"Perhaps I will never see Yuriy from Zhytomyr again, but, the weight of his words will stay with me"

[kpete]

Dec 20
On the train to Kyiv yesterday I sat with a soldier who had recovered from his injuries and was starting the journey back to the front. I just sat and listened for hours. Perhaps I will never see Yuriy from Zhytomyr again, but, the weight of his words will stay with me forever.

Lasting words: “It’s not Putin who scares me. It’s the Russian nation that found it easier to pick up guns and kill, torture, rape innocent people in Ukraine rather than build a better country for themselves back home.”

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[Lucinda]

1. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[Srkdqltr]

2. WOW.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Sometimes soldiers know exactly what they are fighting for...nt

[scarletlib]

4. Something deep in the Russian psyche leads to darkness and hopelessness.

It goes back at least through the Tzarist rule to today.

Does anyone know of one or more good books on the subject.

[Javaman]

5. I think it goes back to Ivan the terrible.

I think he truly and literally beat it into the russian psyche.

also, russian still had serfdom as late as the 1850's. I think that also plays a giant roll.

[scarletlib]

6. True.

[Boxerfan]

7. They have been poisoning the people of Russia-The legacy of cheap Vodka.

[SheltieLover]

8. Yup!

Clearly a terrorist state!

[Hotler]

9. Sounds like our christian fascist over here. Itching to kill dems and libs. nt