Retired University Science Librarian, former director Orono Bog Boardwalk (2008-2024), birdwatcher,community volunteer, Democrat, lover of craft beer, proud UC Riverside graduate.
I had 30min btw russia's violent air raids on Kyiv, and I used it to remind you what this terrorist state is doing to maximize civilian casualties in Ukraine: attacking food and medication warehouses, transport routes, gas stations, energy system, doctors and first responders.
russia is a cancer.
🔥 Ukrainian drones reportedly hit a russian military logistics vehicle depot in occupied Donetsk overnight.
Preliminary reports say 30+ vehicles were completely destroyed and around 30 more damaged.
One of the strangest things
About this war is watching people
Who have never heard an explosion
Explain to Ukrainians what we should be willing to accept.
I don’t want to be known as a strong Ukrainian girl
Who survived years of war.
I want to be a happy Ukrainian girl
Who finally knows what peace feels like.
#ukraine#ukrainian#ukrainians#ukrainiangirl#war
🔥 Ukrainian drones reportedly hit a russian military logistics vehicle depot in occupied Donetsk overnight.
Preliminary reports say 30+ vehicles were completely destroyed and around 30 more damaged.
Our friend and educator Yaroslava posted today, Tuesday. Please follow her and share. Become a member on Patreon and join Yaroslava so you will have access to her brilliant Sunday letters on Ukraine.
Late October morning in Kyiv.
We were under attack last night.
Once again (I’ve lost count), ‘my’ bridge was hit.
It’s closed to cars and metro trains.
I’m making a warcoffee. Electricity is back. Just for a few hours. So, life has its treats, for sure.
Greetings from the country
that russia tried to destroy in three days.
Day 1707 - we’re still here🇺🇦
#ukraine#ukrainerussiawar#ukrainiangirl#russians#ukrainians
Our friend Olena Halushka posted today. Please follow her and share. Olena is a wise, strong, and simply wonderful person. Visit her page and find out the good work Olena and her organizations do. And see Olena’s video on genocide in Ukraine, pinned here. A must see!
UN Commission: "russia is committing crimes against humanity through attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure."
Trump: "russia has been fine on Ukraine" 👌
just listened to an audio message shared by possibly a students from the dorm in Kyiv hit by Russian attack tonight .
so scared and nervous and talking dead bodies and ambulances and how it hit just near them . you almost start crying while listening to it
and now saw the car hit by Russian attack on Kyiv tonight and people trying to the get out and just like that my numbness doesn’t work anymore all used up and it’s too much too much it all hurts
taking a short break
Our dear friend and educator Yaroslava has posted this. Please follow her and repost. Become a member on Patreon and join Yaroslava so you will have access to her brilliant weekly letters on Ukraine.
Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack.
Unscheduled power cut.
A new EcoFlow (portable power station) was delivered a few minutes ago
as the previous one was saying goodbye.
Life.
Paramedic and a medical technician of Kyiv ambulance medical team heading to a call were injured by Russian attack just now . Ambulance car was also damaged.
injuries are not critical, early reports say.
medics continue to work.
Hey friends🫂🫂
I’ve been keeping something from you…
Today, I’m revealing my new book and reading its very first chapter.
It’s a story about my life in Ukraine, but told by someone who saw everything very differently.
Watch my new video:
buymeacoffee.com/angelica.sha...
Good evening from Ukraine🇺🇦
We’re exhausted.
But tomorrow we’ll wake up and ruin putin’s day by still existing.
#ukraine#ukrainian#ukrainians#ukrainiangirl#war
🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine struck multiple russian military targets overnight!
The strikes targeted command posts, communication hubs, drone control centers, a drone workshop, and supply depots across occupied Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions, Ukraine’s General Staff reports🇺🇦
🔥 Ukrainian Storm Shadow missiles reportedly struck the Energia factory in Yelets, russia.
At least 7 hits were recorded across different buildings.
The factory produces components used in ballistic, cruise, and surface-to-air missiles.
A post from our wonderful friend Angelica. Please follow and share. Support Angelica in her excellent reporting. You will always learn important information from Angelica’s posts.
Russia is committing war crimes and crimes against humanity by intentionally attacking civilian infrastructure – including vital energy systems – in Ukraine, an independent UN investigations panel said on Monday.
As a Ukrainian, I have a question.
If russia is winning so much,
Why does it need another deadline,
Another threat and another country to negotiate for it?
We may be thousands of miles apart,
But your kindness reaches me here in Ukraine. Thank you for being here🤗
#ukraine#ukrainians#ukrainian#ukrainiangirl#war
A post by our dear friend and educator Yaroslava. Please follow her and share. Become a member on Patreon and join Yaroslava so you can read her brilliant weekly letters on life in Ukraine. They are really quite wonderful.
Today I took warm socks out of the drawer.
The woollen ones the Lady with Golden Hands knitted in the last years of her life.
Every time I pass the place where she used to sell them, I sigh.
Her smile...
It's getting colder in Kyiv.
A heartbreaking 💔 post from our dear friend Olena Halushka. Please follow her and share. Olena is such a caring and good person. Please, whatever else you do today, watch Olena’s video on genocide in Ukraine. It’s pinned here.
Ukrainian defender Pavlo Shatokhyn, callsign Shakh, defended Mariupol and was captured at the Azovstal. In the russian captivity he was tortured, beaten, starved — he lost 80kg. Terrifying.
But "russia has been fine on Ukraine."
Photos Suspilne
A post from our wonderful friend Angelica. Please follow her and share. And be sure to support Angelica so she can continue to report the news from Ukraine.
🚨 BREAKING: Ukraine has completed its work on Freyja, a joint European anti-ballistic missile, according to Fire Point.
Now waiting for 10 partner countries to finish their parts so testing can begin🇺🇦
I am Ukrainian.
I was born in a country that existed before putin.
And I intend to live in one that exists after him.
#ukraine#ukrainian#ukrainians#ukrainiangirl#putin
A post from our dear friend Angelica. Please follow her and share. Support Angelica in her fine reporting and commentary please. Angelica is really a quite wonderful person!
🔥🔥 Ukrainian drone operators struck a russian self-propelled artillery system with Blyskavka attack drones.
Six successful hits left the enemy equipment out of action for an extended period.
A post from our dear friend Olena Halushka. Olena is so right! Please follow her and repost. Visit her page and search her organizations and discover what wonderful work they and Olena do. Please watch Olena speak on genocide in Ukraine, pinned here. You will learn much!
Serbians reminded us: democracy doesn't defend itself. People do. Passionate people who refuse to tolerate corruption and abuse of power.
Many Western countries have important elections coming up in the weeks & months ahead.
Folks. This may be your final boarding call to defend your democracy too.