Олександр Оніпко

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

Приклад Гераскевича це насправді про те, щоб бути людяним. Коли ти людяний, ти не можеш закривати очі на вбивства, на геноцид, на терор.
Це про емпатію.

І саме тому я зневажаю тих співгромадян, котрі вважають, що можна просто примиритися із вбивцями мого народу. В них нема людяності. Немає емпатії. Їм байдужі всі ці смерті. Їх не турбують поховані під завалами житлових будинків люди, що не дочекалися допомоги у Маріуполі.
Їм байдуже на закатованих у Ізюмі.
Вони можуть дозволити собі закрити очі на розстріли у Бучі.
Їх не хвилюють 9 вбитих дітей на дитиайданчику у Кривому Розі.
Це десь між психопатією, яка включає відсутність емпатії та очевидною тупістю.

І саме тому я надзвичайно високо ціную тих українців, які просто лишаються людьми. Яким болить. Яким не байдуже. Які не йдуть на компроміси зі злом, навіть якщо це вартує здобутків чи карʼєри.
Вони — Люди.

Людяність незручна. Людяність зобовʼязує діяти та кричати.
Набагато комфортніше бути безпринципною істотою.
І саме тому Гераскевич такий незручний для МОК.
І саме тому він такий цінний для нас.
Бо він — Людина.

[Oleksandr Usyk @usykaa]

I’m proud of you @heraskevych, for your courage and bravery. The helmet with portraits of fallen Ukrainian athletes is a tribute, not a rule violation!

Sport doesn’t mean forgetting. True strength is having the courage to remain human, even in the toughest times🇺🇦

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

✍️ 'This is not politics. This is pure evil,' writes @simonrbriggs.

'And while Ukraine continues to shake under daily bombardment from Russian drones, Heraskevych should have the right to salute the fallen.'

Read the column ⬇️
https://t.co/YCsuCop2xX

[Yulia Svyrydenko @Svyrydenko_Y]

Modern Ukraine stands on the stories and deeds of thousands of heroes – those who have given their lives for us and shown the true meaning of dignity and courage.

Honoring the fallen is dignity. Standing by what you believe in, despite every obstacle, is courage.

Thank you, Vladyslav, and all Ukrainian Olympians for setting this example. Thank you for upholding real – not merely declarative – Olympic values and for reminding the world who we are.

Slava Ukraini!

[CBC Olympics @CBCOlympics]

Ukrainian Vladyslav Heraskevych is the most important athlete at the Olympics right now
https://t.co/wpTVmVy77G

[Army Media 🇺🇦 @armyinformcomua]

So, the IOC failed its moral test

[Vladyslav Heraskevych OLY @heraskevych]

Їх убили, але їхній голос настільки гучний, що МОК їх боїться.
Я переконаний, що ми не порушували жодних правил МОК (славнозвісне правило 50), а отже, маємо повне право вдягати цей шолом.
Завдяки їхній жертві ми сьогодні живі й можемо бути частиною цих Олімпійських ігор. І я щиро вважаю, що саме завдяки їхній жертві ці Олімпійські ігри взагалі сьогодні можуть проходити.
Хоч МОК і хоче зрадити пам’ять цих спортсменів, я їх не зраджу.
—
They were killed, but their voice is so loud that the IOC is afraid of them.
I am convinced that we did not violate any IOC rules (the infamous Rule 50), and therefore we have every right to wear this helmet.
Thanks to their sacrifice, we are alive today and can be part of these Olympic Games. And I sincerely believe that it is precisely because of their sacrifice that these Olympic Games can take place at all today.
Even though the IOC wants to betray the memory of these athletes, I will not betray them.

[Yulia Svyrydenko @Svyrydenko_Y]

The Olympic Games are meant to celebrate excellence in sport, discipline, sacrifice, and greatness forged through years of hard work. More than 650 Ukrainian athletes will never stand on an Olympic stage. They were killed by Russians. Their lives were cut short, their careers ended forever.

Against this reality, the decision to ban the helmet of our athlete @heraskevych, which commemorates some of our fallen, is profoundly wrong.

Remembering the dead is not politics. It is dignity. I thank Vladyslav for his decision and extend my gratitude to all our athletes who continue to represent modern-day Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, bringing global attention to the challenges we are facing and living through, while raising our flag with pride and dignity.

The @iocmedia should honor those who can no longer compete, not silence their memory.

[Ukraine.ua @ukraine_ua]

MEMORY CANNOT BE BANNED

#Olympics2026

[SUSPILNE NEWS 📰 @suspilne_news]

Спортсмен Владислав Гераскевич попри заборону від МОК вийшов у «шоломі пам'яті» на тренування на олімпійській трасі. Раніше замість шолома Гераскевичу дозволили носити лише чорну нарукавну повʼязку

[Олександр Оніпко @onipko_o]

@iocmedia This is the literal definition of garbage. I hope you experience the same kind of ‘peace’ russia is famous for, and that everyone reacts with the same indifference. #MilanoCorina2026 @iocmedia @Olympics

[Defense of Ukraine @DefenceU]

The truth is on our side.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

His helmet bears portraits of our athletes who were killed by Russia. Figure skater Dmytro Sharpar, who was killed in combat near Bakhmut; Yevhen Malyshev, a 19-year-old biathlete killed by the occupiers near Kharkiv; and other Ukrainian athletes whose lives were taken by Russia’s war.

I thank the flag bearer of our national team at the Winter Olympics, Vladyslav Heraskevych, for reminding the world of the price of our struggle.

This truth cannot be inconvenient, inappropriate, or called a “political demonstration at a sporting event.” It is a reminder to the entire world of what modern Russia is.

And this is what reminds everyone of the global role of sport and the historic mission of the Olympic movement itself – it is all about peace and for the sake of life. Ukraine remains faithful to this. Russia proves the opposite.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Ukrainian skeleton competitor Vladyslav Heraskevych said he had been told by an IOC representative that he was banned from wearing a helmet at the Milano Cortina Games showing images of the country's athletes killed during the war in Ukraine https://t.co/JxT0uiNXyk

[DW Sports @dw_sports]

𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘀! 🇺🇦

Vladyslav Heraskevych wore a helmet with images of people killed in the war.

"Some of them were my friends," said Heraskevych, who was Ukraine's flagbearer in the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics.

Heraskevych wore the helmet in training hoping that the IOC will also allow it on race day.

Rule 50.2 of the Olympic Charter states: “No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas.“

At the 2022 Beijing Olympics Heraskevych held up a 'No War in Ukraine' sign, days before Russia‘s invasion of the country.

#WinterOlympics #MilanoCortinaOlympic2026

[The Telegraph @Telegraph]

🔴 Skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych makes stand as IOC comes under pressure to increase rather than soften sporting sanctions on aggressor

Read the full story below 🖇️
https://t.co/sXHOD5V2e7

[Paulo 🇧🇷🇺🇦 @Paulo911325]

@Oksii33 Fuck the ioc! I want this corrupt institution to vanish from existence. Go simp for war criminal orcs in hell!
All my support to Vladyslav.

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

Russians hit the sarcophagus of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant.

This is a peace signal. Putin simply wants peace. Look, russia is for peace. Peace, isn't it clear?

[Serhii Sternenko @sternenko]

Another act of terrorism by russians. The photo shows a children's hospital in Kyiv.

Ukraine protects all of Europe. And if Ukraine does not receive the necessary help and permission to strike deep into russia, this evil will come to other European cities.
And then in the USA.

[Олександр Оніпко @onipko_o]

@FIE_fencing Fucking idiots