Despite being born in Russia, Ukraine feels like my second home. I just want to be able to return to the place of my childhood holidays
At work today, in Moscow, there was nothing else to talk about. We are in a state of shock, horror, despair, apathy – I don’t even know what we all feel now. The news agencies, most of which are government-sponsored, say that Putin did the right thing. They are trying everything to show us that Ukraine does not deserve to exist as an independent country. And they say that the Russian government did everything to stop Ukraine. But stop them from what? That is the question.
My family tree spreads across many countries including Russia and Ukraine. I don’t know what my national identity is. I was born and raised in a very small town in Russia near the Ukrainian border. My mother still lives there.
