Український дух/Ukrainian spirit

  How effective is propaganda? Is it the cause and origin of crimes committed by the population of those countries where totalitarian, aggressive regimes reign? Paying much attention to propaganda, we forget that the driving force of any society, even a totalitarian one, is its population. Without its will, it is impossible to commit crimes on a planetary scale. Considering the history of the past, we can recall that the National Socialist German Workers' Party gradually increased its presence in Reichstag before the proclamation of Hitler as Fuhrer. In November 1932, the NSDAP won 33.1% of the votes in the democratic elections in the Weimar Republic. At that time, there was no total Goebbels propaganda, however the idea of a great Germany was present in the air. Propaganda is not the cause of the events, but only a tool for consolidating the population around a single leader. A population that actually wants to hear the ideas of propaganda, looks for the idealogy, feels united wit...

  On the morning of the 6th of June, the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River has been destroyed by fascist russian forces. This horrific crime constitutes one of the largest man-made disasters in the 21st century.   What are the consequences? Hundred of thousands of people will be affected in the flooded areas requiring evacuation. Many settlements in Southern Ukraine will experience a shortage of water supply. In addition, the situation with cooling Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant can reach emergency as the cooling systems use water from the Kakhovka reservoir.   One thing to remember about russia is its disregard for human life. It does not matter if it is people in Ukraine or even its own population. This today’s non-human act from russian fascists shows that they turned to the scorched earth tactic completely. Every day presence of occupiers in Ukraine increases the danger of ecological disaster for the whole of Europe.   There...

  Worrisome information is coming from the reconnaissance units in the occupied Crimea in Ukraine. As reported by Ukrinform the russian military is preparing a provocation at the chemical plant the Crimean Titan in Armyansk with the aim to blame Ukraine. Crimea Titan is the largest manufacturer of titanium dioxide pigment in Eastern Europe. High concentration of titanium dioxide poses a mortal danger to the population in the affected areas. This information proves yet another time that every day of the presence of the occupiers in Ukraine increases the chance of nuclear or chemical tragedy. Only unconditional Ukrainian victory can guarantee the safety of Europe and should be supported till the time when the last russian occupier leaves its territory.

During today's manifestation in the center of Gothenburg many people of different nationalities came up to ask questions and express their support and solidarity with Ukraine. We spoke with representatives from Sweden, Estonia, Iran, Thailand who were united by the idea of victory for Ukraine.    One man approached us and shared his childhood memory when Hitler declared war in Europe. In his opinion, today's Russia led by Putin and supported by ordinary Russians is a worse evil than Hitler and the Nazis.   The purpose of today's manifestation in Göteborg is to remind the Swedish community that Russia is a terrorist state and that the victory of Ukraine is the victory of whole Europe.    

  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...

  Наслідки рашистської ракетної атаки на Часів Яр в Донецькій області Останні дні листопада відомі багатьом у сучасному суспільстві як період розпродажів. Так сталося і цього року: вулиці європейських міст були наповнені світлом і містянами, які бігли купити щось подешевше. Все нібито звично, як у старі добрі часи, але не для всіх… Українські люди та міста не мають доступу до такої розкоші як мирне життя чи електрики. Це результат масованих ракетних ударів, завданих російськими військами по цивільній інфраструктурі України в жовтні-листопаді 2022 року.   Лише за два тижні, з 15 по 23 листопада, російські терористи випустили 397 ракет і кілька сотень іранських безпілотників-камікадзе по українській інфраструктурі. Прямим наслідком атак стало знеструмлення всієї країни, через що люди кілька днів були змушені жити без світла, води та опалення, а температура в багатьох регіонах України опускалась нижче нуля.   росія погрожує продовжувати масовані ракетні атаки та безумовно бу...

  Aftermath of russian missile attack on Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region Last days of November are known to many in modern society as a period of sales. This happened this year as well: streets of European cities were filled with light and people who were running to buy something cheap. Everything seems usual, like in the good old days, but not for all… Ukrainian people and cities do not have the luxury of having a peaceful life and light. This is the result of massive missile attacks unleashed by invading russian force on civil Ukrainian infrastructure in October-November 2022.   Only in the period of two weeks, between November 15th and November 23rd, russian terroristic force launched 397 missiles and several hundred Iranian kamikaze drones targeting Ukrainian infrastructure. Direct consequence of the attacks was a blackout of the whole country where people for couple of days had to leave without electricity, water and heating with temperature dropping in many Ukrainian regions ...

    Russian insidious invasion of Ukraine brought a lot of grief and destruction to the Ukrainian people. In the long list of crimes committed by the rashist military: torture, rape, murder of women, children and men, deliberate destruction of peaceful cities, there is the forced deportation of the civilian population of Ukraine to russia. According to the reports, approximately 2 million Ukrainians were deported . The most horrible thing is that the future of our nation, Ukrainian children and youth , are kidnapped and taken by the rashists to the remote parts of russia . The russians do not ask children and young people for permission to move to russia, and therefore, we consider it precisely as abduction. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have already been taken to russia. In order to keep them on their territory, the occupiers developed a simplified and accelerated adoption procedure which would allow children to be placed in russian families where their Ukrainian i...

  According to Ukrainian military intelligence as well as mass media the deceitful kremlin, through its proxies in the DPR, plans to organize a “ show trial ” of prisoners of war from the Azov regiment in violation of the agreements and Geneva Convention by the end of summer . We want to remind that the defenders of Mariupol reluctantly laid down their arms under the guarantees from the International Committee of  Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nation (UN) in the middle of May after almost three months of defending the city. International organizations have guaranteed that Ukrainian defenders will be held captive in accordance with international norms. In reality, russians are planning to hold a “show trial” against the warriors of Azovstal in the temporarily occupied Mariupol, this time violating agreements not only with Ukraine, but with international organizations. To hold a show trial, iron cages are being installed on the premises of the surviving philharmonic hall, in w...