Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦's tweet - "Writing a book on the Battle of Kyiv 2022 and can’t decide what it is — a war chronicle, a FAQ on how Russia unleashed this war and failed, or a love letter to the capital of the ancient Rus and the city of excellent bars, pubs, parks, theaters, and coffee shops." - Trendsmap

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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦

@IAPonomarenko | 1,249,022 followers

Writing a book on the Battle of Kyiv 2022 and can’t decide what it is — a war chronicle, a FAQ on how Russia unleashed this war and failed, or a love letter to the capital of the ancient Rus and the city of excellent bars, pubs, parks, theaters, and coffee shops.

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micki ⚖️ ✙ ☮️

@gmickk

It blossomed & thrived with freedom & hope. And it remains resilient despite Russia’s horror & destruction. I expect your book will be a good read. Slava Ukraini

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Gentigan🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇳🪖 - Dmitri Antonín

@gentigan

Like in the books by Marc Elsberg. I like his style of writing, with many different stories that are loosely connected together and draw the full picture in the end. E.g. the view of a child, a granny, of someone from the government, a Ukrainian soldier, a russian soldier, ...

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@philologon

An ode to the brave people who refuse to be dominated by anyone. An epic about the people who threw out the more powerful army with grit, innovation, determination, and audacious gall. An anthem about a people who needed weapons, not a ride.

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Cognitive Dissonance

@MasonFlakeAlpha

All three would be relevant. Just let me know where to send the money and buy it.

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You can name each chapter as the name of a place in Kyiv

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@Dschf

Why not all the above?

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@PaleoWenus

The heroic defence of Chernihiv is also something which should be remembered strongly in European historical consciousness.

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think future, thing the kid not born yet

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Heidi Bilas @HeidiBilas@mstdn.party

@BilasHeidi

Dear Illia, important news! This is a story that must be told, it matters so much that Ukrainians tell it. Your perspective & human perspective of the beautiful & beautifully brave people of Ukraine-there is much that happened the world doesn't know. You are a gifted writer. T/Y

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@s__b80

I'd suggest writing under a pseudonym(s). Book could be called "Failing at invasion for dummies" By Vladimir Shoigu & Sergei Putin.

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@genwnyc

Sounds like it should be all of those things

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Sinthiwe Strawson

@Sanebutnot

Please include historical background. Its important to understand why and how Putins argument that Ukraine 'belongs' to Russia has no validity. Thank you for the ongoing feedback, much appreciated.

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Tessa, the #freerangehooligan

@Agterplaasboer

A bit of all three

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SaveDemocracy#FBPE🔶️🇺🇦💙💛🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇫🇷🇧🇪

All three!

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@berryjmmt

All of it and more…

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ThunderOwl - SciFi Games Assets 🇱🇻🇺🇦🌞

Right answer on your question is - "Yes".

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All three!

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@colin2812

War chronicle sounds better than a special operations chronicle.

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@dancharnas

Why not all three?

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Fernando Krammer

@fernandokrammer

Try talk about how Zelensky sold the loves of #Ukraine. #Ukraine deserve help. #Zelensky sold #Ukrainian to the #USA& only the leaders of 9% of the world, #G7, play with ZeTerrorism. To see the full video with the Facts. ⤵️youtu.be/j8aNxyhJNd0 ou⤵️ facebook.com/acsangelica/vi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… pic.twitter.com/dsjP2ENCg3

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H. Michael Karshis

@sharkthang

“What is the city but the people”. William Shakespeare 🤘🏼🇺🇦 #SlavaUkrainii #IStandWithUkraine #PuckFutin

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All of them sound nice so don't worry and keep writing.

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@Brynmac2

War chronicles hopefully it will be adopted into a movie some day. Include the missing gap of how Ukraine manage to hide or resurrect some of its important assets like air defense and jets from the initial onslaught

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@DjeeThomas

Why not all three, as a trilogy? It could even be named "The History, the Battle and the City"

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All of the above Illia!!

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@VonDerMina

"Wartime Grifting. A memoir."

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Eva Martina Merz - Bavastro

Volume 1., 2., 3. !

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Talk is Cheap 🇺🇸 🇳🇴 🇨🇿 🇬🇧 🇺🇦

@EulerID

First Chapter: "The Battle is here. Your government is here" Second chapter: Homstel - The Battle for Antonov Airport & How Ukraine wiped out Russia's best paratroopers. Third Chapter: The Horror at Bucha and Irpin Fourth Chapter: Russia and Belarus failed to take Kyiv.

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Sounds like it should be ‘An Indictment……’

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@BFichter

Sounds like you have the makings of more than one book there, Ilia

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@CShupala

I think it could be all of the above.

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Whar Adult Supervision?

@shabatu33

Not impossible to be all three. And I will read the hell out of your book, Illia - just like I've been reading your threads here for much of the past year.

Taras Chuprynka 🇨🇦🇺🇦

All of it 💙💛

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Jackson B.O. Lock, BA

@Markowsk18

You can mix those elements freely, makes for a more interesting read. I usually write a lot and then remove the unnecessary parts which don't support the 'narrative'.

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Jeremy Tamanini

@DualCitizenInc

Love letter!

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Can you write three books then ?

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@A82517086

D) All of the above!

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Dr. Jeannette Wibmer

@JeannetteWibmer

Read "The Gates of Europe" by Harvard👇Serhii Plokhy+would suggest you to start with the 24 February 2022🇷🇺full scale invasion🇺🇦rebuttal strategy, prepearation+operational battles, however, on that journey, to also make flashbacks to what happened before. harvard.com/book/the_gates…

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@SheldrickCathy

The Battle for Light.

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@Edwardo________

It can be all 3. Doesn't need to fit convention, necessarily. Most interesting books I've read on World War 2, were all by Stephen E Ambrose, telling the history of the war/specific battles through the eyes of the people who were there.

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@nmcdonell1

“When Ukrainians Showed the World the Meaning of Bravery and Love of Country”

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Caz Schoenleber

@arborlibertatis

Certainly not a tale of lesser power's humility in the face of great power conflict that aims to consume innocents. #surrenderUkraine

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Elizabeth Fremantle 💙💛 #Disobedient

No reason why it shouldn't be all three

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@ohmygod1234556

Can’t it be all three?

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Ryan DiNicola🇷🇺👍

Writing a book to profit of this war for money. You should work for the US government 😆

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@wirfsbors

Or everything together

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Hubris vs. Spirit of Ukraine

Kyle Michel Sullivan-I block MAGAts; #SlavaUkraini

@kmswrites

All of the above. Use Tolstoy as your guide. I know he's Russian, but War & Peace is beyond borders...

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@porridgetv

Both 🫡

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🔴Wilfried Goesgens

@dothebart

Collect snippets, properly join them once you decide.

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Kris Van Landen

@Eivissa749

There are some excellent articles online: washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Dialogue Social

@Dialogue_Social

When this war is over, I suspect you will receive many tourists that will want to meet and discover your beautiful country and people. A book with history, places and Ukrainian humour would be a hit! Good luck @IAPonomarenko

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🇺🇦 Volodymyr Maksymov

twitter.com/billion_idea/s…

A tragic story of what could be friendship that accelerates possibilities of people in both countries, ruined for years for personal gain, hidden behind voal of lies and deception

Sheena’s a wildrose

Whatever it turns out to be, I’ll be waiting to buy it and read it.

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@G64036170G

Personally I'll enjoy read contrasting events unfolding simultaneously. Small units defending airports until reinforced, assassins/saboteurs feared in Kyiv (how govt/infra was protected), civilians wait with AK's and molotovs while military battled approaching columns, jets above

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Mary Baltushka 🇨🇦🇺🇦 #airdefenceforUkraineNOW

Integrate all three? FAQ can be appendix, love letter as intro, war chronicle for the meat and kartoshki of the book🤔

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@SueSchumacher16

Whatever it is, I’m sure it will be brilliant Illia.

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DQLNip_Karin_Aquatica💞 ► DQ♩

@Karin_Aquatica

You don’t have to decide. It can be all 3. The writer has the freedom to do whatever he wants.

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Can’t it be all three?

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@dagobootie

can you incorporate all 3?

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Why can't it be all those things at once?

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Separate books and maybe some intersections

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yet, he is STILL a free man

Or, do one of each. First, second and third.

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DebJanewayBLM✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽✊🏻

@DLynnBLM

I like war chronicle. My Christmas gift to me is a patron to the Kyiv Independent!😊❤️🇺🇦🎄☮️

jaimï 🌻🇺🇦🌻🇺🇸🌻🏳️‍🌈🌻

All of the above!

@kitzeyes

Let's go with the third option: A Love Letter to the country and her peoples. 🌄💞🕊️🕊️🕊️🌻🇺🇦

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Nic de Potter (Brussels EC)

@NicolasdePotte1

here is a subtitle 500 Lukoil petrol stations across EU27 and USA

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Combine the 1st and 3rd, skip on the 2nd...

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All the above

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сукапаела ordu rüütel

love letter it is - Як тебе не любити, Києве мій!

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Gilles Trepanier

👍✌️☮️☮️

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New stories in @JJournalNYC @thecitronreview

@mariannevill714

It will be all of those things. When you have the first draft down, you can tweak to find the right balance.

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Russian Russophob ✊👍🇬🇧🇰🇿🇺🇦

@meta_undertaker

Start with capturing the reader with an imaginary war room with Zalushnyi. Then about Kiev on the eve of invasion (bars etc), then fate of typical awaken terrified civilian. then chronicle with occasional update on the war room and that person enlisting for territorial defence

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Kwashiorkor Nakamoto

@kwashn

Sports almanac, like turret toss, etc.

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@MartinMcallis17

It could be the story of failed intelligence and assessments. A failed belief that Ukraine would overwhelmingly welcome Russian soldiers with open arms. Perhaps one of the greatest military miscalculations in history.

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You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

Make sure you do All Three..

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Very good decision making not to sign neutrality and give freedom to Russian population in Ukraine for self declaration. Such a great decision, we have been seeing great results for the last 9 months and can't wait to see what coming. So much joy so far and so much joy on the way

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Memoirs of the defenders?

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Elizabeth Petrangelo

Make it all of these things

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Andrew Carnegie

Latter makes former more powerful imho

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@Der_Dippegucker

Some kind of Hemingway medley might work out just fine.

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@bblit

Hopefully it will be all of those things.

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The Great Vizzini

Sounds like multiple books

In reply to @IAPonomarenko

Kindly ask everyone and everybody to support Ukraine in war for liberty! Together we will prevail! #RussiaIsATerroristState #IzyumMassacre #ArmUkraineNow #StandWithUkraine 🇱🇻👍🇺🇦✌️ #BanRussianTourists #VISABanForRussians #BoycottCROCS

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Make it three!

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@TolkkuK

Sounds like three books 👍

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DanaBlankenhorn

@danablankenhorn

A love letter will sell best.

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Write two books, they are both important.

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@jokraniareflex1

All these together. I.K.

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Énorme Fumiste

@EFumiste

Considering your talent at writing let's call it a piece of garbage

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@AndreaDawn2280

Nobody knows yet. Just keep writing.

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Samuel Avery-Quinn {Not Elon MuskⓂ️}

Love stories amid war are compelling.

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Trumplestiltskin

@trumplestiltkin

All of the above.

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@kokjohnj

Police action

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Clarissa Oakes 💙

@ClarissaOakes1

Chronicles, not necessarily in time order either. You could call it... World War Z.

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