Maria Romanenko - Uncovering Russian Crimes in Crimea and Occupied Territories and Raising Awareness

Getting a Ukrainian perspective on the war has never been more  important, as Russian propaganda continues to weaponize information, and  amplify it’s imperialistic, genocidal narratives through Social Media  platforms. Today I am speaking with Maria Romanenko, another strong  voice to explain the Ukrainian point of view, and how her country is  striving to maintain it’s independence and identity. Maria Romanenko is a TV presenter, journalist, and writer from Ukraine  and host of the YouTube show ‘Ukraine in Flames’ for the Ukraine Crisis  Media Centre. She is now living and working in Manchester, contributing  to media outlets such as The Guardian, Reader’s Digest, ITV, and BBC.  Maria runs free Manchester walking tours for Ukrainians and will be  performing on stage in London on 16th January 2023.  ----------   LINKS:  Info and tickets for Crimea 5AM - https://www.dasharts.org.uk/crimea-5am  How We Will Get Crimea Back (project led by Maria Romanenko) - https://nv.ua/project/how-we-will-get-crimea-back-50178473.html  Link to the religious organisation that Russia claims is a terrorist one  and therefore arrests many Crimean Tatars who are members of it. It’s  called Hizb ut-Tahrir and you can find out more information about the  arrests here - https://ctrcenter.org/en/analytics/295-v-okkupirovannom-krymu-89-chelovek-presleduyutsya-po-delu-hizb-ut-tahrir-krc  ----------