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The lying and the truth

Notes on Ukraine after Bucha

Timothy Snyder
Apr 3
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Bucha, 2 April 2022

The lying

that there is no Ukraine

that there is no nation

that there is no state

The war to make the lies true

The lying about the war

The shelling of Kyiv

The shelling of Kharkiv

The shelling of Chernihiv

The old beautiful cities

The shelling everywhere

The bombing everywhere

The ghastly siege of Mariupol

The attacks on refugees from Mariupol

The bombing of children in Mariupol

The lying about Mariupol

The attacks on refugees from everywhere

The reporters  

The truth of seeing

The abducted

The deported

The millions in flight

The schools  Those bombed schools

The hospitals  Those bombed hospitals

The archives burned 

The lying about the schools and the hospitals

The lying on Russian television

The lying at Russian funerals

The lying about death that enables

The killing for a lie

The future lying enabled by the burning of records about the past

The truth under everything

The rubble, the bodies

The volunteers

The truth of solidarity

The mass murder at Irpin, the bodies under tanks

The mass murder at Bucha, the hands behind backs

The mass murder at Trostyanets, the desecration of corpses

The cities, the towns, the villages, the countryside

The murders everywhere

The truth

Bucha, 2 April 2022

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Mary Kaye Vavasour
Apr 3

This can never be normalized by returning to “business as usual” when the war is over. Sanctions must remain in place until Putin is no longer in power in Russia and has been tried as a war criminal. All of the seized Russian state funds should go to Ukraine to pay to rebuild.

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Cecilia
Apr 3

Dr. Snyder, I can only imagine how heartbreaking this is for you personally. Thank you for continuing to witness the truth and bring it to us. I am deeply grateful.

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