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
Ukrainians and Belarusians are very, very close to each other as people. Their languages are mutually intelligible, they share the same history of living for centuries in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and thousands of Belarusians are in Ukraine today, fighting against Russia.
Belarus is not Russia. There is no domestic constituency in Belarus for a war with Ukraine. Such a conflict would not only destroy the Belarusian economy but also endanger Lukashenko’s rule from within.
Which is why he wants to avoid it.
With Ukraine now having cut all but one entrance into Crimea, Russians frantically search for the exit. But with no gasoline, no electricity, no public transportation, no ferry boats, only panic remains.
Hordes will soon perform the walk of shame, across the last bridge standing.
ZELENSKYY: Russia will no longer be able to easily and with impunity steal land of Ukrainian people, or any other people currently threatened by Russian ambitions.
Modern technology makes occupation extremely difficult for occupier, perhaps more difficult than it has ever been.
A fantastic report on the Russian shadow fleet.
A fantastic report on Europe's greed and stupidity.
A precise guide on how Europe—by applying the right sanctions to eight Turkish, Indian, and Chinese refineries—can quickly force Russia to end the war.
Thanks, Caolan.
Ma vi ricordate quando la Russia prendeva in giro l'Europa dicendo che presto avremmo dovuto usare i cavalli per spostarci?
Beh, a volte il karma è davvero meraviglioso. 💙💯
The Kremlin may be preparing a "false flag" provocation to justify an escalation against the West.
The Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski warned about the risk of possible provocations from Russia aimed at creating a pretext for further escalation against Western countries.
"This sounds like a provocation. I expect a false flag attack on Russian territory, to which Putin will "respond", – commented Sikorski on the Kremlin dictator's statements that Moscow will attack European countries if drones are launched from their territories against Russia."
The politician recalled a historical precedent - the operation in Gleiwitz in August 1939, when Nazi Germany organized a staged attack to justify the start of the war against Poland.
O nome do Campeonato Brasileirão é Brasileirão Betano. Os times são patrocinados por bets. Atletas pentacampeões e medalhistas olímpicos fazem propaganda de bet. Galvão Bueno faz propaganda de bet. Mas o problema é a CazéTV.
Sobre a entrevista do Gilmar Mendes para o Roda Viva:
- O que mais me impressionou não foram os ataques aos ministros Fachin e André Mendonça.
- O que mais me impressionou não foram as teorias de nulidades processuais no caso Master/Vorcaro.
- O que mais me impressionou não foi a hipocrisia em criticar a Lava Jato e passar pano para Alexandre de Moraes.
O que mais me impressionou foi o fato de que Gilmar Mendes defendeu a tese de que ele, enquanto JUIZ CONSTITUCIONAL, pode fazer tweets para CONSTRANGER parlamentares(ele chama de "alertas"), ainda que saiba que pode acabar votando as questões do tweet.
Ele afirma, com todas as letras, que já existe proibição na Lei Orgânica da Magistratura contra isso, mas que, ainda assim, o fez.
‼️🚨‼️🚨 Journalistes sportifs, commentateurs : vous pouvez briser ce silence et parler de Rashid Mazaheri !
Pas un seul des joueurs de l’équipe de foot de la République islamique présente au Mondial n’a eu un mot pour son ancien coéquipier, Rashid Mazaheri, emprisonné et risquant la peine de mort.
Pas un mot non plus de la FIFA pour dénoncer le sort réservé à cet ancien gardien de but de la Team Melli, disparu dans les geôles du régime pour avoir publié une vidéo de soutien au peuple iranien et dénoncé les massacres de janvier.
Voilà pourquoi cette équipe n’est pas celle du peuple, mais celle du régime.
OPINIÃO | William Waack: 'Gilmar Mendes faz uso da mesma tática que o levou a triunfar no caso da Lava Jato, mas as circunstâncias mudaram'
🔗 Leia coluna -> https://t.co/5Fmyk3gH87
OPINIÃO ✍🏻 Na coluna desta terça-feira, 23, @fernandoschuler avalia a procrastinação em torno das negociações de uma delação premiada de Daniel Vorcaro. Para ele, se trata de um deboche com a Justiça brasileira, que é ajudado por muita gente.
o governo libera até bet q consta entre as maiores investigadas por bloqueio de prêmios, institui sigilo de 100 anos para o processo de liberação de bet, depois quer fazer a fama de guerreiro da moral combatendo a propaganda daquilo que aprova por baixo dos panos
cai quem quer
Um barato ouvir o pós-jogo pela rádio BBC da Escócia. Os comentaristas falam do adversário de hoje com uma enorme admiração. E o técnico já foi logo botando na conta do time: "Entregamos o jogo, entregamos os gols, jogamos do jeito q eles queriam".