Russian atrocities in Ukraine have persisted for over 250 years, manifesting through invasions, mass murders, engineered famines, deportations, torture, forced assimilation, and systematic cultural destruction. From the tsars to the Soviets to the current regime, each has pursued the objective of Ukrainian subjugation.
Today is Kyiv Day. And once again, the city greets the occasion not in peacetime finery, but under the long shadow of war. Air raid sirens still interrupt the morning, the night is not always quiet, and the metro shelters more than passengers. Yet Kyiv endures. Founded in the year 482, Kyiv is not merely old. It is ancient, in the way only cities shaped by rivers and blood can be. It did not rise with Russia, but long before it.
In Kyiv’s 1500 year history, invaders have come and gone Read Post »
From the imperial conquests of the 18th century to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Kremlin has consistently used one excuse to justify its aggression: the protection of Russian speakers or ethnic Russians. This narrative, repackaged across centuries, has served as a diplomatic smokescreen for conquest, occupation, and coercion. The rhetoric is simple but effective—frame invasions as defensive, wrap imperial ambitions in humanitarian language, and label victims as aggressors.
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