Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine has killed over 650 Ukrainian athletes and coaches. Hundreds of Ukrainian athletes will never again take part in international competitions because of Russia.
Russian attacks destroyed more than 800 sports facilities, including over 20 Olympic, Paralympic, and Deaflympic training centres.
The memory of the fallen and the documented crimes committed against Ukraine and its athletes must not be forgotten or silenced.
I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
Why did Putin not allow himself such brutal strikes on civilian infrastructure under Biden, whom Trump calls “weak,” but totally destroys peaceful cities and disregards the “strong Trump”?
Photo Liz Landers
Photographer Kostiantyn Huzenko was killed on the front line.
He captured many moments for PEN Ukraine, worked with Ukraїner, and documented the war. He joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces in spring 2024.
Our deepest condolences to all who knew him💔
📷: @allotrioph
This is a book depositary in Kyiv where @PenUkraine keeps the books (in Ukrainian and English) which we transport to the Ukrainian local libraries in the frontline areas. The depository was damaged during last night’s huge Russian strike on Kyiv.
We get books from lots of sources - organizations, publishing houses, private donations, Book Aid international etc. We carry them ourselves, in our minivans, across Ukraine, and during these trips prominent Ukrainian and international writers and journalists talk in local libraries about books, literature, humanity, empathy. We have made dozens of such trips since 2022, and I myself, jointly with my wife, my friends and colleagues, often drive these minivans
Russians instead destroy everything they can. They don’t care.
Early in the morning, the Russians attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles.
They just hit a random street, among residential buildings
Civilian cars are burning, there are wounded people
How to help us?
Don’t condemn Russia.
Don’t express deep concerns.
Confiscate Kremlin’s $300bln kept across Western countries, and let Ukraine spend it on weapons.
Don’t express fear. Allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia.
Speed up with F-16 delivery.
The only way to stop this horror is to provide Ukraine with more weapons and air defense systems to protect ourselves. Russia will stop only when we stop it.
Russian terrorists used ballistic missiles against us. All missiles where shot down by air defense, but their remains damaged civilian buildings, cars, shops, school and hospital.
Постійна Представниця Таміла Ташева провели зустріч із делегацією іспанських журналістів, науковців, істориків, які здійснили свій візит в Україну в рамках програми In Solidarity With Ukraine, яку організовує @PenUkraine та @UA_Institute
Our colleagues spent their last seconds alive helping - sorting parcels with medicine and humanitarian aid for the civilian suffering from the war. The russia destroyed a civilian building and should be convicted of war crimes. Please, spread the word #RussiaIsATerroristState
Russian POW in Ukrainian hands on the left.
Ukrainian POW from Mariupol in Russian hands on the right.
Russia continues to treat POWs like if it was 1940.
Never forget that Russia is a terrorist state!
On our knees, we said goodbye to Victoria Amelina. What can we do but make those who killed her crumble under the weight of her coffin. Photo by @Maksym_Sytnikov