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Kharkiv region
I drew this pic of sunset in Kharkiv village two years ago. Now it reminds me about peaceful sky under my country, unharmed town and lovely springtime. My life is divided into before and after. But I still hope forever Ukraine will be safe and free. Our enemy is huge and terrifying at first sight. But he doesn’t have the main things. He doesn’t have unity and truth. We are on our land and we’ll protect it. Slava Ukraini.
As Russia invades Ukraine, I wanted to share this message and request from Rabbi Avraham Wolf, Chief Rabbi of Odessa & Southern Ukraine. It’s from a few days ago and I’m not sure if there have been any updates but it just feels really important to signal boost this:
“The Jewish community in the Ukraine is in need of your assistance during these dire times. As the threat of war intensifies, Mishpacha Chabad Odessa is preparing to support the hundreds of Jews who are unable to evacuate the country including orphans, students, and Holocaust survivors. Preparations are also underway to absorb Jewish refugees from the surrounding regions of Kharkiv, Kiev, and Dnieper.
$300,000 in donations are urgently needed to purchase medical gear, protective equipment, and basic necessities such as clothes and sleeping bags. Money is also needed to help stock emergency shelters with several tons of cereal, buckwheat, sugar, rice, flour and other non-perishable staples. These donations will also help defray the costs of additional security personnel arriving from Israel to help protect the Jewish community.
Your generous donation will help ensure that the Jewish community of Odessa is prepared for all eventualities and is able to provide security, shelter, and food for everyone in need during this dangerous time. $130,000 has already been spent in food alone - but much more is still needed.”
https://www.mishpachaorphanage.org/templates/fundraising/default_cdo/aid/5405630/jewish/Campaign.htm
The russian “soldiers” has destroyed the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources in Kharkiv.
It was the only plant genetic bank in Ukraine. The bank stored more than 160,000 varieties and hybrids of plants from around the world.
"I am sad to say that under hitler’s Germany, when the whole of Ukraine was under occupation, the Germans did not destroy this collection, but on the contrary, tried to save something because they knew that their descendants would need it. Since it is a question of food security of each country. Breeders from all over the world, all countries, including russia, ordered and received samples from this gene pool to create their own varieties adapted to the area, “said Doctor of Agricultural Sciences Serhiy Avramenko.
Ukraine
“We are at the epicenter of the confrontation of two ideas: the European democratic idea that the freedom and life of everyone matters and the cruel tyrannical idea that only a person who can subdue other people matters. That’s what we need to stop together. Everyone in Europe”
Kharkiv 2022
Donbas
Donbas, Kharkiv,Mariupol was the russian-speaking cities.Now, you can see what russian nazis did with russians-speaking cities.Does not matter which language we speak russians hate, raping , torturing ukrainians,and then telling about “brotherlove”
We entered Russia from Ukraine today in a fairly painless two and a half hour border crossing. Only a cursory glance was given to the contents of our cars, but we had a little bit of headache filling out some declaration forms. It didn’t help that the…