In order to work with prisoners of war, the Ukrainians suppress their feelings towards the enemy." World media on the war on October 26 “For two years, the only Russians Oleg saw tried to kill him in battle. Now hundreds of them surround him, of his choice, in a camp for Russian prisoners of war," begins the article in the "New York Times" about six Ukrainians who are forced to suppress their feelings while working in a camp for Russian prisoners of war in Lviv. The first hero of the text, Oleg, was wounded on the battlefield. He says that he agreed to this job in order to understand whether he would live his whole life hating them. On the first day he was surprised that he felt no anger, then he began to empathize with some - but he forbids himself to feel any affection. A man hides his work in the camp in Lviv from everyone except his wife. His brothers and nephews are still fighting at the front, and he can't tell them that he cares about the captured Russians. The second hero, Ivan, who in 2022 helped create the first camp, and then the camp in Lviv, says that from the beginning of the war, meeting Russian prisoners was not comfortable for everyone and "everyone had to cross a certain internal border". Roman in the camp is responsible for the food. When Roman was already working here, his wife's cousin was killed in battle, and the husband had to go on vacation so that "the emotional flame would die down a little." After returning to work, he reduced communication with the inmates. Oleksy, who comes from the Donetsk region, keeps not only an emotional distance but also a physical distance - he says that if you know what kind of people are standing in front of him, it's better to stay away. Camp medic Robert can't keep himself away. He learned that his patients would be Russian only when he got to the first day of the exams, and at first he constantly asked himself if he was betraying his country, his friends in the army and his fellow countrymen who had been killed.

In order to work with prisoners of war, the Ukrainians suppress their feelings towards the enemy." World media on the war on October 26 “For two years, the only Russians Oleg saw tried to kill him in battle. Now hundreds of them surround him, of his choice, in a camp for Russian prisoners of war," begins the article in the "New York Times" about six Ukrainians who are forced to suppress their feelings while working in a camp for Russian prisoners of war in Lviv. The first hero of the text, Oleg, was wounded on the battlefield. He says that he agreed to this job in order to understand whether he would live his whole life hating them. On the first day he was surprised that he felt no anger, then he began to empathize with some - but he forbids himself to feel any affection. A man hides his work in the camp in Lviv from everyone except his wife. His brothers and nephews are still fighting at the front, and he can't tell them that he cares about the captured Russians. The second hero, Ivan, who in 2022 helped create the first camp, and then the camp in Lviv, says that from the beginning of the war, meeting Russian prisoners was not comfortable for everyone and "everyone had to cross a certain internal border". Roman in the camp is responsible for the food. When Roman was already working here, his wife's cousin was killed in battle, and the husband had to go on vacation so that "the emotional flame would die down a little." After returning to work, he reduced communication with the inmates. Oleksy, who comes from the Donetsk region, keeps not only an emotional distance but also a physical distance - he says that if you know what kind of people are standing in front of him, it's better to stay away. Camp medic Robert can't keep himself away. He learned that his patients would be Russian only when he got to the first day of the exams, and at first he constantly asked himself if he was betraying his country, his friends in the army and his fellow countrymen who had been killed.