Prewar, he claims he was not informed his unit would invade Ukraine until the day of the invasion, consistent with other Eastern Military District accounts from Belarus, like this one from Novaya Gazeta from Feb ( taken down under pressure and lives on as my screenshots) (/6)
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Soldier Confirms 64th Unit Lacked Discipline, Ordered to Target Civilians
..suggesting not only a lack of discipline (the solider confirms his unit – the 64th, had no discipline), but also that an order was allegedly given by the command and understood by soldiers to mean targeting civilians with lethal force (/3).
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Soldier: 64th Brigade ordered murder of civilians revealing positions
This solider recalls that his unit, the 64th Brigade, on the way to Kyiv in February had "a direct command to murder" those who were divulging Russian positions regardless if they were military or civilians. In his telling if they had a cell phone they could be shot… (/2)
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Russian defector recounts Bucha war crimes
Below is an account from a Russian defector who served in the 64th Brigade (Bucha) from February – September. Details shared are consistent with what is known more broadly. This story is worth a close read. I share some reflections below. (/1) https://
cnn.com/2022/12/13/eur
ope/russian-defector-war-crimes-intl-cmd/index.html
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Elevator use as a lottery with power outage risk
Taking an elevator is a lottery. One can get stuck if electricity is out. So I stopped taking elevators but sometimes I am too tired. So I risk it. My plan usually is to check the schedule of outages, make sure the building is not scheduled, make sure there is no attack. 17/
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Barbershop continuity key for getting through war
I got a haircut in the barbershop. They never stopped working. Here is Vitaliy, who used to cut my hair before the war and continues to do so now. Continuity in life is important. Small things like this become key for getting through this war. 16/
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Mylovanov’s Al Jazeera interview on reconstruction sparks BBC interest
In the morning, I got to give an interview for Al Jazeera. It was about reconstruction. Here is their setup. Later BBC contacted me asking for an interview based on some points I made to Al Jazeera. Thank you AJ and BBC for covering Ukraine! 14/
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Kateryna and KSE students help rebuild Bucha homes
This is Kateryna, a bachelor student. She runs a chapter at KSE of a volunteer organization that helps people in Bucha build back their houses. Students get together on weekends and travel to people to help with construction. 11/
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CEO and I discuss joint incubator with MIT amid war
Our CEO and me are on a call discussing launching a joint incubator with MIT. We are quite excited about it. We are building entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem and culture around KSE. At war. It is difficult but cool. We are grateful to the folks at MIT. 8/
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Ukrainian MP Rostyslav Tistyk visits KSE, discusses army fundraiser
Our member of parliament Rostyslav Tistyk came to our university today. We talked about how he raised over $2 000 000 to help UA army and how we can multiply this amount. He also was brainstorming ways for KSE to grow. We agreed to run a fundraiser jointly in Lviv. 3/