Are you tired to hear about Ukraine?
Ukraine now is a representation of any other country in the world
Sometimes I get myself thinking if I'm being boring or selfish by only talking about Ukraine on Twitter. Ukraine, Ukraine, all the time. As if other countries didn't matter to me or if people just don't have this domestic and so more immediate issues to handle.
I'm at Twitter because I have a clear view that this fight is not only about Ukraine, it's about civilization. I've already written about it, but let's take it once more: Russia is denying sovereignty to more than 40 million people who have their own territory, their own language and their own heritage of more than 1,000 years.
When a so-called modern State denies those basic principles of peaceful respect between humans, it leaves an open door to unimaginable circumstances. Being in Ukraine as a Ukrainian these days, I can tell you my friends, with all the coherence I can achieve in my mind and in my heart, that the gates of hell are open to the whole of humanity.
There's no single Thursday that passes without remembering myself of that Thursday the February 24th of 2022, day that changed us forever. Every Thursday for me is a time in the week to intimately be thoughtful about how my life, my family and my nation would be if nothingΒ happened.
What is currently happening to Ukraine (and to me) can happen anywhere and to anyone on this planet. No one is safe from this sheer disintegration of values which at first attempts to damage our delicate social fabrics and now presents a challenge to the international order. Ukraine, just as it is now, is a prototype of a new international order commanded by evil and greed.
My country is being tested on a large scale and my people are paying the price for being unfortunate enough to develop itself at the wrong place on what comes to Geography. Every Ukrainian alive now is a survivor. If not from direct military combats, from sadness or from anxiety. Or from these three factors combined as the case of most Ukrainian men.
And it's precisely the condition of survivor that offers me the motivation to keep writing without worrying too much. This situation I'm in, followed by the clarity of mind to understand everything I live regarding the war is of international concern, brings me a feeling of responsibility for staying active and repeating Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine all the time.
But every time I write Ukraine, be sure, I could be writing whatever country the reader would like. Ukraine now is a representation of any other country in the world as every country could potentially go through the suffering we have been into these months.
And I'll put all my efforts to avoid it happening to any other country.
Nevertheless, I will always appreciate feedback if I exceed myself or seem to be repetitive.
Thank you.
Viktor, I never get tired of learning about Ukraine, or reading about the war. Too many people in the world do not understand that Ukraine is fighting for all of us. I spend most of my day reading history, but about every two hours I stop my reading to check on what's going on in Ukraine. It breaks my hear that Ukrainians have to go through this. It is no exaggeration to say that Ukrainians are saving the world.
No we must not get bored, Victor. We have to see clearly the horror of the Russian State. I think it has been hard to comprehend how backward it is because itβs people look like normal people. The nature of the being of Russia though is unthkably backward. It has no civil state. It is nowhere near a modern state. You Ukrainians are amazing. Keep writing. Keep doing whatever it takes for you to stay as healthy as possible. Kia kaha. Wendy