Victoria UA

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[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Meanwhile, a usual day in Kyiv

[Yigal Levin @YigalLevin]

As a result of Russian strikes on Kyiv tonight, the building of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra caught fire.

In addition to drones, Russia is hitting Kyiv with dozens of ballistic missiles; civilians are under attack, as in previous times.

The chaotic nature of the strikes resembles agony: not knowing how to respond to Ukraine's precise and painful strikes, Moscow is flailing its fists in a blind frenzy.

I see Ukrainian channels and theologians already writing: demons and antichrists.

There is nothing to add: as you wage your war, so shall you be remembered.

Russia will be remembered as the killer of Ukrainians, a mass killer of Russian speakers, and a destroyer of Christian shrines.

[Wild Hornets @wilendhornets]

Hi @FoxNews — small clarification.

We appreciate that international media such as FOX News highlight the effective work of interceptor drones. The footage shown in this segment features STING — a Ukrainian interceptor drone developed by engineers at Wild Hornets and used by Ukrainian air defense units to destroy Shahed-type drones.

This result is the outcome of a long and difficult path taken by Wild Hornets engineers together with Ukrainian soldiers, and we would be grateful if these achievements remained properly credited.

We also deeply appreciate all the support we receive and are very grateful for the trust people place in our work.

You can see more interception footage and feedback from Ukrainian soldiers on our page.

More about STING:
https://t.co/B4atGFnIbA

[Vladyslav Heraskevych OLY @heraskevych]

I race for them / Я змагаюсь за них ❤️‍🩹

Сьогодні розкажу про шолом, в якому я збираюсь виступати на Олімпійських іграх вже через кілька днів. На шоломі намальовані спортсмени які були вбиті під час війни, а точніше лише маленька їх частина.
Це несправедливо, й ці люди не мали б йти від нас в такому ранньому віці. Цим я хочу віддати данину цим людям та їх родинам.
Світ має знати ціну Української свободи.
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Today I’m going to tell you about the helmet in which I will compete at the Olympic Games in just a few days.
On the helmet are depicted athletes who were killed during the war — or to be more precise, only a small fraction of them.
It is unfair, and these people should not have left us at such a young age.
With this I want to pay tribute to these individuals and to their families.
The world needs to know the true price of Ukrainian freedom.

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@O_lenaUA @sternenko Порохоботи вже давно розповідають, що Сергій "краде донати"

[Victoria @victoriaslog]

Typical Russian soul:

“My father, son, and grandson died fighting in the war, and I received the money, but I have one more son, Vladimir Vladimirovich.

He tried to rаре his girlfriend’s daughter and now he’s in prison, but he really wants to go to the war. Please help him.”

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

Russians strapped an anti-tank mine to an African and turned him into a “kamikaze”.
“You’re coal. Now you’ll run across the field. Go!”

[Saint Javelin @saintjavelin]

Today, Ukraine honours the memory of Vasyl Stus, an extraordinary Ukrainian poet, dissident, human rights defender, and a symbol of the resilience of the Ukrainian spirit.

He lived only 47 years and 13 of them he spent in Soviet prisons and labour camps for refusing to stay silent about injustice. His works were banned, his manuscripts were destroyed, and he was constantly persecuted by the Soviet authorities.

In the night of September 3–4, 1985, Vasyl Stus died in a punishment cell in a Soviet labour camp. He was killed just three years before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[olexander scherba🇺🇦 @olex_scherba]

Why Venezuela Fell Within Hours, But Ukraine Did Not?

An important detail from Ukrainian officer Dmytro Vovnianko.

“Surely, we Ukrainians are badass. Those of us who, in the first days and hours of the war, headed straight to defend Ukraine—are infinitely badass, simply because these people, at the moment of highest threat, did not run away from danger but moved toward it. And overcame the danger.

All true. But. I have to remind everyone of something.

Technically, Moscow acted almost exactly like Americans in Venezuela. The first strike was missile and bomb attacks on bases and air defense positions, as well as on military aviation airfields.

Now imagine for a moment that Moscow had destroyed the main air defense units and combat aircraft on the airfields in the very first hours of the war. Imagine that Moscow had achieved complete air superiority. What would have happened then?
What would have happened is that

Russian airborne troops would have guaranteed the capture of the Hostomel airfield near Kyiv. Because the resistance from the militia would have been suppressed by Russian planes and helicopters. The artillery that started shelling the runway would have been suppressed by Moscow’s aviation. Moscow would have captured the airfield. Moscow would have accepted the personnel of their bloody Airborne Forces by landing method…

Yet none of this happened. Because, literally just before the Russian invasion, Ukrainian combat aircraft were given the order to take to the skies. And air defense units were ordered to leave their bases and deploy to positions in the fields. Because of this, Moscow struck empty squares, and then Ukrainian air defense and Ukrainian aviation went into action. And Moscow gained no air superiority at all.

However.

Moscow could still maneuver with the troops it had in abundance. But…

For example, the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade arrived in Kyiv in time and took up defense along the Irpin River.

I served in the 72nd and spoke with sergeants and officers - they told me that they began moving to their positions not on February 24, when Moscow attacked, but as early as the morning of the 23rd. For a long time, I couldn’t understand how that happened.

It turns out that Ukrainian brigades were given the order to advance to combat lines before the Russian invasion, and that’s why they made it in time. Not just in Kyiv. The same thing happened in Kharkiv. The occupiers were met on the Kharkiv Ring Road just a few hours after the invasion - and engaged in battle. It wasn’t militia that met them, but regular army units- with command, combat equipment, and fire support.

The enemy was met by an army - with equipment, technical means, coordination, artillery, and missiles. And that’s precisely why the enemy was stopped near Kyiv and then started babbling about a “gesture of goodwill.”

All of this happened because in Ukraine there was a person who ordered the air defense to leave bases with their equipment and assets. This person ordered the aircraft to take to the skies. This person ordered 🇺🇦 brigades to advance to combat lines.
This person took an incredible risk. Because he wildly exceeded his authority. That person was the then-Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi…”.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Of course… of course.

Merry Christmas, dear world!

All the best wishes of peace and good hope to everyone from the free Ukraine 🇺🇦

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@astraiaintel Without Belarus

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@InformNapalm 👍

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@InformNapalm @ServiceSsu this is cool and important

[InformNapalm @InformNapalm]

🧵 THREAD | Ukraine strikes Russian submarine in Novorossiysk.
1/ Ukraine’s Security Service (@ServiceSsu) has carried out a historic special operation in the port of #Novorossiysk. For the first time ever, underwater drones struck and disabled a #Russian Kilo-class (Project 636.3 “Varshavyanka”) #submarine.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s newest naval drones are taking out a Russian SUBMARINE.

A Kilo-class submarine, a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles that are used to ruin Ukrainan cities, has sustained critical damage in the port of Novorossiysk.

This is the first case in history of a submarine being destroyed by a naval drone.

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@polochroust @P_Fiala We have a proverb: May your words reach God's ears!

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@polochroust @P_Fiala Thank you for support! But plz Kyiv not Kiev

[Victoria UA @Victoria_UA_]

@ML3democrats 🌠

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

Friends, if you get the chance, make sure to watch the Ukrainian film U Are The Universe.

Right now it’s a big sensation in Ukraine -- everyone’s talking about it here on Twitter.

Today I finally made it to our local cinema in Bucha. And what can I say: I’m usually quite skeptical about Ukrainian movies, but this time the filmmakers completely blew me away.

It’s an intimate tragicomedy, a tale-parable about a Ukrainian space long-haul trucker in the solitude of space.

The story is both very funny and deeply sad, there are lots of humor with Ukrainian flavor, a great soundtrack, and hilarious references to famous space movies. I caught nods to Moon, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Martian, and Interstellar, probably also Gravity.

The lead actor, Volodymyr Kravchuk -- a comedian and a Ukrainian Armed Forces veteran -- is just pure charisma.

I’m almost certain the film will end up on Netflix. The theatrical run has already been extended (I think twice) due to high demand. I’ve never seen a completely sold-out theater for a Ukrainian film before, and I couldn’t even get tickets right away for two days, which is phenomenal for a Ukrainian movie.

So definitely watch it. After this film, you’ll love Ukraine even more, even if you’ve never been here.
Especially if you’re from France 🙂

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

🐈‍⬛ Cat Mia survived a Russian strike and waited to be rescued

A small miracle happened in Ternopil. Nine days after Russia’s brutal attack on a residential building, rescuers finally found cat Mia. Her paw was injured, her fur was burned, she was hungry and scared — but alive.

Now Mia is back with her owner ❤️