As a Russian with Ukrainian girlfriend, who is now in Ukraine, I am scared shitless for her and I can't imagine how she feels. So far for her it is just long lines in the shops (even though she stays at home most of the time, but she did have to walk the dog) and there was an explosion somewhere near Chernomorsk, but still. I've been distracted by constantly listening to news and being afraid that she won't answer because something has happened for the whole day and I imagine it will be getting worse. I am certainly not sleeping well tonight even with antidepressants...
And you know what? This whole thing seems very strange. It's not like I did not anticipate action from VVP, but the way it's being handled... I am not a politic or anything and i do try to stay away from it, when possible, but even if actions in Donetsk and Luhansk could be justified (even though they should not), since it's too long of a conflict with no resolution and we did help in Syria earlier, the rest - is a waste of time already.
Russia does have enough resources to conquer Ukraine in less than a week, but it stops mid-day? And all the footage shared so far is questionable at best. It feels too... Clean. Too staged. Like an agreed way to strong-arm a peaceful agreement and compliance with it.
I do not know why exactly it feels that way to me and it does not really calms me down or even helps anything, but I tend to believe my gut and I surely hope that it is just an elaborate "play". Some kind of sick and twisted experiment, and not something "real".
