Karolina Hird
@karolinahird.bsky.social
Currently studying war @thestudyofwar.bsky.social. Focusing on Russia’s occupation of Ukraine and all things human rights in TOT. Opinions mine, although I’m “not an expert or analyst” according to the Kremlin, so be warned!!
5/ Russia used similar tactics following the 2022 full-scale invasion. In fact, the Zaporizhia Oblast occupation administration banned "mandatory" Ukrainian language lessons in March 2023. This amounted to an effective ban on Ukrainian language education on a more local level.
June 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
5/ Russia used similar tactics following the 2022 full-scale invasion. In fact, the Zaporizhia Oblast occupation administration banned "mandatory" Ukrainian language lessons in March 2023. This amounted to an effective ban on Ukrainian language education on a more local level.
1/ Russia is effectively banning Ukrainian-language education in schools in occupied Ukraine starting September 1. Here's a quick🧵 on how Russia uses constraints on Ukrainian language access as a tool of coercive control in occupied Ukraine.
June 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
1/ Russia is effectively banning Ukrainian-language education in schools in occupied Ukraine starting September 1. Here's a quick🧵 on how Russia uses constraints on Ukrainian language access as a tool of coercive control in occupied Ukraine.
An interesting (and insane) tidbit from today's @thestudyofwar.bsky.social occupation update: Russian veterans in occupied Simferopol, Crimea, are teaching children as young as seven military and combat skills in accordance with Spetsnaz, NKVD, KGB, and SMERSH training doctrine....
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
An interesting (and insane) tidbit from today's @thestudyofwar.bsky.social occupation update: Russian veterans in occupied Simferopol, Crimea, are teaching children as young as seven military and combat skills in accordance with Spetsnaz, NKVD, KGB, and SMERSH training doctrine....