Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

Orbital-Fetus

cross that bridge
Supporter
Joined
May 5, 2012
Messages
40,501
Reputation
17,734
Daps
146,897
Reppin
Humanity
I agree that Lula is fukking up here. He is viewing this through the lense of the Cold War era as well as knowing full well how the US has fukked over.... well, everyone south of the border with Mexico. All of Central and South America have been playgrounds for the CIA at the expense of the people who live there and real democracy taking hold.

Shout out to the School of the Americas that taught right wing military juntas to kill priests.

Shout out to Air America bringing cocaine from Nicaragua and who knows where else into the US.

Lula has very good reasons to say fukk the US but he is wrong on this one.
 

88m3

Fast Money & Foreign Objects
Joined
May 21, 2012
Messages
87,874
Reputation
3,586
Daps
156,308
Reppin
Brooklyn
More than five million Ukrainian children have been displaced since Russia’s invasion. Andrei and Alisa, who left Ukraine at age 16 in the spring of 2022 and relocated to Budapest, are two of them. In our new Op-Doc “Away,” we see through their eyes the collision of childhood and war, and the innumerable difficulties that displaced young people face, including separation from family members (both Andrei and Alisa migrated without their parents), disruptions to their education, mental health challenges and economic instability.​
Andrei and Alisa, whom we are identifying by first name only for their privacy, spend some of their time caring for younger refugee children. In a scene from the film, Andrei asks the children to draw something they remember about Ukraine that makes them happy. One young boy draws a map and speaks in stunningly adult terms about the war. “Our city is occupied,” he says. “Because Melitopol is the gate to Crimea. They want to gain an overland route to Crimea”; he draws a line on his map to demonstrate. Andrei tells another young girl who is struggling with her drawing, “Someday, this war will be over. And everything will be OK. I promise.”​
“I know,” the girl says uncertainly, turning away.​
While we can’t know how the war will ultimately shape each of these children, what is clear is that the conflict has resulted in the near-complete disruption of everyday life for a huge proportion of young Ukrainians. Andrei’s and Alisa’s grief is immense, yet they must find a way to move forward. This film, from the director Ruslan Fedotow, follows them as they try to build a life for themselves in an unfamiliar place.​
 
Top