Roman Ivashkiv

Scholar, translator, teacher. Views my own. RT not necessarily endorsement.

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

Борітеся — поборете,
Вам Бог помагає!
За вас правда, за вас слава
І воля святая!
(Тарас Шевченко, «Кавказ», 1845)

Battle on – you will prevail,
God helps you in your fight!
Glory, truth, and holy freedom
Do stand on your side!
(Taras Shevchenko, “The Caucasus,” 1845)

[Olya Vorozhbyt @vorozhbyt]

🇺🇦poet Taras Shevchenko was born on this day in 1814. Worth remembering this very symbolic video shot 6 mo ago on a counteroffensive in Balakliya. Ukr soldier takes out 🇷🇺propaganda poster to see Shevchenko's poem: "Boritesya - poborete" ("Fight and you'll prevail") it says.

[ArianaGic/Аріянॳць @GicAriana]

The world must know:
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 19, 2014.
As of June 8, 2026, Russia's war against Ukraine has lasted 4,492 days.
Russia's unprovoked, illegal aggression and genocide of Ukrainians is more than TWICE the duration of all of WW2.

Russia in Ukraine 2014:

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

I’m loving this sort of thing.

For years, Russia has been yelling about “Ukrainian Nazis,” the “Kyiv junta,” the “protection of the people of Donbas,” the “NATO threat,” and “we didn’t start this war, Ukraine attacked us.”

And then, as if nothing happened, Russian officials openly and publicly threaten Armenia with a “Ukrainian scenario” if its pro-Western government, which has been confidently re-elected, continues moving closer to the European Union and European countries.

[Alexandre 🇺🇦 @Toriadus]

Russians have never really tried to hide their similarities to the Nazis: military uniforms, symbols, patriotic songs, a vast propaganda machine, youth paramilitary organizations, and slogans.

Russia is reproducing it all with terrifying precision.

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

If Satan has a residence on Earth, it is in Russia: the story of former Kherson mayor Volodymyr Mykolayenko, who survived Russian captivity.

After seeing Russia from the inside, he described it as a moral void, completely incompatible with Ukraine.

In captivity, he survived purely through willpower—holding on by sheer determination. When he finally returned home on August 24, 2025, it felt as though he had grown wings.

What struck him most was the way Ukrainians welcomed the released prisoners. From the Belarusian border all the way to Chernihiv, crowds stood along the roads waving Ukrainian flags. For the first time in a long while, he felt genuine respect and love.

Mykolayenko neither hid nor fled, even though he had the opportunity. He joined the Territorial Defense Forces because he asked himself a simple question: who else would protect his family?

He was given an assault rifle, but quickly realized that rifles alone cannot stop tanks.

The Russians lured him to a meeting under false pretenses, threw him into a car trunk, and took him away.

In captivity, he was beaten almost daily and suffered a broken rib. The occupiers offered him the position of head of the occupation administration, but he refused.

They demanded that he publicly condemn Roman Shukhevych, yet Mykolayenko instead called him a Hero of Ukraine.

Later, he was transferred between detention facilities—first to occupied Crimea, then to Russia’s Voronezh region, where the beatings became even more severe.

He never received a single letter from his family. He even refused prisoner exchanges, insisting that wounded young soldiers should be released in his place.

In his view, this war did not happen because of abstract mistakes. It happened because of geography and irresponsibility.

Russians chose Putin twenty-five years ago, and many continue to support him today. At the same time, too many members of Ukraine’s elite behave as if they have a “backup country”—Paris, Prague, New York—places they can escape to while blaming the people who were left behind.

But most Ukrainians have no alternative. There is no second homeland. There is only Ukraine.

According to Mykolayenko, the true strength of the country lies in its people—those who have survived occupation, torture, and loss, yet continue to fight.

Victory rests on two pillars: the soldiers who destroy the occupiers every day, and the civilians who do everything they can each day to ensure that the army can keep fighting.

He himself endured for the sake of his family and his faith in victory. He is proud of his daughter, who has been fighting since the first day of the war, and hopes that his grandchildren will one day be proud of both him and their country.

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@sashameetsrus Хрюша continues to push bullshit! A murderous dictator invaded for no reason and is killing innocent civilians 9/11 style every night. And here a ruzzian propaganda shill talks about peace and diplomacy 🤡

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@Marston1889 Хрюша pushing bullshit ;-)

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

"We will slaughter every Russian speaker in Ukraine until they admit that we're rescuing them."

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@pavyg More ridiculous propaganda about “apolitical sport.” Sport, art, literature — everything is political. Otherwise you wouldn’t worry about the ruzzian flag back? Or if it’s apolitical, then celebrate her individual achievements as a good tennis player!

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@rolandgarros Historic!

[Jessica Berlin @berlin_bridge]

From the #DDay anniversary in 2022. Four years later, every word still true. Putin is the Hitler of our time, and we are still doing too little to stop him.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

Such language, such values, used to be considered the norm for America and American politicians. Especially Republicans, if you’re old enough to remember the ancient days before 2016.

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@RepMikeLawler Thank you!

[Kyrylo Budanov @Kyrylo_Budanov]

Moscow is killing our children. No words in the world can ever ease this unbearable pain and horror.

According to official figures alone, Russia has taken the lives of 707 Ukrainian children. Another 2,548 have been wounded and maimed by explosions. More than 20,000 have been abducted and forcibly taken from their homes. These are just dry numbers, but each one represents a lifetime of pain for a Ukrainian family.

Today, June 4, is the Day of Remembrance for Children Killed as a Result of Russia’s Armed Aggression Against Ukraine.

Everything the Russians are doing amounts to genocide. It is a systematic and clearly planned attempt to destroy the Ukrainian nation. They deliberately target our children, committing war crimes for which there can be no justification. They are destroying our history, our memory, and trying to physically kill our future.

We will never forgive the Russians for this. There is no and will never be any justification or forgiveness for crimes committed against our children. Everyone who gave these orders and everyone who carried them out will be found and destroyed. The ground will burn beneath your feet wherever you try to hide.

There are no words that can comfort parents whose lives have been shattered forever by Russian killers. But we have a duty: to bring home every abducted child and to do everything to ensure that the truth about these crimes is heard around the world.

Eternal memory to the innocent victims of Russian terror.
Glory to Ukraine!

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@EricDeSilvestr1 So myopic! Sport is political, like pretty much everything! If these athletes (role models with millions of followers) spoke up against the murderous dictator, it’d be more difficult for propaganda to work! But no, may Ukrainians continue to die while we enjoy “apolitical tennis”

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@SymorozOfficial Дон Симороне! ;-)

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@aimellisse Та ні… навпаки! Мені стало трохи легше, що хоч не буде білопрапорний фінал…

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@Zwxsh @BetUS_Official If he can play calm, consistent, creative tennis that he played against Joao, he has a good chance. Super-solid defence against a big hitter + finding shots to attack. Finally, he was spectacular at the net. Joao often couldn’t believe it… I wish him luck and hope he wins!

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@StasOlenchenko @govorytkyiv Ну кобиляча пика позиціонує себе, як нова Уільямс, що з майже чоловічою силою виносить всіх з корту. Поводиться вкрай зверхньо. Матом гне на камеру (та й в житті, мабуть). Смаком не вирізняється, але лізе всюди. Такий собі крінжово-епатажний стиль — більшості заходить!

[Danylo Mokryk @DMokryk]

Russia has already killed at least 707 children in Ukraine since 2022.

Let that number sink in.

707.

[Roman Ivashkiv @roman904]

@jacksonhinkle 3.5 million follow this hypocrite 🤡? Omg!