"Yellow Ribbon" and Dovidka.info call on Ukrainians to help TOT residents stay in the information space of Ukraine.
Tell your friends or relatives from TOT that the platform "You are in Ukraine" works for them.
The service helps everyone in the TOT:
- Connect a free VPN to avoid surveillance and help read news from Ukraine;
- Get a browser to browse the Internet safely;
- Learn Ukrainian for free - regardless of age;
- Find useful tips for yourself;
- Stay in touch with Ukraine.
More than 2000 residents of the temporarily occupied territories have already connected a free VPN from the You are in Ukraine platform and can now use the Internet more securely. And more than 250 adults and children are currently learning Ukrainian through the platform. This resource has become a "window to Ukraine" for people living under the control of the occupiers.
Anyone can join the "Tell Us" information campaign to bring the platform's capabilities to even more people - through relatives, friends and acquaintances in the government-controlled areas.
If you have friends and relatives under occupation, please share this link with them: https://tyvukraini.com/
The website was launched in 2024. It was launched by the Yellow Ribbon resistance movement together with the Dovidka.info project of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security.
"You are in Ukraine is not just a website, but a bridge between those who were forced to stay in the TOT and the whole country. The ongoing war is an example of a cognitive war, a war for the mind and worldview. For the residents of the occupied cities, the Russian authorities have created an online public service with the eloquent name "I am in Russia". The name itself is intended to spread the myth that people under occupation are disconnected from Ukraine. We, together with the Yellow Ribbon movement, are doing everything we can to make sure that people there remember: Ukraine was and is their home. And our support is not just lip service. We create conditions and provide them with the means to receive truthful information and stay in touch with their families," explains Mykola Balaban of the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security.
The "Tell" campaign encourages Ukrainians to share the link to the platform with their relatives and friends in the TOT. One message can help a person protect themselves online and feel that Ukraine remembers them.