To those calling for peace:
Everyone—except Russia—wants immediate peace. No one wants it more than the people of Ukraine.
But let’s be clear:
Ukraine didn’t instigate this war. Russia did.
Ukraine isn’t escalating this war. Russia is.
If Russia stopped attacking today, the war would end today. But for 998 days, Russia has chosen to increase the violence, relentlessly pursuing complete control over Ukraine.
Ukraine wouldn’t need advanced long-range weapons if Russia wasn’t importing North Korean troops and artillery, as well as Iranian drones and missiles.
The power to end this war lies entirely in Russia’s hands but for 998 straight days, they’ve chosen escalation and terror over peace.
That’s the only reality.
We’re launching a fundraiser to help Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital recover❤️
Today, russia struck the largest children's hospital in🇺🇦
They’re targeting the most innocent and vulnerable — help us protect the future of Ukraine in the aftermath of this war crime:
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Happy Birthday to Kyiv.
Throughout well over 1,000 years of its history, my beloved city has traveled a path from a small trade post on the river in the Age of Vikings to being the center of a powerful medieval kingdom and the true heart of our part of human civilization and then dying in the fire of the Mongolian conquest.... to rise again in its ancient glory many centuries later.
It's one of the world's most spiritually powerful places, where one can spend one's entire lifetime learning something new at every corner and on every street.
Owning Kyiv is Vladimir Putin's most zealous dark desire for the sake of which he has wasted countless thousands of lives and will gladly go on spilling rivers of blood... but he will never get it.
Russia must pay for every single life destroyed, stolen, and broken. Don't look away when the terrorist state escalates violence against peaceful civilians. These elderly residents of the Vovchansk community deserved decent aging. Instead, russia came #makerussiapay
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⚡ Mothers in hospitals in temporarily occupied Luhansk region are facing threats of having their newborns taken away unless either parent has Russian citizenship. According to ISW, these actions violate Article II(d) of the Genocide Convention.
Where were the RAF?
Where were the USAF?
Where were NATO?
They were asked to close the skies.
They refused.
Condemnation will never be enough.
Evil is defeated through actions.
Not words.
Close the fucking Sky.
🧵1/23 This is a long thread, but I want this to serve as a clear & informative reminder of exactly what russia is doing and how it is creating a huge risk for all of us to suffer the same dire consequences, if we fail to collectively take immediate actions in supporting Ukraine.