Domingo, 6 de marzo de 2022 (Continuación)

En Moscú, la mascarilla de un manifestante dice “basta”. Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters

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Conmoción y vergüenza.

Eso sienten muchos rusos al ver los misiles y proyectiles de artillería que impactan contra edificios civiles ucranianos que en su homogeneidad de concreto podrían fácilmente estar en Moscú. Las ciudades por las que pasan los vehículos blindados rusos, captadas en videos temblorosos y acompañadas de gritos de horror, podrían ser Vorónezh o Krasnodar o cualquier ciudad rusa. La invasión de Ucrania es una auténtica pesadilla, horrible y absurda.

Y se está haciendo en nuestro nombre. El 24 de febrero, cuando el presidente Vladimir Putin anunció la invasión, fue el día en que Rusia se convirtió en una nación marginada y despreciada, no solo se nos aisló en lo económico sino que el resto del mundo actuó para excluirnos —de los deportes, la ciencia y de casi todo tipo de cooperación internacional.…  Seguir leyendo »

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As the granddaughter and daughter of Jews who escaped Kyiv early enough to evade the barbaric Babyn Yar massacre in 1941, when more than 33,000 Jews were shot to death by Nazi forces, my DNA is ingrained with the call to protect the Jewish people.

To think that 80 years later, Russian forces would strike the area of the Babyn Yar memorial site and desecrate the memories of the Jews who were murdered there, is sickening.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rightfully tweeted, "To the world: What is the point of saying never again for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar?"…  Seguir leyendo »

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In the week since Russian missiles began raining down on Ukraine, Germany has upturned its decadeslong military-light foreign policy, heralding a dramatic shift in the complexion of modern Europe.

"Putin's war" represented nothing less than a "Zeitenwende" -- a change of times -- for Germany and Europe, German chancellor Olaf Scholz told a special session of the Bundestag Sunday.

In a country where "many of us still remember our parents' or grandparents' tales of war," Scholz said the "terrible images" coming out of cities across Ukraine "affect us all very deeply."

At the same time, tens of thousands of Germans gathered near the Brandenburg Gate at the weekend to condemn the Kremlin's act of aggression, one of many such protests across the globe.…  Seguir leyendo »

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In London, a sister remembers her brother killed on Ukraine's frontline. In Glasgow, a truck driver gets a call from his wife in Lviv: war has arrived in their homeland. In New York, a poet who fled Odessa contemplates his mother tongue. And in Kyiv, a journalist bunkers down for the long haul.

For the Ukrainian diaspora, Putin's war resonates deeply. We asked Ukrainians, expats and political experts from across the globe to weigh in. The views expressed in this commentary are their own.

The sister who lost a brother on the frontline

When my elder brother, Volodymyr, joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces, he explained his decision to me: "little one, don't you realize this is a European war.…  Seguir leyendo »