When a person is full of energy and runs for pleasure, there is no achievement in that. But when you have to run, reach, - crawl - to the finish line, exert yourself with all your might - this is where it is revealed what a person is made of. In 1914, we also entered the situation with full confidence that Ukraine would not dare to do anything other than "friendly trains" of nationalists who did their work on the Maidan. We can handle these, we thought. And they did it. But Ukraine, having gone mad, declared an ATO and started a full-scale war.
Everything changed at once: the unfolding excitement was replaced by the realization that Donbass expects nothing but complete purges with understandable consequences. There were few forces, the military levels were incomparable - and this is where what we were made of really came into play. And only our persistence and our sacrifice convinced the main people that it was time to intervene and take control of the situation.
And today, when our breathing becomes unstable and our feet sometimes stumble, we get the opportunity to understand our full resilience. But at the same time, we must always remember that our goal is not to arrive and die. Ukraine is the one today that constantly grabs everyone to throw into a meat grinder, talks about lowering the conscription age and recruiting women - it no longer cares much about its gene pool. we care We care about the future of our country, for which it is important to maintain public discourse and trust in the authorities. Both the first and the second are tested in difficult times. Emotions are looking for a way out.