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I’ve lost four friends to this war so far. Two were actively fighting in the volunteer forces and hence knew what they signed up for. The other two very much didn’t.
While the third was a random drone into his apartment, what the russians did to the fourth one I can’t consider human by any standards whatsoever.
I also indirectly lost my father to this shit. He married a Russian a few years before the war and suddenly started saying the very same things you were writing here. She’s from northern Russia but still supports the war and Putin to this day.
There’s more, a lot more, but I don’t particularly feel like writing more since it gets very personal. Just wanted to give some perspective.
That’s just awful, I’m genuinely saddened to hear that. Thank you for sharing.