*hugs* I'm pullin' for ya. We're all in this together.

It is my sincere hope that your country is made safe again soon.

I had no clue about what you've been going through. All the love and wishes to return to peace soon.

Очень сопереживаю! Удачи, выздоравливай. Пусть все будет хорошо

Good that you're safe! Best wishes and I hope things improve for everyone.

I hope for the best for you.

Glad to hear from you! Stay safe and hope the best for you

Good that you're safe, hoping for your family~

Glad to hear you are safe and I hope your family at home stays safe too.

wish you the best

Glad to hear you found a place to stay^^
I wish you the best.

I hope things start to improve for you and everyone else. At the very least, get all your family safe outside of the country.

stay strong, things will get better

I'm glad you're ok. It sucks that everything about it sucks. More for Ukrainians, but from what I've read/seen, Russian soldiers went into Ukraine believing a propaganda lie about rampant naziism there. Apparently they thought they were going to liberate Ukrainians. But that's not to say that their gdmf dictator who calls himself "president" didn't have obvious intentions.
I doubt that a majority of Russians in Ukraine right now really know why they're there, or the lie was revealed to them after they got there.

War is horrible, and innocent people are sent to kill innocent people, who kill in return out of self-preservation. And the assholes with the money, who are orchestrating the war (quite stupidly on one side, and let's just say Zolenski has been a better president in the last month than the US has seen in 70 years. A real president doesn't run for shelter, he/she stays to lead his/her People. What the rest of the world is seeing from Ukraine is an incredible spirit and show of strength against seemly overpowering odds. And it legit inspires people. Even my coworkers are talking about how badass the Ukrainians are and how much of an asshole putin is.

Russian mass media also tell about NATO military bases with missiles pointed at Russia and laboratories that produce biological weapons in Ukraine. So many Russians want not so much to liberate Ukranians, but to see Ukraine captured (preferably in one piece and without killing civilians) and those military bases destroyed. That’s why so many Russians actually support their government right now. If you were told there are missiles pointed at you at a nearby country and your government is going to destroy them, you would support your government too.

To be fair, thousands of Russians have been protesting the war, at risk of criminal charges, or even execution (or "mysterious illness." e.e).
Even some high-ranking officials who went into Ukraine have seen the reality, and have altered their personal course in this war to show solidarity with Ukraine. But their goddamn psychotic dictator who calls himself "president" keeps forcing people to act on lies that they don't know are lies.

To be clear though, Ukraine is 100% the protagonist in this. Every single bit of the blame for this war falls upon putin. And the rest of the world is rooting for Ukraine, and tip-toeing how we can around a madman with nukes at the ready.

I do wish the US could help more, but it's so damn complicated. A no-fly zone seems like a great idea, but it won't force Russians out. And then that'll mean the West's planes would shoot down Russian planes, and WW3 will have officially begun.
Basically, god damn putin, and I hope that the Russian People regularly see a much clearer view of reality after that.

If those NATO bases and bio laboratories in Ukraine are a lie, then I agree with you. In this case Russian government is lying to its people saying they all are in danger and the war is necessary to protect them. It’s a great excuse to start the war and people won’t protest so much (when there are missiles pointed at you, it’s obviously not a good time to try and overthrow your government).
But there is always a possibility those bases and laboratories are true and they pose a serious threat to Russia. In this case things are much more complicated.
Nowadays you can’t trust anything mass media say, so, unless we go to Ukraine and see those NATO bases with our own eyes, we can’t know for sure.

Every NATO country has embassies of other NATO countries. And nearly every country that is a country, has bio-labs. Pretty much every country does biological research.

It's a slippery slope to go from "they have biology research facilities" to "they're going to attack us with chemical weapons" (and chemical weapons are more likely to be found at chemistry facilities than biology facilities anyway.).

Don't play the "there's always a possibility" card. There's a possibility that your next view of your reflection in a mirror shows you Mrs. Teacup from Beauty and the Beast with a unicorn horn. Anything is possible. But some things are so unlikely, that we can count them equal to impossible.

Every country has bio-labs, but not every country has biological weapons. Those weapons are forbidden, so most countries don’t have them.

Sadly the probability of Russia and Ukraine attacking each other was not equal to impossible. The situation between Russia and Ukraine was always tense and during the last eight years it was only becoming worse and worse. Until the probability of the attack became very very possible.
I’m sad it had to end that way. And I wish things would have been resolved peacefully, preferably eight years ago before a lot of people died. But life isn’t a fairy tale and it doesn’t always have a happy ending.

Let's be clear. Ukraine did NOT attack or provoke putin (and I'm saying putin instead of Russia, because a lot of Russians are pissed that this bullshit is happening.). There is not a single guilty Ukrainian in this war. Not one. Even and especially not the badass motherfuckers on Snake Island who said, "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

There was absolutely no provocation from Ukraine, unless you count Ukraine's desire to be a part of NATO as a slap in putin's face.

The probability of Ukraine attacking Russia was zero (0). That is a fact.
Are we clear?

Believe what you want to believe. I'm not going to explain it to you, because the situation is complicated. Let's drop this topic. Political discussion doesn't belong on FA.

We're going to drop this with the understanding that Ukraine was invaded by putin's forces, with absolutely no provocation or endangering to the people of Russia. This was purely a power-grab by putin, which was accelerated by Ukraine's desire to be a part of NATO, which would have given Ukraine and Ukraine's resources protection from a putin who sees Ukraine as an opportunity to exploit and control more people for his own selfish, greedy desires.

Don't even come at me if you're a putin sympathizer, because I have no time or mind for you. Mothers and children are being shelled right now in Ukraine, and it's putin's rockets and numerous mislead Russian soldiers who are doing the attacking.

Seriously, if you're going to say that Ukraine did anything at all that was hostile to Russia to lead to this war, take some shrooms and tune back into reality by the time the trip's done. I don't think that such people can see the sky as being blue on a clear afternoon, or maybe they think there's more than one answer for 1+1. But I'm not gonna have it.

You’re making it sound like there was no conflict between Russia and Ukraine, everything was fine, everybody was living peacefully, then Russia suddenly attacked Ukraine without any warning. It was totally unexpected and Russia had absolutely no reason to do it. The only logical explanation why Russia did that was Putin simply wanted to invade some other country and the rest of the Russian government, military, people etc. decided to do what he wanted from them without thinking twice.

When in reality the conflict has been going on between Russia and Ukraine for years and things have been slowly getting worse. You can find the information about it on official American news channels, like CNN for example.

Without mentioning all the nuances, I stated the basic facts. Ukraine did not provoke Russia, or specifically Russians, with any kind of an imminent attack. The intention to attack Russia was not there.

Now, if you think that the ongoing conflict didn't start with a greedy and dictatorial putin pointing his guns at Ukraine, you're not keeping up with history.

And I've already told you not to come at me with any bs about Ukraine provoking a war. The only way the war was provoked was when Ukraine was potentially going to join NATO. After Zolenski walked back on entering NATO, putin still invaded, even after putin said that he doesn't want a non-Russian country (y'know, one he's not the dictator-president of) to join an alliance of nations.

The next thing you message to me had better be something along the lines of "You're right, putin is an insane and tyrannical asshole who starts shit that doesn't need to be started," or you can gtfo.

Again, you’re making it sound like the only reason why this war has started was Putin simply wanting to invade Ukraine. Because he always does what he wants and never thinks about any reasons or consequences. And the rest of the Russian government, military and people always do what Putin tells them to do without thinking or asking any questions. When Putin says: “Let’s invade!” everybody else says: “Yes, let’s do it! It must be a right thing to do, because Putin said so and he always knows what he is doing.”

Is this how you think this whole thing works? Or maybe I misunderstood what you said? I’d like to know your opinion.

Then gtfo.

Russians be like ^

There are many innocent Russians, but a lot less than you think. Especially any soldiers still fighting. It's pretty obvious too if you pay any modicum of attention.

I haven't kept up with the propaganda that the kremlin has been pushing to Russians, but I hope that soldiers who are still fighting, truly have no idea of the reality of the situation. Because yeah, this should be over. Not that it should have ever started.

all the best!

I'm glad you made it to Poland!

I'm sorry for all your going through, I'm glad that you could get to a safer place and hope you can get back on your feet as soon as possible ❤️

Damn, praying for you

Glad to hear that you're safe. I really hope your countrymen can beat Russia back soon and get started on the long road of recovery. Slava Ukraini!