Giving away territories to Russia in exchange for peace is not an option: Ukrainians under Russian occupation are starved, hunted with drones, executed, and left with their dead unburied.
In Russian-occupied Oleshky, the reality is worse than Bucha.
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Russian forces are starving out the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region.
Russian forces are blockading the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky on the left bank of the Kherson region, causing a humanitarian catastrophe and leaving the civilian population without food or medical supplies.
Approximately 6,000 people, including 200 children, still live in the city.
❤️🩹 26 років тому зник український журналіст, громадський діяч і засновник «Української правди» Георгій Гонгадзе. Згодом було встановлено, що його викрали та вбили.
Його загибель стала однією з найрезонансніших подій в історії незалежної України та привернула особливу увагу до питань свободи слова й безпеки журналістів.
Виконавців убивства засудили, однак замовники злочину офіційно так і не встановлені.
Сьогодні згадуємо Георгія Гонгадзе та його внесок в українську журналістику 🕯️
"Саша, ты - огромное вдохновение для всех нас!" - так в Европарламенте приветствовали 10-летнюю украинскую гимнастку. Саша Паскаль в шесть лет потеряла ногу после удара российской ракеты в ее дом. Девочка не сдалась, вернулась в спорт и начала завоевывать золотые медали
On Sept. 3, 12-year-old Yasmina was on her way to dance class when a russian drone exploded in front of her car.
A 1-cm fragment pierced her liver and stopped near her spine. After a 4-hour surgery at Okhmatdyt, Yasmina is home.
Thank you to the doctors who saved her life ❤️
Oleksandr Matsievskyi, Yevhen Loskot, Tigran Ohannisian, Ihor Dashko.
You may ask: what did they have in common?
They were different. They were born in different cities, were different ages, had different professions, personalities, and plans for the future. But in the most terrifying moment, one thing united them — their love for Ukraine.
And their last words were: “Glory to Ukraine!”
🔹 Oleksandr Matsievskyi. On December 30, 2022, during fighting near Soledar in the Donetsk region, contact with him was lost. Later, a video emerged showing the Ukrainian soldier in Russian captivity.
Unarmed, he stood before armed enemies and stared death in the face. He did not beg for mercy. He did not surrender. The last thing he said before he was shot: “Glory to Ukraine!”
🔹 Yevhen Loskot. He was killed in September 2014 during the war in Donbas. Facing the threat of capture, Yevhen remained loyal to himself and his fellow soldiers until the very end.
Rather than fall into the hands of Russian fighters, he detonated his last grenade, killing himself. His final words were also: “Glory to Ukraine!”
🔹 Tigran Ohannisian. On June 24, 2023, in occupied Berdiansk, 16-year-old Tigran, together with his friend Mykyta Khanhanov, fought his final battle.
He was still just a teenager — someone who should have been thinking about school, friends, dreams, and his future. Instead, he found himself facing armed Russian occupiers.
He did not surrender. Before his death, Tigran said: “That’s it, guys. This is death. Goodbye. Glory to Ukraine!”
🔹 Ihor Dashko. A lieutenant colonel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. On April 9, 2022, during the battle for Mariupol, he was seriously wounded on the grounds of a metallurgical plant and faced imminent capture by the enemy.
Realizing that a secret radio station could fall into Russian hands, Ihor Dashko detonated himself along with it, preventing the enemy from obtaining critical information. His final words over the radio were: “Glory to Ukraine!”
They came from different parts of Ukraine. They were different ages, had different professions, different lives, and different dreams.
But in the most terrifying moment, each of them made his choice.
Not to surrender. Not to betray. Not to retreat.
They were united by their love for Ukraine — a love for which they gave the most precious thing they had.
We are alive today because of those who stood between us and the enemy. Those who gave their lives so that Ukraine could live.
Remember them. Remember their courage. Remember their last words.
Glory to Ukraine!
In Nikopol, Russians attacked an ordinary civilian bus with a drone.
Five people were killed and many were injured.
The Russians continue their terror every day.
"Они устраивают сафари на нас. Мы - мишени", - говорит украинская проводница о постоянных российских атаках на поезда. Недавний удар дрона по поезду возле границы с Польшей стал новой эскалацией. Вот что рассказывают пассажиры
ОДЕСА 💔
15 загиблих за три дні внаслідок російських атак. Серед них четверо дітей. 😢
Щирі співчуття рідним і близьким загиблих.
Світла пам’ять кожному, чиє життя забрала ця війна. 🕯️
#russia_is_a_terrorist_state
Today is little Emilia Bazylevych's birthday. russia stole this beautiful, innocent life, along with the lives of her mom and two sisters, in 2024.
Every victim of russia's unjust and savage war of aggression is a wound in Ukraine's heart that will never heal 💔
russian occupation is not peace.
A 27-year-old Crimean was illegally detained for allegedly “justifying terrorism” after voicing support for Azov.
He could face up to 7 years in prison.
This is russian occupation: say the wrong thing, lose your freedom.
Померла 1,5-річна донька кримської політв’язненої Олександри Стрілець. Дівчинка Лера народилася передчасно з вагою 530 грамів і від народження перебувала в реанімації
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Ukrainian combat medic Liliia Prutian spent 2.5 years in russian captivity after her unit near Mariupol was surrounded in 2022.
She was tortured and raped, then put on a sham “terrorism” trial — where she learned her own son had joined the russian army and testified against her.
Her youngest son Dima, just 17, was alone under occupation with Type 1 diabetes, hiding from forced conscription.
When Liliia was finally released in September 2024, she had only one thought: get her son home.
Five months later, Dima escaped with a single sports bag. Inside were his clothes — and two of his mother’s favorite dresses.
He traveled 2,800 km through occupied Ukraine, russia, Belarus and Poland.
After three years apart, he finally ran into his mother’s arms at a train station in Kyiv.
russia tore their family apart.
They found their way back to each other.
THE FIRST TIME, THEY PULLED HIS TEETH OUT WITH PLIERS. THE SECOND TIME, THEY KNOCKED THEM OUT.
And that is far from the worst thing he survived. This is Yevhen Chudnetsov, an Azov fighter who survived Russian captivity twice. He once weighed 95 kilograms. In captivity, his weight dropped to 59.
The first time he was captured near Shyrokyne. He remained a prisoner from February 2015 until December 2017 — nearly three years. After being exchanged, he returned to his unit. Then came Mariupol, Azovstal — and captivity again. He was finally released in May 2023.
“I barely went through rehabilitation. For me, the best rehabilitation is returning to my duties. Because the war won’t win itself.”
The first time, his teeth were pulled out with pliers. The second time, they were beaten out. Extreme weight loss caused hormonal problems. His arm was broken. His leg was broken. Nine ribs were fractured. He still carries scars on his arms and legs from the shackles used to suspend him.
He was also imprisoned at Olenivka — not in the barracks where the deadly explosion occurred, but in a neighboring building. He remembers several explosions. When the fire started, they could see it was coming from the industrial zone. The blast was powerful enough to send pieces of roofing flying as far as their building.
Chudnetsov says a thermobaric charge detonated inside. In his account, this was no accident — it was a deliberate execution.
Medical assistance was virtually nonexistent. He says the guards showed no surprise. Prisoners begged them to release Ukrainian combat medics to help the wounded. They refused. Only an hour or more later were some medics allowed out. Ambulances arrived toward morning — when for many it was already too late.
According to Chudnetsov, Azov prisoners were treated with particular brutality, and Azov medics even worse. Why? Propaganda. Russia created its own mythology about Azov — and then its captors behaved as though that mythology were reality.
Inside captivity, reliable information barely existed. Prisoners knew only what an investigator or FSB officer decided to tell them. Whether any of it was true, they could never know.
Chudnetsov learned about his release only on the day of the exchange. An hour earlier, he had still been interrogated and handed documents he wasn’t even allowed to read properly. Then, during the night, cell doors began opening and names were called. Eventually, his door opened. His name was called.
Even on the journey home — plane, then bus — he was afraid to celebrate. It might not be an exchange at all, but simply another transfer to another prison. He had expected to remain imprisoned for at least three years.
And yet Chudnetsov does not consider himself a hero. He simply returned to his job.
“The war won’t win itself.”
Five words from a man who survived Russian captivity twice, lost his teeth, suffered broken bones and endured torture. Read them again.
Because while some people say they are “tired of the war,” this man came out of captivity and returned to serve.
He did not quit. We have even less right to.
15 years in a russian prison for being a Ukrainian journalist.
Iryna Levchenko is 66 years old. Most probably, she won’t survive those 15 years.
She was abducted in occupied Melitopol in 2023 and held incommunicado for more than three years.
A russian occupation court has now sentenced her for alleged “spying” — based largely on information that was already publicly available.
This is not justice.
This is what russian occupation looks like: abducting Ukrainians, destroying their lives, and calling it a court.
The story of Katya from Bakhmut, Donetsk region:
▪️ She was 3 when Russia first attacked her city
▪️ She was 4 when her city was occupied for the first time
▪️ She was 11 when she was forced to flee her home
▪️ She was 11 when Russia destroyed her home
▪️ She was 11 when Russia destroyed her city completely
▪️ Now she’s 15, still living through constant explosions and forced to study online because of them
Katya has spent almost her entire life living with Russia’s war. She will never forgive russians for stealing her peace, her home, and her childhood.