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NAFO. Anti-invader. Anti-occupier. Dignity for all. All tyrannies must fall.

Ukraine would make NATO stronger — not depend on it, Zelensky said. Pointing to Ukraine’s battlefield experience, drone warfare expertise and defense industry, he urged allies to speed up air defense support and anti-ballistic missile production. “NATO with Ukraine is the alliance of the future.”

Zelensky Says Ukraine's Drone Warfare, Battlefield Experience Make It a Future NATO Powerhouse

Rather than asking NATO for protection, Zelensky argued that Ukraine now has the battlefield experience and technology to make the alliance stronger.

kyivpost.com

She was whipped by men whose religion, which was created by other men, doesn't think men have the self-control not to be tempted to assault her if they simply see her hair. Seems that the wrong people are being whipped.

Iranian singer sentenced to 74 lashes for performing without hijab - rights group

The 29-year-old and eight other musicians have been punished by the autocratic regime for sharing ‘vulgar and immoral content’

independent.co.uk

We still see thousands of video clips of russians in former soviet states confronting service workers about their need to "speak russian" or "speak properly". This is nothing but imperial hubris and the only cure is to dismantle russia. threadreaderapp.com/thread/16318...

Thread by @azamatistan on Thread Reader App

@azamatistan: Russia today, like the Soviet Union before it, is a successor of the Russian Empire. An enduring characteristic of Russian self-conception is a view of Russia as a profoundly benevolent ...

threadreaderapp.com

Part of me hopes that someone who spent years pushing to end Russian sanctuary as a necessary component of Ukrainian defense and getting steamrolled by the escalation managers just spends all day texting photos and videos of Ukrainian deep strikes to Jake Sullivan

Bringing new meaning to “hats off to you”

"Hanging in the room next to the courtroom was a portrait of Vladimir Putin. At one point, as the judge shouted at me in frustration, insisting, “Do you see any Russians in this room?”, all I could do was smirk. The reality was obvious to everyone present." shaunpinner.substack.com/p/four-years...

FOUR YEARS AFTER MY DEATH SENTENCE | Russia Wants the World to Forget

Four years after a Russian proxy court sentenced me to death, why are people with no experience of this war helping rewrite the history of Mariupol, filtration camps, and Russia's invasion?

shaunpinner.substack.com

I won't let you forget this photo. June 2, 2014. Luhansk. Katsap storms the Ukrainian border detachment in the Myrnyi quarter, moving between houses, hiding behind children.😡💔 It was clear how Katsap fights even then. Did anyone in the world realize this?...

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1/5 "I thought I wouldn't survive the night. I completely broke down and started crying when the explosions became so powerful that they blew open the doors of the shelter," says 13yo Kyiv schoolgirl Valeriia.

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