{"id":2880,"date":"2022-05-24T20:55:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bos-scheyern.de\/sz\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2022-05-24T20:55:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T18:55:24","slug":"not-a-crisis-not-a-conflict-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bos-scheyern.de\/sz\/?p=2880","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNot a crisis, not a conflict, war.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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von Anabel Kobylinski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the previous weeks,\nthe students at our school had the opportunity to have an exchange with\nSvitlana Khodakovska who fled from Ukraine at the beginning of march. Svitlana\ndoes not pursue any political aims, her goal is to inform students about the\nsituation that she experienced firsthand. Despite not being at home anymore, Svitlana\nis still pursuing her profession, which is teaching English to French students;\nthe lessons are currently held online. The present situation is tough, not only\nfor those who are still in Ukraine. Svitlana has two sons, 20 and 24, who must,\nas well as her husband, remain in Ukraine. They are liable to military service.\nHowever, she is still content that she will be able to return to Kyiv.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFreedom is worth\nfighting for\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What constitutes a\ndemocracy? The answer of most students: fair elections, freedom of expression,\nrespect for human rights \u2013 things that we often take for granted. In February\n2014, Ukrainian students protested against the pro-Russian president\nYanukovych. Several hundreds of these activists brutally collided with the\npolice, although they avoided using any violence. Protesters opposed what they\nsaw as abuse of power of Yanukovych and the government \u2013 which resulted in them\nbeing violently silenced. Yanukovych was in office for a total of five years,\nfollowing his pro-Russian principles and striving towards Ukraine being one\nwith Russia again. This is not democracy. Now, Ukraine does not need to be \u201csaved\u201d\neither, the people still want to fight for their freedom and live peacefully on\ntheir own land. But while thousands of people are stuck in Mariupol, fearing\nRussian troops, Ukraine does need support from other countries: either\nhumanitarian aid and\/or military assistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListen\nto me carefully. In 2022, a child died of dehydration.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nconflict between Ukraine and Russia has been around for more than eight years\nnow, it has been going on in the eastern parts of the country, but now, the\nRussian invasion on the 24th <\/sup>of January is not only focusing on\nparts, but all of Ukraine. Bombs fell on children\u2019s hospitals; maternity houses\nwere destroyed; civilians are being attacked: President Zelensky speaks of\nhomicide \u2013 and Russia still denies the scope of the attack. While cities are\nunder constant bombardment, people must hide in basements and bathrooms \u2013 grocery\nstores are empty, the infrastructure has been destroyed. More than 50 children\nhave already died in the war, more than two million refugees have already left\nthe country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Towards the end of the presentation, it became\napparent how many questions we each had: How should we deal with the situation\nat school? How is Svitlana dealing with the fact that her family is still in\nUkraine? We can see how important candid conversations are – both in everyday\nsituations as well as in times of crisis. We would like to thank Svitlana for\nsharing her own experiences, background information on the war and an open ear\nfor our questions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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