#ukraine

That there is in this world neither brains, nor goodness, nor good sense, but only brute force. Bloodshed. Starvation. Death. That there was not the slightest hope not even a glimmer of hope, of justice being done. It would never happen. No one would ever do it. The world was just one big Babi Yar. And there two great forces had come up against each other and were striking against each other like hammer and anvil, and the wretched people were in between, with no way out; each individual wanted only to live and not be maltreated, to have something to eat, and yet they howled and screamed and in their fear they were grabbing at each other’s throats, while I, little blob of watery jelly, was sitting in the midst of this dark world. Why? What for? Who had done it all? There was nothing, after all, to hope for! Winter. Night. ↗

— A. Anatoli Kuznetsov

#depression #holocaust #ukraine #world-war-ii #death

Thirteen years after the end of the Soviet Union, the American press establishment seemed eager to turn Ukraine's protested presidential election on November 21 into a new cold war with Russia. ↗

— Stephen Cohen

#american #cold #cold war #eager #election

I grew up in the Ukraine 'til I was about 7, and then I moved to L.A. ↗

— Mila Kunis

#grew #i #moved #then #til

Ukraine had quite serious impact on the many Russians. They could see that ordinary people in Ukraine which is a bordering state, very close to Russia, the people of this state are, they didn't want to tolerate anymore the power abuse by Ukrainian officials. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#anymore #bordering #close #could #had

We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine. ↗

— Viktor Yanukovych

#improve #lives #must #myself #our

There is only one conflict in Ukraine today and it is between the regime and the people. ↗

— Viktor Yushchenko

#conflict #only #people #regime #today

Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West. ↗

— Viktor Yushchenko

#citizens #east #must #once #respected

But I'm here. I will love him. I will be his mother. ↗

— Kim De Blecourt

#ginger-kolbaba #international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #ukraine

Як умру, то поховайте Мене на могилі, Серед степу широкого, На Вкраїні милій, Щоб лани широкополі, І Дніпро, і кручі Було видно, було чути, Як реве ревучий. Як понесе з України У синєє море Кров ворожу... отойді я І лани, і гори — Все покину і полину До самого бога Молитися... а до того Я не знаю бога. ↗

— Taras Shevchenko

#dnieper-river #homeland #honor #life #ukraine

And now the fight continues for all orphans and children who need families who will love and care for them—until they too can all go home. ↗

— Kim De Blecourt

#international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #ukraine #until-we-all-come-home