Natalia, Kyiv:
Yesterday we discussed if our people are going to come back. We know that some wanted to live somewhere wester. Now, as I see the tendency, Ukrainians are ready to built their future here, for many their own prosperity is inseparable from the well-being of Ukraine.
Yaryna, Prague:
My mom, sisters and I left Ukraine, and now we are in Prague, we made this decision because mom got a job here.
We didn’t want to leave and want to come back to Ukraine after the war, our father is there, our home, our dreams.
I think that a lot of moms with their kids also want to go back to their husbands, they want their families back.
Yulia, Kyiv:
My friend is currently in Italy. Recently, her family was thinking of moving there, but now she tells me that she wants to go back home to Ukraine. I think lots of people think like that, and I’m sure that lots of them will give everything to come back home.
Yaryna, Ukraine:
My younger sister was preparing to enter the USA university, she even went to an international school in Kyiv.
Now her dream is to go back to Ukraine and rebuild it
Kate, Ukraine:
I guess most of the people, who are abroad, are going to return home. There, in safety, they feel guilty. Because in our country, in their cities people are suffering, that’s why they want to come back. Why do they need to be in safety when someone dies every day in their homeland? That’s how they think.
I’ve been talking a lot with my friends and other people, who are abroad. They are worried about their dads, family, friends, who are located in Ukraine.
They want to return home, have a quiet peaceful sky, and have a family reunion. As each of us.
Lise, Ukraine:
Moreover, Ukrainians who moved to Europe long ago also want to return and help to rebuild Ukraine
Margaryta, Europe:
I am in Europe right now. But I really want to return to Ukraine. I don’t know when it’ll be possible for me, but I want. I extremely miss my friends and relatives.
Natalia, Kyiv:
According to google reminder, today is Friday
Li, Châteauneuf-de-Galaure:
Hello! I’m fine, I stayed in the French town of Châteauneuf-de-Galaure, I think I’ll be here for at least a month, although I hope to return home to Kyiv as soon as possible. Many of my friends are now in different European countries, and I don’t know any of them who don’t want to go home. I used to dream of living in Europe or America, but when I was away from home and my family, I realized that I wanted to go home the most. I think that many Ukrainians abroad now feel the same way.
But I also have a different opinion on this. Along the way, I met many Ukrainians, and unfortunately, most of them upset me a lot with their behaviour. Talking in high tones in trains, disrespect for others and small, uneducated children are unfortunately a reality. Many women have left Ukraine and are going to different European countries on their own, but they don’t know the language at all and in a dissatisfied tone try to explain to Europeans that they do not know where to go, that they don’t understand where their train and so on. Europeans don’t understand Ukrainian, but people clearly understand the intonation with which they are addressed, and it is clear from their faces that they are a little shocked and don’t understand these claims and aggression towards them.
This is incredibly sad, and I have repeatedly remarked to Ukrainian women. It seems to me that such women, while rescuing their children from the war, are also focused on staying in Europe. They hope that life will be easier for them now (children will study for free, travel is free, a lot of humanitarian aid, clothes, food and housing are also free in Ukrainian aid centres). Of course, there is a lot of people who don’t want to be a burden here, they’re trying to find a job and the ready to return home soon, but there is also women for whom this is a chance to go to Europe and live here without tensions. But they must understand that Europe’s aid is temporary and will not continue.
Valeria, Kyiv:
My godfather sent his family abroad, and he stayed here, in Kyiv. My friend’s parents also sent her abroad, although she didn’t want to go anywhere. We talk to her every day, and she says she wants to go home soon. In principle, I think that everyone who has gone abroad or just to another city wants to return home. After all, this is our home. Here we grew up, found friends, love. Here we fell, got scars on the same ground and rose. And nothing can replace these.
Also, it is said, that home is not the concrete place. Home is people, who make you feel comfortable and home. Somehow I agree with this statement. But I also think, that home is a concrete place. It’s my room, it’s my house, it’s my region of city. When I walk across the streets, it feels so peacefully. When I walk through the park, everything seems so quiet, native. I cannot imagine my life without these places. It won’t be home for me without these
