ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES

#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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Mar 9 at 3:07pmWeb
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 9

the poem is "Caucasus"

written in 1845

Taras Shevchenko condemns the Russian empire and exalts the struggle of Ukrainians for freedom

the text:

"And glory to you, blue mountains,

Ice wormwood.

And to you, the great knights,

God is not forgotten.

Fight - overcome,

God helps you!

For you the truth, for you glory,

And the will of the saint!"

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