Leaflet was created 11yrs ago by Vladimir Agafonkin, a Ukrainian citizen in Kyiv
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1. Most people I know didn't believe Putin would suicidally start a large-scale invasion, despite potentially severe losses (~10k Russian soldiers killed so far in a week) and the complete destruction of Russian economy. Many thought US intelligence' warnings were a part of the information warfare for deterrence. We were wrong. Putin is actually this insane.
2. I registered where I'm staying locally and the military have my number / temp address if they need me. But the number of volunteers to fight WAY exceeds military capacity, so for now I'm staying in the rear and helping where I can make the most impact — by rallying donations, consulting IT volunteers on local map projects, and spreading the truth. I'm contemplating getting my wife and kids through the border but will stay in Ukraine myself, like other Ukrainian men.
However, just to get your opinion, do you feel the figures of Russian casualties are realistic ? (I guess you don't have any privileged information, but is there any "word of mouth" about the figures ?)
Anyway, we'll find out in the future.
Stay safe, thanks again, and good luck to you and your loved ones.
I have the "living in peace-time democracy" luxury of taking "official" figures with a grain of salt - but I'm pretty sure your government is waaaaaay behind Moscow's one as far as propaganda is concerned.
Again, thanks and good luck.
When I visit the website you gave
https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/
My computer's antivirus gave me a warning that it is an unreliable website.
However , via wikipedia , I found this
Perhaps I should donate to
.org.ua
instead of
.in.ua
?
Please advise.
Thanks.
I hope you and your family are well.
I think https://comebackalive.org.ua is a phishing website, which has now appeared on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Back_Alive
It was created a few weeks ago in 2022, unlike
https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/
which was created 7 years ago.
Also, I cannot find
comebackalive.org.ua
being referenced anywhere on their old website
Perhaps you could use your connenctions to tell them somebody is impersonating them for phishing purposes?
I read about setting up defenses and waiting to repel invaders, but I was wondering if you know about any Ukrainian army offensives. I wasn't sure if it wasn't possible, or if they were waiting for a better time, or maybe it just isn't a better strategy than remaining in a defensive position, or maybe they just aren't being reported.
Stay safe...
Do you still perform your day-to-day work? How's the relationship with your colleagues these days? I'm curious about the people in Belarus in particular.
Same for colleagues from Belarus and even Russia — they are strongly pro-Ukraine and anti-war, although stating this publicly can easily get them in jail (already happened multiple times).
I live in Los Angeles, California, USA and while I'm far I will find a way to help. There are many Ukrainians where I live so I will find something to volunteer for ideally (I saw something recently), or I will donate money, or both. I hope that you, your family, and friends live through these hard times. In 2022 I's unbelievable what is happening. Stay safe and good luck.
GitLab is another one.
I found it better for German (though I’ve been using it so long, I can’t remember if Grammarly supported German at all).
I was on the fence on donating in the first days of the conflict, but when I saw this it firmly pushed me over the edge. We've been using leaflet for free in our product for quite some time, and I think it would be a dick move to ignore this plea in the current context.
It has nothing to do with "loss of a product", it is about supporting an individual. That's a straw man you constructed.
Back to your question, and I can only answer for myself, yes, I would expect pretty much the same reaction and help that we gave to the Ukrainians from our neighbours if all this had happened to us, no matter if they're Bulgarians, Serbs or Hungarians.
The reason i chose romania while not directly stating that op is from that country, at least by user name, is because i didnt want it to turn into a personal thing.
I find it appalling that some will show ignorance, considering that romania is essentially financed by the western world. Even during this conflict romania’s only defense is nato, because the country lacks a proper army. We all know why and we all know that wont change. The expectation being that they (nato, us, eu) will “come and do it for us” and i simply dont share that mindset.
Having said that, some in romania have contributed to the country’s neighbour aid, while some simply dont care. But they do have a sense of entitlement. For instance, I am not entirely sure why you’d expect help from your neighbours given the above. Romania needs to be able to defend on its own and help those in need on its own before expecting handouts from pretty much everyone else, and now is the time to do it.
1. https://romania.europalibera.org/amp/31720871.html
Edit: grammar and all sorts. Bored of explaining fellow romanians that contributing to refugees is a duty and not an option. Romania is on the eternal receiving side and sometimes we have to contribute as well. Government wont, thus its up to regular folk. Glad that op and paganel are happy to rip the PR benefits from those that did contribute to this crisis.
Because it's the human thing to do, honestly, I expect from my country's neighbours to have humanly feelings, so to speak.
Only reading this latter comment of yours I realised that when you talked about help you most probably were talking about military (or something like that) help, in which case of course that the answer is more complicated.
This risks getting OT but imo us paying that protection fee (because that's what it is) of 2% of our budget each year (now expected to pass to 2.5%) is fair enough. Don't see how we would be able to put up an army worthy of that name that would stand a Russian invasion almost all by itself. The money just isn't there, i.e. for us doing it all ourselves. Maritime/sea defence is very expensive, air defence is very expensive, the whole cyber-security staff is pretty complicated and, while we might have some people for it, we most certainly don't have enough. We should play to our strengths, and, to be honest, we're not strong enough to stand up against the Russians all by ourselves, we never were.
Lots of love from Colombia, to you and your family.
My question is: How have you approached communicating to your kids the current situation? I have been trying to explain to mine what is going on and it is really hard to maintain a balance between educating them and scaring them.
I've advised people to focus on monetary donations, to let charities buy supplies in bulk. Getting goods donated is often easier though -- in that case, what specific items are needed most?
What should US/EU citizens request from their governments right now to support Ukraine?
Thank you for Leaflet & all your other awesome geospatial projects! We stand with you and all of Ukraine.
Slava Ukraini!
As for political support — pushing the government to increase sanction pressure, seizing Russian corrupt assets, increasing Ukrainian support, pushing for NATO no-fly zone all helps.