From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (702nd day):
In 1940s during Holocost Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered six million Jews. The homes and businesses of murdered and imprisoned Jews were taken over by Germans and their collaborators.
Decades later, in 2024 ruzzian occupiers take over the homes of Ukrainians they have murdered or forced to run from invasion.
Ukrainians in social media were angered by a video of ruzzians cynically selling destroyed apartments of Ukrainians in Mariupol, a city on Azov Sea that once was beautiful but now completely destroyed by ruzzian invaders. They call them “razrushka” – that can be roughly translated “ruins”, “wreckies”.
A video of a conversation between a realtor in Mariupol and a ruzzian journalist, who reports on the real estate market in the city destroyed and occupied by the ruzzians, became another proof of the cruelty and cynicism of the invaders, and the world should see it.
A video of a Russian journalist’s report on the real estate market in the destroyed Mariupol was published on TikTok. Russians call destroyed and abandoned apartments of Ukrainians ” ruin” or “wreckies” and cynically discuss whether to buy an apartment in a new building or to buy it in a destroyed building in the city center, because it promises good profits in the future.
The very plot of the report impresses with the crystal equanimity of the reporter. Together with the realtor, they walk around the ruined, once very beautiful apartment, where all kinds of cute household things and children’s toys/clothes are mixed up. The dialogue is frankly surreal – the realtor walks into the kitchen, where the ceiling has collapsed and the windows are broken, and says – here is a wonderful, very large kitchen. And here, you see – she leads into another dilapidated room – and here is a children’s room, a wonderful children’s room. The journalist laughs and is indignant – she says, why didn’t the owners clean up at least a little, didn’t take out the garbage.
In the comments under the video on TikTok, Ukrainians ask whether the owners of the apartment are alive at all, and mention how many Mariupol residents died in the city with entire families:
” Let the ghosts never give you peace”, “The land that is soaked with blood – there will be no peace in this city… Nothing good will come from people’s tears and grief”, “”Wreckies” – how heartless can you be?! , you can’t build happiness on bones and blood…”, “Example of Mariupol showswhat this war is for to ruzzians”, “How many of my friends died in Mariupol, the whole families”, “This is simply beyond good and evil”.
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One year ago-
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (340th day of ruzzian invasion): My 340 day count started with the big invasion in Feb 2022, but this war is going on for 9 years now. Facebook reminds of one of the trips we made in 2016 to Avdiivka. That day we distributed aid in kindergarten “Joy” and the name Joy seemed so inappropriate for what we were seeing around us.
We made number of humanitarian aid trips to Avdiivka in 2015-2018 and a church was started there and Alex Zaitsev is serving people there.
That area of Avdiivka is still a focus of ruzzian attacks now but ruzzian missiles have been reaching much further than east of Ukraine over the past 340 days.
31 days left till spring…
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From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 702):
Let this be recorded for a generation to come,
so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:
that he looked down from his holy height;
from heaven the Lord looked at the earth,
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
to set free those who were doomed to die
Psalm 102:18-20
The last few days were nice and spring-like warm, and the daylight hours are also getting longer. As we were praying tonight, I realized that in all of today’s uncertainties, seasonal changes can be a reminder of God’s faithfulness.
No matter how dreary and endless winter may seem, spring will come, and nothing will stop it. No matter how dark the night may seem, the dawn will break in due time. No matter how doomed circumstances may look, God will always find a way for He is faithful.
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One year ago-
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 341):
By this I know that you delight in me: my enemy will not shout in triumph over me.
Psalm 41:11
I often say that this war takes us on a wild rollercoaster ride, often leaving you dizzy and nauseous. You try to find balance but end up swinging from despair to hope, from helplessness to eagerness, from passivity to restlessness…
I guess we all follow one rule – do what you can. Do what you can, no matter how big or insignificant:
— Take care of those in need, and if you feel like this task is too big, then start with taking care of yourself and your family.
— Support the army – donate to the military funds, bring supplies requested by volunteers (for example, candle wax from used-up candles can be repurposed for trench candles), offer your hands making masking nets.
— Support Ukraine’s economy – work and pay taxes, buy goods from local vendors, provide for your family and neighbors.
— Offer emotional support to those who lost their loved ones or those separated from their loved ones – check on them, bring them food, take them out for a walk, and be there for them.
— Invest in Ukraine’s future – become an expert in your field, acquire new skills, find opportunities to apply yourself, bring up a new generation of Ukrainians.
— Defend Ukraine in your line of duty – guard your mind and heart against informational and psychological attacks of the enemy, spread the truth, raise awareness, debunk false news, even if your audience is limited to your household or neighborhood.
— Keep your faith and keep interceding for those God puts on your heart.
Do what you can.
The things I listed above are examples of what I’ve seen around us in the past 11 months. There are days when I can do a few things from this list, and there are days when I manage just the bare minimum. I remind myself that it’s okay to feel low and weary as long as you remember to do what you can. There was a silly motivational quote circulating on the internet a couple of years ago, “Run towards your dreams. If you can’t run, walk toward your dreams. If you can’t walk, crawl toward your dreams. If you can only lie flat, then lie facing your dreams.” All Ukrainians share in one big dream, and it’s the one we’ll be moving towards, even if we can only crawl or lie flat. We will do what we can.
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