From https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en
#Ukrainian teenagers who live on #Russian-occupied #Ukrainian lands have secret book clubs to discuss #Ukrainian books. They take great risks doing that as anything #Ukrainian is prohibited. The teenagers can be taken away from parents, be interrogated, or face other dire consequences for wanting to remain #Ukrainian.
The people who live in #Russian-occupied territories are not able to live freely - they are punished for their identity.
#Ukrainian identity is destroyed there with a passion - hundreds of thousands of #Ukrainian books burned down, people are punished for wanting to learn or speak #Ukrainian.
This quote from the article by #Peter_Pomeranzev and #Johanna_Peiper describes the current situation well:
"But this idea that #Putin will be satisfied with some haggling over territory misreads #Russia’s aims, which are to destroy #Ukraine’s right to exist independently, politically, and culturally.
It is a centuries-long objective, stretching from the #tsars through to #Soviet leaders and today’s #Kremlin."
#Russia's goal is not merely to control these lands. Its goal is to wipe out #Ukrainian identity whenever it can reach, starting from the territories it currently occupies.
Here is the link to the article. I recommend reading it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/22/ukraine-clandestine-book-club-defies-russia-push-rewrite-history
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