Russia is using its army to try and take more of Ukraine. It's using its passports to control the population (www.cbc.ca)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 16:34
https://sh.itjust.works/post/39181222

For more than three years, every time 67-year-old Iryna and her husband stepped beyond their front door, the Ukrainian couple feared for their lives.

They could be caught up in shelling or in a drone strike — or end up being interrogated by security agents at gunpoint as they tried to cross a checkpoint in the southern part of Kherson region, an area still under Russian control.

Iryna, who CBC News agreed to identify only by her first name due to her concerns about retribution from Russia, said she and her husband felt they had no choice but to get Russian passports last year. That was when the local stores closed and it became impossible to get groceries without going through a Russian checkpoint.

Like many other Ukrainians, she and her husband accepted Russian citizenship because they feared what would happen if they didn’t.

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etchinghillside@reddthat.com on 01 Jun 17:24 next collapse

That’s gotta be rough at that age. I assume it’s not like bank accounts are going to transfer. I guess you just pay for things with whatever you have under the mattress? Or is there some other support system? (I guess 67 isn’t too old to still be able to do some work - but damn.)

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch on 01 Jun 17:45 collapse

to try to* take

What’s up with to try and everywhere?

HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works on 01 Jun 18:00 next collapse

You may want to return to reddit.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch on 01 Jun 18:25 collapse

Am I a former Reddit user? And why don’t you capitalize proper nouns? The slop is everywhere and it’s not even AI generated. 😭

HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works on 01 Jun 19:43 next collapse

Being pedantic about people’s use of the English language is truly ridiculous.

If it annoys you that much stop reading the comments.

TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 02 Jun 14:02 collapse

there are people here who believe the english language doesn’t only deserve zero respect, it deserves active disrespect. I personally use proper punctuation and grammar when trying to be authoritative, but i also think getting upset about people not following arbitrary formalities is pointless in this context. no capital is involved; no laws either. so long as i am understood, who fucking cares?

if that’s not an energy you can get comfortable with, then i really doubt this’ll be the only problem you have with lemmy’s culture

lupusblackfur@lemmy.world on 01 Jun 18:12 collapse