I ask you for help

[Middle-aged Europe]

I already donated for humanitarian aid. Andriy, don't hesitate for a Go Fund Me campaign for yourself and your family. We're with you all the way! I believe I speak for the entire Atlas community here.

I've also donated for humanitarian aid and went to a rally on Thursday evening. I missed out on the big rally on Sunday with 500,000 people though, due to a friends' birthday.

Also, since the weekend it kind of became part of my job description to sell arms shipments to Ukraine to the public, which is a task I find pretty annoying at times because of the peace-at-all-costs types who probably would have tried to stop Auschwitz with campaigns of civil disobedience in the mold of Martin Luther King. The ghost of Neville Chamberlain is alive and well.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I already donated for humanitarian aid. Andriy, don't hesitate for a Go Fund Me campaign for yourself and your family. We're with you all the way! I believe I speak for the entire Atlas community here.

I've also donated for humanitarian aid and went to a rally on Thursday evening. I missed out on the big rally on Sunday with 500,000 people though, due to a friends' birthday.

Also, since the weekend it kind of became part of my job description to sell arms shipments to Ukraine to the public, which is a task I find pretty annoying at times because of the peace-at-all-costs types who probably would have tried to stop Auschwitz with campaigns of civil disobedience in the mold of Martin Luther King. The ghost of Neville Chamberlain is alive and well.

Can confirm, sadly. We had a rally in solidarity with Ukraine on Saturday (500 people for a spontaneous protest) and some of those 80s boomer hippie activists were talking in a Church mass-like way how weapons should never be exported to Ukraine and how NATO was also responsible blabla. It took half of the crowd to boo them down and start singing the Ukrainian anthem to stop their nonsense and let actual Ukrainians talk.

I also had the impression in recent days that leftists of my age or younger tend to be more hawkish than older generations. I suppose that could be the result of a political socialisation that has been influenced by the teachings of someone like Joschka Fischer and the positions he held 25 years ago as well as watching too many Steven Spielbetg/Tom Hanks WWII films in our youths. If people of my age or younger go full pacifist or pro-Russia they often seem to be weird, esoteric part-Wagenknecht/part-AfD anti-vaxxer types.

[Middle-aged Europe]

https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews/status/1498337491056836610

[Middle-aged Europe]

German interior ministry has put an Ukrainian-language FAQ on its website to answer questions about what to observe when fleeing to and staying in Germany:

https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/DE/themen/ministerium/ukrain-war-ukr/faq-list-ukrain-war.html

[Middle-aged Europe]

Some people have found a novel way to get money to Ukrainians as their country is under attack from Russia: booking immediate Airbnb stays they don't intend to use.

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Airbnb hosts are paid 24 hours after a guest checks in, so people abroad are booking stays and letting hosts know that it's a gesture of solidarity, and they don't plan to appear.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/05/1084739721/airbnb-ukraine-direct-aid

[Middle-aged Europe]

Do we even know for certain that Google would ban you for writing "political" fake reviews in Russia right now? I mean Google certainly will be aware of Anonymous' tactics and considering many Western companies' stance on the sanctions against Russia I'd say there's a fair chance that they would simply tolerate it. I find that discussion here quite bizarre tbh.

[Middle-aged Europe]

Yeah, I'm sure Andriy has bigger fish to fry right now than to post on this forum, although I hope he eventually lets us know that he's fine.

I'm still wondering about Vaxx Bear's whereabouts though.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I came back again. I was slightly injured a few days ago. When my team and I were documenting crimes in northeastern Ukraine, about 40 to 50 kilometers from the front line, rockets fell nearby, and shrapnel wounded my leg. So now, while I am being treated, I will be able to write more often on the forum.

Sorry to hear that. I wish you a speedy recovery.

[Middle-aged Europe]

I came back again. I was slightly injured a few days ago. When my team and I were documenting crimes in northeastern Ukraine, about 40 to 50 kilometers from the front line, rockets fell nearby, and shrapnel wounded my leg. So now, while I am being treated, I will be able to write more often on the forum.

Are you working as a journalist of some sorts? But either way, rest up and remember that what you're doing will be vital to document the atrocities committed during this war. God bless you.

No. As you may know, I have a law degree and have worked as a lawyer for a long time. After joining the territorial defense, I and others came up with the idea of forming a team of lawyers to assist in the legal documentation of Russia's war crimes. I did this with some of my acquaintances and acquaintances of my acquaintances. And now we are helping to legally document these crimes where needed. There are a lot of such teams in Ukraine now - and our contribution is very small, but we still do it because it is necessary.

While I imagine that this is a job that is not always good for one's psyche, it nonetheless sounds like a task that is more important that anyone else's around here (except maybe doctors like PQG of  course).