Stunning Tweet from Zelensky's official account.

this yields:

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the other way is to use the 'share' button



then select





this also yields

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I tried clicking on the 3 dots and "embed" wasn’t listed in the options provided.

place a block of code — called an embed code — into the HTML editor of another website. When you hit 'Save' or 'Publish,' the media then renders on the published page.

Like so (parts replaced with asterisks for illustrative purposes): h***s://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1498697538085568514

And voilà! The system takes care of the rest!

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It sounds like posting a picture on Twitter and then embedding here could be the easiest way to post a picture. Is that true? I never post pictures on DU because the process seems so cumbersome.

Images have to come from a host that allows hotlinking (I guess that's the right term?) and they're becoming rarer and rarer. You'd either have to post images to someplace like Imgur (and I'm not even sure about that) or use Twitter as you mentioned.

Whatever I have shared with you I learned here on DU when Twitter sharing first began

Let’s stipulate now that we are watching a snuff film.

Next to that TV tower is the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial which is where the smoke is coming from.

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Nothing says "DeNazifying" Ukraine like bombing the memorial where tens of thousands of Jews were murdered.

The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial was established to memorialize the Nazi murder of about 100,000 people, including the entire Jewish population of #Kyiv.

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It was a catalyst for the "never again" rallying cry.

The fruits of Trump's Lies are what we are reaping right now in Ukraine. Putin even calls us The Empire of Lies. Consequences of Trump.

brilliant points?. Ew if I was advising any other leader in the world, I'd tell them to lay low and let the master Z speak.

3..2..1...

Well, I’ll keep my eye out….

said that Russia's statement of denazification is unsupportable when they themselves behave like Nazis.

seen any.

be renamed Freedom Square, I immediately pictured the Trump Square or whatever that NYahoo put up. Unbelievable that a Jewish nation would glorify a man who incited racism, even on campaign.

However, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency had a ridiculous "both-sides" article about Jewish Russian oligarchs. I am Jewish, and hate posting this. The article, however, infuriated me.

Russia’s Jewish oligarchs and their donations come under threat of Western sanctions amid Ukraine war
BY ASAF SHALEV
MARCH 1, 2022 1:21 PM

(JTA) – "Jewish communities in Ukraine received a $10 million gift from a perhaps unlikely source Monday: a charitable organization founded by three Russian Jewish oligarchs who are being accused of having supported the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The donation is small for the three billionaires behind Genesis Philanthropy Group — Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven and German Khan — who are together worth $21 billion. But it is significant in part because it signals daylight between them and Putin, who on Thursday invaded Ukraine and plunged the region into crisis.
....

Abramovich has long denied that he is an ally of Putin, and his representatives told The Guardian newspaper last week that “it would be ludicrous to suggest that our client has any responsibility or influence over the behavior of the Russian state.”

Current sanctions appear not to have deterred Putin as yet, making it likely that the West will seek to go further in pressuring the Russian president however it can. That leaves uncertainty for the recipients of the largesse of Russia’s Jewish billionaires."

Much longer article than these excerpts at link:
https://www.jta.org/2022/03/01/global/russias-jewish-oligarchs-and-their-donations-come-under-threat-of-western-sanctions-amid-ukraine-war

we might be informed. I don't for a moment think that was easy.

It is thanks to the open and respectful atmosphere of DU that I felt OK posting it here. I did not believe it would lead to a string of nasty statements; this is very different from the reception it would receive on many other sites.

said that Russia's statement of denazification is unsupportable when they themselves behave like Nazis.

I am very familiar with the story of what happened there, but I knew it as Babi Yar, and I needed to confirm that Babyn Yar and Babi Yar are indeed the same place. What happened there was horrible, and it happened in lots of other places as well. As the German army invaded and occupied Soviet territory, they were followed by units known as the Einsatzgruppen (task forces, special action groups) that proceeded to carry out one mass murder after another. If you have the stomach for it, you can read more about this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einsatzgruppen

That Putin decided to bomb the Babyn Yar Memorial should fill all thinking people with utter revulsion. I can't think of any words that are even close to being adequate to describe just how despicable this is.

Maybe because my major was initially linguistics and my mind goes fairly rapidly between one similar language and another, even if I don't know either one, I got it right away. Or maybe because I knew, from my Russian History course, that Babi Yar/Babyn Yar was in Ukraine (when I took the class it was still the USSR, yikes).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babi_Yar

And Odessa massacre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941_Odessa_massacre

All this is why it's extra Orwellian for Putin to claim he's "denazifying" Ukraine. Zelensky is Jewish and his ancestors perished in the holocaust. Putin is using blitzkrieg and siege tactics to starve out Ukrainian cities.

We went to Moscow, Kiev (Kyiv) and Leningrad (St. Petersburg), When we went to Kyiv, we took a side trip to Babi Yar, and it was one of the most profoundly moving experiences of m life. I'm utterly horrified that this is happening all over again.

Shame on Russia. More than shame on Putin. He really, really, really wants to be Stalin (or Hitler) 2.0, doesn't he?

After WWII, the world proclaimed, "Never Again."

Although Never Again largely refers to the Holocaust, Zelenskyy is right. The Russians are bombing Babyn Yar, the site of the murders of more than 100,000 innocents, including Jews, Ukrainians, Russians, Gypsies, and so many more. Putin is desecrating a spot where his fellow Russians were murdered by soldiers of the Third Reich.

We are relieved to see European countries providing weapons and aircraft. Unfortunately, we all realize the implications if the US and other nations decide to expand their support/involvement. Ukraine is not a NATO country, Russia has put its nuclear forces on alert, etc. Notwithstanding widespread moral and financial support in the US for Ukraine, I don't think the US has the stomach for another US military entanglement, however noble. (And then are the political implications.) But if all we do is stand by to await the outcome, then we have to admit that Never Again was only a slogan. When Never Again should have been a century-long rallying cry, it may turn out to have been a meaningless feel-good trope.

Particularly on people of color.

Written 1961 to protest the USSR’s refusal to build a monument at Babi Yar, where 33,000 were murdered and dumped in the ravine in September 1941. The dissident poet reflects on that number, as he has just become 33 years old.

Dmitri Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony is based in part on this poem.

(I am still trying to find an English translation that I can copy here. For something I remember so well, it is turning out to be difficult to find when I want to.)

Meanwhile I leave you with this.

Poetry should be heard, as well as read. Each provides different aspects of the richness of words.
I have this in my copy buffer for those who can't play the video for any reason.



Babi Yar
By Yevgeni Yevtushenko
Translated by A.Z. Foreman
Requested by Ruth Blumenthal

No monuments stand over Babi Yar,　
A sudden drop sheer as a gross graveslab. 　
I am here terrified. 　
　　　　　　　　　Today I am
As old as all the Jewish people are.　

Now it seems that I am
　　　　　　　　　　an Israelite.
There I am wandering Ancient Egypt's lands, 　
And there I perish, pierced and crucified,　
And to this day bear nail-scars on my hands. 　
And Dreyfus too is　
　　　　　　　　me,
　　　　　　　　　　there I have been
Sentenced, sold out 　
　　　　　　　　　by petty philistines.　
I am behind bars, 　
　　　　　　　　rounded up and battered,
I have been
　　　　　hounded, hunted,
　　　　　　　　　　　slandered, spat on,
And demoiselles dolled up in Brussels lace　
Shrieked as they poked their parasols in my face. 　
And now I am 　
　　　　　　a boy in Białystok.
Blood runs across the floor. Blood on the wall. 　
The bar-room rabble-rousers run amok 　
Reeking of onion and hard alcohol.　
Boots kick my body aside, helpless. Head gushing,　
I plead in vain with thugs of the pogrom　
To hoots of 　
　　　　　　"Smash the fucking kikes! Save Russia!"
And some grain-seller beats and rapes my mom. 　　
My People! Russian nation! 　
　　　　　　　　　　　I know,
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　you
Are internationalist at the core,　　
But men with filthy hands too often boomed　
Your clean sweet name into a jingo roar. 　　
I know the good, the kindness of your land. 　
How vile it is 　
　　　　　that, with no pinch of scruple,
those pompous antisemites tried to brand 　
themselves a "Union of the Russian People." 　
It seems that what I am is 　
　　　　　　　　　　　Anne Frank
Transparent 　
　　　　　　as a fragile April branch.
And I love.
　　　　　And I need no puffy phrase.
I need for us　
　　　　　to meet each other's gaze.
So little we can see or smell, 　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　we who
Have been denied the sky, 　
　　　　　　　　　　　denied the leaves.
But we can do so much:
　　　　　　　　　　to tenderly
Embrace each other in a darkened room. 　
"They're coming!" 　
　　　　　　"Don't be scared. 　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　That's just the clamor
of early spring.
　　　　　　　　　It is spring coming here! 　
Come here. 　
　　　　　Give me a kiss, quick."
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　"Are they ramming
The door?" 　
　　　　　"Shhhh...no, that's cracking ice you hear."

The wildgrass rustles over Babi Yar.　
Trees stare down stern, 　　
　　　　　　　　　judicial,
　　　　　　　　　　　　cold as day.
All things scream silent here. 　
　　　　　　　　　　　　Hat in my arm,
I feel myself now 　
　　　　　　　slowly growing grey.
And I myself 　
　　　　　　am one all-out soundless scream
For the thousand buried thousands in this char.　
I'm every old man　
　　 　 　 　 　 shot in this ravine,
I'm every baby 　
　　　　　　burned in Babi Yar.

No fiber in me 　
　　　　　　will forget this ever.
Let the Internationale 　
　　　　　　　　　thunder forth
When we have buried, finally and forever,　
The final antisemite on this earth.　

There is no Jewish blood in me, it's true. 　
But with their callous ossified revulsion　
Antisemites must hate me like 　
　　　　　　　　　　　a Jew
And that is what makes me 　　
　　　　　　　　　a real Russian.

I've heard the symphony more than once.

Vindman is always so stoic, but he referenced their common Jewish and Ukrainian ancestry in a very moving way.

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We've done plenty. Russia's economy is in the toilet.