Kyiv Guy

Thank you, @22trucks.bsky.social
This does touch on some parts of my experience. I have sent you an email with my thoughts to tools@earthlink.net. I hope it helps.

Some training, just in case:

That one died. This one will, too.

May I ask what your experience in public writing/blogging is? Maybe I could share some of my experience, as it looks to me you are going the way I went not long ago.
Also, it would be good to specify what exactly you want to see in your channels in terms of subject matter and format.

The cited post is particularly laughable. It targets the lowest of the low in terms of general education. What "Russian ships" exactly? How many ships does Russia have in the Middle East? And what are the "Iranian waters"? The Caspian Sea? We urgently need a minimum literacy test for voters.

2/2 No Russia - no support for Iran and for Iranian proxies in Gaza, Syria, and elsewhere. No support for Venezuelan dictators. No support for radical left and right in Europe. No Wagner mercenaries in Africa. Less support for North Korea. A better, safer, saner world altogether.

1/2 Was it possible to prevent this - and other wars? Probably yes, by helping Ukraine to kick Russia back to Russia in 2014 or in 2022. Russia would crumble from inside. With some pressure, it could have been pressed into surrendering its nuclear weapons.

5/5 strategic blow to Moscovia. The biggest problem - China would remain, and that is another issue (though a loss of NK would hit China as bad as Russia).
Yes, in most cases that might mean a lot of death and suffering in many parts of the world, but we are fighting for survival here and now.

4/5 is good or bad for Ukraine as of now, but if he is successful with Iran (ideally, a change of regime), and adds, for example, North Korea to his "kill list", and, possibly, some corrective measures in South Caucasus and Middle Asia (Georgia and Kazakhstan particularly), that would be a major

3/5 Possibly, Cuba - though I don't think Cuba helped Russia a lot. A bit of Syria. All of those being in Biden times within Russia's "sphere of influence", carefully built over Putin's 20-year reign - and cut in just one year. I can't say that the overall balance of Trump's international policy

2/5 And so it is: Trump is bad for Ukraine, because he ceased both military and humanitarian support to Ukraine (thankfully, Europe stepped in to cover most of the losses), and is publicly cozying to Putin. Trump is good, because he cuts Russia's international allies - Venezuela, and, now, Iran.

1/5 When Trump came to power, there was a discussion here in whether it was good or bad for Ukraine (yes, we did have trumpists here as well). My comment was that he seemed to be way more decisive (than Biden, and, very possibly, Kamala), but it could work either way.

That would be approximately his sixth war in Ukraine (almost) ended in just one year. Nobody gets to (almost) stop six wars in one country in one year. Definitely worth a Nobel Peace Prize!

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Oh, how could it be possible? There are trading sanctions there, aren't they?

Well, good luck with that. First, they must stop their war in Ukraine. Otherwise, they would have neither the money nor the technology for that...

The International Olympic Committee joins Russia in its war to erase Ukrainian national memory | Letters from Kyiv Get more from Letters from Kyiv on Patreon

Ukrainian Olympic sportsman Vladyslav Heraskevych is ready to sacrifice his participation in the games for the sake of remembering his dead colleagues. The International Olympic Committee appears to join Russia in its war to erase Ukrainian national memory: www.patreon.com/posts/intern...

Shame! Kirsty Seward, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is a Zimbabwean politician and sports administrator. Zimbabwe is one of the very small number of countries in the world that officially support the Russian war in Ukraine. Maybe someone else must be disqualified here?

Shame! Kirsty Seward, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), is a Zimbabwean politician and sports administrator. Zimbabwe is one of the very small number of countries in the world that officially support the Russian war in Ukraine. Maybe someone else must be disqualified here?

IOC bans Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych over 'helmet of remembrance' Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his ...

Ukrainian skeleton pilot Vladyslav Heraskevych has been banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet which features images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his home country.
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Even half-hearted and weakly enforced US sanctions against Russia are under continuous pressure to be watered down. Also, a recommendation of the Ukrainian foreign affairs observer website: www.patreon.com/posts/resurg...

If you are into arts, you might be interested in checking out my series of posts on Ukrainian classic art. Use the #Ukraine #ClassicArt tags (both of them) to search for the relevant posts; or just scroll down my post feed.

Introduction | Letters from Kyiv Get more from Letters from Kyiv on Patreon

As I see some new people following me here, I think it may be relevant to share the latest version of my self-introduction post. Welcome to my place, and thank you for following.
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Russian sport is cheating in the most obvious and despicable way - they physically kill and maim their Ukrainian competitors.
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Just stumbled across another interesting Substack writer, based in Ukraine, by the way: johngordonsennettsr.substack.com/s/np-insights

My experience tells me there are always readers available for good writing. The hard thing is to find them/let them know about your existence. You did have some following on DK. If you manage to inform the DK audience about your new location, I am pretty sure that many people would click the link.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social is there, and that's enough for me. There are also some nice observers/writers on Ukraine and on wider issues - can't recall them now, but they do exist.

On a related note, as a fellow writer of long-ish posts, I suggest that you consider starting to write on any of the available web platforms that allow for longer posts, such as Substack or Wordpress. You still can use Bluesky for posting your links to those texts, of course.

Hi, 22 Trucks, I've just learned about the silly and unfortunate events that got you banned on DK. Please accept my condolences. I found you here thanks to a marlosan comment, and I am happy to see you continuing to write. I wish you all the best on the new platform.