How the war in Ukraine affected me as someone with Russian roots

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I will tell you honestly. It’s been a tough month for all of us. I’m not talking about those people who initiated this war in the first place. I’m talking about regular people.

It’s been a month of me praying for my Ukrainian friends (even though I’m an atheist) and it’s been a time for me for accepting a simple truth — the world would probably never be…