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Lydia Lennihan's avatar

I'm so sorry Darya. The world is a mess right now. People in the US are clueless, as haven't experienced war in our country for 100s of years. If Putin invaded the US, things would be very different. I try to share as many photos and stories of the reality of Ukraine as possible. My mother was in the US Army, and was in London during the blitz, and witnessed survivors coming out of the camps. I grew up listening to her stories of horror. There are people now denying her experience and what she saw with her own eyes. I don't know what to say anymore. It enrages me and makes me very sad, depressed, cynical and hopeless. But there are so many people who are not like that. I also know for a fact that people here don't understand Russian culture or history. Or even the long and complicated history of Ukraine and Russia. So there's that factor too. They really don't get it. I support you and Ukraine, and feel a deep connection even though I've never been to Ukraine, or your Belarus. Stay strong, keep doing your work. We are fighting a great darkness in the world right now, globally, and we cannot give up, ever. 💙🌠🫂🙏🏻

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I hate to say that I agree about people thinking that it's Putin only who is responsible for what is happening in Ukraine, but I do agree. That is the same responses I've received. I think westerners just do not "get it." It's unlike anything that they've experienced. I say that as an American too, and I'm not excusing them at all. It took me a while to understand that it's more than just the one evil leader who is responsible. Maybe it's a very western way of thinking.. I'm not sure. What I am sure of is that I'm beyond my boiling point with those types of opinions that you mentioned. You and your husband are probably right that it would take having the experience that Ukrainians are having, in order to understand it. I sure hope it doesn't come to that, though., and I'm sorry that you are having to deal with those types of comments. You have enough to deal with without all that.

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