Ukraine Russia War #8

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I posted in the other thread that the population in Ukraine had 2 million more women than men. Give them all picked cucumbers?



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If you want to just talk about Pres Z he's got a thread here - https://tattle.life/threads/volodymyr-zelenskyy-president-of-ukraine.27822



Wladimir Klitschko's links - https://zez.am/act.now.by.klitschko



Charities that help the war effort

  • Save Life: This NGO crowdfunds non-lethal military equipment, such as thermal vision scopes & supplies it to the Donbas front lines. It also provides training for Ukrainian soldiers, as well as researching troops’ needs and social reintegration of veterans.
  • Donbas SOS: This organization helps those who live in the Donbas war zone, those who relocated to other parts of Ukraine, and freed prisoners of war. It offers legal support, accommodation assistance, and psychological aid among other things.
  • Crimea SOS: This organization has been helping internally displaced people from Crimea since Russia occupied the peninsula in 2014. It documents Russian authorities' repressions against Crimeans and advocates for the end of the occupation.
  • Hospitallers : This is a medical battalion that unites volunteer paramedics and doctors to save the lives of soldiers on the frontline. They crowdfund their vehicle repairs, fuel, and medical equipment.
Charities that help children

  • Tabletochki: This foundation has been supporting children with cancer for 10 years. They procure medicines, equipment, and arrange overseas treatment, among other things.
  • ChildrenWeWillMakeIt: This movement grew out of a campaign that raised $2 million to get the world's most expensive medicine for a Ukrainian boy with spinal muscular atrophy. It now fundraises for the treatment of other Ukrainian children with SMA.
  • Ruka ob Ruku: This is a running club for children with disabilities. The initiative gives children an opportunity to train and take part in races together with their parents and volunteers.
Charities for the elderly

  • Happy Old: This charity provides older people across Ukraine with groceries and medicine, holds educational, entertainment, and sports events, as well as helps with employment. They even created a modeling agency for the elderly.
  • Let's Help: This charity cares for older people living alone and helps state retirement homes. They also advocate for better treatment of older people by the state, including providing people aged 60+ with easy access to education.
  • Starenki: It’s a charitable initiative devoted to issues of old age in Ukraine. They help lonely seniors by providing them with groceries and hygiene products.
Charities that help women

  • Women Perspectives: This organization has been helping women who have faced domestic violence, discrimination in the labor market, and other issues. The NGO works with local and state authorities to promote pro-equality gender policies in Ukraine.
  • Marsh Zhinok (Women’s March): Every year, on March 8, this initiative holds a rally promoting gender equality and the protection of women from gender-based violence. Currently, the organization is petitioning for Ukraine to adopt the Istanbul Convention.
Charities for blood donation

  • Blood Agents: It is an NGO that promotes regular, conscious and gratuitous blood donations. They have encouraged people to donate blood over 5,000 times over the past six years.
  • Donor UA: It is an automated system for recruiting and managing blood donors, designed to promote the donor movement in Ukraine. You can help by signing up and donating blood or by supporting the project with money donation.
Charities for animals

  • Sirius: Is the largest shelter for stray animals in Ukraine established in 2000. Its capacity is over 3,000 animals. The institution crowdfunds for animal feed, veterinary drugs, construction and repair of enclosures, and other needs.
  • Happy Paw: Is a charity dedicated to solving the problems of homeless animals in Ukraine. The charity helps owners find lost animals, sterilizes domestic animals of people in need & holds lectures on humane treatment of homeless animals for schoolchildren.
  • UAnimals: Is a movement for protecting animals from exploitation & abuse. The organization managed to achieve a ban on animal circuses & persuaded many designers participating in Ukrainian Fashion Week to abandon natural fur.
Charities for the environment

  • Ukraine Without Waste: It is a Ukrainian non-profit promoting the practice of sorting household waste. They educate companies on how to go green at their offices, and hold lectures for the wider public.
  • Laska: It’s a chain of two charity stores in Kyiv that promote conscious shopping. They accept donated clothes, resell 15% of them, and send the rest to orphanages, homes for the elderly and centers for people with disabilities.
Charities for the homeless

  • Help the homeless: This initiative supports homeless people & the elderly in need, by providing them with free meals, medicine, hygiene products, clothes & shoes. Launched by a group of volunteers in 2016, the organization has been relying on crowdfunding.
  • Suka Zhizn: This organization grew big from a 2017 Instagram account launched to tell stories of homeless people. Now volunteers provide various support to the homeless: employment, sorting out documents, searching for relatives & legal counseling.
Charities for investigative journalism

  • Slidstvo: Is an independent agency launched in 2012 that produces award-winning documentaries exposing corruption. They have investigated mismanagement of prisons, fraud, money laundering at PrivatBank & the assassination of journalist Sheremet.
  • UKRPravda News: Founded in 2000 by Gongadze, a prominent journalist who was killed the same year, this publication is among the most influential in Ukraine. The reporters break political scoops and unmask officials who abuse their power.
  • Zaborona Media: This is an independent media outlet founded by journalists. They investigate topics such as violations of Ukrainian workers’ rights in the Middle East, arms trafficking, and corruption in the construction sector.
Charities that preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage

  • Parkhomivka Museum: The museum, located in a small village in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, is an 18th-century villa that offers a permanent collection of exhibits by artists as iconic as Picasso, Malevich & Manet. You can support it by coming & buying a ticket.
  • Save Kyiv Modernism: Is a movement that unites architects, designers and activists who advocate for the protection of the remarkable Soviet modernist structures across Ukraine.
  • FrankivskToCareAbout: Is a movement for the preservation of architectural heritage in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Founded in 2016, the initiative renovates old wooden doors of the city's ancient buildings.
 
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Who are the women in neck ties at Putins table?
I won't sleep tonight until I know.
 
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Funny how he keeps his inner circle at the bottom of the 300m table. Wonder if he’s worried?
 
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I caught a glimpse of one of the women and she looked like a schoolgirl.
They’re young (beautiful) Russian Aeroflot trainees who now don’t have a job because of ‘western sanctions’. It’s very sad for them- this is a pr run.
 
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I caught a glimpse of one of the women and she looked like a schoolgirl.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there is a man like Lavrentiy Beria in his inner circle - he liked young girls and would sexually assault them and then give them flowers afterwards. I’ve heard dodgy things about Putin’s inner circle and Putin himself has made comments about women that are disgusting. He praised former Israeli President Moshe Katsav who was then accused, now jailed for, multiple sexual attacks and rapes. The Russian media quoted Putin saying "What a mighty man [Katsav] turns out to be! He raped 10 women…We all envy him." The Kremlin said it was a joke, that Putin pronounced those words but it got lost in translation 🙄
He also has a really sleazy pole dancing room in his mega mansion.
 
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Excellent thread on the convoy.
Really insightful. Seems the much vaunted Russian army isn’t all it was cracked up to be - which isn’t meant in any way to downplay the horrific attacks on civilians, of course.
 
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I've found a useful briefing paper here from the Commons library https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9475/CBP-9475.pdf

It outlines information collated to all aspects of Ukraine, Russia and NATO, so includes background to the Magnitsky Act, Zelenskyy, etc.

This link to a paper on Zelenskyy in 2020 is interesting, saying 'Since the election he has signalled some concessions to Russia, including proposing an advisory council to consult representatives of the breakaway regions—the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and its counterpart in Luhansk. This implicit recognition of the breakaway authorities was abandoned after an outcry in Ukraine.

'Ukraine’s moves do not appear to have brought any concessions from Russia, which still maintains that the conflict is just a domestic dispute for Ukraine. Many observers think that Russia is in no hurry to resolve the conflict and would like to see a weakened Ukraine that cannot join the EU or NATO.'

 
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Can anyone explain the war crimes stuff and if its a viable option of possibly stopping him?
 
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That crazy Russian foreign minister is fumin' ragin' tampin' :LOL:

The Kremlin expected Europe to be in dismay and arguing over this all. But instead a united front, open-door policies and even the Germans were swayed to really change their stance - not much is made of this but it's huge.

They're looking for cracks, but it's not working.
 
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How can one little man have that much control that he’s caused the world to be in total chaos!! This isn’t right!!
 
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That crazy Russian foreign minister is fumin' ragin' tampin' :LOL:

The Kremlin expected Europe to be in dismay and arguing over this all. But instead a united front, open-door policies and even the Germans were swayed to really change their stance - not much is made of this but it's huge.

They're looking for cracks, but it's not working.
I’ve got to admit I’m actually delighted to see Europe putting on a united front on this after brexit. I really hope it helps relations going forward. A little piece of hope amongst all this mess.

Do we know where he stands in this is he an ally of russia ?
They voted against the Russian action in the UN assembly this week so I’m guessing he’s not going as an ally of Russia.
 
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They’re young (beautiful) Russian Aeroflot trainees who now don’t have a job because of ‘western sanctions’. It’s very sad for them- this is a pr run.
He obviously doesn't consider young, beautiful women a covid/poisoning threat given how close he is sat at their table 🤔
 
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