Social media has been flooded with support for the people of Ukraine since Russian forces invaded the sovereign eastern European nation last week. The ongoing military operation, which has already resulted in thousands of civilian and military casualties, has produced a massive refugee crisis that has driven roughly half a million civilians out of Ukraine as of Monday, according to the United Nations. Luckily, organizations from the grassroots to the international level are taking steps to protect refugees who face additional layers of danger. Read on for some concrete ways you can help, and organizations you can donate to that provide direct aid to displaced Ukrainians.
His election campaign was based on progressive and liberal slogans, fueling hopes for the acceleration of the pro-European reforms launched during the presidency of his predecessor Petro Poroshenko. Although Zelenskyy made no specific promises on the campaign trail regarding same-sex marriage, his commitment to legalize the gambling sector and use of broadly inclusive language encouraged expectations of similarly liberal stances on other social questions. Things have not worked out entirely as expected. This ability to engage younger Ukrainian voters was to prove one of the factors behind his subsequent landslide presidential election victory.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has revoked an award given to a gay Ukrainian combat medic and soldier celebrating his military combat service over his propagation of "sinful ideology" and denial of God's existence. In a statement this week, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarchate confirmed that it had revoked the church award given to Viktor Pylypenko, honoring his sacrifice and love of Ukraine on Feb. Pylypenko served in the battle to fight off Russia's invasion, which began about two years ago. The church said that Pylypenko was submitted for the award by "his fellow soldiers from the combat unit of the heroic 72nd Brigade of the Black Zaporozhye.
This thesis appeared in anonymous telegram channels broadcasting pro-Russian rhetoric. In their messages, they used the Gender Zed NGO post about same-sex sex among Zaporizhzhia cossacks. Moreover, the Russian propaganda focused on the part of the message about transgender people in the Orthodox Church of that time. This is manipulation.