Opinion
Why Russia is anti-Ukraine, not vice versa
When Russia is finally convinced that it has failed to deny us, it will begin to deny and destroy itself
Volodymyr Yermolenko
Philosopher, President of PEN Ukraine
The question is sometimes asked: How do we overcome the self-perception of Ukraine as anti-Russian? How do we avoid being perceived as a mere negation of Russia? After all, we are not the negation of something else. Especially not Russia. We are ourselves .
And I have this answer to that: Ukraine is not "anti-Russia". It is Russia that is anti-Ukraine. Russia is a negation, a negative, a minus. And that is why this war is so important for it. It will survive only when it can deny us, that is, destroy us .
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