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In all of this horror, it is the forced deportations which trouble me most. Hundreds of thousands of people, forceably transported into Russia. Where are thos
by Max-Ganz-II 4y ago
In all of this horror, it is the forced deportations which trouble me most.
Hundreds of thousands of people, forceably transported into Russia.
Where are those people now? what is happening to them? how are they going to get back to Ukraine?
Russia historically, in conquered countries, destroys the local culture. Cyrillic and Russian become mandatory in the schools, organizations and traditions of local culture are suppressed, and mass deportations and incarcerations. Also, of course, beatings and torture; all of which we see now.
To my eye, as in history, this is part of Russia looking to make Ukraine actually Russian; to conquer and subsume.
The Poles used to say they preferred the Germans to the Russians; "with the Germans we lose our freedom, with the Russians we lose our souls".
- mcv 4y agoI'm terrified for those deportees. People (including me) keep saying that Putin can have peace simply by leaving Ukraine, but simply leaving Ukraine doesn't bring those deported people back. You bet he's going to use them as some sort of leverage. Or just kill them if they become a liability. I really hope they'll be able to return, but I fear that might end up requiring some concessions to Putin.
- rasz 4y ago>Where are those people now? Children have been told their parents abandoned them, and given to russian families. https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/1581364032019132416 https://mobile.twitter.com/AP/status/1581364032019132416 https://twitter.com/biz_ukraine_mag/status/1571083249325314050 https://twitter.com/biz_ukraine_mag/status/15710832493253140...