Kathleen Rueppel
@ker49.bsky.social
Retired instructor of German, with a few private students keeping me doing what I love. We can talk about world events as a learning tool and vent our frustration at the same time. Virulently anti t, m, v, or anyone advocating fascism.
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Our defenders wish you a Merry Christmas.
Warm wishes from the front line — from those who protect others even on holidays.
Warm wishes from the front line — from those who protect others even on holidays.
December 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Our defenders wish you a Merry Christmas.
Warm wishes from the front line — from those who protect others even on holidays.
Warm wishes from the front line — from those who protect others even on holidays.
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Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them.
And we discuss signing something with them?
And we discuss signing something with them?
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them.
And we discuss signing something with them?
And we discuss signing something with them?
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December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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🕯️💔Rest in peace hero. We will never forget and we will never forgive russians.
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🕯️💔Rest in peace hero. We will never forget and we will never forgive russians.
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🇺🇦🤗🥰Ukraine fights for moments like this: every hug, every return — a quiet but powerful victory.
December 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🇺🇦🤗🥰Ukraine fights for moments like this: every hug, every return — a quiet but powerful victory.
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Christmas in Kyiv.
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
December 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Christmas in Kyiv.
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
May the bells ring and carols echo through all Ukraine!
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russia will never defeat Ukraine.
💙💛
Women, wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes, take part in Christmas celebrations in the village of Pyrogove, near Kyiv #OTD December 25, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Women, wearing traditional Ukrainian clothes, take part in Christmas celebrations in the village of Pyrogove, near Kyiv #OTD December 25, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.
December 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
russia will never defeat Ukraine.
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Christmas greetings from the front line.
The 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
May God protect our defenders..
The 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
May God protect our defenders..
December 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Christmas greetings from the front line.
The 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
May God protect our defenders..
The 65th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wishes everyone a Merry Christmas.
May God protect our defenders..
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BREAKING: In a powerful display of resistance, Ukrainians in Lviv just showed the world how to stand up to tyranny and celebrate Christmas. This is beautiful.
December 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
BREAKING: In a powerful display of resistance, Ukrainians in Lviv just showed the world how to stand up to tyranny and celebrate Christmas. This is beautiful.
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This Christmas Eve, remember Ukraine.
Darkness, empty chairs, voices gone forever —
this is not fate.
So many beautiful lives were taken,
not by time,
but by Russia’s war.
Darkness, empty chairs, voices gone forever —
this is not fate.
So many beautiful lives were taken,
not by time,
but by Russia’s war.
December 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
This Christmas Eve, remember Ukraine.
Darkness, empty chairs, voices gone forever —
this is not fate.
So many beautiful lives were taken,
not by time,
but by Russia’s war.
Darkness, empty chairs, voices gone forever —
this is not fate.
So many beautiful lives were taken,
not by time,
but by Russia’s war.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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To everyone and especially MAGAs feeling betrayed by Trump's shameless lie that as president he would release the Epstein files:
Please share this video from 2017 you will NEVER see on Fox revealing how "LOCK HER UP!" in 2016 was Trump's biggest lie since "Make America Great Again".
Please share this video from 2017 you will NEVER see on Fox revealing how "LOCK HER UP!" in 2016 was Trump's biggest lie since "Make America Great Again".
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
To everyone and especially MAGAs feeling betrayed by Trump's shameless lie that as president he would release the Epstein files:
Please share this video from 2017 you will NEVER see on Fox revealing how "LOCK HER UP!" in 2016 was Trump's biggest lie since "Make America Great Again".
Please share this video from 2017 you will NEVER see on Fox revealing how "LOCK HER UP!" in 2016 was Trump's biggest lie since "Make America Great Again".
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It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It was the sweetest moment I’ve witnessed during the war.
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🕯️🇺🇦 The bodies of 449 people who died during the occupation of Izyum in 2022 have been identified and reburied.
Of these, 23 are servicemen of AFU. The rest are civilians, among whom are many pro-Ukrainian activists.
Of these, 23 are servicemen of AFU. The rest are civilians, among whom are many pro-Ukrainian activists.
December 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🕯️🇺🇦 The bodies of 449 people who died during the occupation of Izyum in 2022 have been identified and reburied.
Of these, 23 are servicemen of AFU. The rest are civilians, among whom are many pro-Ukrainian activists.
Of these, 23 are servicemen of AFU. The rest are civilians, among whom are many pro-Ukrainian activists.
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Best friends forever 💙💛
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Best friends forever 💙💛
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After each explosion, rescuers are first to enter the chaos. They search for those who can still be saved amid the smoke, and they do so despite fatigue, pain, and danger. Thank you to our rescuers. You preserve life where others try to destroy it ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
After each explosion, rescuers are first to enter the chaos. They search for those who can still be saved amid the smoke, and they do so despite fatigue, pain, and danger. Thank you to our rescuers. You preserve life where others try to destroy it ❤️
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Ukrainian soldiers carry out the toughest job in the world every single day
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ukrainian soldiers carry out the toughest job in the world every single day
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🤬 Russians mined the bodies of executed Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kursk region, which made it impossible to evacuate them.
This became known during the trial of a Russian soldier accused of shooting two Ukrainian prisoners of war in January of this year.
This became known during the trial of a Russian soldier accused of shooting two Ukrainian prisoners of war in January of this year.
December 5, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🤬 Russians mined the bodies of executed Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kursk region, which made it impossible to evacuate them.
This became known during the trial of a Russian soldier accused of shooting two Ukrainian prisoners of war in January of this year.
This became known during the trial of a Russian soldier accused of shooting two Ukrainian prisoners of war in January of this year.
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True strength begins where the spirit is unbreakable.
📷: KNU Military Institute
📷: KNU Military Institute
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
True strength begins where the spirit is unbreakable.
📷: KNU Military Institute
📷: KNU Military Institute
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Murdered in her own home by Russians last night, Tetiana Asaulyuk, 37-year-old researcher from Kherson University,
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Murdered in her own home by Russians last night, Tetiana Asaulyuk, 37-year-old researcher from Kherson University,
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❤️🩹 10-year-old Maksym, who was pulled from the rubble in Ternopil, met with rescuers from the State Emergency Service
"Despite the pain and the horror he had experienced, a warm smile appeared on the child's face. For him, these courageous men became real superheroes."
"Despite the pain and the horror he had experienced, a warm smile appeared on the child's face. For him, these courageous men became real superheroes."
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
❤️🩹 10-year-old Maksym, who was pulled from the rubble in Ternopil, met with rescuers from the State Emergency Service
"Despite the pain and the horror he had experienced, a warm smile appeared on the child's face. For him, these courageous men became real superheroes."
"Despite the pain and the horror he had experienced, a warm smile appeared on the child's face. For him, these courageous men became real superheroes."
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🇺🇦 “Mom, I’m alive! I’ll be home soon, Mom!”, — the first calls from our soldiers to their families.
May 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🇺🇦 “Mom, I’m alive! I’ll be home soon, Mom!”, — the first calls from our soldiers to their families.
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🦉🇺🇦 An owl became entangled in the “anti-drone corridor” net in the Donetsk region and was rescued by Ukrainian soldiers.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
🦉🇺🇦 An owl became entangled in the “anti-drone corridor” net in the Donetsk region and was rescued by Ukrainian soldiers.