Ukraine War Day #450: The Burden Of Hatred

“As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. ” (Romans 9:13)

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love,
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkess, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.  (St. Francis of Assisi)

Dear Readers:

Signs and portents show that the psychological stress of the war is causing certain members of Zelensky’s inner circle to break down and literally go insane, right before our eyes. Because they are starting to say things out loud that nobody should ever say out loud. Especially not public figures.

It started with Kirill Budanov (Zelensky’s chief spy) practically admitting to the assassinations of Russian [civilian] public figures such as Darya Dugina. In an interview with Yahoo News, Budanov not only did not deny it, but promised to continue “killing Russians wherever we find them, in any part of the world.” Although Budanov used the term “Rossiyane” (=Russian citizens) and not “russkie” (=ethnic Russians), it was still crystal clear what he meant. And that he meant Russian civilians, not even soldiers.

In response, the Russian diplomatic corps went through the motions of filing a complaint with the UN. Which is pointless, because top UN officials always follow the American Party Line and excuse everything the Ukrainians say or do. UN official Stéphane Dujarric even questioned whether Budanov had made such an utterance, even though Budanov was on record, not just on Yahoo, but also his own Twitter feed. But UN were like the 3 monkeys: No see, no hear, no say.

Then, just yesterday, Zelensky’s top advisor, Mikhail Podolyak, also erupted in a weird display of raging hatred. At the start of the war, Podolyak seemed to be the more human of those in Zelensky’s camarilla, youngish, nice looking, cheerful and even humorous at times. But that has changed: In the course of this past year, he has physically aged 10 years and become a really nasty person. Like Dorian Gray without his portrait, his dark soul exposed for all the world to see. This is what he typed, on his Twitter, in response to the statement made by Russia’s representative at the UN:

“Ukraine hates you. Yes, we will pursue you. Always and everywhere. There is nothing for us to discuss with the likes of you. Yes, every single one of you will be found and destroyed by Ukraine. It doesn’t matter how, whether juridically or physically.”

Podolyak: “I hate you! No really, I hate your guts!”

Podolyak’s words ring with all the madness of a Captain Ahab. The only difference being that Ahab only hated one single creature on the planet (Guess Who?) whereas Podolyak’s hatred extends to something like millions of people. He hates these millions of people more than God even hated Esau. And he can’t rest or sleep at night until every last one of them is dead. That’s a tall order. A man with such darkness in his heart, carrying such a vast weight on his shoulders, cannot possibly have a bright future.

And speaking of futures, or lack of, I also have this piece by Nikolai Storozhenko. The title is:

The Kiev Regime Has No Future

Storozhenko: The actors in the Kiev regime, full of panic, are counting their deficits. Millions of people have left the country. But this emigration flow, and even the military losses, are just the tip of the iceberg; just a small part of the catastrophe which is currently unfolding in the Ukraine. Whatever remains of Ukraine after the completion of the Special Military Operation — it will look nothing like the former Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.

Minus 5.5 million able-bodied workers: This figure was announced was Ukrainian Parliamentarian Nina Yuzhanina. Of these, 1 million have been mobilized into the army, which means temporarily removed from the work force. Outside the borders of Ukraine – 3.2 million women of working age. And another 1.3 million able-bodied Ukrainians remain on those territories which the Kiev government no longer controls. (Yuzhanina does not specify whether these are territories that departed from Kiev control in 2014 or in 2022. Either way, one stipulates to 5.5 million.) Yuzhanina compares this figure to the losses suffered by Germany in WWII. They lost 4.7 million workers, or 16% of the labor force. For Ukraine the number of 5.5 million is almost 30%.

And Yuzhanina, of course, is understating the problem. For example, it is not just women, but also men, who have emigrated abroad. Factoring this in, we can add an additional 500-700K workers lost to the Ukrainian labor force. And Yuzhanina never even mentioned the millions of Ukrainians who emigrated to Russia, she is only looking at those who emigrated to the West.

Next: The econony is ruined…

[to be continued]