Ukrainians Are Getting Brutally Honest About Living Life During The War

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“I want people to know that occupation does NOT equal peace. It’s another form of war. I see people who think that only two things change under occupation: the flags and who you pay taxes.”

“But that’s not just it! It’s torture, robbery, raping, people being missed/killed just for speaking Ukrainian, lower quality of life (as Russia only does a bare minimum for a nice ‘picture’ on TV), burning our books, stealing and re-educating Ukrainian children; stealing museum artifacts and bringing them to Russia, etc.

Also, Russia is a settlement colonizer. They replace the population with Russians (or force Ukrainians to accept Russian passports and obey), so later they say: ‘You see? Russians live here! It has always been truly Russian territory!’

If there are no tanks, weapons, and shooting, it doesn’t equal peace. At all.”

—Sheniara