Український дух/Ukrainian spirit

Today's article focuses on the political component of the Kremlin's support abroad. Political circles that directly or indirectly support the Kremlin on the official level can be grouped geographically as follows:        -  China (Special Representative Li Hui [1])      -  Some African countries led by South African President Ramaphosa [2]      -  European countries/leaders: Hungary (Prime Minister Orbán [3]) and the Vatican (Pope Francis [4 - 6])      -  Some Latin American countries led by Brazilian President Lula [7]. They promote the following messages for global community:      a) the Ukrainian offensive operation failed, it is impossible to defeat the russian federation      b) Ukraine must sacrifice its territory and citizens for the sake of "peace"      c) Western countries and Ukrainians do not seek peace in contras...

  Since the start of the full-scale war of Russia in Ukraine, we have witnessed numerous events and activities in support of Ukraine. Many voices world over have been heard on the topic of the war in Ukraine. There have been created NGO’s in support of Ukraine, panel discussions have taken place, articles and books have been released. We are grateful to individuals and organizations who sincerely support Ukrainians and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their fight for freedom.   What brought our attention since the war started is that Russians are often invited to take part in the events, activities, and panel discussions on the war in Ukraine as equal voices to Ukrainians. Russians not only use the war in Ukraine to bring attention to themselves – they also capitalize the tragedy of Ukrainians. We have seen Russians publishing books and taking part in events, creating own job opportunities on integrating Ukrainian refugees in Europe, speaking during events on behalf of Ukrainian...

  18th of May Ukrainians all over the world celebrate Vysyvanka Day.   Vyshyvanka is an indomitable symbol of courage, a symbol of freedom and independence, a symbol of Ukraine! Our national garment has embodied joy and sadness, hope and strength, long history and fight for freedom that accompany every Ukrainian today. Wearing our national clothes we express our love for Ukraine wherever we are. Thank you dear Ukrainian and friends of Ukraine for joining us today in our celebration. We are looking forward to meet you soon again. Slava Ukraini!

  STATEMENT from the members of the NGO "Ukrainian spirit" city of Gothenburg, Sweden, on May 7, 2023 For a sufficient period of time, certain actions of influence aimed at the organization have been taking place by unidentified people, and we consider it necessary to expose such acts to the public using such exposure as a defense against possible next steps. What happened? Intrusive phone calls both day and night, constant interruptions in mobile communication, strange circumstances and actions of unidentified people near personal transport. Phishing attacks and attempts to gain access to the organisation's resources. Such events have been happening for a certain period of time. From our point of view, the above actions are related to the pro-Ukrainian position and activities of the organization. These actions are organized by anti-Ukrainian forces for the purpose of intimidation. In this regard, we would like to state the following. The organisation will continue its op...

  On 21st of April, China's ambassador to France Lu Shaye in a TV interview questioned the sovereignty of the former Soviet Republics answering to the question about status of Ukrainian Crimea [1]. Dark irony is that the statement comes shortly after the French president visited China to do what he does best “macroning” or appeasing a dictator. Given the ambassador statement, recent military “training” near Taiwan and Xi’s call to China’s parliament to prepare for a war, it seems that a mask of kind-hearted China is going to the past. A real face appears though, the face of the country that “reeducates” a million of Uygurs and teaches the world how to honor human rights at the same time [2]. Any similarities with Russia? The situation we are in is the direct consequence of the decades of appeasement of the dictatorships both Russian and Chinese. Instead of a strategy of deterrence towards the countries that pose the threat to the civilized world, many countries pursued an idea of i...

    Recently, a Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published an article "US support for Ukraine may rapidly weaken" [1]. Unfortunately, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the international community has repeatedly seen how well-known organizations, political figures and experts spread Russian narratives and openly played into the hands of the Kremlin. But it is difficult to find almost all the myths of ruscist propaganda in one material. Openly or between the lines, the authors of the article want to convince us of the following: - the reason for the war is the expansion of NATO - diplomatic instruments to prevent war were not tried - it is necessary to talk with Putin in order to save the lives of Ukrainians - a nuclear state cannot lose in a conventional war - the future of Ukraine should be discussed without Ukraine itself - Ukraine cannot win on the battlefield, so there is no need to prolong the war. Let us remind once again that Ukraine and its people are fighti...

In 2018, during the meetings of the Valdai Discussion Club, russian president vladimir putin said the following answering a question about the nuclear doctrine of the russian federation: "We will go to heaven as martyrs, and they [residents of the USA and Europe] will simply croak, because they will not have time to repent" . In the following years, putin repeatedly threatened the world community with nuclear weapons. The apogee of these threats was the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. putin put the russian nuclear triad on alert, confirming the intention to use nuclear weapons at any moment. Starting from this moment the world community found itself balancing on the brink of existence. What about the russian opposition abroad? What are they doing at such a tragic time? The russian opposition takes care of the mobilised personnel of the occupation army in Ukraine. They are worried about the fact that the hands of the murderers of Ukrainian women a...