In the 1920s, while the world was reading the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Erich Maria Remarque, Ukrainian writers were building their own literary renaissance. By 1938, most of them had been arrested, imprisoned, or killed. 🧵

Chris Liu, Vice President of Radio Taiwan International and media expert, explains why it is critical for Ukraine and Taiwan to learn from each other — because they share so many similarities, including the same enemy.

An FPV drone was flying low over Kherson when “the internet guys” cut its fiber-optic cable. Situations like this have become a kind of everyday reality in Kherson.

Following Russia's overnight mass attack on Ukraine, a blind man searches for his dog in a damaged apartment building in Lviv. The frightened dog ran away during the attack, but was later found safe.

On the night of July 28-29, 2022, Russian forces blew up a prison barrack in Olenivka, occupied Donechchyna, where 193 Azov POWs were being held. At least 53 were killed. A witness recalls that many people died because evacuation was never even attempted.🧵

How can a stork livestream affect people during wartime? Zoologist and lecturer Anatolii Podobailo explains how people in Ukraine's Poltava region began watching a livestream from Pyriatyn National Nature Park during air raid alerts—and why it became a source of comfort.

Ukraine has a new Commander-in-Chief. On 21 July, President Zelenskyy appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi to lead the Armed Forces of Ukraine, replacing Oleksandr Syrskyi. This is what you should know about him🧵

After days of mass protests across Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapatyi has been named the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. But Ukrainians have known his name far longer.

Ukrainians are taking to the streets in peaceful demonstrations across Ukraine to oppose the dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov from the position of Minister of Defense.

We traveled to Kherson—a city with no safe neighborhoods, only places hit less often. Roofers work between drone attacks, a 7-year-old ignores explosions, and a 20-year-old cuts an enemy drone’s fiber-optic cable over the market. This is how residents describe life here.

On July 14th, France celebrates the end of arbitrary rule and the birth of national sovereignty. Twelve years after Maidan, Ukrainians are still fighting for the same principles — every day.

In Kyiv, two children swung on a swing in front of a residential building struck by Russia the night before. Children deserve a childhood free from sirens and fear. Protecting Ukraine's skies means protecting the future of an entire generation.

If we want to overcome disinformation and propaganda, we cannot rely on censorship. Peter Pomerantsev, British scholar and expert on propaganda, explains that, if we want to stop disinformation, we must make the argument that tech companies are the biggest censors in the democratic world.

“Russia is playing both sides of the coin.” @ksvarnon.bsky.social explains how Russia constructs two parallel identities: one for the West, built around “whiteness,” Christianity, and traditional values, and another for the Global South, framed as anti-colonial and anti-racial.

Russia tried not only to denigrate Azov, but to copy their own version of the unit. Why didn’t it work? Chief of Staff of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov," Arsen Dmytryk, call sign Lemko, shared his thoughts in an interview with Ukraïner.

On the night of June 14–15, Ukraine endured another large-scale Russian attack. Our thoughts are with the families of those killed. Furthermore, several important cultural sites were damaged in what appear to have been deliberate strikes. Here's what we know so far. 🧵

12 years ago, the Ukrainian Army succeeded in reclaiming the land of Mariupol, a culturally wealthy, modernized industrial hub. The case of Mariupol shows resilience and strength in yet another time of History when freedom is something Ukrainians have to fight for. 🧵

History Professor Marci Shore explains how one of the most profound issues facing Russia today is a failure to recognize the subjectivity of the perpetrators of Stalinist terror, instead interpreting the evils of Russia's past as a metaphysical act of nature.

What makes someone in Spain stop scrolling and feel the weight of a war happening far away? Spanish journalist Alicia Alamillos talks with us about the challenges of telling stories from Ukraine and beyond, and why Russia's disinformation works so well in Latin America.

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Ukraїner turns 10. We’ve spent these years traveling across Ukraine, documenting it as it is, and sharing its stories with the world. We’ll be honest with you — it’s hard work. If you value independent journalism, support us by becoming a monthly subscriber to Ukraїner. Thank you for being with us.

For years, much of Eastern Europe was interpreted through Moscow's perspective in both journalism and academia. Natalia Antelava, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Coda Story, reflects on how this legacy persists and why Ukraine has played a key role in changing the conversation.

Russia is rapidly scaling up its UAV forces while transferring personnel from infantry units to new drone battalions. Arsen Dmytryk, call sign Lemko, Chief of Staff of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov", outlines two possible reasons behind this strategy.

💬 “I don’t expect people to be preoccupied with what’s happening with the protests in Georgia, the war here or the war in Gaza. It’s up to journalists to connect the dots and explain how something that happens in these remote places affects their lives”

Who gets to be seen as truly “European”? We talk with Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon, an American scholar, about how the perception of Ukrainians in Europe shifted after 2022, and how ideas of Europeanness and whiteness expand, but can just as quickly contract again under political pressure.

“Countermeasures against drones will be developed soon. Just wait.” Arsen Dmytryk, callsign “Lemko,” Chief of Staff of Ukraine's 1st Azov Corps, talks about why the cult of drones is the wrong approach.

Taiwan and Ukraine face similar challenges in today’s world. Both are under constant pressure from authoritarian neighbors and targeted by large-scale disinformation campaigns. We explore the parallels with Chris Liu, Vice President of Radio Taiwan International and media expert 🧵

Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (@ksvarnon.bsky.social), an American scholar, talks about the growing connections between the American far right, ideas of whiteness, and the romanticization of Russia as a “traditional” white state.

Mamure Chabanova, a Crimean Tatar philologist, teacher, and translator born in Bakhchysarai and raised there, speaks about language as a space of memory and how Russification and occupation have shaped its survival. 🧵

Russia portrays itself differently across regions. Historian and writer @ksvarnon.bsky.social explains how Russia projects itself as a bastion of traditional values to the West and as anti-colonial to the Global South. Watch our latest interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUF-...

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