Help others (especially misinformed Russians) get a clear picture of what’s happening Russian state TV is framing the invasion as a “liberation of Ukrainians from their nazi government” to justify the war. Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy has responded with an address to the Russian people directly in Russian that I personally found quite powerful. Any guesses on how many Russians have already seen this? If you know any Russians personally who might not have seen it already, maybe sharing it with them could help? Any other good news sources (in English or Russian) that more people should see?
I know people from Belarus living in Poland, who are partly buying the propaganda, that it’s all USA fault, that Ukraine should give away Donetsk and Luhansk and stay away from NATO, and that now afraid Ukrainians will attack Belarus. But my mum is talking to them, showing other perspectives, also explaining why Poland wanted to be in EU and in NATO, why we have more prosperity etc.
The other side is my family in Belarus who we tried to call, but who can’t talk to us about anything Ukraine-related. They just say “it’s hard” on the phone and that’s it :( But we are pretty sure they don’t support any war, and Russian propaganda, they are just afraid to express that in any single way. That’s why all these people protesting on the streets are heroes! Getting arrested and still protesting the war. Such bravery.
Help others (especially misinformed Russians) get a clear picture of what’s happening
Russian state TV is framing the invasion as a “liberation of Ukrainians from their nazi government” to justify the war. Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy has responded with an address to the Russian people directly in Russian that I personally found quite powerful. Any guesses on how many Russians have already seen this? If you know any Russians personally who might not have seen it already, maybe sharing it with them could help? Any other good news sources (in English or Russian) that more people should see?
I know people from Belarus living in Poland, who are partly buying the propaganda, that it’s all USA fault, that Ukraine should give away Donetsk and Luhansk and stay away from NATO, and that now afraid Ukrainians will attack Belarus. But my mum is talking to them, showing other perspectives, also explaining why Poland wanted to be in EU and in NATO, why we have more prosperity etc.
The other side is my family in Belarus who we tried to call, but who can’t talk to us about anything Ukraine-related. They just say “it’s hard” on the phone and that’s it :( But we are pretty sure they don’t support any war, and Russian propaganda, they are just afraid to express that in any single way. That’s why all these people protesting on the streets are heroes! Getting arrested and still protesting the war. Such bravery.