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You moved to Kyiv 2 months ago?!

exhilaration 4y ago
I'm assuming he didn't move there from New York but another part of Ukraine. Kiev is relatively safe compared to parts closer to the front lines.
- jmillikin 4y ago
  He moved from England: https://www.amazonredshiftresearchproject.org/slblog/2022-07.html#coming-to-kyiv https://www.amazonredshiftresearchproject.org/slblog/2022-07... > I have relocated to Kyiv, mainly because with what’s going > on I feel on an emotional level compelled to be here, to > stand against the horrors. > [...] > The route was Cambridge -> London -> Bruxelles > -> Köln -> Berlin -> Przemyśl (Polish border town) > -> Kyiv.
  - theow7384iri 4y ago
    I was in Odessa for holiday in July. Very cheap airbnb, but there was night lockdown and pubs were closing early. Also beaches were closed (mines) but nobody cared.
    - chinathrow 4y ago
      What was the reason to select Odessa at this time?
      - theow7384iri 4y ago
        Sun and sea :) And also price. Greece, Croatia, Turkey etc were bloody expensive this summer. Odessa is just 3 hours by bus from Chisinau that has regular flights.
        prvit 4y ago
        Odessa is normally home to a great club scene too. The "Ibiza" club is easily one of the best in the world, regularly attracts top DJs like Black Coffee. The food scene isn't incredible, but pretty good for Eastern Europe. Dacha restaurant is excellent. The city itself is beautiful with heavy French vibes, and of course from an European point of view it's filled with very conventionally attractive people.
- Max-Ganz-II 4y ago
  I lived in Gibraltar for a year, then went to Kyiv via England (catching up with friends and family before heading over).
tut-urut-utut 4y ago
Why not? Kiev was a safe place to live until the current escalation. For example, much safer than the city of Donetsk and other cities close to the front line which are under fire almost daily since the beginning of the operation, many of them since at least 8 years, though not at such intensity.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  There was no point in shelling Kyiv before, while russia manufactured false flag attacks on Donetsk for a long long time.
  - tut-urut-utut 4y ago
    - orbital-decay 4y ago
      "Their own people"? (added later) For the context, I'm Russian. Right now, there's a refugee family from Mariupol (you know, that city in Donbass that got almost completely destroyed) living in one of my two flats. They lost all they had. They lived in a damp basement with nearly no food for a month and a half. They buried their neighbors personally, and also the school teacher of their kid. A marauder wannabe nearly shot them, and then his commander nearly did the same after they complained, for "lying about his soldiers". Their son lost a hand after a tank shell hit their home. If you're also in Russia, we can connect and you'll see them in person, to look the kid in the eye and tell him about the suffering of Donbass people.
    - KptMarchewa 4y ago
      >Do you really think they have been killing their own people for years Obviously yes. The whole Donbas war was started by FSB Colonel and bunch of irregular troops coming from russia. Russia's post-2014 strategy was to destroy Ukraine from inside, by prolonged conflict. This backfired, and Ukraine united instead of being divided, like before 2014 by russian agents like Medvedchuk or Yanukovych. >destroying their own pipelines and bridges Only relevant destruction of pipelines and bridges before 24.02 was done by retreating FSB led irregular russian troops in 2014. Or are you talking about Ukraine attacking valid military targets as crimean bridge now? https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1554869316935471105 https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1554869316935471105 >only to use it as an excuse to bomb infrastructure in the Ukraine? They mostly bomb civilian infrastructure and dwellings, not military one because their intelligence and precision missles sucks. >By that logic, I assume Russia will soon drop a nuclear bomb in Sankt Petersburg in order to have an excuse to continue their operation in the Ukraine. They will need to do stuff like this only if they continue to lose, not with nuclear or so. Russia and especially Putin is known for targeting it's own citizen to cause war frenzy - that's how he got elected and caused war, by bombing Moscow. Google "ryazan sugar".
Max-Ganz-II 4y ago
Yes, to help (economically - I have no military training) with the war.

I'm assuming he didn't move there from New York but another part of Ukraine. Kiev is relatively safe compared to parts closer to the front lines.

jmillikin 4y ago
He moved from England: https://www.amazonredshiftresearchproject.org/slblog/2022-07.html#coming-to-kyiv https://www.amazonredshiftresearchproject.org/slblog/2022-07... > I have relocated to Kyiv, mainly because with what’s going > on I feel on an emotional level compelled to be here, to > stand against the horrors. > [...] > The route was Cambridge -> London -> Bruxelles > -> Köln -> Berlin -> Przemyśl (Polish border town) > -> Kyiv.
- theow7384iri 4y ago
  I was in Odessa for holiday in July. Very cheap airbnb, but there was night lockdown and pubs were closing early. Also beaches were closed (mines) but nobody cared.
  - chinathrow 4y ago
    What was the reason to select Odessa at this time?
    - theow7384iri 4y ago
      Sun and sea :) And also price. Greece, Croatia, Turkey etc were bloody expensive this summer. Odessa is just 3 hours by bus from Chisinau that has regular flights.
      - prvit 4y ago
        Odessa is normally home to a great club scene too. The "Ibiza" club is easily one of the best in the world, regularly attracts top DJs like Black Coffee. The food scene isn't incredible, but pretty good for Eastern Europe. Dacha restaurant is excellent. The city itself is beautiful with heavy French vibes, and of course from an European point of view it's filled with very conventionally attractive people.
Max-Ganz-II 4y ago
I lived in Gibraltar for a year, then went to Kyiv via England (catching up with friends and family before heading over).

tut-urut-utut 4y ago

Why not? Kiev was a safe place to live until the current escalation. For example, much safer than the city of Donetsk and other cities close to the front line which are under fire almost daily since the beginning of the operation, many of them since at least 8 years, though not at such intensity.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
There was no point in shelling Kyiv before, while russia manufactured false flag attacks on Donetsk for a long long time.
- tut-urut-utut 4y ago
  - orbital-decay 4y ago
    "Their own people"? (added later) For the context, I'm Russian. Right now, there's a refugee family from Mariupol (you know, that city in Donbass that got almost completely destroyed) living in one of my two flats. They lost all they had. They lived in a damp basement with nearly no food for a month and a half. They buried their neighbors personally, and also the school teacher of their kid. A marauder wannabe nearly shot them, and then his commander nearly did the same after they complained, for "lying about his soldiers". Their son lost a hand after a tank shell hit their home. If you're also in Russia, we can connect and you'll see them in person, to look the kid in the eye and tell him about the suffering of Donbass people.
  - KptMarchewa 4y ago
    >Do you really think they have been killing their own people for years Obviously yes. The whole Donbas war was started by FSB Colonel and bunch of irregular troops coming from russia. Russia's post-2014 strategy was to destroy Ukraine from inside, by prolonged conflict. This backfired, and Ukraine united instead of being divided, like before 2014 by russian agents like Medvedchuk or Yanukovych. >destroying their own pipelines and bridges Only relevant destruction of pipelines and bridges before 24.02 was done by retreating FSB led irregular russian troops in 2014. Or are you talking about Ukraine attacking valid military targets as crimean bridge now? https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1554869316935471105 https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1554869316935471105 >only to use it as an excuse to bomb infrastructure in the Ukraine? They mostly bomb civilian infrastructure and dwellings, not military one because their intelligence and precision missles sucks. >By that logic, I assume Russia will soon drop a nuclear bomb in Sankt Petersburg in order to have an excuse to continue their operation in the Ukraine. They will need to do stuff like this only if they continue to lose, not with nuclear or so. Russia and especially Putin is known for targeting it's own citizen to cause war frenzy - that's how he got elected and caused war, by bombing Moscow. Google "ryazan sugar".

Max-Ganz-II 4y ago

Yes, to help (economically - I have no military training) with the war.