#ukraine village

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

1975 in Kyiv Oblast, Soviet Ukraine.

[vintage-ukraine]

The Village of Pidhirtsi by Volodymyr Kolesnyk, 1981

[rrrauschen]

Rostyslav Synko, {1966} Соловей из села Маршинцы (Nightingale from the village of Marshyntsi)

[pellinni-photo]

village in the valley between grassy hills at sunrise. beautiful rural scenery of transcarpathia, ukraine. countryside landscape with red clouds above carpathian mountains. volovets district

[k-s-morgan]

Hi, I don't know how to write this differently... I'm kinda, little bit, very very worried 😅 I don't want to make you feel obligated to answer this, with the electric outages and everything, but please just a little update if you're ok 🩷 Rusáci jsou kundy, přeji ti hodně sil 💛💙 srdečné pozdravy z Česka (Russians are cunts, I wish you strength, теплий привіт з Чехії*)

*I could only think of best wishes in English, which is not the same, so I hope google translated it with the same warm sentiment 😊

Ask from @princessgotham21: Hi Kat, we've not heard from you in a while so I hope you're safe and okay. I don't care about updates, I just genuinely want to know your wellbeing. Sending prayers and love 🤍

Ask from @seiji-amasawa: I’ve been following your stories for years now, and with news headlines about what’s going on in Ukraine has me really nervous for your well being. I hope you and your loved ones are doing well. You’re in my thoughts <3

Ask from @disappearinghills: You haven’t posted in a week, I hope you’re okay love❤️

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Hi! I'm finally home and with a steady connection - in fact, while I was gone, my Dad did some techno-magic, so now I'll have the Internet even when there is no power! Seeing all these asks made me so warm and happy, and cared for. Thank you all so much! I really didn't expect the connection to be this bad in the mountains. That place had WiFi, both of my cell operators were accessible, and yet nothing connected properly 99% of time. Not sure how it works. On the other hand, I took a really good rest from the war-related news, air raids, and other stuff. I heard just one explosion at a distance in over 2 weeks.

@jebemtimater7890, ah, I really appreciate your sentiment <3 Дуже дякую за такі чудові слова! It always warms me so much to know that so many people from different countries support Ukraine. Maybe it's the result of my vacation, but I started to feel a little more optimistic about the war than I have in over a year. Not sure it will last long, but it's such a relief to feel like this for now.

I went to the mountains with my Mom, and the place we were staying at had the loveliest cat who instantly realized I'll be more than happy to let her share my bed :D It was very hot for one week, and then it rained non-stop for the next one, so we got all kinds of experiences.

I'll miss the peace and quiet of that place, but being home is also good! I missed my set of silly pets, half of whom didn't immediately recognize me and tried to flee before figuring out who I am :D

The first part of a series of ATLWETD updates will be up in a few hours. I'm doing the last quick read - it probably isn't necessary, I've edited it already, but I can't help it, I always feel like I'll catch some more mistakes/unfortunate turns of phrases.

[dontforgetukraine]

We had an incredible time at the Bloor West Village Toronto Ukrainian Festival! A huge thank you to the organizing committee for making it such a fun and memorable event. The vibrant Ukrainian spirit was truly alive, with amazing vendors and talented performers. —UCC Toronto

[ed13d1]

repeat the sound!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Ohla Balandiukh Photographed This Ukrainian Village Because It Is Her Solace That Inspires Her

[mothmiso]

Pyrohiv 2006 (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) by Eugenia

Via Flickr:

An outdoor Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine

[kobzars]

Summer Landscape "A boy is herding geese", Oil painting on canvas, Original Works of Art, Ukrainian Painting, Art of Good Mood, Village Life

[postcard-from-the-past]

Village of Albat, modern-day Kuibysheve, Crimea, Ukraine

Russian vintage postcard

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine.

[vintage-ukraine]

Autumn in the Village by Oleksandr Vorona, 1996

[greencheekconure27]

Just a little bit of scrumping to spice up my life😉

In my defense it's not my fault that the only Nanking cherry I've seen in this country ever is part of someone's hedge. I don't think the owners even know the fruit is edible.

[scrappyyard]

Ukrainian village core

[straightlightyagami]

basically it’s like

russian soldier in ukraine: i live in a village with no running water i hope i can buy an apartment with the payment for enlisting. they told us we are fighting nazis and the local people here will greet us happily.

leftist usamericans: that’s not an excuse for participating in the invasion of a country, you should die (and you probably will because the equipment your govt gave you is kind of shit) and we will laugh about it

us soldier in iraq/vietnam/etc: i come from a poor family and i hope they will give me enough money to go to college to get a job. we are fighting commies/terrorists/etc so this is fine. (this is honestly very much a “best case motivation” we will pretend this is the case for at least a majority of people)

leftist usamericans: im so sorry the government brainwashed you with propaganda and exploited you, you are the first and true victim of this war

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author’s note: before bringing up poverty or systemic economic issues, compare the living standards of the regions of russia where most soldiers come from with the living standards in the US. consider the proportion of ethnic minorities among russian soldiers who died, and about the quality of life in their regions of origin specifically (and about how the russian empire historically colonized those places). then think about the US’ connection to neoliberal shock therapy used in russia and other post socialist nations in the 90s and its contribution to this state of affairs.