Today on Understanding Genocide in Ukraine, we will discuss Russia's Persecution of Ukrainian Christians. This week there was a very powerful US Helsinki Commission Hearing on the topic, and we want to bring that update to you.
We will also discuss recent activity between
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for our segment 'Understanding Genocide in
#Ukraine
' together with Gina Christian
@GinaJesseReina
, Prince Heather
@Princexxxii
, and Nancy
@ncljax
!
We will be talking about the convention as a whole, what it means for the countries who
@elonmusk
Human being. To quote Garry Kasparov's response to you: "Who are you to reward years of Putin's war crimes with Ukrainian blood and land? To declare done what evil crimes must be undone? It is not too late to delete this and say you were high. Please do."
In summary,
"We waited so long that today they came unexpectedly..."
A touching video by the 47th Mechanized Brigade shows the rescue of residents of the village of Robotyne.
These people have already been saved; they are on their way "to peace."
The liberation of the occupied cities and
We're honored on
@MriyaReport
to get an update from
@11Knuk123
on a soldier's life, in Bakhmut. This is probably the hardest fighting that even a seasoned veteran can do, but the band of brothers (and sisters) does not falter. 🫡
Join us.
#OneTeamOneFight
Oleksandr "Partizan"🇺🇦🇮🇱 with his team of Israeli volunteer at Ukrainian national guard.
Most of them except Oleksandr RIP and 2 other Israelis that are at rehabilitation in Israel right now but planning to comeback, still fighting at Bakhmut.
Slava Ukraine🇺🇦
Slava Heroyam🇮🇱
@macergifford
@TucSmash
@TucSmash
just wrapped up a 4+ hour interview/conversation with
@MriyaReport
tonight. I knew from Macer's video that he's an artist. Now from his discussion I know he's also a very intelligent, humble, and committed guy. Thanks, Tuc!
@MriyaReport
was blessed to have Victoria Amelina
@vamelina
speak with us in late November 2022. She was a brilliant, compassionate woman, and a true hero of Ukraine.
You can listen to most of the interview here:
Her name will live on in her work.
💔 My dear friend, Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina has passed away. She was seriously injured in the Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on June 27th and died on July 1st. This is us in London in April. So many books unwritten, stories untold, days unlived 💔 Because of Russia
It's January 1, 2024. Today, Ukrainian writer and poet Victoria Amelina (
@vamelina
on Twitter/X) would have turned 38.
Her life was cut short by a russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on June 27, 2022; she died on July 1.
@maria_drutska
@Diana50022146
I wish Ukraine could air drop "care packages" to the russian soldiers. Package to only include the "how to surrender" flier, packet of sunflower seeds for their pockets, and black Sharpie to write their IDs on their bodies.
The nights before Christmas are the longest of the year. However, the day has already begun to lengthen and the light has begun to prevail. The light grows stronger. Day by day and step by step, the darkness retreats.
Darkness will eventually lose. Evil will be defeated.
Today,
The NATO Secretary General's explanation of why we help Ukraine perfectly states my view on the matter. Please listen to his words in the video. It's why we fight. It's why we help. ALL of us have the capacity to help in one way or another.
#StandWithUkraine
#HelpUkraine
❝The price we pay as the EU, as
#NATO
, is the price we can measure in currency, in money. The price they pay is measured in lives lost every day. So, we should stop complaining and step up and provide support, full stop.❞
🗣
@JensStoltenberg
to MEP's
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦
Fascinating briefing! An estimated 160,000 sq miles to be demined in Ukraine. 10% of agricultural land is unserviceable due to mines. US has allocated $91.5 million to humanitarian demining there. World Bank assessment this summer estimated up to $73 billion and decades to clear.
@FreeUkraine91
@wartranslated
Give 'em Belgorod coordinates, too. They have done so much self-inflicted damage there that they might as well finish off all the targets there.
Tonight on
@MriyaReport
we discussed sports - both related to Ukrainian culture and to russian sanctions. A listener pointed out a new documentary from NFL360: "Who if Not Us" about Ukrainian League of American Football players fighting on the front.
@SergiyKyslytsya
Today, as a US citizen, I am thankful that you serve your nation so well at the UN, Ambassador Kyslytsya. That body will never work as quickly nor as effectively as we wish, but thank you for never relenting in your pursuit of justice there. We hear you. We will not look away.
On
@MriyaReport
, we are talking about genocide. Here is a link to a fact sheet about the UN's Genocide Convention, from the UN.
Here's the definition of genocide:
"The human rights defender Oleksandra Matviichuk said a few days ago in Vienna 'People in Ukraine want peace more than anyone else. But peace does not come when the country that was attacked lays down its weapons. That's not peace, that's occupation."
President
@ZelenskyyUa
and the people of Ukraine are fighting for the values and obligation that the Charlemagne Prize embodies.
In doing so, they are also fighting for our own freedom and values.
Democracy and the rule of law, free speech, freedom to create your own destiny.
@general_ben
Thank you, General Ben. The free world cannot afford to push Ukraine to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory defending against Russia's genocidal invasion.
In tonight's segment of 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine', we will discuss the Holodomor and examine a new report by international human rights law firm Global Rights Compliance about russia's latest actions to weaponize Ukrainian agriculture:
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for our segment 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine' together with Gina Christian
@GinaJesseReina
. We will be talking about the convention as a whole, what it means for the countries who have signed onto it & their responsibilities. Don't
Many of you remember the stunning Azovstal photos taken by "Orest". Please look at his current project - photos for a campaign by the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
This one's my personal favorite, and each one in their thread is beautiful and meaningful in its own right.
Фотограф проєкту — Дмитро “Орест” Козацький. Це його перший проєкт після російського полону. Разом із командою Українського ветеранського фонду Орест розробляв концепцію символічних сюжетів бордів.
На фото – Ольга Бенда 📸
@kztsky
For those who missed this week's US Helsinki Commission hearing "Has the United Nations Failed Ukraine and the World?", the best sound bite is probably the one below.
Much more to learn from
the full hearing on the Helsinki's Commission YouTube channel:
I think everyone wanted to know!
Thank you to Ambassador
@SergiyKyslytsya
,
#Ukraine
's Permanent Representative to the
#UnitedNations
, for your testimony and for your unwavering commitment to diplomacy and peace. Your statesmanship is a beacon for us all.
@elonmusk
@RenataKonkoly
Ask any other country smaller than russia, that has lived under russian/USSR rule and struggled for freedom, whether they're willing to give that up just because russia is bigger. I think you already know the answer.
Summary of
@energybants
Mark Nelson's insights:
Re ZNPP. Fuel inside is much cooler since they’ve been shut down so long. They can maintain the water cooling with the current shutdown state with a water hose. A bucket brigade could put enough water in the cooling pond. 🧵
@pashington_
Thank you for working to evacuate the remainder of this herd, and for sharing the story (and great photos, too). Do you know how large the herd was, originally?
@BowenBBC
@ProducerKathy
@leedurant
@MarianaMatveic1
Thank you all for your diligent reporting. Your ability to both share these important testimonials and show such compassion to the victims of such wartime atrocities is amazing and humbling.
@RepCohen
@SergiyKyslytsya
This was my favorite moment from an enlightening hearing. Ambassador Kyslytsya, you are a true hero of Ukraine.
Thank you for the graceful reminder to never give our enemies the satisfaction of the emotional, weak response that plays into their hands. Your poise is inspiring!
@DefenceU
My mother and I followed the saga of the Atocha and Mel Fisher's salvage work in the 1980s in Florida. This news of one of the Atocha's treasures being auctioned for such a good cause would have delighted her beyond measure.
@MaggieMay548
@McFaul
There are over 1 million Ukrainians, including an estimated 200 thousand children who were taken out of Ukraine and into Russia. The sooner that Putin takes Russian troops out of Ukraine, the sooner Ukrainian repatriation and family reunification can begin.
@denfordauthor
I heard Roman speak several times last year. His vision, wisdom, and strength shone through every time. It is so painful when Ukraine loses one of its best, one of its brightest. But I also know that Ukraine will be victorious and its heroes will never die. Slava Ukraini!
@SergiyKyslytsya
I'm getting dizzy counting flags (a good problem to have)! 72 co-sponsors now, up from 55 when you posted last week? That's fantastic news!
Tonight on
@MriyaReport
we will discuss russia's genocidal acts in Ukraine, and continue our deep dive into the New Lines Institute / Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights July report.
The
@MriyaReport
team is working to get this fantastic session edited and uploaded to Spotify. In the meantime, you can listen to the first part of the interview by replaying the last Space or on YouTube. There was a restart 2/3 of the way through. 🧵1/3
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On today's Mriya Report Understanding Genocide segment, we will discuss states' duty to prevent genocide.
This thread will include reference materials and links to materials from previous sessions. We will add to it during the session.
In tonight's Understanding Genocide in Ukraine segment, we had planned to return to the Yale HRL report on Belarus's involvement in russia's systemic deportation and re-education of Ukrainian children.
However...
I
🇺🇦 Please join us today, December 29 🇺🇦
for our segment 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine' together with Gina Christian
@GinaJesseReina
. We will be talking about the convention as a whole, what it means for the countries who have signed onto it & their responsibilities. Don't
@SlavaUk30722777
The whole world does breathe with them. Their right to freedom and self-determination is what Ukraine fights for. The russian invasion has stolen their childhood; we must support Ukraine so these children will have their futures.
"Who If Not Us" - A must-watch NFL 360 doc about the Ukrainian League of American Football players turned
#CitizenSoldiers
to defend their country. On Friday we were joined by
@TrentCooperNFL
and
@ryanwsmith_5
, who will be back on
@MriyaReport
again! Watch, and share! Links below
russia caused so much damage by blowing up the Kaknovka Dam. Here's the UN post-disaster needs assessment issued last week
Great summary below by
@Mylovanov
as well.
💔UN report (with data and analysis by
@KSE_Institute
): Russian destruction of Kakhovka dam caused $14 billion in damage
Direct damages total $2.79B - energy took a $1.26B hit, housing $1.1B. Losses surpass $11B, with environment hardest hit at $6.4B 1/
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN!
@ChuckPfarrer
will be joining
@MriyaReport
for a late night, weekend Bullet Points Special! 9PM CST Saturday night. Cohosted by your NAFO Night Crew of myself and
@NAFODaveO
On
@MriyaReport
, we are discussing today's US
@HelsinkiComm
hearing on Russia's kidnapping and russification of Ukrainian children.
Please watch the hearing
and read
@HelsinkiComm
's tweets about it below.
Very powerful and very informative testimony.
Chairman
@RepJoeWilson
: "Russia has been kidnapping Ukrainian children to Russia or Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine and forcibly russifying them...This is a war crime and I believe amounts to genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention."
Yesterday on
@MriyaReport
, I shared a quote from Oleksandra Matviichuk's speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Ukrainian human rights org Center for Civil Liberties.
@Mylovanov
shares more.
Her full Nobel Lecture to read or watch:
“You don’t have to be Ukrainian to support Ukraine. It is enough to be human” Oleksandra Matviichuk, Nobel Prize Laureate 2022, Ukraine. This is the first time a laureate spoke Ukrainian at the award ceremony. These are Oleksandra’s other impotent quotes 1/
Area of flooded territories in Kherson Oblast has halved - June 10 evening update from Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Oblast Military Administration
via
@pravda_eng
@betelgeuse1922
Thank you for making a positive difference for Ukraine, Denis. I know you'll channel your outrage at the "russian opposition" directly towards saving Ukrainian lives. Slava Ukraini!
1/2. This young US Army vet had defended Ukraine since the full-scale invasion.
He died in Bakhmut last month. His funeral is tomorrow in Jacksonville, Florida. He and his parents deserve our thanks. Please reply in the article's comments, versus mine.
@MriyaReport
#Fellas
Another wonderful briefing on Ukraine's infrastructure. At the end, Oleksandra Azarkhina, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure asked us to keep thinking about Ukrainians, their values, and "the real reasons which make us humans and not animals."
🇺🇦 An absolute must listen! ✨
Please join us today, August 15, for our very Special Guest Rear Admiral Chris Parry (Ret.)
@DrChrisParry
✈️ Former Royal Navy warfare officer and aviator, who runs a strategic forecasting company. Don't miss out!
08:30 PT / 11:30 ET / 18:30 UTC
In tonight's 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine' segment, we will discuss Ukrainian culture and genocide. Language, religion, art, architecture, music, literature, film, and more.
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for our segment 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine' together with Gina Christian
@GinaJesseReina
. We will be talking about the convention as a whole, what it means for the countries who have signed onto it & their responsibilities. Don't
On
@MriyaReport
, we regularly discuss Ukraine's 10-point peace plan, which President Zelenskyy presented to the G20 Summit in mid-November 2022.
Here's the very short summary, and link to the full speech with those 10 points.
Here are some of the materials we are covering in today's Understanding Genocide in Ukraine session on
@MriyaReport
.
First is the thread from last week, including links to reports and articles.
Here are some of the materials we are covering in today's Understanding Genocide in Ukraine session on
@MriyaReport
. First is the thread from last week, including links to reports and articles.
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@SKrotevych
I am so happy to read this! I am thousands of miles away yet followed everything I could find of your brother and the other defenders. Your brother is a brilliant fighter and military writer. Their release is celebrated and their sacrifice is thanked throughout the world.
There has been so much activity related to russia's crimes against Ukraine's children this week that we will focus most of tonight's session on the events of the week, which we'll outline below.
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for our segment 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine' together with Gina Christian
@GinaJesseReina
.
We will be talking about the convention as a whole, what it means for the countries who have signed onto it & their responsibilities. Don't
@SlavaUk30722777
So well stated as he's walking through the destroyed sports complex: "Sport that unites us, cannot be taken part [in] by athletes from nations that aggressively not unite, but destroy."
360+ citizens held captive by russian soldiers in March 2022.
"“Married?” a soldier asked Lilia.
“No,” she lied.
“Age?”
“32. Are you going to kill us?”
“Yes.”
Then they locked them back in Valeriy’s cellar. "🧵1/4
.
@TIME
tells a horrifying story of russian war crimes during the occupation of Yahidne, Chernihiv region, where more than 360 people, including children and the elderly, were kept in a small basement for nearly a month.
@JoohnChoe
Looks like the 52-week(!) domestic violence course the court required him to take after beating his girlfriend in 2013 didn't have much effect on his anger management issues...
Tonight on Understanding Genocide in Ukraine, we will reflect on two full years of Ukraine defending its citizens against the full-scale russian invasion and active genocide being perpetrated by russia. We'll look at the history of russia's violent attempts to "russify" Ukraine.
🇺🇦 2 YEARS OF WAR - 24H MARATHON 🇺🇦
🎙️ Please join us February 23/24 🎙️
for our segment 'Understanding Genocide in Ukraine' together with Gina Christian
@GinaJesseReina
.
We will be talking about the convention as a whole, what it means for the countries who have signed onto
@Teoyaomiquu
Constantine, this is just horrifying. I can't believe that that place would support comedians joking about both current genocide and a prior one. I am disgusted by their behavior.
@irmachep
Thank you, Iryna. It is important for the world to hear and know the level and volume of war crimes, and to understand their impact across your country. Thank you for sharing the translation and being their voice across the language divide.