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Parfois faut pas chercher à comprendre.

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@LetsArmUKR

[War Flash @WarFlash_2630]

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ Russian soldier asked Ukrainian soldier, "Will you take us prisoner or kill us?"

Ukrainian: Prisoner

2nd Russian soldier : Prisoner?

Ukrainian: we are not you

They Expected Death. They Heard Something Else.

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@UKRINFORM

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@NAFOvoyager

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

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.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

Chinese state TV showed a burning Moscow oil refinery while reporting on Russian strikes against Ukraine

The caption on screen reads: "Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been subjected to massive Russian attacks for the second consecutive day."

The only problem is that the footage doesn't quite match the caption. Or has Moscow already seceded from Russia?

[UAVoyager🇺🇦 @NAFOvoyager]

Yesterday, russia killed her.

Maria Chmil, 59. Nikopol.

A civilian. A mother. A grandmother. Murdered on the streets.

This is the terror russia inflicts every single day. Sadly, the world keeps looking away.

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@DakdaR22

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@TimHermansson

[speedyMorales 🇵🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦PisOff @speedy5_3]

„Mądrego człowieka to i zawsze warto posłuchać”

Panie Nawrocki @NawrockiKn!
Proszę posłuchać wypowiedzi tej Pani, może się pan sporo nauczyć, bo mimo że masz pan ponoć doktorat, to historię znasz pan bardzo wybiórczo!

[Rohoza (Дев'ятий) Mykhailo 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇨🇦 @Oct7NeverForget]

Another controversy has erupted in Poland.

This time, the trigger was a Polish historian.

Kazimierz Wójcicki attempted to explain to his fellow citizens why Ukrainians view the UPA differently than Poles do.

The result?

After a single television appearance, the state broadcaster TVP Info reportedly decided to stop inviting him to its programs, while Poland's media regulator demanded an explanation from the channel.

What exactly did the historian say?

During a discussion about the UPA, he stated:

> "The Home Army (AK) and the UPA were two national liberation armies."

In his view, regardless of how particular chapters of history are assessed, both organizations saw themselves as forces fighting for the independence of their respective nations.

Wójcicki also recalled a fact that is rarely mentioned in public debates:

> "Veterans of the 27th Volhynian Division of the Home Army met with UPA veterans and shook hands."

When an opponent raised the issue of the Volhynia tragedy, the historian responded:

> "You are characterized by a shameful lack of knowledge about Ukraine."

After references to UPA crimes against Polish civilians, he added that the victims of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict were not only Poles. Ukrainians also suffered at the hands of Poles, he argued, pointing to the destruction of Orthodox churches and attacks on Ukrainian villages.

The following day, in an interview with Rzeczpospolita, he elaborated on his position:

> "A significant part of the Polish reaction to the UPA is based on a lack of knowledge of Ukrainian history."

According to him, many Poles view the UPA exclusively through the lens of the Volhynia massacres.

For many Ukrainians, however, the memory of the UPA is primarily connected with its long struggle against Soviet rule, political repression, deportations, and resistance to the USSR after World War II.

The historian also observed:

> "Every nation-state creates its own pantheon of heroes."

This, he argued, helps explain the attitude of part of Ukrainian society toward the UPA and the decisions of Ukrainian authorities regarding historical memory.

Another of his remarks provoked particularly strong reactions:

> "The identification of the Bandera movement with Nazism is the result of Russian propaganda."

These comments were received very negatively in Poland.

Agnieszka Głapiak, head of Poland's National Broadcasting Council, stated that historical memory requires special responsibility and demanded explanations from TVP Info.

Meanwhile, deputy channel director Jan Józefowski responded even more sharply:

> "His equating the Home Army with the UPA is not only a historical falsehood and simply nonsense, but a thesis that I oppose as a Polish journalist."

Following the controversy, TVP Info ended its cooperation with the historian.

This story is significant not only because it represents yet another dispute over Volhynia.

It revealed something broader.

Even in Poland, where people have spoken for decades about the need for Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation, an attempt to explain the Ukrainian perspective on the UPA can become politically toxic.

And it increasingly appears that the main problem is no longer that Poles and Ukrainians hold different views of the past.

The problem is that the very attempt to understand the other side's perspective is increasingly perceived as a threat to one's own historical memory.

[Grzegorz Mister News Paris / Polska 🇵🇱🇲🇫 🇪🇺 @GregParis75017]

- Przepraszam ze zapytam ale czy przypadkiem Konfederaci, Menzten, Braunowcy i PiSowcy z Nawrockim na czele, przypadkiem nie zafundowali nam nacjonalistycznego przedsionka czegoś w rodzaju "polskiej III Rzeszy"?

*** Ukraińskie artystki o strachu. "Nie rozmawiam po ukraińsku przez telefon. Zwłaszcza wieczorem"
- Boimy się. W relacjach polsko-ukraińskich nie było jeszcze takiego napięcia. I w politycznych gabinetach, i na ulicach polskich miast - mówią ukraińskie artystki mieszkające w Polsce. Opisują swoją perspektywę. ***

- Serio, powiem wam ze to już nie jest śmieszne, to zaczyna być niebezpieczne! 😡

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@Nadieg_da @MaurycyKurz @gozefinagold Приїхав Норвегію - польська мова, приїхав Ісландію - польська мова, приїхав Англію - польська мова. В Норвегії вже під 15% від кількості населення поляки і все ок. Бо нема шовінізму як у Польщі, що всі їм винні. Литовці їх на дух не переносять, а чому ж? Bo kurwa bober!

[жозефина бонапард @gozefinagold]

Ми мовчали... Час говорити!
Що ж робили поляки з українцями
І зараз це саме робить РОСІЯ між Польщою і Україною

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@OlenaRohoza

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@24tvua

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@MironovaNatal17

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@NAFOvoyager