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One of the most impactful ways we can help today is by supporting Ukraine's military in its defence against brutal Russian aggression. "Come Back Alive" is a well-respected, transparent civil society organisation working to save the lives of Ukrainian servicemen and servicewomen through training, medical support, and technical assistance. 

Show your solidarity with the people of Ukraine by joining -- or starting -- regular demonstrations in cities and towns around the world. Search #StandWithUkraine for updates. Press your local and national politicians to provide ambitious and creative military and financial support for Ukraine. Remember that any modest increase to our bills is nothing compared to the sacrifices Ukrainian men, women, and children are making for our freedom today.

'Crimnesia' -- a collective forgetting of Crimea's annexation and its aftermath -- is widespread. CrimeaSOS (KrymSOS) is an antidote. In February 2014, it began as a Facebook page, an outlet for local activists to share real-time information about Russia's seizure and occupation of Crimea. Since then, it has evolved into a key organisation reporting on the ongoing crackdown on Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian civil societies, monitoring arrests and investigations in Crimea, and offering support for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Ukraine.

According to estimates, the Kremlin is keeping hundreds of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar political prisoners captive in Crimea alone. The journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko is one of them. A native of Kryvyi Rih, Yesypenko is a talented chronicler of everyday life in Crimea, with a sensitivity to the devastating human and environmental costs of Russian occupation. In this video, Rory Finnin reads an excerpt from one of Yesypenko's letters from prison. Please reach out in solidarity to prisoners like Yesypenko to let them know that we stand at their side.