The Russian army drops air strikes on the power plant in Slovyansk.
Thousands of people worked there. Putin's army is turning the power plant into ruins. The Russians are destroying the region and making it uninhabitable.
The contemporary Russian flag should be treated as the Nazi Germany's flag: as a symbol of imperial ambitions, catastrophic failure, resounding defeat, and horrific crimes against humanity.
@rshereme The 1863 Valuev Decree is always my favorite example to cite, as it simultaneously denies the existence of the "little Russian" language, Ukrainian while simultaneously banning the publication of anything in this language which "never existed, doesn't exist and will never exist".
@rshereme I read that russia forbade teaching Ukrainian last year in schools in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.
russia forbidding Ukrainian children to learn their own language in their own schools! 🤬
There is also this:
#russiaIsATerroristState
Why so many Ukrainians speak russian? Let me explain.
But first, let me ask you a question: Why do Irish and Scotts speak English, Catalans and Basques speak Spanish, Bretons speak French, etc. You probably know the short answer. But let me put a longer one. Ukrainian language was banned by russia 134 times! Here are most notable events:
1720: A decree by Tsar Peter I banned the printing of books in Ukraine.
1753: A decree by Catherine II prohibited teaching in the Ukrainian language.
1768: A decree from the Synod of the russian Orthodox Church called for the confiscation of Ukrainian primers from the population.
1775: Closure of Ukrainian schools after russian troops destroyed the Zaporizhian Sich.
1830-1840s: russification of Ukraine intensified. Even the very name "Ukraine" was prohibited to be used.
1889: At an archaeological congress in Kyiv, it was permitted to read papers "in all languages except Ukrainian."
1895: A ban on Ukrainian children's literature.
1914: A ban on the Ukrainian press.
1938: Mandatory study of the russian language was introduced throughout Ukraine. At the same time, there was a mass closure of national schools, and the prestige of the Ukrainian language declined.
1926-1939: Physical deportations of Ukrainian activists accused of nationalism. Four family members on my mother’s side were deported.
1929: Newly printed dictionary of Ukrainian was prohibited.
1960s: Arrests and extermination of the young generation of Ukrainian intelligentsia.
130 years ago, Ukrainian-speaking area was not limited by Ukraine, but also some parts of russia and Belarus spoke it (see the red area, that's the result of russian Empire census in 1897, when people identified themselves by the language). So, when someone says that some region of Ukraine is “russian speaking”, read the above list again. It’s a miracle that Ukrainian language even survived, and many people sacrificed their lives for it.
- russian Lavrov:
"We will not allow Ukraine to be used as a platform for NATO military infrastructure directed against Russia."
🤦♀️
Firstly, NATO membership is decided by Ukraine and its member states not Russians.
Secondly, having Russia as a neighbor, is a NATO membership clear choice.
It is a sure guarantee of security for Ukraine.
The Russians do not realize that everything related to NATO expansion is only a reaction to Russian aggressive activities.!
The aftermath of one of yesterday's russian terrorist attacks on the city of Druzhkivka 😡! What a horror! @IntlCrimCourt#RussiaTerroristState https://t.co/6XpllBsqau
If Ukraine did that, all the newspapers would come out with the titles "Respect the innocence of all civilians and don't make them into a human shield." But it's Russia, and everything Russia does is okay. 👌
I'm genuinely curious.
How did Russia convince so many of you that its civilization, technology, military, and economy are somehow superior to those of the West?
What was the breaking point?
This is what russian terrorism looks like through the eyes of the terrorists themselves.
Occupation channels are proudly sharing footage of this morning's attack on a civilian passenger train near Kherson.
They aren't hiding their war crimes. They're celebrating them.
“Liberated,” they said.
Bakhmut today shows what that word really means.
A city of 70,000 people, reduced to rubble after more than two years under “russkiy mir.”
Only ruins where a city once stood.
And the silence around it says as much as the destruction itself.
“stalin proposed an anti-nazi alliance but France and Great Britain refused”
*Looks inside the proposal*
“The Baltics, Finland and Poland should gracefully accept russian military occupation”