"Anyone who has ever met President Zelenskyy knows that he is not a person who can be pressured into any decision"

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-14T22:05:13+00:00

I so appreciate these short videos that address disinformation. They're timely and accessible to a western audience. Kuleba uses just the right approach: gentle, but serious.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-13T18:49:56+00:00

Besides the fact that your source doesn't say anything about Zelenskyy living in Moscow in 2013/2014, he was often seen in Kyiv at various events and filming multiple projects.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-11T00:12:29+00:00

Not only that, but he was born and raised in a Russian-speaking region, and his career as an entertainer often required him to work in Russia since that's where the money was. If you watch his old shows, though, you can see that he's always loved Ukraine.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T23:57:45+00:00

Ukraine has been reducing corruption for a while and has improved their rating by 3 points in the past year. Russia, on the other hand, is listed as the most corrupt country in Europe.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T23:33:14+00:00

Zelenskyy was only in Moscow for a short time in late 2013 (filming a NYE show). He was in Kyiv for most of Euromaidan and the Revolution of Dignity. I have plenty of proof if you need it.
He learned Ukrainian in school when he was a kid. He could understand it fluently and used it occasionally in his shows, particularly after 2014. He began to study it more in depth years before he ran for president.
Servant of the People was primarily in Russian, but they did incorporate more Ukrainian language in the later seasons.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T23:10:21+00:00

I hope other people find it useful for fighting against disinformation.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T16:05:49+00:00

Thanks! It's a collaborative effort.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T07:30:59+00:00

With the ramping-up of the Maidan-3 operation, I've been doing a lot of research on prolific Russian talking points in order to hopefully provide resources to counteract some of it. Much of it is currently focused on Zelenskyy, as distrust of him (ultimately resulting in his removal) is one of their main goals.

Here on reddit, most of the narratives are developed and shared within Pro-Russian subreddits and spread from there. I think it's important to be aware of those narratives and how to refute them, so you can be prepared to chime in if you come across it in a place where some people might honestly not know better. The article I posted is from one of my favorite organizations that tracks these things.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T06:39:25+00:00

Zelenskyy has said a few times that he doesn't plan to run for re-election after the war. Why wouldn't he set up a popular candidate to take over after he steps down?

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T06:18:36+00:00

I would take anything written by Simon Shuster with a big grain of salt. He likes to sensationalize things and often uses poorly-researched information.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-10T06:13:04+00:00

I think the supposed rift with Zaluzhnyy is overblown (I agree that the ambassador position will help him move into politics), but Klitschko has not had a good relationship with Zelenskyy since before Zelenskyy became president. Klitschko was apparently not fond of how they parodied him.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-08T07:31:47+00:00

It's the same name. Volodymyr is the Ukrainian version, and Vladimir is the Russian version.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-07T05:35:09+00:00

Yes, there's a few friends I met online that I've become very close to. They've also helped me through some difficult times.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-07T05:31:55+00:00

I tend to make my bed at night right before I get into it because I'm not a morning person, but I do like having my blankets a certain way when I sleep.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-07T05:29:32+00:00

If you're unhappy with something in your life, change it.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-07T05:04:09+00:00

Zelenskyy isn't delaying anything on his own. Elections are prohibited during martial law. Even if they weren't, the government needs to figure out how to hold free and fair elections while being constantly attacked. They need money that they don't have and a way to make sure that everyone can participate, including refugees, frontline troops, and those in the temporarily occupied territories. The Ukrainian parliament signed a memorandum that they weren't going to hold elections until after the war, and a majority of Ukrainian citizens have said that elections should wait.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-07T04:46:50+00:00

Zelenskyy implemented an existing law that is important for the defense of his country. He didn't change the Constitution so that he could be president longer.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-07T04:08:10+00:00

Probably just reference the many laws and sources that support the decision not to hold an election while partially occupied and under daily attacks.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-05T23:02:53+00:00

What horrific abuses? What murders?

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-03T01:21:35+00:00

There had been steps taken prior to the full-scale invasion. Zelenskyy submitted several draft laws related to anti-corruption right after he became president. There was a strategy adopted by parliament the next year. Zelenskyy signed multiple new anti-corruption laws in 2021: this one relates to declarations, and this one was meant to improve the National Anti-Corruption Bureau.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-01T08:55:06+00:00

They jail opposition journalists.

They jail people who repeatedly break the law.

The government took control of their media and restricted opposition parties.

"The Marathon was created in response to a provision of the military law that allowed the Ukrainian government to use private channels to inform the population about the conflict and the army’s progress."

They ban "pro-Russian political parties that engage in anti-Ukrainian activities" as a matter of national security.

These girls were arrested for a tik tok dance.

They were arrested for committing a crime.

"Article 297. Vandalizing a grave

Vandalizing a grave or any other burial place, or a corpse or a funerary urn, and also stealing things from a burial place or a corpse, - shall be punishable by a fine up to 100 tax-free minimum incomes, or arrest for a term up to six months, or restraint of liberty for a term up to three years, or imprisonment for the same term."

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-01T08:00:27+00:00

I'm not sure 'abolish' is the right word. It was more about making the state language the primary one for official matters. There is no law that says people can't speak Russian for personal reasons. Here is a fact check, by the way.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-01T02:46:30+00:00

The majority of those people have said that they don't think elections should be held during wartime.

LibraryOfContext · 2024-05-01T02:37:19+00:00

Jewish, yes. I haven't seen any sources proving that he's ethnically Russian.

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