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Oleksiy Sorokin 
Journalist, editor, manager 🇺🇦🇨🇦| @UofT 2018 | ex-Kyiv Post | now @kyivindependent | DM open
Kyiv, Ukraine
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| Tweet | 1,763 | 51.7% |
| Retweet | 887 | 26.0% |
| Reply | 615 | 18.0% |
| Quote | 191 | 5.6% |
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| URL | 857 | 25.1% |
| Photo | 359 | 10.5% |
| Video | 200 | 5.9% |
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| #ukraine | 362 | 10.6% |
| #zelensky | 211 | 6.2% |
| #russia | 133 | 3.9% |
| #belarus | 94 | 2.8% |
| #lukashenko | 59 | 1.7% |
| #us | 46 | 1.3% |
| #covid19 | 46 | 1.3% |
| #minsk | 45 | 1.3% |
| #putin | 39 | 1.1% |
| #trump | 29 | 0.8% |
| #kolomoisky | 25 | 0.7% |
| #kyiv | 24 | 0.7% |
| #poroshenko | 24 | 0.7% |
| #eu | 16 | 0.5% |
| #ps752 | 16 | 0.5% |
| #nordstream2 | 15 | 0.4% |
| #iran | 15 | 0.4% |
| #donbas | 14 | 0.4% |
| #crimea | 13 | 0.4% |
| #mh17 | 13 | 0.4% |
| #navalny | 11 | 0.3% |
| #giuliani | 11 | 0.3% |
| #biden | 10 | 0.3% |
| #france | 10 | 0.3% |
| #ukrainian | 9 | 0.3% |
| #germany | 9 | 0.3% |
| #euro2020 | 9 | 0.3% |
| #coronavirus | 9 | 0.3% |
| #ukraineelections | 9 | 0.3% |
| #zelenskiy | 8 | 0.2% |
| #russian | 7 | 0.2% |
| #donetsk | 6 | 0.2% |
| #canada | 6 | 0.2% |
| #privatbank | 6 | 0.2% |
| #imf | 5 | 0.1% |
| #yermak | 5 | 0.1% |
| #covid_19 | 5 | 0.1% |
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| #trudeau | 5 | 0.1% |
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| #mariupol | 4 | 0.1% |
| #euromaidan | 4 | 0.1% |
| #wagnergate | 4 | 0.1% |
| #klitschko | 4 | 0.1% |
| #n4 | 4 | 0.1% |
| #moldova | 4 | 0.1% |
| #ukraineelection2020 | 4 | 0.1% |
| #belarusprotest | 4 | 0.1% |
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| russian | 613 | 18.0% |
| russia | 596 | 17.5% |
| kyiv | 360 | 10.6% |
| ukrainian | 330 | 9.7% |
| zelensky | 253 | 7.4% |
| according | 137 | 4.0% |
| occupied | 129 | 3.8% |
| military | 117 | 3.4% |
| russians | 109 | 3.2% |
| oblast | 103 | 3.0% |
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| donbas | 97 | 2.8% |
| government | 93 | 2.7% |
| killed | 89 | 2.6% |
| since | 89 | 2.6% |
| parliament | 84 | 2.5% |
| defense | 83 | 2.4% |
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| being | 78 | 2.3% |
| mariupol | 77 | 2.3% |
| ukrainians | 75 | 2.2% |
| soldiers | 74 | 2.2% |
| kharkiv | 74 | 2.2% |
| because | 70 | 2.1% |
| kremlin | 68 | 2.0% |
| looks | 67 | 2.0% |
| during | 64 | 1.9% |
| biden | 60 | 1.8% |
| police | 60 | 1.8% |
| civilians | 59 | 1.7% |
| sanctions | 57 | 1.7% |
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| ⚡ High Voltage Sign | 380 | 11.1% |
| 📸 E1.0 Camera With Flash | 18 | 0.5% |
| ♥ E0.6 Heart Suit | 15 | 0.4% |
| 👀 E0.6 Eyes | 11 | 0.3% |
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As the battle for Bakhmut continues, and some question Ukrainian leadership’s decision to hold on to the city at all cost, Zelensky visits ravaged Donetsk Oblast.
A video of him on a popular gas station near the front line, talking to soldiers, will boost morale for now.
A video of him on a popular gas station near the front line, talking to soldiers, will boost morale for now.
I’ve never read something that made more sense than this. pic.twitter.com/b8MWTJzhUq
This video published by President Volodymyr Zelenksy shows a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Zaporizhzhia on March 22.
"Russia is attacking the city with extreme cruelty, hitting residential neighborhoods where ordinary people and children live," he wrote.
"Russia is attacking the city with extreme cruelty, hitting residential neighborhoods where ordinary people and children live," he wrote.
It's pretty wild that I have to point this out, but –
1) Crimea is a Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia. 2) Ukraine has all the right to attack Russian troops both on Ukrainian soil and in Russia because that's how war works.
1) Crimea is a Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russia. 2) Ukraine has all the right to attack Russian troops both on Ukrainian soil and in Russia because that's how war works.
The visit by Japanese PM to Kyiv, amid the ongoing top level Chinese-Russian talks in Moscow, is refreshing.
Perfect planning.
Perfect planning.
Our reporter @AsamiTerajima was hacked. Please don’t interact with this account.
Also, @elonmusk and @TwitterSupport thanks for removing the basic safety features. Great job.
Also, @elonmusk and @TwitterSupport thanks for removing the basic safety features. Great job.
Our reporter @AsamiTerajima was hacked. Please don’t interact with this account.
Also, @elonmusk and @TwitterSupport thanks for removing the basic safety features. Great job.
Also, @elonmusk and @TwitterSupport thanks for removing the basic safety features. Great job.
In an exclusive interview with the Kyiv Independent, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur (@HPevkur) urges the West to do more for Ukraine.
"We should procure together one million rounds for 155-millimeter howitzers," says Pevkur. kyivindependent.com/regional/eston…
"We should procure together one million rounds for 155-millimeter howitzers," says Pevkur. kyivindependent.com/regional/eston…
Estonian Defense Minister: 'Russian army has not changed in 100 years'
kyivindependent.com
This is going to become one of my favourite soundbites from any foreign minister I have interviewed. I asked @DmytroKuleba what was behind the creative diplomacy Ukraine had shown during the war:
Heads of States that the International Criminal Court has indicted: Omar al-Bashir (Sudan), Muammar Gaddafi (Libya), Laurent Gbagbo (Ivory Coast), Vladimir Putin (Russia).
Those who say that 17 MiGs isn’t enough are right. But 17 MiGs is way more than zero, and we should be thankful to our friends.🇵🇱🇸🇰♥️
Yes, nobody is going to arrest Putin, and the war won’t end tomorrow.
But this is a crucial decision. Putin is now officially a wanted fugitive. It’s a mark, and he’ll be treated as such.
I’m sure this is only the beginning.
But this is a crucial decision. Putin is now officially a wanted fugitive. It’s a mark, and he’ll be treated as such.
I’m sure this is only the beginning.
BREAKING: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin for forcibly deporting (kidnapping) Ukrainian children.
THIS IS MASSIVE!
THIS IS MASSIVE!
China is Russia’s most important ally one way or the other.
Now, is the question how far are they willing to go in their support.
Now, is the question how far are they willing to go in their support.
President Andrzej Duda says 4 Polish MiG-29 fighter jets will be transferred to Ukraine within the coming days.
Ukraine needs to receive all Soviet-made weapons still stocked in the West.
Ukraine needs to receive all Soviet-made weapons still stocked in the West.
According to a leaked document obtained by an international consortium of media outlets, including the Kyiv Independent, Russia is planning to gain vast control over Moldova by 2030. kyivindependent.com/investigations…
No, Mr. Zelensky, you can't speak at the Oscars, that's politics. But we'll give an Oscar to "Navalny", that's not politics. And Navalny's wife will speak, that's also not politics. But she won't mention her country's invasion of Ukraine, because... Yeah, you got it.
Russia in 2020s, two Nobel Peace Prizes, one Academy Award, one genocide.
So Navalny people took the stage in Los Angeles to talk about Russia, saying that they want their country to be free.
Free from who? Russians? Because most Russian are perfectly fine with what’s going on in their country and what their country is doing in Ukraine.
Free from who? Russians? Because most Russian are perfectly fine with what’s going on in their country and what their country is doing in Ukraine.
This one is especially painful.
If you’ve been wondering why Ukraine has been mourning for days — I wrote about Da Vinci’s heroic life and spoke to those who knew him. kyivindependent.com/national/who-w…
If you’ve been wondering why Ukraine has been mourning for days — I wrote about Da Vinci’s heroic life and spoke to those who knew him. kyivindependent.com/national/who-w…
Who was Da Vinci, legendary young commander killed near Bakhmut?
kyivindependent.com
Defense Minister, Commander-in-Chief, Head of Military Intelligence, and top generals kneel in front of late Hero of Ukraine’s casket.
Unimaginable pain.
Unimaginable pain.
⚡️Thousands say goodbye to Hero of Ukraine killed in action.
Dmytro Kotsiubailo, commander of the First Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves," was killed near Bakhmut. Thousands gathered to say goodbye to Kotsiubailo in downtown Kyiv on March 10.
Video: The Kyiv Independent.
Dmytro Kotsiubailo, commander of the First Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves," was killed near Bakhmut. Thousands gathered to say goodbye to Kotsiubailo in downtown Kyiv on March 10.
Video: The Kyiv Independent.
Today’s Russian mass missile strike doesn’t make sense.
+12C outside, the whole country is stocked up on generators and EcoFlow. Like what’s the point of launching a $600 million attack?
+12C outside, the whole country is stocked up on generators and EcoFlow. Like what’s the point of launching a $600 million attack?
And on the renewed land
There will be no enemy, no adversary,
And there will be a son, and there will be a mother,
And there will be people on the land.
Taras Shevchenko, born on this day in 1814
There will be no enemy, no adversary,
And there will be a son, and there will be a mother,
And there will be people on the land.
Taras Shevchenko, born on this day in 1814
That was one hell of an alarm clock here in Kyiv. Hoping it was air defense.
Mass Russian attack across Ukraine ongoing.
Mass Russian attack across Ukraine ongoing.
There’s a striking difference between the support Ukraine is receiving from the Georgian people and the country’s government.
In turn, Ukrainians support the Georgian people in their fight for a democratic future.
In turn, Ukrainians support the Georgian people in their fight for a democratic future.
The search for the identity of the alleged Ukrainian prisoner of war executed in a video that emerged on March 6 appears to be coming to an end.
Two versions have emerged regarding the identity of the man in the video. kyivindependent.com/national/searc…
Two versions have emerged regarding the identity of the man in the video. kyivindependent.com/national/searc…
Search ongoing for identity of Ukrainian POW allegedly executed by Russia
kyivindependent.com
⚡️Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsiubailo killed in action near Bakhmut.
Dmytro Kotsiubailo, commander of the First Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" and Hero of Ukraine, was killed in action near Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on March 7. kyivindependent.com/news-feed/hero…
Dmytro Kotsiubailo, commander of the First Mechanized Battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" and Hero of Ukraine, was killed in action near Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on March 7. kyivindependent.com/news-feed/hero…
Hero of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsiubailo killed in action near Bakhmut
kyivindependent.com
A really painful few days. Each day we lose our best, killed by their worst.
Rest in peace Dmytro.
Rest in peace Dmytro.
We’re still confirming the identity of the Ukrainian POW executed by Russian troops.
The video shared online showed a Ukrainian soldier being executed after saying “Glory to Ukraine!” pic.twitter.com/0nJsggHzh7
The video shared online showed a Ukrainian soldier being executed after saying “Glory to Ukraine!” pic.twitter.com/0nJsggHzh7
We’re still confirming the identity of the Ukrainian POW executed by Russian troops.
The video shared online showed a Ukrainian soldier being executed after saying “Glory to Ukraine!”
The video shared online showed a Ukrainian soldier being executed after saying “Glory to Ukraine!”
⚡️The Kyiv Independent is launching a new department specializing in journalistic investigations of war crimes and other topics related to Russian aggression in Ukraine and beyond. kyivindependent.com/news-feed/the-…
The Kyiv Independent launches war investigations department
kyivindependent.com
Mariinka was a city in Donetsk Oblast. Then, Russians came and destroyed it.
These photos are heartbreaking.
These photos are heartbreaking.
The @nytimes is so disparate to have “pluralism of opinions” that they publish an oped by a guy with zero relevant experience saying that Ukraine will lose.
“The greatest blunder Putin may have made so far is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose.” pic.twitter.com/oOSyv3qVBd
“The greatest blunder Putin may have made so far is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose.” pic.twitter.com/oOSyv3qVBd
The @nytimes is so disparate to have “pluralism of opinions” that they publish an oped by a guy with zero relevant experience saying that Ukraine will lose.
“The greatest blunder Putin may have made so far is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose.”
“The greatest blunder Putin may have made so far is giving the West the impression that Russia could lose.”
Since October, Russia was attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in an attempt to cause substantial difficulties in the rear during winter.
Winter is over, this tactic unfortunately did bring death and destruction, but ultimately failed.
Winter is over, this tactic unfortunately did bring death and destruction, but ultimately failed.
The oil depot that caught fire in Tuapse, Russia, is 690km southeast from closest Ukraine-controlled territory.
Russians say it was attacked by drones.
Russians say it was attacked by drones.
Ви всі токсікі.
First Leopard 2 tanks are in Ukraine, says Polish defense minister.
Poland’s support was crucial this year. Thank you for doing the right thing.
🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
Poland’s support was crucial this year. Thank you for doing the right thing.
🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱
"А тепер я хочу звернутись до Збройних сил України. Стійте міцно. Ви все, що в нас є. Ви все, що захищає нашу державу. Слава Україні"
Kyiv. 24.02.2023. One year.
This what freedom looks like.
📷: President’s Office
This what freedom looks like.
📷: President’s Office
It’s 5:18 am in Kyiv.
Around this time, a year ago, Russian bombs began falling on Ukraine nationwide, and the lives of 40 million people changed forever.
Around this time, a year ago, Russian bombs began falling on Ukraine nationwide, and the lives of 40 million people changed forever.
We left the office at 2:40am. In the cab home I hear Blinken go live, saying Russia is set to move in.
Soon a video pops up with unidentified soldiers storming a checkpoint, less than an hour later Putin starts his speech. Kyiv is bombed.
I call my dad and tell him “it’s war.”
Soon a video pops up with unidentified soldiers storming a checkpoint, less than an hour later Putin starts his speech. Kyiv is bombed.
I call my dad and tell him “it’s war.”
Morally and visually, Biden's trip to Ukraine and Poland is huge. Now, we need those ATACMS to end this war.
One year later, Kyiv stands. Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. America — and the world — stands with Ukraine.
Рік потому Київ стоїть. Україна стоїть. Демократія стоїть. Америка – і світ – стоїть з Україною.
Рік потому Київ стоїть. Україна стоїть. Демократія стоїть. Америка – і світ – стоїть з Україною.
BIDEN IN KYIV!
Nine years after the bloodiest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution, and a day before the 9th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. president pays tribute to those fallen.
Nine years after the bloodiest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution, and a day before the 9th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. president pays tribute to those fallen.
