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1. cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:34 JST cool_boy_mew

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   • Tim Mak
   @timkmak yeah it's not gonna happen
   
   Blackrock, the WEF and all these pest are "involved" in the the reconstruction already. It's going to be a corrupt, corporate owned country and they'll be the test subjects for all the WEF policies
   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:35 JST Tim Mak

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     “My biggest worry is not that we lose the war. We will not lose,” a Ukrainian friend told me yesterday. “My biggest worry is that we will return to the way before the war. That all these lives will have been lost, and we won't become a freer, less corrupt country.”

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:36 JST Tim Mak

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     The first is the obvious one: Russia invaded them, so they want to defend their land.

     The second reason is what they are trying to build: a more progressive, more democratic country, more transparent country – and one more closely linked to the EU.

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:37 JST Tim Mak

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     But that’s allowed in Ukraine.

     For many Ukrainians, there are two reasons why this war is being fought.

     Photo: Poster in Kyiv, with the caption 'Heroes Don't Die.'

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:38 JST Tim Mak

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     Svetlana and her fellow Ukrainian demonstrators played out what for the Russian government is their big fear: dissent against the government, with many holding portraits of their loved ones in a somber fashion and shouting slogans.

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:40 JST Tim Mak

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     NYT: "The cancellation of the nationwide ‘Immortal Regiment’ march, when ordinary Russians take to the streets to display pictures of their veteran forebears, is perhaps the most striking change...."

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:41 JST Tim Mak

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     The protest scene I described above with Svetlana is the opposite of what was allowed to happen in Moscow earlier this week.

     Russia marked its annual Victory Day, commemorating the USSR's defeat of Nazi Germany in the Second World War, but in a far more subdued manner...

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:42 JST Tim Mak

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     It’s a part of the war that gets far less attention: on the home front, the mostly female crowd, led by mothers and sisters and daughters and wives, are demanding greater govt recognition for the sacrifices their families have endured since 2014.

     Photo: Memorial wall in Kyiv

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:43 JST Tim Mak

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     To hear more about this story, and to see video of the march, sign up for The Counteroffensive, our email newsletter where we focus on human interest features and investigations, based out of Kyiv!

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   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:44 JST Tim Mak

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     But because he was not killed in combat, Svetlana and her family get no social security as a result of her son’s death.

     She and the other demonstrators were chanting to ensure that the Ukrainian government recognizes military veterans of the last eight years for public payments.

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:45 JST Tim Mak

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     Volodymyr had fought with the Ukrainian military since right after the Maidan Revolution of 2014 sparked the first battles with Russia in the eastern areas of Ukraine.

     And he continued fighting through the full-scale Russian invasion last year.

   • Tim Mak (timkmak@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 15-May-2023 07:01:46 JST Tim Mak

     Good morning to readers. Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

     This week I walked along with Svetlana Izmailova, whose son Volodymyr died last year at the age of just 37...

     She was protesting in Kyiv on her deceased son's behalf.