Originally published at: Interpreter for Zelensky broke down in tears during speech yesterday | Boing Boing
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Contrast with the fake tears about a Ukrainian “genocide” against Russian-speakers in Donbas that the head of RT squeezed out two weeks ago.
There are many avenues to donate to Ukraine, please give if you can & what you can.
The logistical nightmare of getting food to the defenders of Kyiv must be solved.
In an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, after a grueling night of Russian attacks on the outskirts of the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko was silent for several seconds when asked if there were plans to evacuate civilians if Russian troops managed to take Kyiv.
“We can’t do that, because all ways are blocked,” he finally said, speaking in English. “All ways are blocked and right now we are encircled — everywhere is Russians and we don’t have a way to evacuate the people. And everyone who had plans to evacuate himself already moved.”
I like seeing Zelenskyy in the t-shirt.
No time for formalities.
There was something extra poignant about her crying right after translating: “We know exactly who we are protecting.”
Vitali Klitschko, now mayor of Kyiv, says he will join his brother Wladimir in a ‘bloody war’ against Russian invaders
Mom ranted and raved about what great boxers and general badasses they were/are. She loved watching their matches.
Who in their right mind would tangle with either one of them?!
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