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Buy Me A Coffee sanctioned Ukraine and banned Ukrainian creators from their platform.

The cited reason appears to be "because Russia occupies 20% of your country"

З акрилом аж дихати легше

Following the declaration of independence on this day 33 years ago, the All-Ukrainian referendum on Ukraine's independence took place in December 1991. To be independent is a conscious choice of the Ukrainian people. Happy Independence Day! Glory to Ukraine!

Source: MFA of Ukraine

wanted to repost oksana and małgosia, i need to draw something with them again.

cards for the eight deaths of puss in boots (+ death himself in the corner details of all of them)

@kokobot is cool

I just don't want my country to be forgotten.

I don't want people to forget that Ukraine, as well as Belarus, never wanted to be with russia, NEVER, and never will. russia is destroying everything dear to me.

I wish to see the days when Ukraine is free, with all the territories, with no russian language, no occupiers, nothing russian. I wish to see the days when people start saying Kyivan Rus and Volodymyr the Great. I wish to see Belarus with their REAL flag and official language and without ANYTHING russian. I wish to see people posting Belaruthian writers and artists and call them Belaruthian, not russian. We are not russian. We will never be russian. But we pay a huge price for that.

I want people in this fandom to understand my hatred, to understand what I feel when I read about, for example, russian occupation of Lithuania and Latvia.

I want people to understand what I feel when I search for articles about anything in Belaruthian, and I find NOTHING. Everything is in russian. I want people to understand what I feel when I hear my former classmate telling me that a russian rocket killed her neighbour.

If my land is gonna be forgotten, it means my family is gonna be forgotten, and I am gonna be forgotten. I don't want to be forgotten.

If you think "it's just politics, you shouldn't bring politics" - you are a very fucking cruel and heartless person.

stories of children whose lives were taken by russians

1. Marharyta from Kharkiv region, 8 years old.

On June 21, cluster munitions fell in the yard of her family's house. Marharyta died instantly, her heart was pierced through. The girl's father, at the age of 36, has become completely gray. The mother cannot describe in words how she feels after losing her child.

2. Kyrylo from Kherson, 8 years old.

In April, the family evacuated from Kherson to Vinnytsia. On July 14, russia shelled the city, Kyrylo was in the car with his uncle. The boy died immediately from a fragment hitting his head, then an explosion occurred. The body was searched for several days. It was identified only through DNA analysis.

3. Daryna from Kharkiv region, 15 years old.

On March 13, a russian missile hit the family's house. When the father got to the hand of his dead daughter, he said: "Our Daryna is no more". She was buried in her native Dergachi. Mom recalls that the missiles flew over the people here and there. "Daryna, this is a farewell salute to you." said her father.

4. Polina, 8 years old.

On March 13, Polina and her mother wanted to evacuate Mariupol. As soon as they took a few steps outside, the russian military started shelling with mortars. Nadiya's mother died instantly. Both of Polina's legs and arms were broken. The girl was operated on in the city hospital. But on March 16, Polina's kidneys failed and she died. Polina was shooting videos on YouTube, dancing. She liked to change into different costumes and perform on stage.

5. Anna, 9 years old.

On March 19, an enemy shell hit near the house where Anna and her mother Yana were hiding. They went down to the basement. In the morning, slag began to fall from above. Several basement floor slabs fell on people. The mother rushed to help her daughter, but she could not pull her out from under the rubble on her own. Anya and other people remained buried in the basement. The girl liked to work with computers. Her mother promised that when Anya turned 10, she would enroll her in programming lessons. However...

6. Denys, 9 years old.

On September 3, the twins were walking in a park in Dnipropetrovs'k region. Suddenly, MLRS shells started flying. "I felt the space around me with my hand. He was at my feet. I went to him: "Danya, Danya ... ", but he was silent. Although they told me to lie down, I started crawling to my son. Ruslan was screaming next to me," the boy's mother recalls the shelling. On December 22, Denys was supposed to celebrate his birthday.

7. Oleksandr from Chernihiv, 13 years old.

On March 9, Sasha and his mother Tetyana decided to evacuate from Chernihiv. However, a shell exploded near the pedestrian column, and the boy was hit by many fragments. "He couldn't say anything, his eyes were closed, he was breathing heavily, he wheezed three times and died. He remained lying there," Sasha's mother recalls. In 2022, Sasha was an eighth grader. He was interested in the crypto market and dreamed of developing a YouTube channel for an english-speaking audience.

original post : ukraina_topnews

Традиційні головні убори заміжніх жінок з різних частин України у ХІХ-на поч. ХХ століть

Folk headwear of married women from different parts of Ukraine in XIX- beg. XX centuries 

Source : Українські народні головні убори / Ukrainian folk headwear / Ukrayinsʹki narodni holovni ubory  book by Halyna Stelmashchyk, 2019

Targeting children is russian culture