so it is paedophiles vs Ukraine.

i asked a celebrated Ukrainian publisher, Oleksandr Savchuk, to explain you why the Ukrainian book is and has always an act of anti-colonial resistance. Plus: why reading Ukrainian books is one of the best ways to support Ukraine maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-book...

listen to @oliahercules.bsky.social talking about family, memory, and what happens when history is erased and must be carried by people instead — as a form of Ukrainian resilience, tested by centuries of Ukrainian resistance to erasure creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

in this Resilience episode of the new Ukrainian Spaces season, we speak with ⁠@oliahercules.bsky.social, a Ukrainian-born celebrity chef and writer whose work for Ukraine goes far beyond popularising Ukrainian cuisine worldwide creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

"A Ukrainian home is something you rebuild, again and again" we've released the latest episode with a Ukrainian-British celebrity chef and author @oliahercules.bsky.social creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

When we spoke to @dovzhyk.bsky.social four years ago, she was not sure whether living abroad still made sense while her home country was under attack. Since then, she moved back and founded a leading institution to document Ukrainian cultural resistance creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

A new episode of our Six Windows on Ukraine season is about Belonging, featuring brilliant Ukrainian writer @dovzhyk.bsky.social. We produce this season in collaboration with @pravda.ua, a legacy Ukrainian newsroom creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

Wrap it up kids. Stop wasting Zelensky's time with these joke negotiations and give Ukraine the support needed to regain occupied territories. If the US is out, then fine, handle your shit Europe

an artist and a journalist, Sati never imagined herself doing anything with arms or military, but when russia invaded her home, they became an anti-imperial fighter. because in the russian occupation, there’s no place for queerness, equality, or human dignity maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/lana-sati

what happens when resistance ideas conceived during the darkest hours of the 2022 invasion grew into a trailblazing institution advancing justice in wartime Ukraine? a brilliant Ukrainian writer @dovzhyk.bsky.social joins our @ukrainianspaces.bsky.social creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

"peace won't be achieved unless we undo the displacement." our new @ukrainianspaces.bsky.social season, in collab with a legacy Ukrainian newsroom @pravda.ua, opens six windows into the Ukrainian identity through six powerful testimonies. @olekshyn.bsky.social shares his first.

we are back with a new season, you guys!! ukrainianspaces.com

A Ukrainian journalist @olekshyn.bsky.social joins @maksymeristavi.com and @valvoshchevska.bsky.social for the first episode of our new season in collab with @pravda.ua to reflect on the early days of the war in Ukraine and how fear has transformed into action, resistance, and new purpose

russian occupation is never peace. @maksymeristavi.com creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

And large parts of Kyiv are still without heating and electricity while it's going to be almost -30 degrees in the coming days. While Russians are again sending drones. It's crazy that this is not *the* headline news.

russian peace on full display.

⚡️ Ukraine is bleeding Russia faster than Moscow can replace its troops. In spring 2025, the Congressional Research Service estimated Russia recruits about 30,000 soldiers a month, while data from Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine show 30,000–40,000 Russian casualties monthly.

There is no reporting because we don't understand Russian imperialism. Consequentially, Europe's central power is failing to provide the necessary leadership to coordinate a military response to counter Russia. There is an unbelievable lack of preparedness for war despite already being in one.

why is this not wall-to-wall coverage around Europe? if not out of empathy, then of simple survival instinct: do we think any EU cities are remotely ready for anything like this, too? instead i am bombarded with 24/7 headlines from Americas that have zero impact on our European lives

🔴 Residential building hit as Russian strike kills 4 in Kyiv

Half of Kyiv — almost six thousand high-rise homes — were left without heating in Kyiv after the russian massive attack. It's minus 8 degrees Celsius now going down to minus 17 tomorrow night (!) Could you imagine half of your city getting frozen by the terrorist state?

for me and anyone indigenous who was unlucky to be born within russian empire or next to it, speaking russian has never been a choice — but rather a survival tactic. learn more: volyahub.com

“Imperial wars aren’t only fought for resources—they’re fought to monopolise our stories. When you silence people’s stories, it becomes easier to convince them they’re too small, too broken to rule themselves. That resistance is futile.” maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-disp...

🤯 Ukraine no longer needs imported armored vehicles. According to Defense Express, domestic production has scaled up so fully that all armored vehicles for the Armed Forces have been sourced locally for the past 2–3 years. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

The psychological dissonance of living next to evil while pretending normalcy—this is exactly what Europe faces today. Pilecki understood: you can’t defend against evil if you refuse to name it. learn his story: maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/rc101-disp...

“Pilecki lived inside that pattern: continuous imperial occupation masked as separate historical episodes. His three anti-colonial resistance campaigns - against Nazi Germany and Soviet russia - weren't three different enemies—they were three iterations of the same imperial evil”

⚡️Ukraine just set a new drone warfare record using a digital incentive system.

RIP heroine. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 🇦🇺

“Lana ‘Sati’ was barely 26. But like most Ukrainians of her age, she/they made civil activism part of her/their daily life and never took democracy, equality, and freedom for granted.” — Maksym Eristavi

painful loss for the Ukrainian queer family. Lana aka Sati, a fearless, brave hero who sacrificed their life on the Ukrainian frontline so the rest of us in Europe can keep living as authentic selves in peace and comfort.

for this holiday season, we have a special Ukrainian present for you — a new @ukrainianspaces.bsky.social season in collab with a Ukrainian legacy newsroom @pravda.ua. episode two features @dovzhyk.bsky.social maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...

honored to receive the Witold Pilecki Book Prize for Russian Colonialism 101 by @pileckiinstitut.bsky.social and @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social

we are back with a new @ukrainianspaces.bsky.social season! open.substack.com/pub/maksymer...

@maksymeristavi.com 👍 He was a recent guest of Rick's. www.youtube.com/live/1YmXSY_...

🔥 Ukrainian Spaces returns for Season 5 with @pravda.ua Across six episodes, we open six windows on Ukraine: fear, belonging, language, love, resistance, and the future. Hosted by Val Voshevska and @maksymeristavi.com

If you’re not on Substack yet - it might be worth checking the Ukrainian voices there. Also - it’s another front of the information war. You’ll find many familiar names, able to post long pieces. @maksymeristavi.com - I hope you’re ok with that screen grab. substack.com/@maksymerist...

“any kind of life as a colony within an empire, it really sucks, because that’s what empires do: they get the best of the resources that they could get out of you. they erase your identity.” @dim0kq.bsky.social

🔴 UPD: Six people were killed, and at least 14 were injured as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv overnight. 🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Russia carried out a massive overnight strike on Kyiv and the region, damaging homes and civilian infrastructure. Six people were killed and 13 injured. Strikes also hit Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Cherkasy regions. In total, russia used 22 missiles and more than 460 drones.

⚡️ Ukraine offers to share its anti-drone warfare experience with Lithuania amid growing Russian air threats.

In 2015 I accompanied my boss to #YESForum in Kyiv, where @maksymeristavi.com interviewed him. I was impressed by this young journalist and have been following him ever since. I am ordering his book #RussianColonialism101 today and I hope you will too! linktr.ee/russiancolon...

across half a century and several occupied nations, ordinary people answered russian colonial rule the only way left to them — by setting their own bodies on fire so their warning about the empire travels through time. my latest essay. please support it. maksymeristavi.substack.com/p/resistance...

speechless.

Today while walking in my garden I remembered the words of my friend from Kherson: "I can't walk in my garden. I am scared that I may die". For me walking in my garden is relaxing. For her walking in her garden can be a death sentence because of Russian petal mines. We both live in Europe. #Ukraine

russian colonialism 101 merch is back in stock, you guys 🪆🪓 istpublishing.org/en/merch

Today we mark day 29. In almost 31h we advanced with +5$ ❤️‍🩹. I'll be honest now, the way we're advancing now we will finish this fundraiser next year or we give up. We're supported only by a few friends & they can't carry all the weight alone. Please RT! PP: [email protected] #Ukraine #NAFO #FNDRUA

see you tonight in Hamburg. my final lecture this year.

I have one of these shirts (the one in Ukrainian). They’re very cool.