She Totally Debunks The Western Narrative — MUST READ!!
Maria Mateiciuc @MariaMateiciuc
I just got back from Ukraine, where I was visiting some friends.
Everything we have heard about what’s happening in Ukraine is a lie.
The reality is darker, bleaker, and unequivocally hopeless. There is no such thing as Ukraine “winning” this war.
– By their estimates, they have lost over one million of their sons, fathers and husbands; an entire generation is gone.
– Even in the Southwest, where the anti-Russian sentiment is long-standing, citizens are reluctant or straight-up scared to publicly criticize Zelensky; they will go to jail.
– In every village and town, the streets, shops, and restaurants are mostly absent of men.
– The few men who remain are terrified of leaving their homes for fear of being kidnapped into conscription. Some have resorted to begging friends to break their legs to avoid service.
– Army search parties take place early in the morning, when men leave their homes to go to work. They ambush and kidnap them off the streets and within 3-4 hours they get listed in the army and taken away straight to the front lines with minimal or no training at all; it is “a death sentence.”
– It’s getting worse every day. Where I was staying, a dentist had just been taken by security forces on his way to work, leaving behind two small children. Every day, 3-5 dead bodies keep arriving from the front lines.
– Mothers and wives fight tooth and nail with the armed forces, beg and plead not to have their men taken away. They try bribing, which sometimes works, but most of the time they are met with physical violence and death threats.
– The territory celebrated as having been “won back” from Russia has been reduced to rubble and is uninhabitable. Regardless, there is no one left to live there and displaced families will likely never return.
– They see the way the war has been reported, at home and abroad. It’s a “joke” and “propaganda.” They say: “Look around: is this winning?”.
– Worse, some have been hoaxed into believing that once Ukrainians forces are exhausted, American soldiers will come in to replace them and “win the war”.
There is no ambiguity in these people. The war was for nothing – a travesty. The outcome always was, and is, clear. The people are hopeless, utterly destroyed, and living in an unending nightmare.
They are pleading for an end, any end – most likely the same “peace” that could have been achieved two years ago. In their minds, they have already lost, for their sons, fathers and husbands are gone, and their country has been destroyed. There is no “victory” that can change that.
Make no mistake, they are angry with Putin. But they are also angry with Zelensky and the West. They have lost everything, worst of all, hope and faith, and cannot comprehend why Zelenky wishes to continue the current trajectory, the one of human devastation.
I didn’t witness the war; but what I saw was absolutely heart-breaking.
Shame on the people, regardless of their intentions, who have supported this war. And shame on the media for continuing to lie about it.
https://jacobin.com/2022/02/maidan-protests-neo-nazis-russia-nato-crimea
This is a far left publication and I don’t endorse it, especially as it has endorsed “Palestinian” “resistance” in the past; I haven’t checked it lately, I’m sure it’s awful. But, this article has “a lot of explanatory power” as my history profs used to say,
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– Arutz Sheva briefs
Maria wrote this in the beginning of January, but things have gone from bleak to black in the time since Maria returned from her depressing holiday in Ukraine. With the loss of Avdiika, the associated lines are crumbling and just yesterday one of Zel’s party members noted that it was a real possibility that both Kupyansk and Kharkov were at high risk of being lost.
The public are anxious and angry about the draft bill, and now Zel is telling people that only 30K men have died in the war, despite the fact that last month, before Avdiika fell, he was telling everyone that Ukraine needed 20K replacements per month. Credibility gaps such as these only add to the distrust and disconnect between a dictator and his subjects.
Meanwhile the popular Zal was fired by the increasingly dislikable Zel, and the new Tax bill to replace foreign grift and aid, combined with the new Draft bill will only add to the dislike of this president who has chosen not to face the public in a new election.
The Poles have the only military force which might make a meaningful support of Ukraine, and yet the Poles are so upset with Ukraine over their attempts to flood Europe with Ukrainian grain that it caused the toppling of the Ukrainian govt in the recent election.
Also, the popular Azov refused orders during the battle for Avdiika, and the govt has referred charges against them pending an investigation.
There are reports of soldiers counting bullets, which is not likely true, but it speaks of the spirit of the Ukrainians as they are facing one defeat and another for the forseable future.
Indeed, if Maria returned to Ukraine today, I would bet she would be shocked at how much worse things have become since she left.