Report from Kiev Occupied Ukraine

Hour Long Talk with a Friend

I check in about once a week with a dear friend of mine in Eastern Ukraine. Many cities east of or on the Dnieper River, such as Odessa, Zaparozhe, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov speak almost exclusively Russian, and are culturally Russian, with clear signs of Soviet legacy in the form of buildings and infrastructure.

I will keep as vague as possible, to protect “their” identity, since opposition to the government could land you in serious risk of bodily harm and/or imprisonment,

So here is the basics of the conversation:

• The population has dropped a lot due to people fleeing the country, or men getting forcibly drafted, and sent to the front.

• People in Eastern Ukraine, which is the lands often referred to as Novorossiya, or New Russia, are ethnically Russian

• They are exhausted and want an end to the war as soon as possible

• They want Russia to come in and put an end to the depradations of the Kiev regime

• However, in Western Ukraine, where people speak more Ukrainian, which is a mix of Russian, Polish and local dialects, sentiment is still very much anti Russia.

• These people want to keep fighting and think that Ukraine is going to win, despite slow but relentless Russian advances on the battlefield, and massive losses by the Ukraine army

Next was a link my friend sent to some typical anti Russia propaganda youtube channel, from a guy whose video I am posting here. He reports on Youtube that Russia is in bad shape economically. He specifically cites the unaffordability of bread.

This guy obviously is not reporting from Russia. What follows is my own video IN RUSSIA addressing this issue: Is there bread in Russia?

While one of my friends complained that the cost of a nice men’s ensemble—-Jacket, slacks, shirts, shoes was almost one month’s salary, $750, there are lots of shops where clothes are cheaper. The same goes for here in Thailand where I live. Housing costs are somewhat high, but compared with where I live, not so different. I stayed in a homestay apartment for a week, which cost about 1500 Rubles/night, about $20. I stayed in a spare but clean hostel in Moscow for about $25 per night. These are rates comparable to my city in Thailand.

This is not to say that Russia doesn’t have problems. One leftist friend says that for the population to grow, the government needs to give more support for families, and especially for large families.

But I saw no evidence at all of ‘something going deeply wrong in Russia’.

This is typical nihilistic Western and especially genetically Russophobic thinking from England. England hates Russia because Russia defended the 13 Colonies in our Revolutionary War, our Civil War, and has opposed British imperialism for 200+ years.

It’s jealous of Russia’s success. It thought it could defeat Russia with sanctions, lies and propping up its fascist proxy, Ukraine, the ultimate form of cowardice, unwilling to fight Russia itself. Heck, Winston Chruchill, the supreme treacherous ingrate, after the Soviet Union saved his sorry ass from being overrun by the Nazis in WWII, immediately started plotting to invade the country that saved him!

Sorry England, yours is a failing third world country stripped of your ability to feed off your colonies. Do not take false solace in criticizing others. Deal with your own damned problems.