volvoxvsmarla , (edited )

I absolutely support Ukraine in every matter but it is such a weird internet thing that portrays all Ukrainians in unison willing to fight this war. Or that everyone likes Zelensky. For them the war is much less black and white than for us. From all the refugees I met (and being part of the Russian opposition and working closely with the Ukrainian support group in my city I know a lot) not one supports Ukraine to keep on fighting.

Of course that's still not a representative group and I don't want to say no Ukrainians support or fully support fighting. And I'm sure there are hardliners who want to fight to the bitter end, but also a lot of people seem to have made peace with the idea that Ukraine lost or see a defeat as inevitable, and just don't want the conflict to last.

As my hairdresser from Donetsk said: I don't care whether my mother lives now in Ukraine or Russia, I just want her to live. I want to visit her. My best friend from Sumy cannot stand Zelensky and calls him a corrupt asshole who is not better than the rest every time she gets the chance. None of these people support Russia or want Russia to win. For clarity - I also don't and tbh I was even kind of surprised to learn their opinions. Victory for Ukraine and Freedom for Russia, but man, not all people want to invest everything and not make horrible and unfair compromises. I currently have two brothers in law who, without prior experience (and one unlawfully because of the amount of kids he has), are now fighting on the front in Luhansk/Donetsk. They just want to go home. Their loyalty is to their families, not to a government or a country.

I understand that I will be downvoted into oblivion but I stand by it; it is obscure to assume that the Ukrainian people is not divided on this issue.

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