Toddler girl fighting for life after being stabbed in face by stranger at bus stop who cops say was previously ruled unfit to stand trial after stabbing two other children https://t.co/HXZuUP0IvQ
I received this message from a Ukrainian in response to my post below. He gave me permission to quote him here:
"The people who truly face war and live through it every day are the ones who most desire peace, tranquility, and an end to this horror; conversely, those unaffected by it—or those profiting from it—see no reason for it to stop."
"Statistically, Ukrainians suffering daily—especially in the east and south—desperately want the fighting to end, whereas those in the west who profit from the war (such as through high rents) do not; they are rarely targeted by missiles or drones, let alone aerial bombs or FPVs. Meanwhile, Ukrainians who fled to Europe advocate for the war to continue, as it gives them a reason to stay there without having to do anything to earn it."
"I am from the Donbas myself and faced discrimination because of my birthplace; back when we were calling for peace as early as 2014, we were branded separatists, terrorists, and worse, and were denied housing in Kyiv and the west. While we sought peace, propaganda conditioned people to believe we deserved to be killed, humiliated, and insulted; this drove a deep wedge between us and the rest of the population, leading us to interact primarily with our fellow countrymen."
"I have always wanted peace and still do, but alas, I am trapped in Ukraine, unable to work or walk the streets safely due to mobilization. I refuse to give even a drop of blood for a state system that instilled hatred toward me in others simply because I was born in a specific region of the country. I harbor no hatred toward Russians; in fact, it is quite telling that my friends from Russia are more concerned about my well-being—asking how I am and whether I have food—than anyone else."
These are the people who should decide what to do with the war - not Europeans, and not Americans. Ukrainians.
“Died a coward. Could have died a hero.”
That is how Meaghan Mobbs, the daughter of Keith Kellogg, Donald Trump’s former special envoy for Ukraine, chose to comment under my post about the death of Volodymyr, 32.
Volodymyr drowned in a river while trying to escape draft officers who, according to a witness, threatened him with firearms. They wanted to force him back into a war he had already known firsthand.
Volodymyr was a veteran.
He had already been there. He had already seen what war does to human beings.
This time, he did not want to be a hero.
He wanted to be a father. A husband. He wanted to live.
Now his 11-month-old son will grow up without a father. Alina will live without her husband.
It is difficult to imagine the grief that has descended on this family — a family that has lost a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a grandson.
And into that grief comes a condescending voice from across the ocean to pronounce their loved one a coward.
Not the men who chased him and threatened him with weapons. Not those willing to hunt down their own compatriots so that other men, not themselves can be sent into the hell of war.
Him.
The man who ran.
The veteran who had already served.
The father who wanted to see his child grow up.
The husband who wanted to come home.
The man who wanted to live.
He is the one she calls a coward.
There is something obscene about demanding heroism from other people’s husbands, other people’s fathers, other people’s sons — and then policing the manner of their deaths from the safety of another continent.
Volodymyr owed no one a beautiful death.
He owed his little boy nothing but the chance to have a father.
And now even that chance is gone.
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