Almost four years into the war, Ukraine is still standing. But at what cost? 𝐘𝐞𝐯𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬’𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 have captured aerial warfare, forced mobilization, and the battle over water in Mykolaiv. In her latest, she asks what the implacable logic of war is doing to a generation of Ukrainians.
“I remember how in May 2022 I returned to Kyiv after a month’s absence. The car radio was on quite loud. The almost ear-splitting voice of a woman shouted: ‘Good morning, heroic people of a heroic nation! We know who we are. We will not be broken!’ The anchorwoman’s voice, expressing her fear through rage, as if she were really begging for help, is still stuck in my head. Her intonation, it seemed to me, refuted her assertions. The entire tone of her voice screamed at me: ‘Can’t you see, they’re forcing us to be heroes?’”
“Every time I quote the statements, rituals, and rules of conduct from this time of war, I realize that even the slightest distancing from them is often interpreted as a dangerous affinity for the ‘enemy side.’”
Read Yevgenia’s (
@1001doch ) memo on the costs of Ukrainian endurance as Russia’s attacks remain unrelenting and the West appears willing to fight down to the last Ukrainian. 𝐈𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐯𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧’𝐬 (@𝐠𝐠𝐠𝐠𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧 ) 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐩 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
A (very) early preview to our upcoming Reader 5, in German and English, now online at 𝘣𝘭𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.𝘥𝘦 (link in bio
@blnreview )
Get a print 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝟖 – 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭! – 𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬; 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟒 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝟓 as early as November 24.
➡️ 𝘣𝘭𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.𝘥𝘦/𝘢𝘣𝘰
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Also by Yevgenia:
—Kein Ende des Krieges, BR No 1
—Die Einberugung, BR No 4 / Reader 1
— Mykolajiw, 2023/24, BR No 7
Titelfoto: Serhii Nuzhnenko
Portrait: Yao Tsy
