Oleksandra: The war provides people an opportunity to express the best in us. To be courageous, to fight for freedom. To take responsibility, to make difficult but right choices. To help each other. 4X pic.twitter.com/heNIvbxqnf
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 11 août 2025
Oleksandra: The war provides people an opportunity to express the best in us. To be courageous, to fight for freedom. To take responsibility, to make difficult but right choices. To help each other. 4X
Oleksandra: Russian troops kill active local people — mayors, journalists, priests, writers, artists, musicians, teachers.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 11 août 2025
Russians ban Ukrainian language and culture. They kidnap Ukrainian children, put them in re-education camps, tell them that their parents refused them. 3/ pic.twitter.com/H8UPRbvFNu
Oleksandra: Russian troops kill active local people — mayors, journalists, priests, writers, artists, musicians, teachers. Russians ban Ukrainian language and culture. They kidnap Ukrainian children, put them in re-education camps, tell them that their parents refused them. 3/
Oleksandra: We must change the narrative from ‘let’s help Ukraine not to fail’ to ‘let’s help Ukraine win’.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 11 août 2025
The difference is in weapons and sanctions. Putin will go further. Russia is an empire – its has a center, but no borders. 2/ pic.twitter.com/bZIVhwWf9o
Oleksandra: We must change the narrative from ‘let’s help Ukraine not to fail’ to ‘let’s help Ukraine win’. The difference is in weapons and sanctions. Putin will go further. Russia is an empire – its has a center, but no borders. 2/
Ukraine has a “civilian army”. Most of our soldiers were hairdressers, taxi drivers, teachers, farmers – Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian Nobel laureate.
— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) 11 août 2025
They left peaceful life to fight. Only by risking our lives for strangers do we learn what it means to be human. 1/ pic.twitter.com/lTT7VqndYV
Ukraine has a “civilian army”. Most of our soldiers were hairdressers, taxi drivers, teachers, farmers – Oleksandra Matviichuk, Ukrainian Nobel laureate. They left peaceful life to fight. Only by risking our lives for strangers do we learn what it means to be human. 1/
The lack of concrete results from peace talks has made soldiers more cynical. Some joke that the intensity of Russian attacks is linked to failed diplomatic deadlines. 5X
Soldiers in the 59th brigade believe any ceasefire would only be temporary. They argue that Russia’s goal to capture all of Ukraine remains unchanged. 4/
Intense fighting continues around Pokrovsk, where Russian forces are attempting to encircle the city. Despite these efforts, Ukrainian forces still control it.
Ukrainian soldiers on the frontlines prepare for a long war. They doubt that peace talks will end the conflict anytime soon – The Independent. Ukrainian soldiers, especially from the 148th and 59th brigades, believe the war with Russia will continue. 1/
Many soldiers joined in the early days of the invasion. They have now served for four years, with recruitment failing to replace those lost in battle. This has raised fears of an exhausted army. 2/
Russian air defense shot down 59 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 12 in Tula. Seven drones were downed en route to Moscow. Both sides deny targeting civilians, despite heavy casualties since Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. 3X
