This whole thread is why I do not want people praising the Navalny documentary. It would be a big slap in the face for democracy if it won Best Documentary at the Oscars #OscarsNominations2023 #Oscars2023

Opinion: Alexander Ovechkin used his fame to back Putin. We must remember that theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…

mind you at least half of us hates this girl's guts for her tonedeaf song but we hate the stupidity of americans more

Americans probably think Kazakh people feel represented when they see Japanese anime coz 'same race' or whatever idk

Washington Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin's endorsement of Russian President Vladimir Putin makes him fair game for public criticism, says Adam Proteau: thehockeynews.com/news/lates…

She was lying there, raped, her neck broken, with a noose around her neck. Beside her hung her 3-year-old son. When they took him down from the rope, he was blue and no longer breathing. But then a miracle happened. And what this child said a year later will break your heart. June 20, 2022. Kherson region, an occupied village. At two in the morning, the wife of a Ukrainian serviceman managed to message her husband that someone was breaking down the door to their home. His sister arrived an hour later. The gate was locked, so she climbed over the fence. The door had been ripped from its frame, and a window was smashed. Nothing had been stolen. They had not come to rob them. They had come to kill. In the room, her sister-in-law was lying on the couch, undressed and brutally beaten. Her head was twisted unnaturally, her neck was broken, and there was a noose around her neck. She was 28. Beside her hung her three-year-old son. He had also been beaten, with about a dozen cigarette burns on his face. The rope was pulled so tightly around his neck that the woman tore her fingernails bloody trying to untie it. The child was blue. His head was swollen from edema. He was no longer breathing. The woman screamed at him: “Breathe! Live! Because I won’t be able to live with this — I’ll lie down beside you and die too.” She performed CPR on him. She was afraid she would break his ribs — she didn’t. And he began to breathe. He had watched his mother being killed. And she had watched her child being tortured. The window had been broken — people nearby had heard what was happening, but no one admitted it. Then came three weeks in occupied Kherson. The woman waited for the burns and the rope mark around the child’s neck to heal. What had not healed, she covered with makeup so they would not be recognized and killed immediately. At the hospital, they warned her: “If they try to detain you, run. Half the hospital is occupied by FSB officers.” To get the boy out, the woman forged documents directly on her phone using Photoshop. She was taking him out as if he were her own son. Thirty checkpoints lay ahead. At one of them, a rifle was pressed against her temple. One Russian said, “Get rid of these two.” Another replied, “No, I’ve had enough for today.” The first said, “I’m fine with it.” He was wearing a wedding ring. Perhaps a wife and children were waiting for him at home. And he was perfectly fine with killing a woman and a child sitting in a car. Three days on the road. The woman pressed the pedals with one leg because the other had become paralyzed. At a filtration checkpoint, a young officer asked whether anyone in the car had survived torture. She said: “Yes.” Is anyone injured? — Yes. Has anyone been tortured? — Yes. When she pointed to the three-year-old child, the officer began to cry. He could not continue the conversation. In Odesa, doctors diagnosed the boy with clinical death, asphyxia, cerebral edema, a damaged wrist joint, a jaw injury, and eight broken teeth. He stopped speaking — his muscles had atrophied. His speech development was set back by a year. They now live in Odesa. The boy speaks again, goes swimming, attends kindergarten, and works with a speech therapist. He knows that his mother is gone. A year after the tragedy, he went outside one evening, pointed his little finger toward the sky, and said: “Moon, sky, Mommy.” The boy’s father is a serviceman. When they arrived in Odesa, he met them deeply devastated. He was able to stay with them for two weeks — as long as his command allowed. “He could have left the military and become his son’s guardian. But he didn’t. Because he is a patriot. Because he continues to fight,” she said. And after the liberation of the left bank of the Kherson region, there will be many more. Source: translated from the original text by Oleh Bairak.

ask an american to explain to you why they call eastern europeans white colonizers and you will get blocked cus their surface-level knowledge extends as far as their own struggles only. playing oppression olympics and being a bigot simultaneously is the funniest shit ever

In all this Sheeran Macklemore shitstorm and performative activism let’s not forget who the goat is -UNITED24 ambassadors -Raised funds for ambulances -Stopped releasing music in ruzzia -Helped get destroyed homes rebuilt -Have consistently spoken about Ukraine since 2022

I know this is probably going to disappear but holy hell! 🤌😂

“Google Oleshky and share the information.” After winning her first-round match at the WTA 500 in Singapore, Ukrainian tennis player Oleksandra Oliynykova addressed her fans to draw attention to the critical situation in Oleshky. This is a Ukrainian city in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region. Right now, it's facing a humanitarian catastrophe. Oleshky is cut off from the world, russian forces are blocking deliveries of food and medicine, roads are mined, and evacuation is impossible. Around 2,000 civilians are trapped there, starving and unable to receive help. Thank you, Oleksandra, for using your voice on the international stage to speak for those persecuted by russia's occupation.

Google Oleshky.

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It is hard to believe, but it is true. Verizon is collaborating with a supporter of criminals, terrorists, and murderers—and also with a supporter of the genocide of Ukrainian children. These are the facts.

Exactly. 👍 At the very least, ban him from making public appearances—such as playing in the @NHL —within your country. By doing so, Canada would partially curb the promotion of Russia's imperialist war on its soil and save many lives.

Ukraine advocates ask Ottawa to sanction NHL's Alex Ovechkin after Putin commercial ctvnews.ca/sports/article/uk…

A city with almost no safe way out. This is the reality today in occupied Oleshky. Ukraine is ready to carry out a humanitarian evacuation of civilians. The ICRC is ready to assist. However, Russia has still not provided the necessary security conditions. People remain effectively trapped, without adequate access to food, drinking water, and medicines, while facing the constant threat of shelling and drone attacks. In desperation, some are trying to escape on their own — even through mined areas. This puts their lives at direct risk. I continue to insist on the immediate humanitarian evacuation of civilians. People must not be held hostage to occupation.

Die eingeschlossenen Einwohner im besetzten Oleschky (darunter Kinder) sind aufgrund der von Russland verhängten humanitären Blockade vom Hungertod bedroht. Seit 26. Mai 2026 wurden keinerlei Lebensmittel oder Medikamente geliefert. khpg.org/en/1608816047

Polish PM: "In May 1939, a certain French politician -a future Nazi collaborator - asked in the French press: 'Why die for Gdańsk?' A few months later, all of Europe was dying. To those who today say this is not our war, I offer that lesson of history."

After quietly answering questions about his support for Putin’s agenda in a press conference, Alex Ovechkin said, “Let’s do hockey questions.” I spoke with him after and asked Russia questions until he ended the interview. “I wanted to know more about the process of filming the ad. When did you shoot it?” AO: “I think three weeks ago.” “Did you tell the team you were doing it?” AO: “No.” “Were you surprised by the backlash?” AO: “I'm surprised, but it is nothing you can change right now. I'm Russian, I'm gonna live there when I'm done. My kids gonna be there. My family's gonna be there, you know, I support my country. That's it.” “I think the reason for the backlash being bigger this time is because of what Lavrov says about countries bringing “the sword” to Russia. When I talk to experts about that, it mimics messaging Russians get that says Ukraine is responsible for being invaded by Russia. So you standing behind him, as he says that, feels to people like a pro war stance.” AO: “Well, I don't think it's a pro war. I think it's just support what's happening in Russia. I want the peace and love for everybody. It doesn't matter who you are, American, Russian, or Ukrainian. Like, I have lots of friends who are Ukrainians, and I hope everything's gonna be good, and everything's gonna be done soon.” “It'll be done soon if Putin stops the invasion. Like, that's how it ends.” AO: “Well, I'm not in politics. I can’t say who's right and who's wrong.” “In that larger group, there were about 30 people with you, One of the people is Maria Lvova Belova. She's got an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for abducting Ukrainian children.” AO: “I don't know who that is.” “Okay. Can you understand why a congressperson says the NHL shouldn't allow you to participate because you support this regime, and this country is spending billions of dollars helping fight Russia? What's your reaction to that?” AO: “Well, everybody have their own opinion, right? I'm not a politician, I'm an athlete, and, how I said, I'm gonna live there when I'm done playing. I support my country. Like, I'm Russian.” “You would support it no matter what?” AO: “Well, I'm gonna live there, yeah.” “So if they're responsible for a genocide, you would support the genocide?” AO: “What do you mean, genocide?” [Media relations official translates ‘genocide’.] AO: [Groans.] “Oh. I would say, like, I'm, I hope it's not gonna, it's not gonna be like that.” [Ovechkin walks away] espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/4996…

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