A big problem is that many foreigners do not understand the realities of the Russian occupation.
This opinion was shared on Facebook by journalist and Shevchenko Prize laureate Yevhenia Podobna.
"In my very subjective opinion, the big problem now is the lack of understanding by many foreigners of the realities of the Russian occupation. Well, besides the actual Russian bot farms and outright idiots, there are many completely real and seemingly sane people who speak out "for peace," she explains.
It seems to her that many sincerely believe that if they "just 'stop shooting' and give the territory to Russia, then that's it - everyone will be fine, because no one will be killed anymore."
"The impression (although perhaps it is false) is that in the imagination of many of them, occupation is simply a life with some kind of discomfort, and not a constant mortal danger with kidnappings, torture, violence, disenfranchisement, and often the absence of the slightest opportunity to escape. And they are unaware that life in "silence" in deep occupation is often much more dangerous than under shelling. And that such "peace" can be more terrible than war," the journalist emphasizes.
"Apostrophe" also wrote that Valeriy Pekar, a lecturer at the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School, an entrepreneur and public figure, believes that for Americans, Ukraine is a rebellious province that needs to be brought back home. And they compare the Russian-Ukrainian war with the Civil War in the United States, where good northerners have to defeat bad southerners and finally restore order in their lands.