Ukraine Russia War #8

[ordinaryjelly]

These children, this is a children's home in Kropvnytskyi the children cannot be evacuated so the staff have decided to stay back with them. All these people cramped in this tiny place. This was sent to my friend whose friend managed to get out but stood for 39 hours on the Polish border with her 2 and 7 year old. She is in Krawkow now and safe. But had to leave behind her husband, father and 2 brothers.

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

I know this whole situation is serious, but is anyone else already worn out mentally from the news about this everyday. We get over the Covid situation, then cost of living rises, then horrible storms doing damage across the country, and now this. I understand people have it far tougher right now, but it just gets to you after a while.

I'm pretty tough mentally, so not much bothers me, but everyday waking up to the news and reading about it. I mean I like to listen to the radio and before this it was Covid or the state of the country, and cost of living, which were all a bit depressing as they are, but this invasion has been on TV and radio every day. Just end up feeling a bit meh about everything at the moment. The future seems fucking bleak to be honest.

 

[Ellelalala]

 

[under the ivy]

For fucks sake

 

[CarrierPigeon]

Looking at photographs of the families being shot and killed, pets trapped in their carriers on their way to some kind of freedom in what was meant to be a ceasefire, is absolutely heartbreaking. This is more than the invasion of another country - this is complete genocide.

 

[Yel]

Boris Johnson announces six-point plan to defeat Vladimir Putin

In the space of a fortnight, Mr Johnson has transformed from beleaguered leader, assailed by endless allegations about lockdown parties, to burgeoning international statesman.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Not a fan of the DM.

But this headline. Why does Boris have to put himself (us) out there like this.

Most of the world is against this.

All the world leaders are doing similar things.

It's nothing unique and the UK and Johnson has a lot of support especially in Ukraine for helping bring in economic sanctions and changing the German view.

Don't be gaslit by the Kremlin. They want weak leaders that will say nothing. That's what's got us to where we are now.

 

[Cáca_Milis]

Anonymous are doing God's work aren't they. Keep it up Anon.

 

[Prefrontalmedialcortex]

How deranged and immoral can these people get?

 

[Eddie Crane (woof)]

Ukraine has tonight assassinated one of their guys who went to sit at the peace negotiations table because it’s turned out he’s been a double agent the whole time!!

 

[Ellelalala]

 

[VC10]

Absolutely horrendous.

They will enjoy taunting them.
Then shooting them for laughs.
In Russia people in mental health institutions are considered worthless & useless . Russians are told so in school lessons under putin, too. I recall reading a feature in the newspaper a few years back about it.

 

[thegirlscout]

Disgusting - heard lots of reports of this happening at the border crossings.

 

[Yel]

He obviously doesn't consider young, beautiful women a covid/poisoning threat given how close he is sat at their table

They've probably been in quarantine for days beforehand and several invasive searches, before being stripped again checked and given what to wear by the Kremlin. Not even joking. This PR exercise probably started a week ago.

 

[Dawn Dayn]

Zelenskiy is such a class act. Watch to the end.

 

[SayGoodnightGracie]

A wee symbol of support from the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow

 

[ordinaryjelly]

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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Spoiler: Ways to help

The Red Cross in Ukraine | British Red Cross

Learn how the Red Cross is helping people in Ukraine with humanitarian aid including mobile healthcare, psychological support, food, and fuel.

www.redcross.org.uk

Home

DEC charities are using the £158 million donated by the UK public to provide vital aid to hundreds of thousands of people, helping them on the long road to recovery.

www.dec.org.uk

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

Ukraine help: What can people in the UK do?

Aid charities are working in Ukraine while grassroots groups are ready to support refugees.

www.bbc.co.uk

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.

 

[Nora Fenn]

They will enjoy taunting them.
Then shooting them for laughs.
In Russia people in mental health institutions are considered worthless & useless . Russians are told so in school lessons under putin, too. I recall reading a feature in the newspaper a few years back about it.

I can imagine they’ll be terrified, some of them might not understand what’s happening at all. I’m not religious but God help them

 

[Emlo]

[snip]

2. This is very stigmatising and potentially very damaging towards the autistic community, having autism does not make you a psychotic crazed war criminal! Whatever is going on inside this man’s head is very wrong and delusional!

That’s clearly not what the poster or the article meant. Also everyone has been speculating about Parkinson’s/ dementia/ cancer— nobody is suggesting those conditions make you a psychotic crazed war criminal either!!

 

[VC10]

On sky news “France accuses the UK lack of humanity” towards refugees. I hope to god this is wrong and we are doing our bit and beyond at the borders to let people in, and it’s not just France stirring the pot.

France can fuck off.

 

[under the ivy]

Anyone else feel like Vlodomyr is making our MPs look like absolute wet lettuces?