasing. This is how Russia reveals its true intentions—to continue the terror for as long as the world allows it. Over the past week, they launched more than 1,460 guided aerial bombs, nearly 670 attack drones, and over 30 missiles of various types against Ukrainian cities and villages, against our people—more than 20 of them took place just last night. Every strike targets our people, our children. They are waging war against children playing on playgrounds. My condolences to all the families and loved ones of the victims. I thank all our services who are helping and saving Ukrainians.

These attacks are Putin’s response to all international diplomatic efforts. Each of our partners — the United States, all of Europe, the entire world — has seen that Russia intends to continue the war and the killing. That is why there can be no easing of pressure. All efforts must be aimed at guaranteeing security and bringing peace closer.

[Euromaidan Press @EuromaidanPress]

Tymofii - 3 y.o.
Radyslav - 7 y.o.
Arina - 7 y.o.
Herman - 9 y.o.
Mykyta - 15 y.o.
Alina - 15 y.o.
Danylo - 15 y.o.
Kostiantyn - 16 y.o.
Mykyta - 17 y.o.

RIP Ukrainian children whom Russia killed in Zelenskyy's hometown Kryvyi Rih on 4 April.

The Iskander-M missile was armed with a cluster warhead, designed for maximum damage. Russia claimed it was targeting a restaurant with Ukrainian servicemen. However, the only restaurant in the residential area was not hit, OSINT analysts wrote. Instead, the missile hit a playground.

📷 SVOI Kryvyi Rih

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@TareqHadhad ❤️

[Miro Vanadze @Miro_Vanadze]

Never forget, never forgive.

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@StuntmanStu Renovating, not closure!

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

@MykhailoRohoza I stand with Ukraine! Slava Ukraini! 🇨🇦

[Michelle kostiuk @KostiukMichelle]

Looks like some stolen goods #ottawa #ottawapolice path between Pimisi and Bayview stations @ottawacity @OttawaPolice