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3 years ago
Hello there, guys. I hope you're safe.
Most of you know what kind of shit is happening right now. I have no words to describe how frightened and depressed I am right now.
I'm from Russia. I never voted for anyone who is ready to start the war. I heard about all the horrors of war from my grandparents and we all prayed for peace and clear skies. But that happens again.
I have tears in my eyes. All the world around is ruining step by step. I wish I wasn't Russian, I wish we were far away with my family and friends.
I'm a teacher of foreign languages, English and French. I have my bach degree and I'm finishing my further education this year. But I never wanted to work as a teacher because the salary I'm offered is less than $300 per month. The only way for me to earn money is art which is not respectfully paid for in Russia. We don't have enough money to pay artists the money they deserve.
I found myself here, with you all being kind to me, giving me a chance to safe some money, to support my family, to have money for leisures and fun. To trip, to create, to improve myself.
And now I'm afraid that all money transactions to Russia will be prohibited and blocked.
I'm broken. Every day I watch the news and read the articles. No one deserves bloodshed. No one deserves war. No one deserves deaths and wounds.
I'm scared.
I planned to travel after graduation, to buy new laptop, to make my parents good presents, to visit other places, to safe money, to find a lover. To be happy. And now all those childish plans are shattered. We're trapped.
It doesn't matter much. Those are just dreams. The only dream I have now is there is no war. I wish everybody is safe and loved.
Stay safe yourself. Kiss those who you love the most.
No one deserves the bloodshed.
I pray and cry for Ukraine. I wish we could stand up holding hands with each other.
Я из России и я боюсь.
#нетвойне
I'm far away from the conflict but I feel for you. Words are empty so I've been helping how I can. Please know we are aware you are also victims, and stand strong with your Ukrainian siblings.
Please be safe and hold on to hope ❤️❤️
But I know, if you here in Germany get the idea to say: "Hey, we want our lands in Northern France, Poland, Bohemia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, Slovakia and Ukraine back, because at that time, 1940, that was all ours!", then you can be sure that you lose a lot of friends and if you say that too loud, that the state starts to have an eye on you, that you do not try to implement something like that.
And, holy cow, I don't want Italy to get the idea that it wants to reconquer the Roman Empire "because historically it was once part of Rome".
Maybe I'm just not political enough to understand all this shit, but I don't understand how it can be that Putin and Lavrov can just decide that Ukraine is now being reclaimed. Couldn't/mustn't the Federation Assembly or some court have intervened? Or did they all think that was a great idea, too?
We are all aware that if another nation begins to intervene militarily in this conflict, it will have to dig out various weapons from some storage facility that no one would want to unleash on the world again. And that would only bring more bloodshed to Ukraine.
Now the world is sanctioning Putin and gradually banning more and more supplies and trade with Russia. But let's be honest: I don't think Putin cares so much about his people that he will stop because of that.
He seems to me like a little child who, because he didn't get the toy from his neighbor, is now breaking that very toy.
And the saddest part of the whole thing is that we can all just watch it happen....