Russia-Ukraine Invasion

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  • SimonFFM8

    For some people the war is only about numbers. The number of refugees, the number of armored vehicles or operations.

    To me, this is the first war, where I actually know people personally who are fearing for their lives or maybe even already got killed. Since yesterday, I don't have contact to a model from Kiev anymore. I know she stayed in the city with her boyfriend.

    These were modern people, like you and me. They had jobs and belonged to the better-off people in the Ukraine. But their life is ending now at age 27. And all we can do is watch this happen.

    We also know where this might lead to and still we can't stop the war.

    I cried a few times in the past days (and I barely do). Each morning I wake up hoping this was just a nightmare.

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    • Well said. I hope these people will prevail and this nightmare stop soon.NBQ00
    • they are probably busy with war. don't give up on them.uan
    • Stories like this.... heartbreaking. Hopefully they prevail.shapesalad
    • I think of my grandparents, who escaped Warsaw at the start of WWII. How I wouldn't be here today if they weren't so lucky.nocomply
    • The photos I'm seeing and the stories I'm reading feel so similar.nocomply
    • :( I’m very sorry to hear that Simon. Every day I open up the news hoping to read that this madness has stopped.maquito
    • It's crazy how far removed i personally feel, no matter how much news I read. But the reality is that people are being slaughtered - FOR WHAT?? Peace and loveIanbolton
    • "Modern people"palimpsest
    • deeper survival affection comes with proximity... .. lets hope of its not a shockwave of tears for a coming to desaster for central europe..neverscared
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