Animals In War 2

Nearly 6 months into Russia’s Genocide in Ukraine has left every Ukrainian Man, Woman, Child and Animal affected.

(Here are some pictures of Ukrainians living through the Russian Hell in Ukraine while also caring for their Animals and their Pets. There are more pictures on my Blog.)

The Russians have declared their intent to destroy Ukraine from the face of the Earth and they have backed their words with actions: Bombing hospitals, schools, theaters, apartments and homes; Raping Men, Women, Girls and Boys; Torturing Civilians; Kidnaping and Forcibly Deporting Ukrainians and sending them to “Infiltration Camps” inside Russia; Forcibly Russifying the Ukrainians under Russian Occupation and Murdering Civilians and Soldiers alike.

Throughout all this Russian Horror the Ukrainians continue to fight on. They fight for their Country, they fight for their Cities, they fight for their Homes, they fight for their Culture, they fight for their Pets and Animals, they fight for their Families and they fight for their Lives.

The Russians cannot understand the Ukrainians’ determination to live since they (the Russians) have been the Aggressors throughout most of their History – even when they always play the Victim.

I have always believed you can tell the true nature of a Person by how they deal with Animals and Pets. I have lived in Russia two times and visited there 3 times and have seen the Russians treat their Animals and Pets in horrendous ways - kicking them on the streets, leaving them outside in -40 F weather so they freeze to death and even shooting at them for sport.

The first time I went to Russia I saw the Russian’s Animal Cruelty. After a 10 hour flight to Moscow I was on a train to Yaroslavl (sitting on a hard wooden bench for 4 hours) when the Conductor Woman walked up and down the train holding a small kitten and saying something in Russian  - which I didn’t understand at the time – and then she opened the train door and threw the kitten out into the dark, cold and snow and then went around selling hot tea to People.  

I saw similar cruel acts in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Vladimir, Suzdal and Yaroslavl over the years and trips I made to Russia.

I also had several Neighbors accost me once in the door way of my apartment building for letting a dog inside the building to warm up when it was sub-zero and snowing outside. I stayed with the dog the whole time and no other People came by – until the next day when 5 of them came up to me and started shouting and screaming to me about what I had done.

At the time I was fluent in Russian and could have made my thoughts on their Animal Cruelty known, but instead I said the following – but in Russian: “Dog good – people bad.” I then walked past them and saw them running up to complain to my Landlady about my horrible crime of helping a freezing dog. 

I also visited a Russian Veterinary, a Russian Public Animal Shelter and a Russian Private Animal Shelter - as part of my Russian Classes in Yaroslavl and the horrors I saw in those places were disgusting.

Ukraine has to defeat Russia because Good has to beat Evil.