War Through the Eyes of Meduza Readers. Today we are publishing a letter from an anonymous reader from Russia...

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War. What is happening on day 1574. Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow and the Moscow Region. In the Moscow Region, according to the governor, six people were injured. In Moscow, drones struck the oil refinery in Kapotnya. A fire broke out on the enterprise’s premises. The Emergency Ministry insists that…

War through the eyes of Meduza readers. Today we are publishing a letter from an anonymous reader from Russia

It has already reached my city. I’m not afraid for myself, but I feel sorry for other people. None of us chose this.

The war has long since entered a phase in which no one (among the military) spares anyone. Ukrainians have crossed the moral line of “you must not strike civilians” — unfortunately, that was predictable. The notorious argument “why are they allowed to, but we aren’t” has worked again, and again in the worst possible way.

And there is no one to discuss the war with. Criminal liability is предусмотрена for my views, so I just keep quiet. You can’t convince even relatives whose brains have been rotted by television of anything, and starting such conversations with strangers…

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When War Reaches Home, Stay Quiet

It reached his city, and his views are safer left unsaid.

Television won the argument in advance.