Crystal Hearts

Friends, today I want to ask for your support in amplifying my recent casts. I know this war is probably not a topic many want to engage with. But while I’m here working on the ground, I want to show pieces of the reality of what’s happening. 

So if you see this, please click on /crystal-hearts and recast any of my latest casts, if you can 🫂🤍⛑️

The attack started at 12:50pm. Part of our crew was inside a building, and the rest of us were outside. We waited a few minutes until it got quiet, then gathered everyone and got in the cars. 

By 1pm we started driving, and within a few minutes we reached the first civilian casualties - a woman walking down the street was killed instantly by shrapnel; a man, also dead, in front of his house; and another woman in distress from the shock wave of the explosions, who was taken away by medics. There was also a car that was hit by multiple fragments, but no one was inside at the time. 

That’s when we learned that russians hit the village by a Smerch cluster munition rocket launcher. The cluster bombs it carried sprayed shrapnel throughout the area. The pieces of shrapnel released from these munitions leave barely visible entry wounds but cause massive internal damage - so you can be walking down the street, get hit by one of these tiny fragments, and die instantly.

Adding all the recent casts below to make it easier 🫂🙏

community builder /bright-moments, storyteller, AI enthusiast, activist, nonprofit founder /crystal-hearts @crystalhearts 🤍🇺🇦📍Ukraine

Adding all the recent casts below to make it easier 🫂🙏

https://warpcast.com/irinaliakh/0xbe75b84e

I always say: if you’re a civilian (aid worker, journalist, medic) anywhere near the pre-frontline areas, there’s a very high chance you’ll either witness a russian war crime or become a victim of one.

What happened that day, and what you hear in the previous video, is undoubtedly a war crime. Targeting civilians is a war crime on its own. On top of that, the sound you hear is from cluster munitions - their use in areas where civilians are present is inherently indiscriminate, which violates international humanitarian law and constitutes a war crime.

In the previous video, you can’t see what’s happening from the angle where I was standing, so I’ll share a video with you from someone who was on the other side a few min drive from us.

https://warpcast.com/irinaliakh/0x8b8a5464

Please play this video with sound 📢 This is the beginning of the attack on the village (technically, an urban-type settlement) we were in, that I filmed from where I was standing. Listen to this first, and I’ll share the story afterwards.

https://warpcast.com/irinaliakh/0x736f378e

The city of Izium. Back in 2022, it was occupied by russia in the first weeks of the war and liberated after six months. Since then, they’ve been attacking it consistently - even in the past few days, the city and nearby villages were hit with missiles and guided bombs almost daily, injuring civilians ❤️‍🩹

https://warpcast.com/irinaliakh/0x1b156eef

The city of Kharkiv. Someone’s apartment. Remnants of what once was, before the invaders came to take it all.

We usually spend the night in the city before continuing our drive toward the frontlines. The attacks on Kharkiv are constant - drones, guided aerial bombs, missiles. My heart hurts for everything people are going through ❤️‍🩹🇺🇦🫂

https://warpcast.com/irinaliakh/0x06c9dc2f

There’s a lot I want to share about our aid deliveries, but while I’m still gathering my thoughts, I just want to say thank you to @vitalik.eth, the /degen community, and @endaoment donors ⛑️ 

Because of your support for @crystalhearts, we are able to work on the ground in both Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, delivering much-needed supplies 🇺🇦

The conditions in the pre-frontline areas were as bad as I expected, maybe even worse. The reality of unjammable fiber-optic FPV drones sets in once you’re there, and it becomes painfully clear why so many aid workers and medics are wounded or killed every week, and why getting into certain towns these days is so hard without being hit. At this point, the only way we can get supplies in is with the army’s help.

This war has changed so much, even in just the past few months… and now I have even more clarity on what’s actually necessary and what can really help both medics and defenders 🫂

https://warpcast.com/irinaliakh/0x59daf07e

The supplies we delivered to Kharkiv and Donetsk regions: power stations, generators, Starlink terminals, thermal imaging cameras, backpacks, medical supplies, food, energy drinks, and more. We’ll be sharing more photos from each drop-off.

So much gratitude to everyone who continues to support and donate - you make this possible 🫂⛑️🇺🇦

https://warpcast.com/crystalhearts/0xaa88f581

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Hi Irina,

Check out this from @compusophy 

It bought more visibility to a couple of my casts.

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Thank youuuu!! Let me check. I know that for @ampsfun most of my recent casts don’t qualify for boosting because of the things I talk about, which is understandable. so I was hoping people would be open to amplifying 🫂

Hi Irina,

Check out this from @compusophy 

It bought more visibility to a couple of my casts.

https://warpcast.com/compusophy/0xbed42ee0

/crystal-hearts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit committed to providing assistance in active war zones, currently delivering aid to Ukraine 🤍 founded by @irinaliakh

figuring out farcaster 😅 sharing AI art 🦾🤖🎨

Done! Recasted all and sent a small tip to @crystalhearts. Keep up the great work! 🤍