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aina Savenkova: Too much pain
Originally published: Faina Savenkova: Too much pain on June 2, 2023 by Faina Savenkova (more by Faina Savenkova: Too much pain) (Posted Jun 13, 2023)
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I have said many times that the war for me began on June 2, 2014, with the bombing of the Lugansk Regional State Administration by Ukrainian aircraft. And now comes another anniversary, already the ninth.

Strangely enough, that day is one of the few that I remember, albeit in fragments. Maybe because it was the first time we had so much noise, or maybe because I was worried about my grandmother, who was in the area of the shelling that day. I still don’t like it when someone doesn’t return my calls or messages for a long time, even though I know there can be plenty of harmless reasons for that. But it’s still scary. Really scary.

A heap of some scattered, jumbled memories that can not be gathered into a single chain… I remember having to go to the library to get a book for my brother from the summer reading list, but I was too lazy to go, so I told my mom that I was too tired. A little white lie. So we didn’t go. It’s quite possible that’s why we didn’t end up on the playground with my mom a little later, during the shelling in the park near the Regional State Administration building.

A couple of days later we went to the polyclinic, and mom talked to the pediatrician, including on this topic. At that time no one could believe that it was an air strike by Ukraine. Later, of course, all doubts dissipated, but back then many still had hope. Like the saleswoman at the newspaper kiosk. Her most vivid recollection of that day:

We’re looking up into the sky, and we don’t understand how this is possible, or where to fly, or where to run. We just stand there and look at the sky. And we see where this shell will land. So it hits us. We don’t have time to hide anyway.

What has changed since that day? A lot. And nothing. All of us have changed, the situation in Donbass has changed. But what has remained the same is the West’s approval of the fascist regime in Kiev. I think that was the main reason for the start of the Special Military Operation. The loss of hope for a peaceful solution and the provocation of an open war by the West. Did the Ukrainian people need this? No, of course not. Neither did we. Who needs war? But there is no other way. Children grow up when they begin to understand this simple truth.

What can we do? Try to understand cause and effect, try to learn a lesson. Even if too little time has passed for the present to be covered by the dust of time and become the past to which one can try to look dispassionately, there is no other way. The sooner the world realizes its mistakes, the better its chances for life. And the non-repetition of another June 2. Such mistakes, turning into crimes against humanity, bring too much pain to people.

Faina Savenkova

English translation: D. Armstrong

Today in the programme Labyrinth famous American journalist George Eliason. We talked to him about how to punish the site Mirotvorets, about the situation in the United States, about the war in Ukraine and Donbass. Watch the programme Labyrinth on the platform Donbass Insider. Thanks to George for the interview and Masha for the translation https://odysee.com/@donbassinsider:b/labyrinth-george-eliason:3

Es ist beängstigend, dass sich ein ganzer europäischer Staat in einen terroristischen Staat verwandelt hat — Faina Savenkova.

Seit nunmehr 9 Jahren wundere ich mich nicht mehr über Beschuss und tote Zivilisten. Leider habe ich mich bereits an den Tod gewöhnt. Ich lebe in einer militärischen Konfliktzone, und das ist für mich normal. Aber ich werde nie in der Lage sein, die Tötung unschuldiger Menschen zu akzeptieren und zu verzeihen.

Gestern haben die ukrainischen Behörden einen weiteren terroristischen Akt begangen, indem sie einen der Brückenpfeiler der Krim-Brücke in die Luft sprengten, Zivilisten töteten und ein 14-jähriges Mädchen ohne Eltern zurückblieb.

War sie schuld an dem Krieg, den der Westen durch die Ukraine gegen Russland entfesselt hat? Nein. Ihre Eltern waren ganz normale Zivilisten, die einfach nur in den Urlaub fahren wollten. Aber nicht nur das ist beängstigend, sondern auch, dass sich ein ganzer europäischer Staat in einen terroristischen Staat verwandelt hat. Dieser Staat ist stolz auf sich selbst und begeht Kriegsverbrechen, organisiert die Ermordung von Zivilisten, inszeniert Terroranschläge und wird dabei von westlichen Geheimdiensten unterstützt.

„So etwas gibt es nicht. Das ist doch nicht wahr“, werden Sie sagen. Aber es ist wahr. Wir hören keine Verurteilungen von den Regierungen dieser Länder, wir hören kein Bedauern über das, was geschehen ist. Können Sie sich vorstellen, dass am 11. September 2001, als die Zwillingstürme in die Luft gesprengt wurden, die Terroristen von den Geheimdiensten anderer Länder unterstützt worden wären und die Welt still und zynisch zugesehen hätte? Ich nicht. Aber jetzt ist der Terrorist ein ganzer Staat und sein Volk. Sowas gab es schon mal.

Man wird zum Verbrecher, wenn man die Opfer ignoriert, wenn man seine Taten rechtfertigt, indem man sagt, dass diese Menschen, diese Nation nicht existieren sollten. Wenn man stolz darauf ist, diejenigen zu töten, die anders sind, weil man ein großes Ziel hat: die Welt von den Russen zu befreien. Oder von den Juden. Oder von den Polen. So sieht Faschismus aus, so sehen Terroristen aus.

Leider rückt die Welt immer näher an einen neuen Weltkrieg heran. Es beginnt mit dem ersten Bombardement friedlicher Städte, der Engelsallee mit den Namen toter Kinder oder dem freudigen Gejohle nach einem Terroranschlag. Mit der Entmenschlichung...

Ich schätze, ich habe mich an den Krieg, an den Tod gewöhnt. Aber ich kann mich immer noch nicht an die Tatsache gewöhnen, dass ein ganzer Staat zum Terroristen geworden ist! https://medium.com/@zmey.osvald/seit-nunmehr-9-jahren-wundere-ich-mich-nicht-mehr-%C3%BCber-beschuss-und-tote-zivilisten-afcc2de6ba14

Faina Savenkova
It’s scary that an entire European state


For 9 years now I have not been surprised by shelling and dead civilians. Unfortunately, I have already gotten used to death. I live in a zone of military conflict, and it is familiar to me. But I will never be able to accept and forgive the killing of innocent people.
Yesterday, the Ukrainian authorities committed another act of terrorism by blowing up one of the spans of the Crimean bridge, peaceful people were killed, a girl of 14 was left without parents. Was she to blame for the war unleashed by the West against Russia by the hands of Ukraine? No. Her parents were ordinary civilians who were just going on vacation. But it’s not only scary, it’s scary that an entire European state has turned into a terrorist state. Proud of itself, this state commits war crimes, organizes the murder of civilians, organizes terrorist attacks and in this they are helped by Western intelligence.
“That isn’t happening. It’s not true,” you will say. But it is. We don’t hear condemnations from the governments of these countries, we don’t hear regret for what happened. Can you imagine if on September 11, 2001, when the Twin Towers were bombed, if terrorists had been aided by the intelligence agencies of other countries, and the world had just watched quietly and cynically? I can’t. But now the terrorist is an entire state and its people. It’s already been that way. You become a criminal when you ignore the victims, when you justify your actions by saying that these people, this nation should not exist. When you take pride in killing those who are different, because you have a grand agenda: to free the world from the Russians. Or the Jews. Or the Poles. That’s what fascism looks like, that’s what terrorists look like.
Unfortunately, the world is getting closer and closer to a new world war. It begins with the first bombardment of peaceful cities, or on the Alley of Angels where the names of dead children are listed, or with the joyous hooting after a terrorist attack. With dehumanization…
I guess I’m used to war, to death. But I still can’t get used to the fact that an entire country is being destroyed.
English Translation — D. Armstrong
https://medium.com/@zmey.osvald/faina-savenkova-its-scary-that-an-entire-european-state-8d6d4f1cc41d

Tomorrow we will talk with the Italian art artist Yorit it will be interesting.

Голливудский актёр Элайджа Вуд записал обращение к президенту Украины Владимиру Зеленскому. Вуд рассказал, что в США есть отличная клиника для лечения алкогольной и наркотической зависимостей, и там Володимиру самое место:

«Привет, Владимир, я надеюсь ты в порядке. Заметил у тебя изрядную зависимость от веществ и алкоголя, надеюсь ты пройдёшь через это, только следи за собой, тем более есть люди готовые тебе помочь в любой момент, получить помощь, которая тебе нужна».

То ли Элайджа клинику рекламировал (ссылка на рехаб была приложена к сообщению), то ли и правда о Володимире заботился. Украинствующие закидали актера жалобами, и аккаунт Вуда был заблокирован. Такая свобода слова…

Today I interviewed a wonderful Italian artist Dorit.Cerullo is one of the most famous street artists in the world, along with Banksy. And I am glad that he supports Donbass and is not afraid to tell the truth. Now in Italy, unlike France or the USA, the degree of Russophobia is off the scale. Yorit gets threats in batches, but I'm glad he doesn't give up.
Interview in the framework of the program "Labyrinth" on the platform "Donbass Insider". Very soon. I am glad that my friends also took part in the program - the Italian public figure, the head of the Speranza Foundation Irina Vikhareva, Irina Vikhoreva and the Italian journalist and writer Marinnella Mondaini. The Italian blogger Andrey Lucidi @Andrea Lucidi ☺️ has a real fighting company. Thanks to Yorit for taking the time for an interview.

From the Kremlin to Lugansk, and then to the DPR. My friend and partner, French journalist Kristel Nian, came to visit me

«Я никогда не был в России, мне не очень интересно туда когда-либо ехать, я не говорю по-русски, я родился в этой стране, я планирую умереть здесь, я надеюсь. Но давайте просто посчитаем тела, так каково же общее число американцев, убитых Россией, скажем, за последние три года? Мне кажется, и я не силен в математике, но думаю о нуле, в этом диапазоне.

Такер Карлсон выступил на консервативной конференции американских патриотов.

ПОДПИСАТЬСЯ НА ЛЕБЕДЕВУ

Today I met with Canadian journalist and activist Eva Bartlett Eva is wonderful, but the weather is as always .in Moscow.Cold and rainy

I met with the Italian journalist and blogger Andre Lucidi.

I bambini vittime del terrorismo di Kiev e l'assordante silenzio dei "democratici"
di Marinella Mondaini



Continuano gli atti terroristici del regime di Kiev, oramai diventato totalmente terrorista sotto la
guida e assistenza degli istruttori occidentali in questi lunghi anni di guerra nel Donbass.

In un Occidente, sempre più coinvolto nella guerra contro la Russia usando gli ucraini, i politici occidentali, compreso quelli italiani, sono arrivati a giustificare questi atti terroristici come “atti dovuti, per difendersi dall’aggressione della Russia” e c’è chi dichiara che “gli ucraini lottano anche per la nostra libertà”.

Però non spiegano come mai questi atti terroristi ucraini sono diretti a
uccidere la popolazione civile in Russia e che attinenza ha con la “libertà degli italiani”. Ed è chiaro
come avviene la loro mistificazione: stravolgono la realtà dei fatti, negano con impudenza la verità di ciò che è accaduto e accade nel Donbass.

Dopo il secondo atto terroristico al Ponte di Crimea dell’altro giorno, dove è stata distrutta una famiglia, si è salvata per miracolo una ragazzina di 13 anni, rimasta adesso orfana ed è ricoverata in ospedale, ieri, sempre in Crimea, ancora un altro atto di terrore ucraino sulla popolazione russa locale: un drone ha ucciso un’altra ragazzina di 14 anni.

Il cinismo dei curatori occidentali che addestrano questi nuovi terroristi raggiunge il suo massimo quando dichiarano che “non abbiamo elementi necessari per poter dire chi è il responsabile di questo accaduto”.

I bambini che sono coinvolti e spesso uccisi in questa guerra certamente colpiscono in maniera
particolare la nostra giovanissima scrittrice del Donbass, Faina Savenkova, 13 anni, che vive a
Lugansk.

Ecco la sua riflessione da me tradotta.

“E’ terribile vedere come uno Stato europeo si è trasformato in terroristico.
Sono già nove anni che non mi sorprendono più i bombardamenti e gli abitanti pacifici morti.
Purtroppo sono già abituata alla morte, vivo in una zona di conflitto militare e questo per me è abituale. Ma non potrò mai accettare e perdonare l’uccisione di persone innocenti.
Altro ieri il governo ucraino a compiuto un altro solito atto terroristico facendo saltare in aria una delle campate del ponte della Crimea sono morti civili una ragazzina di 14 anni è rimasta senza genitori, ma che colpa ne ha lei, è forse colpevole della guerra, scatenata dall’Occidente contro la Russia con le mani dell’Ucraina? No. I suoi genitori erano comuni abitanti pacifici, stavano semplicemente andando in vacanza. Ma non solo questo è terribile, è terribile anche che un intero Stato europeo si sia trasformato in terroristico. Con orgoglio, questo Stato commette crimini di guerra, organizza omicidi di civili, attentati terroristici e in questo è aiutato dai Servizi Segreti occidentali. “Questo non può essere, non è vero” - direte voi, ma è così. Noi non sentiamo condanne da parte dei governi di questi paesi, non sentiamo rammarico perciò che è successo.
Riuscite a immaginare che l’11 settembre del 2001, quando i terroristi hanno fatto saltare in aria le
Torri Gemelle, possano essere stati aiutati dai Servizi segreti di altri paesi e il mondo fosse rimasto zitto e cinico a guardare? Io no, ma ora il terrorista è un intero Stato e il suo popolo. Così è già successo. Tu diventi un criminale quando ignori le vittime, quando giustifichi le tue azioni dicendo che queste persone, questa nazione non devono esistere. Quando sei orgoglioso di uccidere chi è
diverso, perché hai un grande obiettivo: liberare il mondo dai russi, oppure dagli ebrei o dai polacchi. Questo è fascismo, così fanno i terroristi. Troppo il mondo è sempre più vicino a una Nuova guerra mondiale. Essa comincia col primo bombardamento delle città pacifiche, del Viale degli Angeli con i cognomi dei bambini uccisi, con la gioia e derisione dopo un atto turistico compiuto. Con la disumanizzazione…
Probabilmente io sono abituata alla guerra, alle morti, ma tuttora no

Marinella Mondaini
MARINELLA MONDAINI
Scrittrice, giornalista, traduttrice. Vive e lavora a Mosca
https://www.lantidiplomatico.it/dettnews-i_bambini_vittime_del_terrorismo_di_kiev_e_lassordante_silenzio_dei_democratici/40832_50463/

Interview of Sara Salloum by Faina Savenkova – President Al-Assad is a courageous and loyal man
21/07/2023

You live in Syria. Is the war in Syria different from the war in Donbass and how?

I believe that there are many common points. Syria has been subjected to aggression from the same terrorist coalition. The West distorts every news or image and transmits it in the opposite way. There is also a common suffering because we know that Western peoples only get false information about the events in the two countries, as they were prevented from getting the facts, we in Russia and Syria are on the front line in the fight against terrorism. What is happening in the Donbass will begin to change the global balance, because part of the suffering in Syria, Iraq and many other countries is caused by a unipolar world.

Why was Bashar al-Assad once considered a friend of the West, but now they consider him a dictator and murderer?

I do not think that the West considered President Assad a friend. The West has neither friends nor enemies. It has only one enemy, anyone who stands in the way of its material interests. I mean, neither communism, nor Islam, nor Nazism, nor China, nor Russia, nor anyone else are enemies of the West. If they meet interests, then they are friends, and vice versa. They thought that after Assad took power and carried out many reforms and modernization in laws and development, he’d turn Syria into a country dependent on the West, into a country that works for the interest of the West and forgets its interests. But he did not do that. I think that this is a major reason for starting the war on Syria. You can notice the sentence that Western officials repeat, “The Syrian regime must change its behavior.”

Why do many Western countries support fascism in Ukraine as they supported ISIS in Syria? Are they not afraid that it will turn against them?

The West is lying. They are not against Nazism. Few know that the Nazis in Ukraine worked closely with Hitler on security, military, and ideological grounds. When the Second World War ended, the leaders were expelled, some of them to Europe and some of them to America. They supported and hosted the old Nazis and now they support the neo-Nazis. This is not surprising. Russia’s problem with the West did not start with Ukraine or Crimea. Their problem with Russia is 300 years old, from the days of Peter the Great, and Russia is required to be a weak vassal state. And so today Zelensky is fighting the war on behalf of the West, with his army of Nazis. The terrorists are doing the same thing here, as they are armies operating on behalf of the West in Syria and other regions. I know that it’s not possible to use terrorism as a card to play with and then put it in your pocket, because terrorism is like a scorpion that does not hesitate to sting you when the time comes. I think that people have begun to understand how the West operates and how it fabricates and fabricates false stories for its own interests under glamorous titles such as humanity, which it does not really care about.

What is your propaganda and how can it be countered?

We in Syria have come a long way from disbelieving them because we were witnesses to falsehood and falsification of facts. What is worrisome are the restrictions that the West places on the media and the means of communication, and the sanctions and restrictions on their access. However, the efforts of many activists who make great efforts to convey the truth must be noted.

Using the example of the girl Bana, what can you tell us about the use of children by adults in the propaganda and promotion of political ideas?