Ukraine news: Ukrainians ‘planning apocalyptic orgy’ if Vladimir Putin launches nuclear weapons

In a sign of ‘Ukrainian optimism’, locals are reportedly planning a mass sex party to ring in the end of the world if Russia’s nuclear threats become reality.

TOPSHOT - Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armoured vehicle near the recently retaken town of Lyman in Donetsk region on October 6, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - The people of Lyman, emerging from cellars after Ukraine recaptured the town from Russian forces, have been left confused and fearful by both the battle and the shifting political map. Lyman is in Ukrainian hands and the sounds of explosions come from de-mining teams performing controlled detonations in the pine forests that surround Lyman, polluted by the debris of war. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP)

Ukrainians are reportedly planing an apocalyptic orgy in the event Vladimir Putin launches a nuclear strike on the country.

In a sign of ‘Ukrainian optimism’, the New York Post reports, locals have organised a mass sex party in the event the Russian leader’s ominous threats become a reality.

More than 15,000 people have signed up for “Orgy on Shchekavystsa: Official,” a mass romp set up on a Telegram group if Russia unleashes its nuclear arsenal, which is the world’s largest.

A social media post advertising the event.

Those who wish to attend the event on a hill outside the capital, Kyiv, have been instructed to adorn their hands with stripes to specify what activities they’re interested in, according to the Post.

“It’s the opposite of despair. Even in the worst-case scenario, people will look for something good. That’s the mega-optimism of Ukrainians,” one local woman reportedly told Radio Free Europe about the orgy.

“It’s an attempt to show that the more they try to scare us, the more we will transform it into something else,” a man added.

The Telegram channel also has posted updates on the ongoing war, describing the counteroffensive efforts in the city of Kherson as “BDSM parties for Russians.”

RUSSIA AND UKRAINE ACTIVISTS SHARE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

Human rights champions from Belarus, Russia and Ukraine won the Nobel Peace Prize, a highly symbolic choice of laureates drawn from three nations at the centre of the war in Ukraine.

The honour went to detained activist Ales Bialiatski of Belarus, Russia’s Memorial group and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties.

“They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy”, the head of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, told reporters.

Ukrainian soldiers ride on an armoured vehicle near the recently retaken town of Lyman in Donetsk region. Picture: AFP

The committee called on Belarus to release Bialiatski, 60, who has been jailed since 2021.

Bialiatski’s wife said she was “overwhelmed with emotion” after the news. While the prize was not a direct message to Putin, Reiss-Andersen called his regimen an “authoritarian government that is suppressing human rights activists” and that the committee wanted to highlight he “way civil society and human rights advocates are being suppressed.” Last year, the Peace Prize crowned two champions of freedom of the press, Philippine journalist Maria Ressa and her Russian colleague Dmitry Muratov.

The prize comes with a gold medal, a diploma and a prize sum of 10 million Swedish kronor (about $900,000).

Belarus rights activist Ales Belyatsky, awarded the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize. Picture: AFP

The award will be presented at a formal ceremony in Oslo on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of the prizes’ creator, Swedish inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel.

Reiss-Andersen said she hoped Bialiatski would be able to attend. “We do hope … that he can come to Oslo and receive the honour bestowed upon him”, she said.

Bialiatski was imprisoned from 2011 to 2014, and was again arrested following large-scale demonstrations against the regimen in 2020.

“He is still detained without trial. Despite tremendous personal hardship, Mr Bialiatski has not yielded an inch in his fight for human rights and democracy in Belarus”, the Nobel committee said.

Memorial is meanwhile the largest human rights organisation in Russia. Russia’s Supreme Court ordered the group’s central structure, called Memorial International, dissolved in December 2021.

Russian human rights activist, the founder of the "Memorial" organisation Svetlana Gannushkina. Picture: AFP

In addition to establishing a centre of documentation on victims of the Stalinist era, Memorial compiled and systematised information on political oppression and human rights violations in Russia.

It became the most authoritative source of information on political prisoners in Russian detention facilities.

The organisation has also been standing at the forefront of efforts to combat militarism and promote human rights and government based on rule of law.

Both Bialiatski and Memorial have been mentioned in Nobel speculation in previous years.

Oleg Orlov in Moscow. Picture: AFP

After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the Center for Civil Liberties, founded in 2007, has engaged in efforts to identify and document Russian war crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population.

“In collaboration with international partners, the centre is playing a pioneering role with a view to holding the guilty parties accountable for their crimes”, the committee said.

The Peace Prize is the only Nobel awarded in Oslo, with the other disciplines announced in Stockholm.

On Thursday, French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of class and gender, won the Nobel Literature Prize.

She is the 17th woman to get the nod out of 119 literature laureates since 1901. Earlier in the week, the prizes for medicine, physics and chemistry were announced. The 2022 Nobel season winds up Monday with the announcement of the winner of Nobel Economics Prize.