Southern Ukraine region artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity

Links to the other 'regional focus' Journals:
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10264842/ -- Kyiv region Ukraine artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10246683/ -- NE & East-Center Ukraine artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10225029/ -- Kharkiv/Kharkov region artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10203165/ -- Donbas/Donbass region artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10230885/ -- Southern Ukraine region artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity <-- this Journal <you are here>
https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10255501/ -- Central & Western Ukraine artists, furries, and stories on FurAffinity
_{the order is simply geographic in a clockwise circle from north to east to south to west, it is not based on need (Donbas and Southern Ukraine are the areas of greatest need)}

If you are listed in this Journal and you want your line/listing/text changed, please post a Comment or send me a Note. If you are not listed in this Journal but would like to be, please post a Comment below requesting to be added (if your account was created in 2022 or has less than 30 Watchers, be prepared to 'prove' you are a real Ukrainian by contacting someone on the list who has more than 49 Watchers and convincing them that you are a Ukrainian from this region and getting them to post a Reply to your Comment that supports you or requests for you to be added).

After making a Journal listing all the FurAffinity (FA) members that I could find who are from the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine (the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts), which has been dealing with the suffering of war for the last 8 years, and another Journal about the Kharkiv region immediately to the north of it which has suffered attacks continuously since the morning of 24 February 2022, I am now working on collecting info about the FA members who are in or from southern Ukraine, particularly the Russophone regions or those who live or lived near or behind what is now the 'front line' (or 'line of contact') between the Ukrainian and Russian armies. Unlike the big Journal of Ukrainian artists who need assistance/help at https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10138995/ these 'regional focus' Journals are for everyone who is/was from that region/area of Ukraine (including people who are in good financial condition and non-artists).

_{I hope these lists of FA members from Kharkiv, Donbas, and Southern Ukraine will make it easier for people to Watch each other and help with promotion or 'signal boosts' when someone is in trouble or a newer member needs attention. I am also hoping that some of the people in the safer western and central regions of Ukraine will take an interest in helping those in/from places like Kharkiv and the Donbas, as well as the 'front line' cities in the southern region, even if the only help some people can provide is 'signal boosts' or writing kind Comments of support.}


ALERTS & REQUESTS:
Rivay is doing a Lottery https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50143543/ End of the lottery 15.01.2023 [added 8 Dec]
KHERSON & ZAPORIZHZHIA OBLAST ALERT: (8 July 2022) Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has instructed residents of the Russian-held Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that they needed to evacuate — even if it meant going to Russia or annexed Crimea — because Ukrainian forces were set to “de-occupy” the territory.
_{"Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Iryna Vereschuk made another announcement on July 10 calling on civilians to evacuate occupied settlements in Kherson and Zaporizhia Oblast before the start of Ukrainian counteroffensives, even if that required civilians to flee to occupied Crimea. Vereschuk made similar announcements on July 8 and June 20, noting that Russian forces seek to hold Ukrainian civilians as human shields to hinder Ukrainian counteroffensives along the Southern Axis." -- source ISW}

GREATEST NEEDS: (circa 25 July)
AbyssalSirenART is trying to get their parents out of a dangerous area of Ukraine, see this and story here [added 26 June]
^{(Greatest needs listings automatically expire one month after listing unless renewed by a request in a Comment or someone is in an occupied area)}

NEEDS: (circa Dec)
Viskasunya's birthday was 17 Dec and her birthday sketch does not look happy (she's in Odesa). She is struggling with mental difficulties and has been ashamed to ask for help, see this & this, she could use some kind words and moral support. [17 Dec]
DxM8 needs help paying for a battery to charge her phone, see https://www.furaffinity.net/journal...../#jid:10402785 [5 Dec]
<older needs>
Alisa-Walker needs a couple of commission urgently to pay rent, see https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10311794/ [added 24 August]
Felixlox would like commission or donations to be able to see a therapist in Odesa, see here and update [added 25 July]
MistMiav & Yanosha "A big problem for us now it's we have no laptop to work and it's reeeealy problem" see appeal [upgraded 15 July]
ElmargoViper opened Emergency Commissions on 25 June.
Dogava has fled her occupied hometown and needs commissions (her only income)
GhostlyDog lost their job and has no income other than Patreon and is depressed, wants to start earning money to visit a psychiatrist.
Karintina lived on the new 'front line' and has fled but needs meds and doctor visits (and wants to see a psychotherapist soon).
DxM8 (see 1 & 2) , AlexandraDane (see 1 & 2) [added 10 June] , ~RIZONIK~ (see here) [added 12 June] & Terri_Sneak (see here) [added 28 June]<-- have all asked for assistance
Toshik22 , Terri_Sneak , Vzlitaem , Navi_the_Faun , RetroQuant177 [added 19 June] <-- all need commissions, 'signal boosts', and Watchers
and everyone in the Hero City of Mykolaiv/Nikolaev, where salty water flows from the faucets/taps and corrodes the pipes, plumping fixtures & water heaters.

Good news, these people have been helped: Iirych is trying to escape occupied territory [added ~27 June --> escaped by 13 July, "I left the occupied territory. Now I live in Lithuania."] ; Rivay wanted to move away from the front line and got a big signal boost which succeeded ; Dogava is in territory occupied by Russia (near a big nuclear power plant); has Buymeacoffee & PayPal and takes commissions (her only income) --> update 6 June 2022, Dogava is TRYING TO FLEE TO A SAFE AREA see 1 2 3 4 5 --> update 11 June, has been helped --> update 5 July 2022, Dogava is in a safe(er) UA controlled city, see this NSFW thanks ; Alisa-Walker fled from occupied Kherson to Poland at the beginning of June with the help of FA members ; MistMiav & Yanosha evacuated from Odesa to England (but now need a laptop) ; The.Fool needed a lot of help from FA members to flee frontline Kryvyi Rig and make it all the way to family in Canada in late April.

Currently living in Russian/DPR-controlled territory:
Toshik22
^{(These FA members may have limited internet communication or be taken for 'questioning' and may thus disappear from time to time)}

Internally-Displaced People (IDP) now living in this region:
DxM8 (fled from the Donbas to Odesa)
^{(These FA members fled from somewhere else in Ukraine where the conditions were WORSE!)}


For people not from Ukraine, the southern portion of Ukraine along the Black Sea is divided into different oblasts (regions, administrative areas). The easternmost of these is the Donetsk oblast, which borders Russia and contains the now infamous city of Mariupol. The next ones from east to west are Zaporizhia/Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa oblasts, ending at the mouth of the Danube river and the border with Romania (Snake Island is about 35km/20miles from the mouth of the Danube). There is also the peninsula of Crimea, which is still internationally considered to be a part of Ukraine but was invaded and annexed by Russia in 2014.

Portions of the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts (regions) are under the control of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv and portions are occupied by Russian/DPR forces, with a 'front line' that has gone back and forth somewhat over the weeks and months. For this 'regional focus' Journal, I decided to focus on these three oblasts, plus the city of Odesa (in the Odesa oblast) and the city of Kryvyi Rih (in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast) to the north, and Crimea to the south. FA members in/from the region are listed regardless of what their personal politics are or which government is currently in control of the area they are from, and regardless of whether they have left/fled to somewhere safer.

SOUTHERN UKRAINE artists/furries list:

(with a quote copied {or translated} from somewhere on FA, [or a summary]... which may be out of date)
_{If anyone would like to be added or deleted from the list below or wants the quote/summary changed please post a Comment or send me a Note.}

Key to the symbols:
<sub>ᵒ = might still be in their city/oblast/region (need to check <or> they want to be vague about their current location)
* = still in their city or oblast [as of May 2022]
☦ = dead FA member (none that we know of yet, thankfully) ; F(☦) = a Family member died in the war ; f(☦) = a good friend died in the war
Ⓢ = now somewhere safe/safer
ⓒ = takes commissions
℗ = has a Patreon (and probably takes commissions too) [the symbol also has a link to their Pateron account]
Ⓑ = has a BuyMeACoffee
Ⓚ = has a Ko-Fi
[W:#] = how many Watchers on FA when added to the list (to help direct aid and attention to less well-known members)
✔ = has replied to me
✔✔ = has replied to me & has linked to or 'boosted' this Journal [every ✔ after the first also has a link to where they 'boosted']</sub>

Zaporizhzhia/Zaporizhia/Zaporozhye oblast:
_{[total population was 1,93 million in 2001 and was ~1,66 million (2021 est.) before the invasion]}

Berdiansk/Berdyansk small city (Russian/DPR controlled) -- between Mariupol and Melitopol, no known FA members
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/.....ansk|Berdyansk}
See ~RIZONIK~ below, who is in Nikolaev but, "My Dad, Grandma and many friends stayed in Berdyansk which occupied"

Polohy town (Russian/DPR controlled) -- between Berdiansk and Zaporizhzhia, no known FA members

Melitopol city (Russian/DPR controlled) --
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Melitopol (the city) <1 result, a charity request>}
-- FA members (1) --
 Toshik22* ⓒⓀ [W:26] {‎Hello! Can you add me to the list? I am from Ukraine (Melitopol)‎} from here
Also see, LesterShmester ⓒ [W:409] is in Zaporozhye but has a cousin in Melitopol and has helped buy supplies for them ✔

Energodar/Enerhodar city (Russian controlled) --
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Energodar <no results in June>}
-- FA members (2 with √-1 still in the city) --
 Iirych^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:895] (I am still in Ukraine. In the occupied territories. It is dangerous here. Part of my neighbors floor burned down due to an artillery hit. Life is very hard right now... I will repay my debts and the next money will also go to volunteering.) from 1 & 2 [trying to reach UA controlled territory and then go abroad to relatives] see 3 4 --> escaped by 13 July, "I left the occupied territory. Now I live in Lithuania." and by July 28, "Found a place to live in Poland."]
 Dogava^Ⓢ ⓒⒷ [W:209] (I am from the city of Energodar. I have BUYMEACOFFEE, which I created to donate during the war, and I also take commissions. This is my only income.) from a Note, with links added for context/convenience --> update 5 July 2022, Dogava is now in a safe(er) UA controlled city ✔

ENERGODAR ALERT: (7 June 2022) Mayor Dmytro Orlov, who is not himself in Enerhodar, said that the situation “is becoming more difficult every day.“ “For almost a week there is no mobile communication or Internet, so it is difficult to monitor the current situation,” he said. “For the last three weeks there have been mass kidnappings, mass robberies, and mass pressure on the population, which has a pro-Ukrainian views.” [CNN cannot independently verify his claims.] source and update

Vasylivka town (Russian controlled) -- between Enerhodar and Zaporizhzhia (along the left bank of the Dnipro), no known FA members
_{On 7 March 2022, Vasylivka was captured by Russian forces - from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasylivka}

Zaporizhzhia/Zaporozhye city (UA controlled) --
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Zaporozhye <1 result, Ukrainian artist Taurus_Art making a charity contribution>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Zaporizhia (the oblast) <1 result, a soviet car>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Zaporizhzhia (the city) <no results as of 5/23/22>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Zaporizhzhya <1 result, a political artwork with a LOT of comments>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/.....a|Zaporizhzhya <a combined search for all spellings>}
-- FA members (8 with 5-6 still in the city) --
 Taurus_Art* ⓒ [W:3350] "I don’t need help, I can work myself and help my friend work) I will be glad to help someone else morally)" ✔
 wyq^Ⓢ [W:1315] ⓒⒷ ("HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN UKRAINE! While leaving the country, I’ve heard numerous stories from people all around Ukraine, mostly women with children. Many of them lost their houses, their relatives. All of us were happy to be alive, yet feeling guilty for that.") from a Note ✔
 Tamplior^Ⓢ ⓒⓀ [W:901] {"I am from Zaporozhye"} from here [and is in the Czech Republic now] ✔
 LesterShmester^Ⓢ ⓒ ℗ [W:408] [posted links to photos from Zaporozhye here] ✔
 GhostlyDog* ℗ [W:163] ("I have not left my city, I have nowhere / no one to go to. I live in Zaporizhzhya") from here ✔✔
 Rivayᵒ ⓒ [W:135] {"I live near Vasylivka, so I can hear what is happening."} from here and here ("I love to draw trade and collabs.") & see 1 ✔
 juliaavant* ⓒ [W:106] ("I'm from southeast Ukraine, from Zaporizhzhya") ("I'm very new here and I'm trying very hard to develop .") ✔
 Kofomy* ⓒ [W:55] {"I am from Ukraine (Zaporozhye)!"} ("I am a beginner artist who wants to make money") from here & here ✔✔

Zaporizhzhia news update: (11 June 2022) Zaporizhzhia still has a lot of sirens, but UA military forces pushed the boundaries of war line 5-7 km further from city, so that's great news for people who live in the city! (source: local report and ISW)

Other UA controlled villages/towns/cities in Zaporizhzhia oblast: <no known FA members>


Kherson oblast:
_{[total population was 1,15 million in 2001 (82% Ukrainian) and ~1,08 million in 2012 and was ~1,01 million (2021 est.) before the rush in invasion from Crimea]}

Kherson city (Russian/DPR controlled) --
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Kherson <9+ results, most about the war or people from there>}
-- FA members (2 with 1 still trapped in the city) --
 B.Koal* ℗Ⓚ [W:5365] see city mentioned {note: Kherson internet connection has been bad/intermittent in May & June} ✔✔
 Alisa-Walker^Ⓢ ⓒⒷ [W:1761] ("I live in Ukraine, in the now occupied city of Kherson.") see here & escaping & escaped ✔

Other occupied villages/towns (Russian/DPR controlled) in Kherson oblast:
 RetroQuant177^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:65] ("I live in Ukraine, so won’t post that often.") from [10 March] to ("my laptop is super broken" & "I’m saving money for the new one") from 1 and 2 on [30 April] to ("a Ukrainian refugee") from here [by 16 June]. F(☦) ✔

Other UA controlled villages/towns/cities in Kherson oblast: <no known FA members>

KHERSON OBLAST ALERT: (8 July 2022) Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has instructed residents of the Russian-held Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions that they needed to evacuate — even if it meant going to Russia or annexed Crimea — because Ukrainian forces were set to “de-occupy” the territory.


Mykolaiv oblast:
_{[total population was 1,26 million in 2001 (82% Ukrainian) and was ~1,1 million (2021 est.) before the war. The population density is one of the lowest in Ukraine – 45 inhabitants per sq km (120/sq mi).]}

Unspecified village/town (in the south part of Mykolaiv oblast)
 Karintina^Ⓢ ⓒⓀ [W:440] ("I'm from Mykolaiv oblast, south part. I drew this during the evacuation... I am still in Ukraine, but in a safer region. Right now I'm having problems taking <commission> orders due to my chronic illnesses. I need regular doctor visits and medications. I would also like to visit a psychotherapist, but so far it is too expensive.") has a Ko-fi ✔✔

Mykolaiv/Nikolaev/Nykolaew/Mykolaiw city (UA controlled) --
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/.....olaew|Mykolaiw <a combined search for spellings; ~18 results for 1 spelling, 4 are references to the city and the rest are character names>}
-- FA members (5 with 3 still in/near the damaged city with salty tap water) --
 ~RIZONIK~* ⓒ [W:1292] ("I'm still in Nikolaev. I would be glad if you could put me in your journal") from here & see YCH and Adopt SALE here ✔✔
 AlexandraDane* ⓒ [W:486] ("military actions are being conducted near my city of Nikolaev (Mykolaiv)") from here. f(☦) ✔
 ElmargoViper* ⓒⒷ [W:277] ("My city (Mykolaiv) was bombed today at 5 AM") from here ✔
 Fateview^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:30] [internally displaced person who mentioned Kharkiv in an art posting, but is from Mykolaiv and is now somewhere safer] ✔
 Vzlitaem^Ⓢ ⓒⒷⓀ [W:27] ("I from Mykolayiv, now temporarily evacuated... I can tell the whole situation in it.") from a Note ✔✔

MYKOLAIV ALERT: (24 June 2022) The mayor of the southern Ukraine city of Mykolaiv, Oleksandr Sienkevych, has urged residents of the city to leave. "I suggest everyone who wants to stay alive to leave the city. About 230,000 people remain in Mykolayiv city now," the mayor said. Evacuation routes out of the city are in the directions of Odesa, Kryvyi Rih and Kyiv (source). (update, 25 June 2022) 9 cruise missiles hit Mykolaiv on Saturday (source).
MYKOLAIV NEWS: BBC News article about the damage to Mykolaiv's city fresh water supply: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63383605

Other UA controlled villages/towns/cities in Mykolaiv oblast:
-- FA members (2) --
 Terri_Sneak* ⓒⓀ [W:30] ("Yeah, in my city Nykolaew") from here & ("Now i'm in village near Nykolaew and now i in safe!") from here & ("Yesterday morning my father woke up almost blind. Help me by taking ych/art!") from here [28 June] ✔
 DarkPolly* ⓒ [W:25] "I have a lot of YCHs and adoptables in my plans." ✔✔


Odesa oblast:
_{[total population was 2,47 million in 2001 and was ~2,39 million (2021 est.) before the war, nearly 43% of whom lived in the city of Odesa]}

Odesa/Odessa city (UA controlled) --
_{Odesa -- https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Odesa <5 results>
Odessa -- https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Odessa <447 results> "Odessa" is a popular character name, so it appears a lot}
-- FA members (8 with 4 still in the city) --
 Dolorosacakeᵒ ℗ aka KilianKuro [W:8197] ("Yesterday I woke up cuz of explosions in my city, in Odessa.") from here & see art ✔
 Viskasunya* ℗ aka Visas_Bun [W:7848] -- see her Scraps folder for 'slice of life' cartoons about living in Odesa during the "angry birds" invasion ✔✔
 CatPumpkin^Ⓢ ⓒⓀ [W:1324] ("I'm from a city called Odessa.") from here [24 Feb] & ("I am safe in Portugal") from here [12 March] ✔✔
 Felixlox^Ⓢ ⓒⒷ [W:473] "I left Ukraine now I am in the Czech Republic and I need money to help my family in Ukraine" from here [11 March] ✔✔
 MistMiav^Ⓢ ⓒⒷ [W:250] ("Yeap, we’re from Odesa :> one “s”, because of the original Ukrainian word ^^") from here [reeeealy needs laptop to work] ✔
 Yanosha^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:58] ("My name is Olha and I am an artist from Ukraine. I don't know English well, so I use google translator") from DA ✔
 DxM8* ⓒ℗ [W:351] -- [moved/fled from the Donbas to Odesa (her house in Popasna along with most of her entire town has since since been destroyed in the fighting), she would like to move somewhere even safer than Odesa but affordable rental houses for large families are difficult to find in the safe(er) areas of western and central Ukraine, see here & she is raising money for an MRI for her husband, see here.] F(☦) ✔✔
Aldrick* [W:95] ("i as a citizen of Odesa") from here, is not an artist and does not want charity/donations but is commonly encountered in Comments challenging the Russian state media narrative, like here ✔

Other villages/towns/cities in Odesa oblast: <no known FA members>


Crimea peninsula:
_{[total population was 2,41 million in 2001 and was ~2,42million (2021 est.)]}

Crimea region (Internationally still considered to be Ukraine, but Russian controlled/annexed since 2014) --
_{https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Crimea
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Crimean}
-- FA members (4) --
 ShoGuru* ⓒ [W:6200] ("I'm from Crimea, the very Ukrainian peninsula occupied by Russian forces ever since 2014.") from here ✔
XellDRKᵒ ⓒ [W:434] ("I couldn't use Paypal myself before (cuz I'm from Crimea lol)") from here ("I try to be distant from politics") ✔
AbyssalWhisperr* ⓒ [W:112] aka AbyssalSirenART [W:557] ("Hello, my homeland is Ukraine. My commissions are open, I will be glad to see you on my page") ✔
tattie_yanneᵒ ⓒ [W:56] -- ("Hi! I'm young artist from Crimea,") from here and Profile page <-- "I'm trying to escape from my town, that occupied by Russia for 8 years. Please, help me escape from occupied by Russia territory. I'm tired of being scared for my life and future. Thank you!"
MichaelTheCrimeaWolf [W:45] ("I'm living all my life in Crimea that's now a part of Russia.") from Profile page.

Sevastopol <no known FA members>


Dnipropetrovsk oblast: (only the southwestern portion for now, as most is <comparatively> safe, except Kryvyi Rig)
_{[total population was 3,58 million in 2001 (79% Ukrainian) and ~3,32 million in 2012 and was ~3,14 million (2021 est.) before the war]}

UA controlled villages/towns/cities in southern Dnipropetrovsk:
-- FA members (1) --
Navi_the_Faun* ⓒ [W:17] [is from a smaller town in the south of the Dnipropetrovsk region that is within artillery range of Russian-controlled territory, but so far they do not shoot at her town] ✔

Kryvyi Rih/Krivoy Rog/Кривой Рог (UA controlled)‎ --
_{[Kryvyi Rih (or Mykolaiv) is sort of the southern analogue/equivalent of Kharkiv, but does not get as much international news]
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/.....7CKrivoy%26Rog <no results as of 6/16/22>}
-- FA members (6 with 2 still in the city) --
Saltamorᵒ ℗Ⓚ [W:1824] ("Украина, Кривой Рог") location on Twitter https://twitter.com/Saltamor , takes donations ✔✔
The.Fool^Ⓢ ℗ [W:749] ("in Kryvyi Rig") from here [now safe in Canada, read her story here and more]
Hagalazka* ⓒⒷ [W:690] ("We're still staying in Kryvyi Rig") from here ✔
--The_Kraken--^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:403] ("I lived in Ukraine, Krivoy Rog but now I'm in safe place in Portugal.") from FA Profile page ✔
opfelian^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:183] {"Hello! Can I get on the list? City of Krivoy Rog!!"} from here ✔
michi-nii^Ⓢ ⓒ [W:84] "I am from central Ukraine, the city of Kryvyi Rih (near the Dnieper)" from a Note <friend of The.Fool> ✔

KRYVYI RIH ALERT: (9 June 2022) Valentyn Reznichenko, head of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region military administration, says the city of Kryvyi Rih, located in the central part of the country, is now under constant fire from Russian forces. source

_{<Note: There are a lot more FA members in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast, including a dozen or more in the large city of Dnipro, but I will leave them for another list since Dnipro isn't currently on the 'front line' or seriously threatened by anything other than ballistic/cruise missiles, which describes every major city in the country; these lists seem to be more useful and manageable when kept to ~30 people. Also, there is a limit on FA parsing/display of 30 FA username icons, any beyond 30 will simply be displayed as the FA username in text without the icon, sorry to anyone at the bottom of the list who did not get an icon.>}


Unspecified/undisclosed various locations/cities/towns/villages in southern Ukraine
-- FA members (1) --
NightAngelTDCᵒ [W:1284] ("From the south v.v") from DA (more active on her DA recently)


FA SEARCHES:
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/.....aine|Ukrainian <-- general search for Ukraine or Ukrainian things
Some searches specific to the southern regions of Ukraine and its cities:
_{(many people from this region of Ukraine have either been living in occupied territory or have lived with artillery, bombs, and rockets since 24 February)}
<see the searches that are next to their cities above>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search?.....Mykolaiw|Odesa <a combined search for many southern oblasts & cities, excluding popular character names; IN WORK>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=Nikopol <gives ~170 results, mostly 1 character, so try this instead>
https://www.furaffinity.net/search/.....hiv|Huliaipole (UA-controlled towns of 10-20 thousand people in Zaporizhzhia Oblast)
_{(FA searches for Zaporizhzhia, Kyrvyi Rih, Mykolaiv and Berdiansk return no results as of April/May 2022)}


JOURNALISM:
Here are some assorted news articles about southern Ukraine:
https://understandingwar.org/ <or> this <-- change the last day [a good source of war news]
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022.....raines-kherson <-- about Kherson
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61524376 <-- about Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
https://understandingwar.org/backgr.....ssment-june-22 <-- "[Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motuzyanyk] stated that Russian forces are conducting missile strikes on Odesa with Kh-35 Bal and K-300P Bastion-P anti-ship missiles, indicating Russian forces have likely exhausted their supply of appropriate missile systems and are resorting to firing on land targets with anti-ship missiles (which can still be effective but are less accurate than purpose-built land-attack systems)."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022.....sia-annexes-it <-- summary of the major stories as of 11 Aug 2022 by journalists in a non-western, non-NATO country (IMHO, Al Jazeera's Ruissia-Ukraine war news coverage often writes good summaries without too much of either side's propaganda and cover each sides claims and counterclaims in what seems to be a reasonably open and unbiased manner)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63383605 "Russia accused of sabotaging Ukraine water pipe to Mykolaiv"
_{<If you have any links to helpful/informative/accurate news articles or blogs (or your own Journals or stories) about southern Ukraine, please tell me. I will eventually have some links in the Journal to try to "tell the story" of southern Ukraine.>}


HOW YOU CAN HELP!:
_{<If you have any suggestions of "what people can do to help", for either locals in the region, Ukrainians in general, Russians, or for the international folks, please tell me. I am working on adding a section to the Journal about "how can I help?" for each of those groups.>}
1) for locals (people in/from southern Ukraine)
_{-- 'Signal boost' this Journal or write your own version of it (you may use anything from this one); Write a Journal with your own personal experiences (there are people who can help with English and editing); Draw art about your town/city/region; Contact other people on the list; Watch them; Give them 'emotional support' (nice comments) & 'signal boosts' when they need help; Look for people from your area that 'go dark' (stop posting art/Journals and no new 'favorites') and check on them; Organize; If you've fled somewhere safer then provide support to the people who remained in the area; Promoting ('signal boosting') the needs of others from your region helps remind people of your own suffering and needs; Give the situation publicity, do not be silent; Draw an artwork about your region/town/city; See this regarding psychological help; See my 'mental health' Journal; See Links of interest to Ukrainians, & any who wish to help.}
2) for Ukrainians 🇺🇦
_{-- See the 'locals' suggestions above; If you are from a safer region of Ukraine (e.g. central or western) then PLEASE HELP those artists/furries from the regions that are under attack, are near the 'front lines' or are destroyed/occupied (I have noticed some people from Kharkiv/Donbass/southern Ukraine feel forgotten or abandoned), even if all you can do is offer nice comments and 'signal boosts' or draw 'gift art'; Occasionally search to see if new Ukrainian artists are posting on FA; Direct new Ukrainian artists/furries to the appropriate support Journals where they can get attention/assistance/help (one example is the big support Journal); Look for friends & allies (wherever you can find them) and be sure to thank them; Avoid blaming large groups or whole countries, hold individual people accountable for their own actions or inaction; Read The Art of War (a roughly 5th century BC strategy book by Sun Tzu), it is still relevant (even if you are not a soldier); Draw patriotic or peace-themed artwork.}
2b) for Ukrainian refugees (in Europe, North America, Israel, CIS countries, and elsewhere)
_{-- See the 'locals' & 'Ukrainians' suggestions above; write a FA Journal about resources available to Ukrainian refugees in the country you have fled to (yes this includes 🇷🇺, for those who went there willingly or unwillingly or did not have any other reasonable option); see this Journal; Get a job & work hard (or do as many adopts/commissions/YCHs as you can); Support other Ukrainians who have fled to the same country or who remained in Ukraine/Crimea/LPR/DPR/any other new PR. Help find psychological/psychiatric care for those still in the country; Have a conversation with someone in a 'danger area' (it can help distract and relax); Do language practice with those still in Ukraine; See these suggestions.}
3) for Russians 🇷🇺 & Russians and Belarusians 🇧🇾
_{-- I am not even going to list the first few suggestions because you are probably tired of reading/hearing them and/or some may be against your personal ethics; Stop watching TV; Research alternate news sources; Learn for yourself about what is happening; Fact check & be aware of misinformation and disinformation; Look at the Journals and artworks of the Ukrainian artists on these lists, but do not Comment on them unless you have something positive/supportive to say; Avoid 'whataboutism' and 'call out' those who use it; If you do not approve of what is happening, then do not live in terror of your own government, decide what you are willing to do and do it; Click here; 'Signal boost'; Do art-trades with Ukrainian artists, especially with lower skilled or less popular Ukrainian artists who need attention and watchers (if your government bans art-trades, see the first item in this list); Write about the situation (if you are too afraid to speak/write openly, then give it to a Ukrainian or international friend or to parliamentaryrusfurrs to post in a Journal or artwork for you); If you are good with English (or another language), help a Russian-speaking Ukrainian who is not good with English to tell their story by helping translate/edit (post a Comment below if you are willing to help translate); Draw peace-themed artwork; Use one or more of these characters/emojis ☮🕊️☮️; Put the https://www.furaffinity.net/user/peacefurs icon on your Profile page; Complain if your children or friends are conscripted/drafted (see this); Don't sign a military contract; If your friends talk about signing a military contract - ask them... why?; If you live in Crimea -- leave before they start conscripting/drafting; If conscripted then refuse to serve <or> refuse to serve in a combat role <or> refuse to serve in a combat role outside of Russia; Do not allow yourself to be placed in a situation where you have these behind you; An anti-war Russian recommended watching these YouTube videos 1 2; Search for some pro-Putin artwork on FA; See this by whisperingstone; Look at what a few other Russians did: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 (tell me if you want to be removed or to have a link to your profile/art/journal added; this was just a small sample since I have counted over 111 Russian FA accounts who have expressed either "no war" sentiments or compassion/support for Ukrainian artists who are suffering or both); If you need aid/help to leave Russia, ask for help.}
4) for everyone else (international people)
_{-- Stand with Ukraine; Learn more about Ukraine; Learn more about Donbass; Send donations to reputable organizations, click here for links; Occasionally check the big support Journal); Occasionally search; Watch Ukrainian artists; Give them 'Faves'; Give them 'moral support' (nice comments) & 'signal boosts' (links to their FA accounts and their Journals and/or Postings that describe their situation) when they need help; Order commissions; Send donations to artists/furries in need; Sign up as a $1 or $3/month patron on one Ukrainian artist's Patreon (is that too much to ask?) [for convenience, here are several/most that have a $1 tier: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ]; See these suggestions; Help a Ukrainian with language practice; Sign petitions; Contact your country's government about what they are doing to help Ukraine and Ukrainians; Give the situation publicity, do not be silent and do not turn a blind eye to what is happening now; Enter the big raffle.
-- A SPECIAL REQUEST: It would be great if people who are now safe and able to provide assistance would help find psychologists and psychotherapists for Ukrainians who need psychological support; the free psychological lines are under a lot of pressure and they can only help superficially, but the people living in the occupied territory don't know what to do at all since there is no normal psychological/psychiatric care available there.}

You may link to any or all of my six Ukraine 'regional focus' Journals, including the ones about artists/furries from East-Center Ukraine, Kharkiv, Donbas, and Southern Ukraine. You may copy any/all of them or translate them to Russian/Ukrainian or any other language. Please give any/all of them and/or the big Ukrainian artist support Journal an advertisement/repost/'signal boost' (post a link to them) if you want to -- since a few people have asked what that means or have been nervous about it, here are a few examples of 'signal boosts' these Journals have already gotten (some are very simple Journals, others are full artworks):
--- From Ukrainians 🇺🇦 ---> https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47348128/ (full artwork by Viskasunya from Odesa) , https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47725375/ (full artwork by Lien_Nguyen from Kharkiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47737135/ (personal artwork by Karintina from southern Mykolaiv oblast) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10231993/ (very nice Journal by VoronaSasha from Donbass) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10203651/ (Journal by LostDanver from Donbass) , https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47320684/ (simple artwork by nesteaisnasty from Kharkiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47763468/ & https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10234360/ (artwork & Journal by ArlequinLunaire from Donbass) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10225190/ (simple Journal by RaRiz from Kharkov) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10225227/ (simple Journal by Remontadora from Kharkiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10238408/ (part of a larger Journal by Saltamor from Kryvyi Rih/Krivoy Rog) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10243033/ (simple Journal by Vzlitaem from Mykolayiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10235808/ (very nice Journal by PistachioHorror) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10246036/ (very nice Journal by whisperingstone) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10247371/ (simple Journal by CatPumpkin from Odessa) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10228806/ (simple link Journal by Felixlox from Odesa) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10249098 (Journal by ShinigamiTF from Donetsk) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10252508/ (part of a bigger Journal by GhostlyDog from Zaporizhzhya) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10252969/ (Journal by YunnyLynx from Chernihiv area) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10253895/ (Journal by ~RIZONIK~ from Nikolaev) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10265959/ (Journal by Tailel from Chernihiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10255514/ & https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47854905/ (Journal & artwork by AV_Malina from Kyiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10256181/ (Journal by DarkPolly from Southern Ukraine) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10256797/ (Journal by :linkKofomy from Zaporozhye) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10258840/ (Journal by :F43filipp: from Lysychansk in the Donbas) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10264686/ (nice Journal by B.Koal in occupied Kherson) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10266132/ (Journal by LuckyLantern from Kyiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10266552/ (Journal by LiaNate from Kyiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10269748/ (by DAllah from Kyiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10269772/ (Journal by SteppeCrow from Kyiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10269804/ & https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47983221/ (Journal and artwork by gene of Dnipro) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10270131/ (Journal by stupiddonkey from Kyiv) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10145991 (links Journal by The.Fool from Southern Ukraine)
--- From Russians 🇷🇺 ---> https://www.furaffinity.net/view/47958361/ (artwork by JudasyFox from Russia) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10268417/ (Journal by HeroOptic from Russia) <JudasyFox and HeroOptic were the first and second -- you could be included here too, share a link to your artwork or Journal in the Comments below>
--- From other countries ---> https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10225410/ & https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10247697/ (simple Journals by marmelmm link-poster extraordinaire) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10227582/ & https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10257659/ (Journals by canis_aureus) , https://www.furaffinity.net/journal/10264168 (Journal by Pikefin)

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Quotes from some people on FurAffinity who are in/from southern Ukraine

Here are some assorted separate quotes I have read (since I started working on this Journal) that were written by people currently in or from southern Ukraine. I tried to focus on peoples' individual personal experiences and their expressed opinions. I am also trying to reflect the overall 'spirit' of the area/region. The people and their viewpoints vary and although the order is not random they should not be read as if they come from one person who was trying to tell a consistent story. Any appearance of a consistent story from their order was created by me and the order I chose for these separate quotes from different people from different towns/cities the area:

> "forgive my english"
> "I just want to live the way I lived a few weeks ago, please appreciate everything you have: the sleep in your bed, the food you have, every peaceful day you have. I did not think that I would see the war, but if I survive and the war ends, I will appreciate every day of my life." quote by Taurus_Art from here
> "We sometimes hear explosions, sometimes there is silence for several days."
> "We woke up from the first explosion, then there was a second one. The scary thing is that we are used to it."
> "machine gun fire outside the window and daily explosions, the sounds of rockets and aircraft"
> "you can't live in the shelter - sirens go off so often in the past few days (like 8 times a day and can be 5 min long, 4 hours or even longer) so you can't run each time to the nearest shelter."
> "I hope that none of you will ever experienced something like this, but i think non of you will fully understand how scary this is if you have not lived through this."
> "At the moment, I don’t know how badly the building in which we lived was damaged, but I know that a shell flew into our yard."
> "the daily news about missiles and fatalities are killing me inside"
> "every day to read the news is like a knife in the heart"
> "every day from impotence you become angrier and angrier and you can only wait and hope that your city will not turn into ruins and you will survive"
> "My city aren't destroyed as Donda and Kharkiv but Russian army is very near it."
> "The situation is still bleak - the shelling of the city continues, a couple of times it hit very close to our house. All my loved ones are alive, but they have already suffered damage." [24 April]
> "I can tell the whole situation in <city>. For example, people have not had drinking water for 2 months. (And this despite the fact that the city stands on two rivers)."
> "Water appeared in the tap, but it is salty, because it comes from the river."
> "my close friend is from the Donetsk region"
> "I lived in a city, where all the people spoke Russian(not Ukrainian)... before the war started, I thought that Ukrainians and Russians were brothers. Now I don’t think so, to me, I lost my illusions forever." from here
> "although the state of affairs <in an occupied city> is certainly better than in all cities where battles are fought, but mentally it is very difficult"
> "it was my home in which I felt free, now it has changed to a prison, thanks to the russian military; it's strangers who feel at home and it's disgusting"
> "the russian military take people from the streets trying to convict them of "nazism", kidnappings from houses"
> "they are trying with all their might to show the pro-russian mood of the Kherson people, they are constantly interrupting mobile communications and the Internet, now they are trying to introduce a ruble zone despite the partisan movement and the ubiquitous slogan 'Kherson is Ukraine'"
> "It's hard, but you can live. Spring in the soul and faith in our victory."
> "I think now others need help more than me."
> "Although I am from the south of Ukraine, where it is not very "calm" either, I really feel sorry with all the people from Kharkiv. We recently send humanitarian help there."
> "I try to cope on my own, as long as the situation in the city is not dangerous and I do not have to leave."
> "i grieve about every lost soul that has been killed."
> "I just want peace. That's all"

_{People can claim their individual quotes if they want to, but do not need to admit/claim the quotes as theirs. If someone wants me to remove their quote or to move it somewhere else in the list of quotes, please send me a Note. I tried to "tell the story" that I thought I was reading from people in the region but the "story" I wrote is not the only story that can be told and I am sure some people will not agree with parts of it. If anyone else wants to put the quotes in a different order to "tell a different story" I will probably be amused to see it, however if you want to tell your own personal story it is probably better to do that in your own Journals or in the text under one of your own artworks and just include a link to that here.}

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_{P.S. I may eventually try to make Journal(s) to highlight the other oblasts/regions that are being heavily affected by the war, including the Chernihiv and Sumy regions in the northeast, as well as the city of Kyiv, all of which saw fighting or significant missile attacks in the first two months of the invasion. Kyiv definitely deserves its own list but I am hoping someone from the city will eventually undertake that effort. Ideally people from those regions would do something like this Journal for their own region. It would also be nice to cover the remainder of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (at least a dozen artists/furries) and the reasonably safe Poltava and Cherkasy Oblasts (at least 3 artists/furries that I know of), all of which have territory east of the Dnipro river. If you would like to help (or work on any of those) please send me a Note and it will be finished much sooner.}