Maria F. Lisboa

"Genocide is underway. If we don't see it, the failure is ours" - Timothy Snyder

[Maria F. Lisboa @MFLisboa]

All evidence is being gathered online by Ukraine, so everyone can watch and testify (and definitely, be shocked by) the horrors committed by Russia against the Ukrainian people:
https://t.co/sQLDWKURN2
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No Russian propaganda will be able to hide this savage!

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

It is official: thanks to readers around the world, we have just hit our biggest membership goal yet.

In May, the Kyiv Independent launched its largest membership drive to date, aiming to bring 4,000 new readers into its community. That target has now been met.

[1 Team 1 Fight @1team1fight_org]

Why are drone detectors so needed?
💬 Message from Dima @Dmitro7607, our director and a soldier of the 122nd Separate Territorial Defence Brigade based in Odesa, explains. 📽️👇

This #FiverFriday, help them get drone detectors 🙏
💵: https://t.co/iJFudE1JQZ

🎯: $2,400
✅: $620

Please help us protect them as they work so close to the frontline! ‼️Every FIVER counts‼️

#OneTeamOneFight
@DmytroKovalchu5

[Dmytro Lubinets @lubinetzs]

🇺🇦Ukrainian state authorities have managed to release 160 Ukrainians from Russian captivity. These are servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including Territorial Defense Forces, State Border Guard Service, National Guard, State Special Transport Service, and the Military Medical Service. Among those released are fighters of “Azov,” including officer personnel. І am a member of the negotiating group of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. This exchange is one of the results of the work of the Coordination Headquarters and all state bodies involved in this process. Negotiations on further exchanges continue daily. This is an important step on the path to peace and the restoration of justice.

[Petra Blankwaard @indigonl]

Hey everyone! 🇺🇦

Have you seen this yet? 👀

A beautiful initiative where people from all over the world are leaving personal messages of support for wounded Ukrainian Marines of the 34th Brigade who are recovering in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.

Already nearly 60 heartfelt messages - every single one reminding them they’re not alone on their road to recovery.❤️‍🩹

It only takes a minute to add your own short message of thanks, respect, or encouragement.

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[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

He was sixteen years old.

Stepan Chubenko was a goalkeeper. He played for the youth team of FC Kramatorsk. He dreamed of being a professional footballer. He took care of the children at the local orphanage with his friends, bringing them toys and books and sweets. He had a girlfriend. They had talked about getting married someday.

In the summer of 2014, three russian-backed militants tortured him for a week and shot him three times in the head in a village near Donetsk.

His killers offered to spare his life if he would side with the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic.”

He refused.

Read the full story on my Substack: https://t.co/l9yNIlflBG

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

MELONI: On Ukraine, we reiterate our commitment to just and lasting peace. That requires, first and foremost, effective security guarantees for attacked nation. However, none of this is possible if we don't continue to support Kyiv. Italy remains firmly committed to this effort.

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

VIVA LA FRANCE 🇫🇷

Macron: As for Ukraine, I believe that what has happened in recent days is very important. For the first time in 18 months, all G7 members have signed the same joint text. And the USA, together with us, confirmed their support for Ukraine's territorial integrity.

They pledged to provide Ukraine with military and energy support, maintain sanctions against russia, and follow the same path as we do.

[Тетяна Кагітіна NAFO member @tatyanaodesssa]

Odesa was built by people of more than 140 nationalities. We grew up in a city where respect for other cultures is not just a beautiful idea—it is part of who we are. I deliberately say other, not foreign. The only people who become strangers to us are those who come with war.
My grandfather’s surname was Polubinsky, a common surname in central Poland. Ukraine is my country, and I love it with all my heart. But loving your own country does not require hating another.
If today you don’t want to think critically or learn the history, then at least listen to your heart. Ask yourself: do you really need hatred?
To my Polish friends—to those who share the same values—I send my warmest greetings from Odesa. And I want to say one more thing: I remember 🤍❤️

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

From the Crimean Bridge, the Kerch port looks like this 🔥

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

They were asleep.

A russian drone struck a family home in Sumy region.

A 13-year-old boy.
His father.
His grandmother.

Gone.

His mother survived.
Two children survived.
One girl is fighting for her life.

No battlefield.
No military target.
Just a family in their home.

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

A russian soldier called “Grom” raped Alisa Kovalenko for four days.

Before that, they beat her. They threatened to cut off her fingers and her teeth. They promised they would get to her parents, and to her boyfriend.

She was 27 – a documentary filmmaker who had come to Donetsk Oblast to film the beginning of Russia’s war.

A taxi driver turned her in.

Her partner, the French producer Stéphane Siohan, raised the alarm in the media. The public attention saved her. She was released. She carried what happened alone for more than a year before she could say it out loud – and then became one of the first women in Ukraine to say it anyway.

Russia expected that to break her.

In 2022, when they came back for the rest of the country, Kovalenko first got the heroes of her unfinished film to safety. Then she volunteered for the front – a mother of a small son, serving as an assault infantry soldier.

She put it as simply as it can be put:

“When you see even one form of Russian evil, you understand that it must be stopped at any cost.”

They wanted a victim. They got a soldier.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Friends, some of our veterans run an animal shelter near Kyiv.

You can support their work with a donation (this is 100% legit).

If you feel like doing a small good deed for Ukraine's four-legged friends this evening (and they need care and support too), here's a great opportunity.

[Shaun Pinner @ShaunPinnerUA]

Big boom boom last night in Crimea 😯

[Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 @frontlinekit]

We're looking for volunteers 🥳

Move out to Ukraine, help us build drones and defeat the enemy 💪

Please all share, WE NEED YOU 🫡

#Lviv #Львів

[Stefania Pucciarelli @PucciarelliLega]

🇮🇹 Giorgia Meloni è il Presidente del Consiglio, e quindi rappresenta l’Italia.

Attaccare lei significa attaccare tutti noi.

[Alexandre 🇺🇦 @Toriadus]

I hate Russian scum with every fiber of my being.

WE DON'T HATE RUSSIA ENOUGH!

[Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer @EvanKirstel]

@KyleJGlen

[Oksii ✚ 🇺🇦 @Oksii33]

Next come your brown lines💩

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

MACRON: Americans tried to negotiate with Russia. What was the result of those efforts? Nothing.

We Europeans also tried to negotiate with Russia. What happened? Nothing.

Zelenskyy also said, "I’m ready to negotiate with Russia." What did Putin say? "No."

So, President Trump, just like all the G7 members, agreed that Russia has shown no serious willingness to engage in peace negotiations.

We all agreed to increase our support for Ukraine. We all stated that we would increase pressure on Russia, and we all agreed to remain steadfast on this path.

This represents real change compared to the last few months, not just from Europe, but from all G7 members and all those who support Ukraine.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

BREAKING: Italy's deputy PM and foreign minister Antonio Tajani just CANCELLED his planned diplomatic trip to Washington on monday, declaring that Trump's "serious and offensive words" directed at the prime minister "offend all of Italy."

This comes after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni TORCHED Donald Trump after he claimed she “begged” him for a photo at the G7 and that he only took it because he “felt sorry for her.”

The Italian PM was wondering.
"I don’t know why the president of the United States behaves this way with his own allies; it’s not the first time this happens."

She went on saying, "I can only say that I’m sorry he doesn’t show the same determination with the enemies of the West, with the enemies of the United States, whose leaders he instead shows himself to be much more accommodating towards."

Italy's prime minister is a boss lady.