Oleksandra Matviichuk

head of the Center for Civil Liberties (Ukraine)/ Nobel Peace Prize 2022/ Democracy Defender Award of OSCE 2016

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

This is truly a historic moment. President Trump has indefinitely suspended sanctions against Russia that would have been required in the Graham law. He went against the last request of Lindsey Graham, whom he called his friend. And he handed Putin the opportunity to finance the war against Ukrainians, who are fighting for their freedom.

Trump calls this a "national interest." But diesel prices went up because of his war against Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So waiving sanctions on Russia does not solve that problem. Instead, it creates another one.

Putin cannot win on the battlefield, so he attacks civilians. Russian missiles and drones are destroying homes, hospitals, schools, and churches. According to the UN, just two weeks of October have been among the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine in recent years.

Forty percent of Russia's budget goes to the war. After Trump's latest decisions, Russia will make record profits. The formula is simple: "Money turns into missiles. Missiles turn into civilian deaths."

Trump is not stopping Russia's war against Ukraine. Trump is helping Putin win it.

As a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, I want to address the people of America, regardless of their political views.

Do you really believe that the killing of millions of people and the loss of Ukraine's independence are in your national interest?

If not, what will you do to stop America from financing the genocide that Putin is waging against Ukrainians with Trump's support?

#StandWithUkraine

[Kyiv Dialogue @KyivDialogue]

„Democratization is not an easy task even in peacetime. But we are doing it in times of war. Further integration with Europe is about values. We must be ambitious." – @avalaina at #kyivdialogue

[Kyiv Dialogue @KyivDialogue]

"We do not have the luxury to postpone reforms, but we have to protect our democracy and perfect our democracy even during the war. The alternative to our imperfect state is the hell of a restored Russian gulag." - @avalaina at #kyivdialogue

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

As the world prepares for winter festivities, Ukrainians prepare to survive darkness and freezing cold due to Russia's terror.

Don't forget about Ukraine this winter!

[Ukraine / Україна @Ukraine]

Kyiv now lives by the sound of the air raid siren.

Students of the Kyiv School of Economics @kse_ua, who keep studying under these attacks, collected videos that residents filmed on their phones and turned them into this short video message. It is narrated by Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina, head of the Center for Civil Liberties, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

In September alone, the city spent 242 hours under air raid alerts, more than a third of the month. Russia attacks the capital with jet-powered drones almost every day. They hit gas stations, hospitals, bridges, power lines, schools, research institutions, office buildings and much more.

None of these were military targets. Russia is deliberately destroying what people need to live: electricity, heating, water and a sense of safety in their own homes. It is trying to achieve with cold and darkness what it cannot achieve on the battlefield.

Ukrainians are preparing for another winter of war, and you can help them get through it. Search “how to help Ukraine” in your country, and you will find organizations near you that are already doing this work. Every effort matters.

[Harmen Sijdeur @HarmenFS]

Van @avalaina over [o.a.] professor Igor Kozlovsky die 700 dagen solitair gevangene was van Russen in een kleine, donkere keldercel, zonder ramen of frisse lucht.
Hij gaf filosofielessen aan de ratten, om in elk geval nog een ​​menselijke stem te kunnen horen. Hij werd zo zwaar gemarteld dat hij na zijn vrijlating opnieuw moest leren lopen.

[Gerald Knaus @rumeliobserver]

👇

Putin‘s horrors.

@avalaina

[@Compas Patricia @Compas_Patricia]

🧭 « Les Yeux Ouverts » avec @avalaina
La lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix
Oleksandra Matviichuk
Trump a promis de mettre fin à la guerre en 24 heures. Maintenant, il a décidé de la financer. Ce sont déjà les 24 heures les plus longues de l’histoire de l’humanité.

Witkoff a qualifié Poutine d’humanitaire. J’ai interviewé des centaines de personnes libérées de la captivité russe. Elles ont été battues, violées, enfermées dans des boîtes en bois, on leur a coupé les doigts, arraché les ongles, et torturées avec des décharges électriques sur les organes génitaux. Une femme a décrit comment on lui avait crevé l’œil avec une cuillère.

Ce qui se passe maintenant est une imitation d’un processus de paix.

J’ai rencontré une petite fille de cinq ans à Kyiv. Les Russes ont enlevé sa mère en raison de ses opinions pro-ukrainiennes, l’ont torturée et l’ont violée en réunion à plusieurs reprises. Puis ils l’ont emmenée en Russie et ont fabriqué un dossier pénal contre elle.

La petite fille m’a serrée dans ses bras, a éclaté en sanglots et a commencé à supplier : « S’il vous plaît, ramenez-moi ma maman. » Je suis avocate des droits humains, mais je n’ai aucun outil juridique pour obliger la Russie à la lui rendre. J’ai serré la petite fille dans mes bras et lui ai promis que nous nous battrions pour sa mère.

La journaliste Viktoriia Roshchyna était mon amie et ma collègue. Elle s’est rendue dans les territoires occupés pour raconter la vérité sur les crimes russes. Elle a été enlevée, torturée et transférée secrètement en Russie. Elle a été détenue sans accusation formelle et sans contact avec le monde extérieur.

On lui a refusé des soins médicaux. Elle ne pesait que 30 kilogrammes. Les Russes ont refusé de rendre son corps à ses parents pendant six mois. Quand ils l’ont enfin fait, plusieurs organes internes, ses yeux, son cerveau et une partie de sa trachée manquaient. Nous ne savons toujours pas comment elle est morte.

Viktoriia croyait que la vérité pouvait sauver des milliers de vies. Que les gens dans d’autres pays, une fois qu’ils connaîtraient la vérité, prendraient les bonnes décisions.

Mon ami et professeur, le professeur Ihor Kozlovskyi, a passé 700 jours en captivité russe. Pendant des mois, il a été détenu seul dans une petite cellule de sous-sol sombre sans fenêtres ni air frais. Des rats sortaient de l’égout.

Il donnait des conférences de philosophie aux rats juste pour entendre une voix humaine. Il a été torturé si sévèrement que, après sa libération, il a dû réapprendre à marcher.

Kozlovskyi m’a dit : « Tout ce que j’ai vécu ne me fait pas me voir comme une victime. Le fondement de notre existence est la dignité. Et la dignité est une action. »

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Z głębokim bólem przyjęłam wstrząsającą wiadomość o dzisiejszej tragedii na Rynku Głównym w Krakowie.

Myślami i modlitwą jestem z rodzinami ofiar oraz z rannymi. Bliskim życzę siły, a poszkodowanym – szybkiego powrotu do zdrowia, szczególnie dzielnym policjantom, którzy, narażając własne życie, zatrzymali sprawcę.

Kraków nieraz podnosił się po najcięższych próbach. Podniesie się i teraz, a przyjaciele Polski będą przy nim.

Jesteśmy z Krakowem i całą Polską 🇵🇱 🇺🇦

[Terje Helland @terjehelland]

🇬🇪Georgia’s Constitutional Court is deciding whether to ban every party that won a seat against Georgian Dream in 2024.
Two years of continuous nightly protest, 91 political prisoners and a frozen EU path lead to this.
We need to look at Georgia now!

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

«Today, the Russians destroyed a kindergarten in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district and damaged residential buildings.

The “desire for peace" was so great that it left huge craters. During the day, the children's parents and the kindergarten staff were cleaning up the building after the Russian attack. Through tears, they say it was one of the best kindergartens.

Children's toys lie strewn across the destroyed building and the street, mixed with shattered glass, concrete, and the remnants of the "peace deal" that flew in from the north.»

Impressions and photos by Serhii Nuzhnenko, taken after the overnight Russian attack.

[Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews]

He still doesn’t know which side is invading and which one is defending itself.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

What our life in Kyiv looks like

[Olena Halushka @OlenaHalushka]

Water, but no electricity or heating. Light, but no water or heating. The luckiest may get two out of three, but usually without heating. Depending on district, one may get nothing at all.

It's 6°C during the day & 1°C at night.

Welcome to the daily lottery of life in Kyiv.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

This young, beautiful woman is Oleksandra Kazarovytska (Kolesnykova). She died in Sevastopol. Oleksandra lived with her family in Kharkiv; her parents lived in occupied Crimea. 

In Kharkiv, Oleksandra, together with two other teachers, founded an English school. She was kind and talented. The children loved her. 

This summer she went to Sevastopol to help her parents sell their apartment and move out of occupied Crimea. 

There, the Russians detained her. They found correspondence on her phone with a volunteer at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. 

For three months, Oleksandra was kept in solitary confinement. Later, her family was informed of her alleged “suicide.” 

Oleksandra left behind her daughter Alice, her husband, and two children from her husband’s first marriage. 

Suicide in a Russian pre-trial detention center. 

We know very well what this is. 

Murderers. Simply murderers.

Photo from Victoria Halimon’s page

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

Fascist Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin has articulated the dark core of Moscow's imperial worldview.

[Anton Gerashchenko @Gerashchenko_en]

This is Russian culture and the Russian world.

Dugin:

"We are killing you with love for the sake of a great purpose."

Sick bastards.

[UNITED24 Media @United24media]

❤️‍🩹 Volunteers rescued two dogs from the rubble in Zaporizhzhia Oblast following a Russian air strike that killed at least 33 people.

[Alex Kravetz @aaKravetz]

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina is spot on:

“Ukrainians want peace. Occupation is not peace. Occupation is just another form of war.”

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

This is the school in Komyshuvakha. And this is what is left of it. First, the Russians struck the school with one guided aerial bomb. Then they dropped nine more aerial bombs on the school's shelter.

Just stop for a second and imagine:
☑️ nine aerial bombs
☑️ on a school shelter
☑️ where people had taken cover.

Many dead, missing, and wounded. The numbers are still changing.

Reports say the shelter in this school was seven meters deep. That is a lot. But even reinforced concrete breaks when guided aerial bombs are deliberately dropped on it again and again.

And now the question.

� Why did the Russians drop at least nine guided aerial bombs on a school shelter and kill at least 31 people, with nearly 50 still missing, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast?

� Will this deliberate strike on a school be discussed on the international stage?

I don't think it will.

I have a lasting impression that everyone has long grown used to the fact that we and our children are being deliberately killed. And nobody is interested in it.

Photo of the school from Alina Bodnar page.

[Flash Bazbo @FlashBazbo4]

@avalaina speaks the truth.
We should heed her message.

[Rebecca Harms @RebHarms]

“Es fällt mir schwer,dies eine Evakuierung zu nennen, denn in Wirklichkeit ist es eine Deportation….bald wird Russland die besetzten Gebiete mit Russen besiedeln… dies verfolgt Russland angefangen mit der Besetzung der Krim.”

@avalaina bringt meine traurigen Gedanken,die sich in Freude und Erleichterung über die Rettung der Bürger von Oleschky mischen, auf den Punkt.

[Oleksandra Matviichuk @avalaina]

Sky News journalists reported that during the ceasefire, Russian forces brought heavy equipment into Oleshky and neighboring villages. They also brought weapons and ammunition. They returned lost positions. So people in Kherson will soon feel the increased shelling.

Sky News contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense for a response to the allegations of ceasefire violations.

Yes, it was the price of saving people in Oleshky - at least someone. As we already know, not everyone who wanted to evacuate was taken out.

People's lives are an absolute priority. Therefore, it is necessary to use the slightest chance to save people. Always.