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"the fuck is happening in ukraine??" for the ignorant [23feb22]

THIS IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE. I have left out happenings. As I typed this more movement was reported. This is happening NOW.

Here is a map of Ukrainian oblasts (regions)

Direct your eyeballs to the eastern (that's on the right of the map) oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. These two oblasts make up the Donets Coal Basin, or Donbas region, of Ukraine. coal coal coal.

Hold them in your mind.

On this map above you can see an outline of the Russian separatist-controlled area of Eastern Ukraine. Please note that the Russian separatist-controlled area is not analogous to the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk. When on 21 February 2022 Putin declared recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) as independent, we did not know if he meant just those cities and the surrounding Russian separatist-controlled areas OR the entirety of the oblasts. Where these borders are is incredibly important because Putin will use any excuse to declare a Ukrainian provocation. This ambiguity is to his advantage. [This is besides the fact that Putin has no fucking right to declare any of this land independent, or take any of it for Russia in the coming days.]

The Russian separatists, of course, claim the entirety of the oblasts, and Putin recognizes those claims. Russia has come to the "aid" of the separatists to defend against Ukrainian "aggression."

Tonight (23 February 2022), President Zelenskyy of Ukraine tried to speak to Putin on the phone, but was rebuffed. He gave a brief update to his people in Ukrainian, and then a long speech to the Russian people in Russian. Below is text of a translation of that speech from Max Seddon on twitter [thread starts here, good follow]:

We are divided by a shared border of more than 2,000 kilometers. Almost 200,000 of your troops and thousands of military vehicles are standing alongside it. Your leadership has ordered them to move forward, onto another country's territory. This step could be the start of a big war on the European continent. The whole world is talking about what could happen any day now. Any provocation. Any flare-up – one that could burn everything.

They're telling you that this flame will liberate the people of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian people are free. They remember their past and are building their future. Ukraine on your TV news and the real Ukraine are two totally different countries. Ours is real.

There is more, click above link to read.

Russia is going to invade Ukraine, and not just the Russian separatist-controlled regions that were recently declared independent republics by Putin. This is colonization. Ukraine has a rich history and culture separate from Russia (its history and culture is MUCH OLDER than that of Russia, even). Putin denies this and claims that Ukraine is Russian. This is false and ahistorical.

(But why are there so many Russian-speakers in Donetsk and Luhansk? Well perhaps because the Soviets committed genocide in the 1930s and purposely starved millions of Ukrainians so that ethnic Russians could move onto their land. Search "Holodomor" if this is new information to you.)

The UN Security Council has called an emergency meeting for 9:30pm EST (I'm posting this at 7:22 PM EST)

The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, has declared an emergency.

Airports are closed in Eastern Ukraine.

God i wish all real life billionaires were more like tony stark 😩

Stiles, about Theo: I have never been so repulsed by someone mentally and so attracted to them physically at the same time.

gen z vernacular really is just a mashup of john mulaney quotes vines and gay jokes

And the winner of the most relatable comment goes to...

Bad Amelia. You keep your feeling to yourself so you can maintain good friendships because good friends are too difficult to find. *sighs* :/

For all Sherlock fans I present you…this. I have no regrets.

Y/N: Oh, to be a house cat and simply slap the shit out of anything in front of me that I do not understand.

Hello friend :3

Would you like to drink this vial of a substance that is definitely not poison? :3

aw gee i sure love drinking things that aren't poison! thanks so much buddy

wilbur just described a very integral and deep part of the grieving process, which is wondering why the world is still turning for everyone else when it has completely stopped for you. why no one else cares when you cannot bring yourself to care about anything else. it can make you so angry, it can cause you to lash out and blame everyone else.

there is no wrong way to grieve. you might very well end up saying things you don't mean, things you'll regret, but your brain does whatever it can to carry you through your trauma. and sometimes that might mean it is easier to feel angry than sad. it's a very human and raw emotion, and i'm very proud of wilbur for speaking about it. it lacks logic, but it's something most likely we have all felt at one point or another. grieving is a process that will differ from person to person - so please do not blame anyone for how they grieve. you don't have to understand it, you can only be there to the best of your ability.