Stories from Ukrainians in Vienna's main train station amidst ever more horrific tales of Russian army mass murder of Ukrainian civilians. Right here in Europe, 2022.
My apologies for being behind in the reading ad responding. you said, "Never in a million years would I have guessed a majority of Russians would support a war against Ukraine." From an outsider's perspective, the people who are depressed in their own country are willing scapegoats for propaganda which tells them their plight is not their own fault, but the fault of "the other." The controlling elite provide something to look up to and admire; the leader provides them with the excuses needed to look the other way--or not search for a greater truth. We see this here in the USA, too.
So proud to be your friend, Tanja! Your writing (and you yourself): beautiful, wise and brave.
My apologies for being behind in the reading ad responding. you said, "Never in a million years would I have guessed a majority of Russians would support a war against Ukraine." From an outsider's perspective, the people who are depressed in their own country are willing scapegoats for propaganda which tells them their plight is not their own fault, but the fault of "the other." The controlling elite provide something to look up to and admire; the leader provides them with the excuses needed to look the other way--or not search for a greater truth. We see this here in the USA, too.