Oksana Ostapchuk
@O_Ostapchuk
Your support matters more than ever. Independent media is crucial in times of war. It tells the stories mainstream news misses, documents history as it unfolds, and keeps the world informed about Ukraine’s fight for freedom. 🧵1/8
In 1654, a fateful military pact with Moscow betrayed Ukraine’s bid for independence. Four centuries later, Putin exploits this same broken pledge to erase it from existence once more. euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/20/ukr…
A century ago, Ukraine’s desperate fight for independence from Russia led to the boldest soft power gamble in history — and gave birth to the world’s most iconic Christmas hit. euromaidanpress.com/2024/12/24/ins…
The final story on the #RussianUkrainianWar, marking my cooperation with The Counteroffensive #StandWithUkraine
Good morning to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands. But the tensions are high in Zakarpattia region, which remains a stumbling block in relationship between Ukraine and Hungary. This is where a Ukrainian artist reconstructs a Hungarian castle, fostering peace between two…
Another excellent documentary on the #RussianUkrainianWar, that could be described by the motto "It's painful to watch. But it must be painful to watch." And, for sure, it's totally worth watching.
The Kyiv Independent's new investigative documentary "Destroy, in Whole or in Part," tries to answer the question – do Russian actions in Ukraine constitute genocide? kyivindependent.com/destroy-in-who…
"Proving genocidal intent is necessary to understand Russia's current war against Ukraine and its preconditions," writes Danylo Mokryk in his op-ed dedicated to the Kyiv Independent's new documentary, "Destroy, in Whole or in Part." kyivindependent.com/danylo-mokryk-…
“Honey, there’s a Ukrainian drone in the kitchen”: @timkmak & @O_Ostapchuk report that Ukraine needs one million of them to fight the Russians. Enter the modern 'Victory Garden,' counteroffensive.news/p/honey-theres…
Russian troops shot 9 people in their house, including these two angels, Anastasia and Mykyta, because the family refused to hand their house over to Kadyrov’s soldiers last night. The family celebrated the birthday of their grandma. Some guests stayed in their house. Nobody…
Well-known Russian pro-Kremlin journalist Alexander Kots writes: "If you want to kill Jews, go to Gaza or Kyiv" Yes, these are people who call themselves "anti-fascists" and say that they are carrying out “denazification” in Ukraine.
I think it tells us everything we need to know that after the collapse of the Soviet Union - a Russian imperialist project with its command and control in Moscow - it was not Russia that was asked to give up its nuclear arsenal, but former occupied nations, like Ukraine. 1/9
Next time one of the “good Russians” tells you that protests in Russia are impossible, and Russians want change but are afraid, just show this video from Dagestan. They are not afraid to seize the airport to lynch Jews. But they do nothing against Putin, because he suits them.
BREAKING: Lynch mob breaks through police lines and storms the airport in Dagestan, Russia to look for Jewish passengers just as a plane for Tel Aviv is landing. Putin's propaganda has targeted Jews in recent days
Sport is outside politics, #Russian edition: 1. Support #RussianWarCrimes which killed 293 athletes in #Ukraine 2. Lose as a neutral athlete to a #Ukrainian counterpart whose birth city is being shelled by 🇷🇺 almost daily 3. Disqualify the winner #olgakharlanyouaretheone
Russian terror against Ukrainians has many faces. For example, a face of "neutral athletes". After a Russian fencer Anna Smirnova clearly lost 15:7 to Ukrainian Olha Kharlan in Milano, Smirnova insisted Kharlan shaked her hand. Kharlan rejected, and proposed to touch each other's…
Renat, 6 & Varvara, 10, reunite with their parents after Russian deportation They were captured last year with their mother, a combat medic & separated when she was released in a swap last October #Russia reports on deporting over 700,000 Ukrainian children #RussianWarCrimes
Ukrainian POWs, returned from a year-long Russian captivity, react to the soil they've been fighting for in the #RussiaUkraineWar This is why #Ukraine is standing up to #Russia for 500 days longer than the sceptics have predicted #StandWithUkraine
The father of the 14-year-old twin sisters, Anna and Yulia Aksenchenko, saying goodbye to his daughters after they were murdered by Russia in the recent missile strike against a pizza restaurant in Kramatorsk. Never forget that Russia is a terrorist state!