#Putin's goal in #Ukraine is #genocide, #ethnofascist erasure of Ukrainian #identity. #Vatniks demur and refer to some other goal or their usual "reverse victim and offender" gaslighting. #Kremlin lies and venom

Today is the birthday of #TarasShevchenko, literary linchpin of Ukrainian #culture and #language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taras_Shevchenko

This was in #Balakliia, 2022. The billboard is a Shevvhenko poem, of Ukraine's struggle against #imperialism, 2 centuries ago

And still today

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#UkraineWar

From https://t.me/Pravda_Gerashchenko

🥲 In #Balakliia there are already four dead, the number of injured has risen to 16 – #OVA

Among the injured are five children, reported the head of the #Kharkiv #OVA, #Oleg_Synehubov.

The missile hits fell in a densely built residential area. As a result of the attack, a private house, balconies of apartment buildings, and passenger cars caught fire. Nine and five-story residential buildings, a kindergarten, and passenger cars were damaged,

"#russian terrorists doing what #russian terrorists do!"🤮🤮🤮

From https://t.me/Pravda_Gerashchenko

❗️ Three people died and 10 were injured as a result of a missile strike on the city of #Balakliia in the #Kharkiv region – #GVA

Among the injured are three children born in 2011, 2007, and 2010. Nine injured have been hospitalized, one person is receiving outpatient medical care, said #Vitaliy_Karabanov, head of the #Balakliia city military administration.

At least 3 people died and 10 wounded after Russia attacked #Balakliia.

https://t.me/u_now/181522

#Russia hit the #Balakliïa railway station in the #Kharkiv Oblast.

11 people were injured according to the regional governor Oleh Synehoubov.

https://t.me/synegubov/9215?single

#Ukraine

Electric cables, hammers and guns: Ukrainians tell of russian torture

As prosecutors prepare war crimes case, victims reveal how they were beaten and made to dig own graves in #Balakliia

“Throughout our investigation, we have seen how the invaders inflicted unspeakable suffering on detainees, using electrical cables, rubber objects, hammers, and guns.”

Read more here 📎 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/23/electric-cables-hammers-and-guns-ukrainians-tell-of-russian-torture

#Ukraine #SlavaUkraine
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine

The story of #English teacher #Viktoriia #Shcherbak from #Balakliia, #Kharkiv region, who survived interrogations and threats in a torture chamber with her 16-year-old daughter and husband.

📹: #Suspilne

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691

📖 Literary events are held as part of the discussion club at the #Balakliia Central Library every Friday at 14:00. 🇺🇦 culture in #KharkivOblast continues to live on despite the war

https://gwaramedia.com/en/promin-literary-studio-to-reopen-in-balakliia/

The Migration Service in #KharkivOblast issued the first two certificates of return from deportation to Russia to #Balakliia and #Kharkiv districts residents.

https://gwaramedia.com/en/first-certificates-of-return-from-deportation-to-russia-issued-in-kharkiv-oblast/