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Dear Ledstrainers,

some of you know me, I am an active member of this community in recent months. I invested a lot of time and efforts into dealing with our common eye strain problem but now I faced something so much worse and I do believe this community can help.

I am Ukrainian. A few days ago I woke up from the sound of rocket bombing in my home city, one of the biggest European cities. While I was trying to get into safety, I saw a long horrible speech made by the Russian president. He is on the quest of destroying Ukraine as a country and occupying what is left. If Ukrainians will not surrender (and we won't), he will definitely go towards more and more horrible and massive military actions, with no regard to people's lives. People are dying, cities are being destroyed, full-scale war is going on. Most of my friends and family are hiding from the bombs, some are surounded in cities while Russian military destroys living buildings, others are fighting desperately.
Russia tries to collect 'Russian lands' and create a huge authoritarian empire back.

We are living now in historical times in the worst sence possible. An enormous country with top military power decided to occupy one of the biggest European peaceful countries. Right now Russians holds hostage Chernobyl (yes, THAT one). If there is no one to stop Russia, things can go very bad for all the modern world.

How to help Ukraine:
Spread the information, ask goverment of your country to help Ukraine. Join mitings or show your support.
Sign the petition to close the sky above Ukraine

Donate to SaveLife in UA fund Direct link to donate
More links to help: https://how-you-can-support-ukraine.super.site/

Official website made by Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with information and ways of donation:
https://war.ukraine.ua/

I know that this post goes against forum rules but I hope it will not be deleted.
Emergency times require emergency actions.

    As a moderator I'd say this should be allowed considering the seriousness of the situation

    I do suggest users to exercise caution with donations. I mean no disrespect but I totally wouldn't be surprised if certain scammers would misuse such a tragedy for their own gains.

      JTL Thank you!
      I posted links to fund I know for long and for webpage created by Ukrainian International Airlines with links to different funds. Also an official website was created just now by Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: https://war.ukraine.ua/
      There are options to donate through one of the biggest Ukrainian Banks (Monobank) and also to National Bank of Ukraine directly.
      I also do encourage to double check links and see if there are some links from the sources you trust (provided by your local communities etc)

        Mrak0020 This is horrible. When all this started I immediately thought of Ukrainians of this forum. I cannot even imagine how bad it is when you experience health problems and you need to shelter from bombs at the same time.
        I hope you and your family will be okay. I'm from Poland, Warsaw. We stand with you!

            Mrak0020, Hey! I am Lutsily. I know you on the topic on the site 4pda. I was stunned by the news that Russia had invaded Ukraine. I myself am from Russia. However, I am categorically against this war. When I discovered that you hadn't visited 4pda for a long time, I thought something terrible might have happened to you. One of the 4pda users told me that you are active on this site. That's why I began to search here and found this topic. I'm glad to know you're alive. I hope this will end soon and you and your loved ones will be fine. Strength to you in this confrontation!

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                Lutsiliy Thank you! I appreciate your post and that you reached me. Unfortunately you are in minority with this opininon.
                I won't be active on both forums anytime soon, especially on 4pda, for obvious reasons.

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