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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 1d

Balakun is a project to teach English to Ukrainians who stayed in Ukraine for free. We have more than 1,000 mentors and more than 2,000 students.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 1d

Anna Oliinyk We urgently 😱 need mentors - people with good English who can volunteer a few hours a week. We’ve got a waiting list of people eager to learn English, many of them are soldiers.

You don't need to know Ukrainian for this. Only English. You can register as a mentor here: balakun.org

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 1d

Every evening I open telegram monitoring channels to check what’s flying over Ukraine - how many russian drones, whether missile launches are expected. I follow the work chat where my colleagues are. And their kids. It helps no one, of course. But I can’t stop.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 2d

Crisis in Balakun 😱
We’ve got a waiting list of people eager to learn English, many of them are soldiers.
Everyone’s waiting for teachers.
We urgently need mentors - people with good English who can volunteer a few hours a week.

balakun.org

Balakun - Home

balakun.org

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 2d

Today I cooked the most famous Ukrainian dish - borscht - at the Akademie in Stuttgart and invited all the artists. We talked about Ukraine and our culture.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 2d

Odesa, a beautiful Ukrainian port city, is under attack tonight. My friend writes that enemy drones are flying over her home. I know that sound. The first time you hear it, you finally understand what it means when someone is trying to kill you.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 4d

Ukrainian energy workers are absolute heroes.
They repair power lines under shelling, at night, in freezing rain, so our cities can have light again.
No one in Europe would risk their lives like that.
Thank you, energy heroes. 🔥❤️ #Ukraine

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 4d

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They had three children, and the boy was the youngest.
After the father came back from russian captivity, they finally bought this house so the little one could walk to school.
Last night, that house was destroyed.
The father is now in intensive care.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 4d

I just learned that tonight russians killed a 7-year-old child.
But that’s not the whole story.
Her father spent three years in russian captivity, tortured, starved, forgotten, and came home only this year.
And now he’s gone, killed in a night attack.
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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 5d

russians struck Kyiv’s power infrastructure again.
8 people injured.
hundreds of thousands of families left without electricity, heat, and water.
it’s cold outside. it’s cold inside too.
this is the capital of a European country in 2025.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 6d

Today is an incredibly happy day for me. Not just happy, so happy that I cried with joy like a fool.
Let this tweet make your feed a little brighter.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 6d

Three villages in the Donetsk region are under heavy russian fire. Families with children will be evacuated.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 9d

I’m in Germany right now. I have a short educational program

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 9d

Last night russia hit Lviv, one of the biggest missile and drone attacks on western Ukraine. At least 5 people killed, dozens injured. Now they’ve started a new massive drone attack on Kharkiv. It never ends.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe it’s strange, but I googled plane and train tickets home, just in case. It helps me stay calm.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 10d

New russian rocket and drone attacks are starting. I see the launches on monitoring channels. My partner refuses to go to the shelter and just goes to sleep. I’m far away and can’t do anything, just watching the channels and calling after each launch.
Just an ordinary day for Ukrainians.

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 10d

russian troops keep shelling towns and villages in the Donetsk region. Civilian buildings are burning again, homes, schools, hospitals. There are no “military targets” here. Just people trying to survive another day

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Alina Sarnatska @srntska.bsky.social · 10d

russian troops keep shelling towns and villages in the Donetsk region. Civilian buildings are burning again, homes, schools, hospitals. There are no “military targets” here. Just people trying to survive another day

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