Updates from Ukraine
⚡️UNESCO supports Ukraine's bid to include Odesa on its World Heritage List.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 31, 2022
UNESCO said on Aug. 30 that it had mobilized experts to support Ukraine for an urgent examination by World Heritage Committee member states.
According to the organization, they want to add Odesa, Kyiv and Lviv to the List of World Heritage in Danger, as they are under threat due to Russia's ongoing war.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 31, 2022
The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has arrived in Djibouti, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry saidhttps://t.co/xR6MiFKPae
— The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) August 30, 2022
Government Statements
As long as the heart beats.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) August 30, 2022
Sasha, 9 years old. As a result of a russian attack during an evacuation, she lost her arm.
Now she has a new bionic hand. Sasha salutes us with a trident, the national Coat of Arms of Ukraine.
📸: Alexander Smirnov pic.twitter.com/qapyUGvhfY
Travel to the EU has had zero transformative effect on Russia. Since visa facilitation in 2007, Moscow has attacked Georgia, launched a war on Ukraine, committed multiple crimes — all of it with overwhelming popular support. To transform Russia, shut the door on Russian tourists.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) August 30, 2022
Global Support
Daniel Craig calls for an end to the use of 'brutal and barbaric' cluster bombs amid war in Ukraine – as former James Bond actor addresses UN conferencehttps://t.co/G0kQIbTzy8 via @DailyMailCeleb
— Frankie Crisostomo (@FrancCrist) August 30, 2022
“My son is meeting new people and learning to interact with other children his age here,” says Yulia.
— OCHA Ukraine (@OCHA_Ukraine) August 30, 2022
Read how Yulia discovered a project run by @unicef_ua, where children with Down’s syndrome have a new place to make friends and find some stability: https://t.co/RtyN4x6Pnk pic.twitter.com/rX0OsMMMnM
International Opinions
"free reporting wasn't possible, it still gave me a glimpse into the back-to-the-future reality of Russian occupation: people standing in Soviet-style lines everywhere, waiting for food or water; infrastructure crumbling; civilians depending on occupiers" https://t.co/aAqR3TBckN
— Lydia Tomkiw (@lydiatomkiw) August 30, 2022
The most visible change is in politics. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Russian-speaking president, once visibly struggled with Ukrainian—but now his proficiency is impressive https://t.co/7ZrASDTHlt
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 31, 2022
It's going to be cold in Ukraine this winter and that's the best-case scenario. It depends on Russia not hitting any critical energy infrastructure and the west giving Ukraine money to buy relatively small but crucial amounts of expensive imported gas https://t.co/47Hqqw820o
— Isobel Koshiw (@IKoshiw) August 29, 2022
Correcting Misinformation
According to this bit of internet sleuthing, the public face of the Russia-installed Kherson administration, Kirill Stremousov, has been dismissing talk of a Ukrainian attack from a room in the Marriott Hotel Voronezh … a Russian city over 1000km from Kherson. https://t.co/U6eKgu3e0h
— Felix Light (@felix_light) August 30, 2022
International Governments and Parliaments
I went to Ukraine with Senator Portman to meet with President Zelenskyy and discuss the status of the war and American aid. Ukraine’s resistance to Putin’s barbarism has inspired the world. I’m more committed than ever to supporting their fight for democracy and sovereignty. pic.twitter.com/bVes7myGbR
— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) August 30, 2022
The arrival of the ship Brave Commander to Djibouti marks the first @WFP-supported export of Ukrainian agricultural products via the Black Sea to reach the world’s most vulnerable since President Putin’s February attack on Ukraine. https://t.co/Sxe0d3C13f
— Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) August 30, 2022
The U.S. welcomes the arrival of Ukrainian grain for Ethiopia and Somalia today via the ship Brave Commander. This is among the first Ukrainian grain transported via the Black Sea to reach those most in need since President Putin’s full-scale attack on the country in February. https://t.co/NSaF8LxO9V
— Department of State (@StateDept) August 31, 2022