<aside> 💡 Language creates a mental map in our mind which we use to navigate what's happening in the world. In russia’s hybrid war against Ukraine, words matter.
One of the best ways to support Ukraine is using Ukraine-centric terminology.
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<aside> 💡 ✅ russia’s war against Ukraine
✅ unprovoked/genocidal russian invasion of Ukraine
❌ civil war
❌ Ukraine conflict / Ukraine war
❌ proxy war ❌ Ukraine crisis
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<aside> 💡 The war started on: ✅ 20 February 2014 ❌ not on 24 February 2022 What started on 24 February 2022 is the full-scale invasion.
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https://twitter.com/margogontar/status/1621819130016841731?s=46&t=NG-fulBhvRMfbPRYe9dVkQ
https://twitter.com/marymykhaylova/status/1545054338334134272?s=21&t=B88IpTLrHxLGSqnv870yOA
“If I had a dollar for each time I have to argue a non Ukrainian on how to spell our cities — @elonmusk would seem poor. Whether you fcking like it or not: Chornobyl. Luhansk. Kyiv. Lviv. Odesa. Deal with it.”* -
“Important announcement: please, please try to not say “the Ukraine”. There is only one Ukraine, you don’t need an article there. Thank you!” -
<aside> 💡 ✅ Ukraine, a sovereign state ❌ ”The Ukraine”, “former Soviet republic”, “post-Soviet state”
✅ russia-led forces ✅ russian occupation forces
✅ russian occupants ❌ pro-russian separatists ❌ russia-backed rebels
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<aside> 💡 ❗It’s Kyiv, not Kiev ❗Donbas, not Donbass ❗Odesa, not Odessa
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<aside> 💡 ❌ rebel-held/separatist-held territories of Donbas ✅ temporarily russia-occupied areas of Donbas
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https://twitter.com/with__ukraine/status/1602741904177004545?s=46&t=t6kwn5a7VH_JMsflYv_Z1Q
https://twitter.com/brik_t/status/1506185499077193731
https://twitter.com/olgaofuzhhorod/status/1602093296439934977?s=46&t=xY1Pd_5yoDKIz3020Weqkw
https://twitter.com/annamrchnk/status/1625280325864820736?s=46&t=Hpovg7oVt_MteBNViiSO3A
https://twitter.com/dietmarpichler1/status/1501942999684567047?s=21&t=qUh2f0HIwMV3EQnLZJbvkA
https://twitter.com/volodymyrkulyk4/status/1565752442322567170?s=21&t=n84GCYS6umuv7SCRK5-D-A
https://twitter.com/cryptodrftng/status/1494362496421044225?s=21&t=t2cHu9RkBpQhWKXHgWJdPQ
https://twitter.com/cryptodrftng/status/1638340985099898883?s=46&t=SlW4K9qDZacEBs0nqJC_aQ
https://twitter.com/juliavkril/status/1564055875018694656?s=21&t=t2cHu9RkBpQhWKXHgWJdPQ
https://twitter.com/cryptodrftng/status/1535384484811575296?s=21&t=XYfnOqnG9C6cVqGdbKAYWQ
https://twitter.com/alina_polyakova/status/1560712838292930560?s=21&t=8rgbLoEW_HNh2HAHe-5k3Q
https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1493939556344815620
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