General Zaluzhnyi: All soldiers, sergeants and officers. I bow my head to all those who gave their lives for Ukraine and freedom. We will remember and take revenge for everyone.

Ukrainians will definitely win.

Glory to #Ukraine! --@CinCAFU

General Zaluzhnyi:
In the first, most difficult days of the Great War, we stood against a vile and powerful enemy. Endured together. Our battle continues and changes daily. The tasks of 2022 are different from the tasks of 2024. Therefore, everyone must change and adapt to new realities as well. To win together too.
... I am proud of everyone in the Armed Forces of Ukraine who protect the future of our children.
#ukraine
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Over 1,000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia—But Some Remain
#politics #ukraine
https://som.yale.edu/story/2022/over-1000-companies-have-curtailed-operations-russia-some-remain

Zelenskyy signed a decree initiating the establishment of a separate branch of forces – the Unmanned Systems Forces
"This year should be pivotal in many ways."

And Turkey's Baykar started building a factory near Kyiv that will employ around 500 people and where it will manufacture either its TB2 or TB3 drone models

#ukraine #politics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGLvpkQX8LY

In the US, time to call senators. Aid to Ukraine benefits the US financially, protects an ally, protects the concept of rule of law, fulfills a promise.
#politics #ukraine
https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/

Sometimes a refinery in Volgograd just explodes. You know, natural causes.
#ukraine

Productive trip: yesterday Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly visited Kyiv. Canada and Ukraine will establish an international coalition to bring back to Ukraine children forcibly transferred from the occupied territories to other occupied oblasts or to Russia, and Canada will transfer tens of thousands (up to 83k if they work) of CRV7 rockets slated for decommissioning. Next up: General Dynamics Phalanx Guns for air defense. #Ukraine

effing Orban, karma got him.
#politics #ukraine
"The EU executive is withholding some 20 billion euros from Hungary over widespread accusations that Orban has damaged democracy at home during his 13 years in power."

Viktor Orbán pissed off the rest of the EU and then caved. Masterful tactics.🙄

#politics #ukraine

#Ukraine Then: Imagine Dragons - Our video for Crushed, filmed on the front lines of Ukraine, follows Sasha, a young boy who endured months of shelling in his town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSav7HayxtI

Now: Ty Arnold personally handed over the keys to this wonderful, spacious and gorgeous house to Sasha and his mother
https://u24.gov.ua/news/newhomeforSashko

Tomorrow: The history professor is raising funds towards a situational alert system for Ukraine’s Air Defence Forces. https://u24.gov.ua/safeskies

Flags bearing the names of fallen soldiers, including those of foreign soldiers who died defending Ukraine, are displayed at a makeshift memorial on Independence Square in Kyiv on Jan. 11, 2024. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

#ukraine

American fast food chain Subway has been added to Ukraine's list of "international sponsors of war" for its continued presence in the Russian market, the (Ukraine) National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) announced on Jan. 10.
#ukraine

Korshak, always a good read, calls out a cogent Estonian report, "laying out how the coalition can and should win the war by 2026 at the latest. I recommend reading it in detail because — am I anthropomorphizing here? — like the Estonian stereotype it’s logical, straightforward, direct, pragmatic, and written in English better than the overwhelming majority of native speakers can manage."

#ukraine

https://medium.com/@Stefan.Korshak/december-16-day-661-sturm-und-drang-clever-estonians-missile-records-5696a18a9d7a

and the report (pdf, 24pp):
https://www.offidocs.com/public/?v=ext&pdfurl=https://kaitseministeerium.ee/sites/default/files/setting_transatlantic_defence_up_for_success_0.pdf

/nosanitize

This AP picture is showing up on news sites with bylines like, "Dr. bandages an amputated limb", which misses that the doctor, Alexis Cholov, is also an amputee and his arm in the picture is a bionic from a Ukrainian company. A proper story about him at the link.
#ukraine #biotech

https://www.kaaltv.com/news/health-science/the-war-took-away-their-limbs-now-bionic-prostheses-empower-wounded-ukrainian-soldiers/

...and while supporting CoSo artists, consider:
"Etudes Documentary: bit.ly/etudesvideo

In writing about Igor Yalivec’s music it’s important to get the big thing out in the open right away. Igor Yalivec is a Dnipro, Ukraine based artist who at the time of this writing is currently living there, recording music, taking field recordings and generally existing as his country is under a pall of unease punctuated with moments of terror."
#music #ambient #ukraine

https://yalivec.bandcamp.com/album/etudes

Very interesting, _huge_ scholarship initiative to collect the history of Ukraine in the context of Europe.

"Ukrainian History Global Initiative is a charitable foundation registered in the United Kingdom. It will support the work of roughly ninety scholars engaged in roughly seventy themes over the course of three years. "
#history #ukraine
https://uhgi.org/

I want it. Someone give me 15k USD please. jk there's a rafflle-y thing (see below).

"Mother Ukraine is an engineer's miracle, the tallest monumental sculpture in Europe. Its height is 102 meters. For comparison: the Statue of Liberty is 93 meters high. The figure of Mother Ukraine of LEGO is made on a scale of 1:200, its height is 54.8 cm and its width is 22.4 cm. When you complete it, you have to find a decent shelf."

#ukraine

https://u24.gov.ua/legowithukraine

And especially if you haven't seen them yet get to a Dakha Brakha show. Amazing.

On tour in North America from 1-28 November 2023, performing in various cities in the USA and Canada. Then to Europe, performing in England, Scotland, and various cities in the UK from 18-26 January 2024 and concluding their tour in New Zealand and the USA from 1 March-3 April 2024.

#ukraine #music

https://www.dakhabrakha.com.ua/en/dates/

“Kalush Orchestra” is a Ukrainian folk-hip-hop group, formed in 2021, that performs Ukrainian-language hip-hop music and emerged as the winners of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with their song “Stefaniya.” The band is embarking on their third major tour in the USA and Canada, various cities on 1-26 November:
#ukraine #music https://bomond.com/tours/kalush-orchestra-north-american-tour-2023

Mitch McConnell said something sensible. Or I hit my head. Check me:
"No Americans are getting killed in Ukraine. We're rebuilding our industrial base. The Ukrainians are destroying the army of one of our biggest rivals. I have a hard time finding anything wrong with that....I think that our NATO allies in Europe have done quite a lot."

#politics #ukraine #nato