millions of Ukrainian books turned to ashes in the last two years by russians so then someone in the future can say “wow russian literature is so great and how come no russian neighbor managed to produce anything like that?”

This is the diary of 🇺🇦writer Vakulenko. His body was found in a massive grave in Izym in 2022. This dairy was found by 🇺🇦writer Victoria Amelina. She died after the shelling of Kramatorsk in 2023.The Kharkiv factory that printed this book was destroyed by Russian shelling today

"Where is your great well known literature?". Well, here it is – destroyed and burned down. The Vivat publishing published hidden diaries from occupation by Volodymyr Vakulenko, who was killed, that was found by Victoria Amelina, who also was killed. Guess who killed them.

50 000 of new Ukrainian books. Fifty thousand. That's the quantity Russians burnt yesterday just a week before one the biggest book fairs in Ukraine. That books will never get to their readers. That's what Russia has been doing with our books for centuries. 📷 Ihor Leptuha

Rystende men absolut ikke overraskende adfærd fra den russiske besættelsesmagt. Historie er et våben. Er blevet mindet om det i den grad ved at læse Martin Lassens fremragende bog om Ruslands brug af historien og vejen ind i krigen.

STØT UKRAINSK LITTERATUR Pga. russernes terror-bombning af FaktorDruk-trykkeriet i Kharkiv er produktionen af nye bøger nu helt stoppet. Du kan støtte dem økonomisk via nedenstående link 👇

As a consequence of a Russian attack on a printing house Factor Druk in Kharkiv on May 23, 50,000 books were destroyed. Among them was the entirety of a new edition of 'Words and Bullets,' which PEN Ukraine was preparing to launch in partnership with Vivat publisher.

It is the last week of our crowdfunder for a mobile #Library for Ukraine. We would love your help to meet our £10,000 target. Anything you can spare will go towards the preservation of a culture under attack. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/mobile-libra…

Serhij Zhadan, én af de største nulevende 🇺🇦 forfattere og en kendt musiker mm, har nu officielt indtrådt i den 🇺🇦 nationalgarde. Jeg anbefaler varmt at dykke ned i hans store forfatterskab. Selv har jeg elsket at læse “Og midt i alt dette går frontlinjen” og “Voroshilovgrad”.

Vil du gerne dykke ned i nogle af de mest interessante ukrainske forfatterskaber, så er her en rigtig fin liste 👇

Meget få ukrainske forfattere er oversat til dansk (det drejer sig vitterligt om få håndfulde) - og det er synd for læserne! Der er mange voldelige og brutale årsager til, at du kender russiske forfattere og ikke fx. ukrainske, men én af dem handler om tilgængelige oversættelser.

Et nyligt eksempel på russisk ødelæggelse af UNESCO kulturarv i 🇺🇦 i det midlertidigt besatte Krim.

Aktuelt eks. på den “store russiske operakultur” på det midlertidigt besatte Krim. For en måned siden blev et antikt græsk og UNESCO-beskyttet tempel smadret og et nyt teater bygget på ruinerne - i begge tilfælde vil internationale love desværre sandsynligvis komme til kort.

Okay, this will be like crying out in the desert, and Twitter is unlikely to actively show this thread in English, but we have to try. Maybe something will come of it. So, a thread about the Russian opposition for an English-speaking audience.

I gårsdagens blodige, russiske angreb mod en 12-etagers bygning i millionbyen Kharkiv blev 7 dræbt herunder et barn. 97 blev såret heraf 20 børn. En af de dræbte var en ung kunstner, der havde tegnet lejlighederne og det det nu tidligere liv i dem. 💔🕯️

1/ THREAD On this day in 1985, one of Ukraine's most prominent writers and activists, Vasyl #Stus, passed away in a Soviet prison. Please share this important thread.

During #power cuts caused by Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy system, #libraries still work in the dark with candles and lanterns.

Odesa, Poltava, Zaporizhzha, Sumy, Kharkiv. Damaged and destroyed museums, theaters, historical buildings and people's houses. Kyiv is under attack every day with big exploitative drones. The terror of innocent people became routine. Kateryna Kosiyanenko, Friday morning, 2025