31 December, 2022
On December 26th, a small group of elite Ukrainian commandos lost their lives crossing the Russian border. These missions behind enemy lines are extraordinarily dangerous. Stand With Ukraine today tells the story of these four heroes and pays tribute to the courage and dedication of Ukrainian commandos.Since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian commandos have carried out incredibly risky operations to combat Russian aggression. Most of these missions are classified, but one rare example was made public in November when it was revealed that a Ukrainian commando had destroyed three Ka-52 helicopters in the Pskov region without being detected.Unfortunately, on December 26th, while the small team was crossing the border between Ukraine and the Russian region of Bryansk, they fell int...
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23 December, 2022
In France, some minimize or deny Russian crimes. The New York Times published an investigation based on eight months work to understand and prove the role of a Russian unit in the Bucha massacre. The New York Times investigation relies on multiple sources: video-surveillance and drone images, witness accounts by inhabitants and telephone intercepts. The journalists were particularly interested in the 234th regiment of Pskov, involved in the massacres. Stand with Ukraine welcomes this important work, as for a considerable time the association has been denouncing the crimes committed by Russia and visited Bucha in April 2022.The investigators established the following timeline:Russia attacked Ukraine on the morning of February 24. On the 27th, Russian units entered Bucha, a small ...
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6 December, 2022
Despite the bombing of civilian targets, the massacres in Bucha and Irpin, the destruction of Mariupol, and the European Union’s recognition of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, some French companies continue to do business with Putin. Recently, Stand With Ukraine has focused on the case of TotalEnergies.The company openly defends its presence in the country: while Russia has been waging war on its neighbor for 10 months and threatening the world with nuclear conflict, Total proudly claims to be undertaking "societal" actions in Russia in the fields of "sports and culture."Beyond these so-called "cultural and sports" justifications, why maintain operations there? Russia remains one of the world's largest oil and gas producers, and TotalEnergies has been present in the coun...
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