“Now we have only two options: either we defend our country, and it will become a part of the free world, or there will not be any freedom for us and will not be Ukraine at all.” We understand that the Russian occupation would mean total lawlessness and repressions-we see it right now in the Ukrainian-occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas,” he said. “We are very conscious of the threats which we have faced-as both Ukrainians and LGBT+ people. The list reportedly contains many journalists, LGBTQ+ people, politicians, and government officials.Īndrii Kravchuk, who works at the LGBTQ Nash Svit Center, in Kyiv said the impact of Russia’s homophobia had been felt in his hometown in the Donbas region, which he fled after the 2014 invasion.
warned that Russia has a “kill list” of Ukrainians to be detained or killed. “Either we defend our country, and it will become a part of the free world, or there will not be any freedom for us and will not be Ukraine at all.”
