Ukraine's Paralympic team has reported pressure from the International Paralympic Committee:
"Never before has our team encountered such openly negative manifestations and even obstacles toward Ukrainians as representatives of the National Paralympic Committee."
Ukrainian Paralympians were reprimanded for a flag on the building where the athletes live, and champion Kononova was forced to remove her "Stop War" earrings.
The team is not allowed to gather in the common hall. And the family of medalist Radia had their flags taken away when they were cheering from the stands.
Kherson.
russian artillery keeps randomly shelling the city.
Today a 54-year-old woman was killed.
Not on the battlefield.
Not at a military base.
In her own apartment.
This is the systematic murder of civilians.
And the so-called civilized world keeps tolerating it.
Another painful loss for Ukrainian sports.
Another child killed by Russia.
On the night of March 7, a Russian missile struck a residential building, and one of the victims of the attack was Hordiy Udovychenko. He and his mother Olena were killed together.
Young Hordiy played for the hockey team “Bilyi Bars” (White Leopard). Here is how the team responded to the death of the young athlete:
“Hordiy was a sincere, kind, and open boy who loved hockey very much, as well as his team and training sessions. We remember his smile, his diligence on the ice, and the joy with which he came to every practice.”
Ukraine experiences unspeakable tragedy every day, and every day it loses its future.
Eternal memory to the victims of the war…
By allowing Russian and Belarusian flags to be displayed at the Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee has already turned a celebration of dignity into a false-flag operation for aggressor regimes.
We are grateful to all countries that have taken a principled position not to attend the Opening Ceremony. This is what solidarity in defending dignity looks like.
Make no mistake, Russian soldiers have committed atrocities in Ukraine, things we haven’t seen since WWII. Over 25,000 people, including women and children, were slaughtered in Mariupol alone, and Russia continues to bomb cities, schools and hospitals.
It’s absolutely sickening that someone made this decision. The ignorance is unbelievable.
The russian team includes people such as these killers. Some of them have served in units linked to war crimes, all joined the russian unlawful war of aggression. The picture of the shooter is particularly grotesk.
Andrew Parsons needs to resign and the POC get its act together
Russian soldiers who were injured trying to murder Ukranian's are now competing in the Paralympic games in Italy. Right now, the Russian flag is being marched through the entrance. Absolutely disgraceful.
If you missed it: yesterday Hungary stole (WTF?!) Ukraine’s cash-in-transit vehicles with ~US$80 mln in cash and 9kg of gold (!!) belonging to Ukraine’s bank Oshadbank, hid it (!!) and kidnapped (!!!) 7 Ukrainians - bank employees- taking them hostage
Hungary. WHAT. THE. FCK.
Today in Budapest, Hungarian authorities took seven Ukrainian citizens hostage. The reasons are still unknown, as well as their current well-being, or the possibility of contacting them.
These seven Ukrainians are employees of state-owned Oschadbank, who were operating two bank cars transiting between Austria and Ukraine and carrying cash as part of regular services between state banks.
In fact, we are talking about Hungary taking hostages and stealing money. If this is the “force” announced earlier today by Mr Orban, then this is a force of a criminal gang. This is state terrorism and racketeering.
We have already sent an official note demanding an immediate release of our citizens.
We will also address the European Union with the request to provide a clear qualification of Hungary’s unlawful actions, hostage-taking, and robbery.
Statement by Oschadbank: https://t.co/eHXttlnKNR
It's like the beginning of an apocalypse: Russia has attacked Kostyantynivka with banned phosphorus, which incinerates all living things, and dropped a FAB-1500 bomb on the city.
Terrible.
They bombed a theater in Mariupol sheltering hundreds of refugees, you absolute ghoul. See those HUGE letters chalked on the asphalt? It's ДЕТИ i.e. CHILDREN.
Kharkiv. Right now.
A russian-iranian Shahed hits a dormitory. Fire. Evacuations underway.
When it’s Dubai, the world is outraged.
When it’s Kharkiv, the world scrolls past.
Ukrainian lives are not worth less. Our lives are not cheaper.
I don't need historical shit to end this war and move to diplomacy. Because it's just a delay tactic. I read no less history books than Putin. And I learned a lot. I know more about his country than he knows about Ukraine. Simply because I have been to Russia – to many cities. And I knew a lot of people there. He has never been to Ukraine this many times. He was only in big cities. I went to small cities. From the northern part to the southern part. Everywhere. I know their mentality. That's why I don't want to lose time on all these things. It's about them. They decided to have such a system. The Russians decided to change themselves. The Russians decided that they needed a new Tsar. It's up to them.
But there is security. There is a big war waged against us. This is our lives. The only thing that I want to speak about with him is that I think that we need to resolve it in the most successful way. I mean to end this war quickly. That is why I want to speak only about such things.
Shame on @billboard@theneedledrop@PopBase@PopCrave and all other major outlets for not reporting on this. Does the kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children mean nothing to you? Charli was warned about the Kremlin connections and still went through with the event.
What was she supposed to do? Compete without a leg?
You know what would have prevented her from having to perform with a prosthetic leg?
Without that Russian missile strike in the first place.
What I see is a child with a soul stronger than most of us adults (1/2)
Omg . At Olympics they just banned a 3rd (!) Ukrainian athlete performance. THIRD! because of a helmet. Again! You know what they found too political here? A line by Ukrainian poet. Line says ‘ Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat.’ POEM! Are they afraid of words now?