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Ukraine 🇺🇦

Ukraine is an eternity, not only the present but above all the future and the past.

  • United24 — an official fundraising platform launched by President Zelenskyy that routes donations straight to government accounts supporting defense, medical aid, and reconstruction. Highly recommended.
  • Nova Ukraine — a U.S.-based nonprofit delivering humanitarian aid to civilians.
  • Razom — a grassroots network that funds medical supplies, evacuations, and advocacy work.
  • NAFO Fellas — an online community that counters Russian disinformation and raises funds for Ukraine’s defenders. You too can become a fella!

I was born in Luhansk, Ukraine. I grew up enjoying life’s simple pleasures — climbing the trees and barns in my grandmother’s (babusia’s) yard, strolling through the city with my mom and our neighbors after dinner, and savoring the humble foods we bought in local shops. When I was six, my mom and I emigrated to the United States. Thanks to the invention of the internet, I have been able to talk with my family ever since, and we were fortunate to visit them again — and even host my grandmother here.

Then the war in Donbas (2014–2022) began — the first Russian invasion. I was young and didn’t fully understand, but I knew one thing: I wouldn’t be seeing my family for a long time.

On February  24,  2022 Russia launched a full‑scale invasion. Writing this two year later, so much has changed. For many Ukrainians— including me, if you can imagine — this has been the hardest period of our lives. Hopes rise and fall: our president stayed in Kyiv and declared «Ми всі тут» (“I’m here”); our defenders liberated swaths of our land; and the world witnessed Ukrainian courage. Yet every victory comes at a heartbreaking cost that can never truly be repaid.

Every day, I hope for a Ukrainian victory.

Slava Ukraini. 🇺🇦

Salutes

  • Слава Україні Slava Ukraini Glory to Ukraine
  • Героям слава Heroyam Slava Glory to the Heroes
  • Слава Нації Slava Natsiyi Glory to the Nation
  • Смерть ворогам Smert Vorogam Death to enemies
  • Україна понад усе Ukraina Ponad Usé Ukraine above all
  • Путін хуйло Putin Huylo Putin’s an asshole