Recently this thread:

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1494159/1

has been started where you can find lots of important information about the ongoing Russian invasion on Ukraine.

But just reading and talking about it is not enough. We need to act as well.

Newgrounds can and should be considered as a haven of freedom and Vladimir Putin is currently one of the main worldwide threats against freedom. So we should do something. This is a fight between the desire for freedom and a will to enslave and bully the whole free world. And countries like Sweden, Finland, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia can be next.

I'll list some things here that in my opinion can be done to help the Ukrainian nation. If you want to take part in this important survey please use the list mentioned below.

@TomFulp - I hope you won't consider this as too radical and even will support it in any way.

Feel free to add your suggestions as well:

1. We can support humanitarian organizations that are organizing help for refugees from Ukraine. Please add an information about your country in this matter: the names or such organizations and how can you support them, like financially or with medical supplies, food etc.
2. Boycott Russian and Belarusian companies and their supporters around the world. List all Russian companies that are selling anything in your country here, so we would know what to avoid buying and name the exact products. Especially hurting the businesses of Russian oligarchs that support Putin is now essential.
3. Russian propaganda is spreading around the world with the help of irresponsible people or their true backers, as well as web trolls. Don't listen to them. List important youtube, facebook, twitter etc. accounts that are widespreading fake news like western responsibility for Russian invasion or backing the words of Vladimir Putin claiming that Ukraine started this war, so they can be ignored and in most sensitive cases reported, even to the authorities. For example Czechia decided that backing the Russian invasion is now illegal.
4. In every country there are irresponsible politicians that currently speak the same political language as Putin. List them as well and put a pressure on them, so they will reconsider their opinion.
5. Probably some of us know people from Ukraine here. Show them support in any way, they really need it now.
6. There are also people from Russia here that are ashamed of what their president is doing and are being terrorized by his policy. I talked to some of them, they asked me to not even mention their nicks. They are THAT afraid. They also need support, because now we know more than ever that political changes in Russia are necessary, essential.

Stay strong and united and Vladimir Putin won't win this confrontation.

Here's a Reddit thread with dozen of options.

Anonymous are spreading the word of this possible action:

"Go to Google Maps. Go to Russia. Find a restaurant or business and write a review. When you write the review explain what is happening in Ukraine."

"Leave 5 star reviews (unless its Russian State owned, then feel free to leave 1 star ratings). The point is to push information to the Russian civilian population being lied to by Putin."

A sample text has been also posted:

Было хорошо! Однако, Путин испортил нам настроение, вторгшись в Украину. Восстаньте против своего диктатора, прекратите убивать невинных людей! Ваше правительство лжет вам. Восстаньте!

It means:

"The food was great! Unfortunately, Putin spoiled our appetites by invading Ukraine. Stand up to your dictator, stop killing innocent people! Your government is lying to you. Get up!"

Thanks for the advice. In case Russia blocks Google as cyberthreat, russians actually use Yandex, the russian analog of Google. Go to Yandex Maps instead: yandex.ru/maps

EDIT: Nevermind, the review goes up for verification before it's visible to everyone. It's useless.

Charities that help the war effort

• Save Life: This NGO crowdfunds non-lethal military equipment, such as thermal vision scopes & supplies it to the Donbas front lines. It also provides training for Ukrainian soldiers, as well as researching troops’ needs and social reintegration of veterans.
• Donbas SOS: This organization helps those who live in the Donbas war zone, those who relocated to other parts of Ukraine, and freed prisoners of war. It offers legal support, accommodation assistance, and psychological aid among other things.
• Crimea SOS: This organization has been helping internally displaced people from Crimea since Russia occupied the peninsula in 2014. It documents Russian authorities' repressions against Crimeans and advocates for the end of the occupation.
• Hospitallers : This is a medical battalion that unites volunteer paramedics and doctors to save the lives of soldiers on the frontline. They crowdfund their vehicle repairs, fuel, and medical equipment.

Charities that help children

• Tabletochki: This foundation has been supporting children with cancer for 10 years. They procure medicines, equipment, and arrange overseas treatment, among other things.
• ChildrenWeWillMakeIt: This movement grew out of a campaign that raised $2 million to get the world's most expensive medicine for a Ukrainian boy with spinal muscular atrophy. It now fundraises for the treatment of other Ukrainian children with SMA.
• Ruka ob Ruku: This is a running club for children with disabilities. The initiative gives children an opportunity to train and take part in races together with their parents and volunteers.

Charities for the elderly

• Happy Old: This charity provides older people across Ukraine with groceries and medicine, holds educational, entertainment, and sports events, as well as helps with employment. They even created a modeling agency for the elderly.
• Let's Help: This charity cares for older people living alone and helps state retirement homes. They also advocate for better treatment of older people by the state, including providing people aged 60+ with easy access to education.
• Starenki: It’s a charitable initiative devoted to issues of old age in Ukraine. They help lonely seniors by providing them with groceries and hygiene products.

Charities that help women

• Women Perspectives: This organization has been helping women who have faced domestic violence, discrimination in the labor market, and other issues. The NGO works with local and state authorities to promote pro-equality gender policies in Ukraine.
• Marsh Zhinok (Women’s March): Every year, on March 8, this initiative holds a rally promoting gender equality and the protection of women from gender-based violence. Currently, the organization is petitioning for Ukraine to adopt the Istanbul Convention.

Charities for blood donation

• Blood Agents: It is an NGO that promotes regular, conscious and gratuitous blood donations. They have encouraged people to donate blood over 5,000 times over the past six years.
• Donor UA: It is an automated system for recruiting and managing blood donors, designed to promote the donor movement in Ukraine. You can help by signing up and donating blood or by supporting the project with money donation.

Charities for animals

• Sirius: Is the largest shelter for stray animals in Ukraine established in 2000. Its capacity is over 3,000 animals. The institution crowdfunds for animal feed, veterinary drugs, construction and repair of enclosures, and other needs.
• Happy Paw: Is a charity dedicated to solving the problems of homeless animals in Ukraine. The charity helps owners find lost animals, sterilizes domestic animals of people in need & holds lectures on humane treatment of homeless animals for schoolchildren.
• UAnimals: Is a movement for protecting animals from exploitation & abuse. The organization managed to achieve a ban on animal circuses & persuaded many designers participating in Ukrainian Fashion Week to abandon natural fur.

Charities for the environment

• Ukraine Without Waste: It is a Ukrainian non-profit promoting the practice of sorting household waste. They educate companies on how to go green at their offices, and hold lectures for the wider public.
• Laska: It’s a chain of two charity stores in Kyiv that promote conscious shopping. They accept donated clothes, resell 15% of them, and send the rest to orphanages, homes for the elderly and centers for people with disabilities.

Charities for the homeless

• Help the homeless: This initiative supports homeless people & the elderly in need, by providing them with free meals, medicine, hygiene products, clothes & shoes. Launched by a group of volunteers in 2016, the organization has been relying on crowdfunding.
• Suka Zhizn: This organization grew big from a 2017 Instagram account launched to tell stories of homeless people. Now volunteers provide various support to the homeless: employment, sorting out documents, searching for relatives & legal counseling.

Charities for investigative journalism

• Slidstvo: Is an independent agency launched in 2012 that produces award-winning documentaries exposing corruption. They have investigated mismanagement of prisons, fraud, money laundering at PrivatBank & the assassination of journalist Sheremet.
• UKRPravda News: Founded in 2000 by Gongadze, a prominent journalist who was killed the same year, this publication is among the most influential in Ukraine. The reporters break political scoops and unmask officials who abuse their power.
• Zaborona Media: This is an independent media outlet founded by journalists. They investigate topics such as violations of Ukrainian workers’ rights in the Middle East, arms trafficking, and corruption in the construction sector.

Charities that preserve Ukrainian cultural heritage

• Parkhomivka Museum: The museum, located in a small village in eastern Kharkiv Oblast, is an 18th-century villa that offers a permanent collection of exhibits by artists as iconic as Picasso, Malevich & Manet. You can support it by coming & buying a ticket.
• Save Kyiv Modernism: Is a movement that unites architects, designers and activists who advocate for the protection of the remarkable Soviet modernist structures across Ukraine.
• FrankivskToCareAbout: Is a movement for the preservation of architectural heritage in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk. Founded in 2016, the initiative renovates old wooden doors of the city's ancient buildings.

@TomFulp think you could sticky this thread?

Important - there is a direct way to support the Ukrainian army by making donations:

https://bank.gov.ua/en/news/all/natsionalniy-bank-vidkriv-spetsrahunok-dlya-zboru-koshtiv-na-potrebi-armiyi?fbclid=IwAR17jElSj9E1nqopLhzs5wE3ov34j2W_HsqfXwQw9vXw1zNJs6PfQlQGx_U

Stickied!

I officially declare Tom Fulp the owner of ENORMOUS balls!

Latest news from the Anonymous:

"Top Russian Social Media sites to join to show the Russian people what is happening in Ukraine: VK.com OK.Ru MoiMirmy.mail.ru RuTube. ru (Russia's version of Youtube)"

So if anybody has an account there - make a try. Especially VKontakte (ВКонтакте) is an important platform.

Love you 😍!

Also if you wish to Volunteer on the ground here is the QR to the application you send to the Ukranian Embassy!

Important information from @Tony-DarkGrave

"Yesterday, the Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco Dmytro Kushneruk sent a letter to the Governor of California Gavin Newsom, demanding a state-level ban on financial transactions with russian companies and assistance to Ukraine.

As a result – closing access of the russian companies to the capital market of California (the 5th largest economy in the world) and the realization of assets of approximately 1.5 billion US dollars from russian-related companies and financial institutions.

CALIFORNIA DID SOMETHING RIGHT! NOW 49 MORE STATES!"

I suggest you (US citizens) to try to push your governors with e-mails, petitions etc. to do the same.

well count me in can't sit down safely and watch everyone suffer my heart is really broken I just want support

Here's how you can support main Polish humanitarian organizations, that are already taking care of nearly 500 000 Ukrainians that escaped to this country:

Polish Red Cross:

https://pck.pl/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/ENG-UKRAINA-1080x1080-FB-post.png

Polish Humanitarian Action (Polska Akcja Humanitarna) and the "Się Pomaga" Foundation:

https://www.siepomaga.pl/en/pah-ukraina?fbclid=IwAR1aJJiMCpFkO5qjYJwFIx8BoZ_eiFn7qpIW6iXUheLeiGn8AzHuLAz4gEU

or an option to make a direct money transfer:

https://www.pah.org.pl/en/donate/?fbclid=IwAR1aJJiMCpFkO5qjYJwFIx8BoZ_eiFn7qpIW6iXUheLeiGn8AzHuLAz4gEU

Scroll down this website a bit to find an option to choose between donations in USD/GBP/EURO,

The account number and IBAN varies depending on the currency.

For USD:

50 2490 0005 0000 4600 2305 1673

IBAN: PL50 2490 0005 0000 4600 2305 1673

For EURO:

87 2490 0005 0000 4600 6277 7551

IBAN: PL87 2490 0005 0000 4600 6277 7551

For GBP:

80 2490 0005 0000 4600 5226 1519

IBAN: PL80 2490 0005 0000 4600 5226 1519

SWIFT CODE: ALBPPLPW

POSSIBLE NOTES: Ukraine or humanitarian aid

Polish Medical Mission:

https://pmm.org.pl/en/donate

They are accepting donations through PayPal.

Again, scroll down the page a bit to see an option to support the Missions' help for Ukraine. You can also support this organization's activities in Afghanistan (I hope they haven't been kicked out yet by the Taliban), Syria and Venezuela.

To explain: Polish Złoty (PLN) =

4,3 USD

5,7 GBP

4,8 EURO

I have nothing to add. Just bumping this thread.

LOL

The World stands united.

Do your part and support the humanitarian organizations that help Ukraine and the army of this country.

Found this physical donation drive planned in my neck of the woods, a quick google search tells me that no matter where you are you should be able to find something similar.

Seems like a great practical way to get some useful stuff over there quickly (this one is being partly run by a Canadian-Ukrainian shipping company it seems)

https://www.facebook.com/1035043839904337/posts/7161914793883847/

I really hope someone in the Kremlin who keeps track of internet happenings sees this and is dumb enough to make their media comment on it.... Imagine the flood of new visitors!

I decided to go through the people that left any positive mark in this thread and commented recently in the Ukraine situation one and make this "quick contact list" since I don't know how many people followed the thread, so I'll be able to let you know if I will find any more possible ways to act.

@TomFulp @CIEIRMusic @OpusFreiling @ConnorGrail @ZebraHumor @sarafoxy @Tony-DarkGrave @kknots @TylerFromTexas @WarmMilk200 @AbcTheHuman @angrycomputer1995 @beatriziguess @Aceofthesky @BeezleBoob @Lofii @ChillyAbe @TheMusicalManiac @OnixDark @ZeroThenderson @SheepPF @W4iler @RAMEN-The-Chicken @Cycadeli @sackydzNG @Cjspellsfish @BitSweetChoco @VitalikNerd005 @sereneFalconer @MindChamber @Zachary @DioShiba @Yanclae @RydiaLockheart @EdyKel @Gario @DoctorPac @TurkeyOnAStick

If anybody does not want to be on it - just let me know. The same if somebody who will be reading this will want to be added.

So there is one thing you can do if you got a Twitter or a TikTok account. There is a massive bot-troll action of disinformation going on, targeted on various countries. You can identify it through hashtags

#IstandwithPutin

#IstandwithRussia

Select the latest posts using these hashtags.

If you search through them you may find empty posts that are done just to boost the hashtag or troll posts that are just a brainwashed repetition of Kremlin's propaganda.

If you come across such an account - try to report them.

And if those are just some mindless arguments - counter them properly.

Call it a part of a psychological fight in cyberspace.

It's an honor to be a part of this and a great plan. Youtube has had a shitoad of these freaks all over every news channel all over the world. For Canada, it's GlobalNews, CityTV, CBC and CTV. With the U.S., it's NBC, FOX, CBS, CNN, ABC. With the UK. All of BBC and their competition. All of them are uskmg Ukraine's past history to justify the invasion and villify the people as a whole for what ultimately a few were responsible to begin with. These people either don't know or don't care that Civilians are getting slaughtered, including children. No sense reasoning with them or engaging with them. Just report them.

Aww seriously :)

I did not do anything big tho :>

I wouldn't feel too bad. I've yet to do anything on my end on the social media end.

Still would like to donate to the charities though. It just sucks because right now I'm broke this week and I got rent to worry about.

Heads up, I decided to remove an argument that broke out in this thread. To repeat what @TurkeyOnAStick noted:

"This thread is intended to present ways to help Ukraine.

Please use the main thread to discuss the Ukraine situation."

Thanks both to you and @TurkeyOnAStick for doing some tidying.

I second that notion. It’s appreciated on my end as well.

Hello guys, as I was talking about the social media last time...

@TomFulp @CIEIRMusic @OpusFreiling @ConnorGrail @ZebraHumor @sarafoxy @Tony-DarkGrave @kknots @TylerFromTexas @WarmMilk200 @AbcTheHuman @angrycomputer1995 @beatriziguess @Aceofthesky @BeezleBoob @Lofii @ChillyAbe @TheMusicalManiac @OnixDark @ZeroThenderson @SheepPF @W4iler @RAMEN-The-Chicken @Cycadeli @sackydzNG @Cjspellsfish @BitSweetChoco @VitalikNerd005 @sereneFalconer @MindChamber @Zachary @DioShiba @Yanclae @RydiaLockheart @EdyKel @Gario @DoctorPac @TurkeyOnAStick @SugarSimon

another action has been launched, this time mostly on TikTok, but it is also spreading on Twitter with different type of dumb posts. This time the hashtag is

#давайзамир

that as I noticed is usually accompanied on Twitter by

#СвоихНеБросаем

You read the first one "davai za mir" and it means "come/go for peace". And that peace can be obviously achieved only Putin's way. If you listen to what those tiktokers are talking about you will hear the very same words, like somebody gave the previously prepared text to them and paid them well to read it - and they are doing it, like some... mindless zombies. I am especially surprised and disappointed how many young Russian (?) people take part in it...

You can find English translation of one of those texts here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/t6txcq/russian_influencers_on_tiktok_defend_the_invasion/

The second hashtag "Своих Не Бросаем" you can pronounce... hmm... this will be difficult for English... "svoeeh ne brosaiem" and you can translate that as "we don't abandon our people".

This time we may need some translators for Twitter posts, because in some cases that hashtag is mocking Putin, but still most of them are clearly Kremlin's propaganda. By dealing with them we are much more entering the "enemy's territory".

On the above note I did report a couple of tweets earlier this morning. I also found that Twitter is taking action as well.

keep up the good work guys

At 3/7/22 04:49 PM, HerbieG wrote:

As for Twitter, a clear example of such a propaganda account:

https://twitter.com/sdk_L7

And there are lots of them.