
Live From Ukraine: Oleksandra Povoroznik Talks Language Politics and Wartime Culture
The Lawfare Podcast
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The Mentality of a Nation
Ukrainians react to an invasion of their homeland by making adorable memes about one of the soldiers who invaded. Instead of hating him or you know saying that he should be dismembered or whatever Ukrainians on TikTok are creating makeup tutorials to look like him and they wish he would come to Ukraine as a tourist. Some of it borders on this sort of you know hysterical humour of someone going through a you know slight sort of nervous breakdown but it's also one of the you know only coping mechanisms that are affordable to us right now.
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