TikTok explainer: Why Russian relocation of Ukrainians is not an evacuation
Dear KI community members,
Last month, we shared with you some of our video reporting on YouTube, since more video and multimedia journalism was something requested on our community survey. We also want to share with you one of our recent explainers: “Why Russian relocation of Ukrainians is not an evacuation” which breaks down Russia’s recent efforts to move 60,000 Ukrainian civilians out of Kherson.
This explainer is on TikTok and is on Instagram as a reel, and you can find the Kyiv Independent on TikTok here, and on Instagram here.
What do you think? Are there any topics you’d like to see covered next?
Comments (10)
I have a video that explains how US citizens can support a current bill in Congress to designate this as genocide. It also contains info for European citizens to contact their governments about this https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj0mZnsDe7O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This kidnapping of Ukrainian citizens, especially women and children, is especially horrible because, even after completely kicking Russia out of Ukraine, these people are still in Russia's power. How can we even know who all of them are, where they've all been hidden away, or "adopted", in Siberia and other distant places? What can be done to get them back? For a future topic, again after kicking Russia out, how can they realistically be stopped from building up and attacking again?
Hi Fran – thanks for your suggestion! I passed this idea along to our video team
Also, I would add that forced deportation is a theme in Ukrainian history. Stalin used this tactic to destroy Ukrainian nationalism. The other half of this is importing Russians onto Ukrainian land who are loyal to Russia. Scary stuff.
Good explainer. Brief, to the point, no rhetoric. Maybe do a similar explainer on Ukrainian grain exports, and how Russia is actually hurting the process?
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Hello Andrew – maybe try clicking on the link or copying and pasting it into your browser: https://www.tiktok.com/@the_kyiv_independent/video/7158046435601321221 Let me know if this helps!
So articulate thank you for this clarity!
Yeah, like Jerome said, this kind of thing is why I'm a KI patron.
I really love this video and that's why I support Kiev indépendant. Is not evacuation is deportation. Thank you for this lady. ✊💛💙❤️🇨🇵