{"id":141372,"date":"2026-02-23T11:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theukrainians.org\/chas-doroslishannia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T17:55:32","slug":"time-to-grow-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theukrainians.org\/en\/time-to-grow-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Grow Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">\u00a7\u00a7\u00a7<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>[This interview was made possible thanks to the support of The Ukrainians Media community \u2014 hundreds of people who believe in independent, high-quality journalism. <a href=\"https:\/\/patreon.com\/theukrainians?utm_medium=unknown&amp;utm_source=join_link&amp;utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&amp;utm_content=copyLink\">Consider joining<\/a> to help us create meaningful content!]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><mark><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">\u00a7\u00a7\u00a7<\/mark><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The only thing worse than a war with Russia is peace with Russia. If a venomous snake falls asleep, because it is exhausted or because some wizard with a flute has lulled it, this means only one thing: time will pass, and it will awaken hungry, zealously searching for its next victim \u2014 and rest assured, it will have enough venom for the hunt. Perhaps you\u2019ll manage to outrun it or inject yourself with some imported antidote just in time to avoid becoming prey to this creeping, persistent killer. But as long as the snake is alive, it will retain its venom, its flexibility and its urge to strike. It has its natural habitat, and it will not leave it of its own accord. There can be no true peace unless the snake is killed or its fangs are torn out. This may sound barbaric in our humane, tolerant, technological age, yet it is unlikely there is any other way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Our experience of so-called peaceful coexistence with Russia has been one of assimilation \u2014 at times brutal and devastating, at times subtle and insidious, yet always non-negotiable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">History has given us too many chances to break free from this deadly grip of our \u201colder brother,\u201d and it may well be that this chance is not merely our latest one, but our last. If we lose now, rest assured: our enemies will learn from their mistakes, and a new wave of Russification will sweep over us, eroding our identity until there\u2019s nothing left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To those who say, \u201cWell, we\u2019ve lived under Russia before and managed to survive,\u201d I have bad news. Our ancestors were largely illiterate peasants \u2014 no one came after their folklore or traditions as long as they obediently fulfilled their serf duties or toiled in the quasi-slavery of the kolkhoz. But the moment someone tried to climb even a single step higher on the social ladder, Russification became unavoidable. It didn\u2019t matter if they did so with fingers crossed behind their back \u2014 they had to comply. In today\u2019s world of social media and advanced information technologies, totalitarian education and propaganda are capable of achieving what the authors of the Valuev Circular and the Ems Decree once failed to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where does my pessimism come from? From a clear example right next door \u2014 Belarus, a country that chose the path of peaceful coexistence and alliance with Russia. Let me offer a simple illustration: I type the Belarusian name of the country\u2019s capital, <strong>Minsk<\/strong>, into Google, and the search engine presents me with two Wikipedia options \u2014 one in Ukrainian and one in Russian. Belarusian? No, never heard of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would seem only natural to long for peace after four years of full-scale war. We are an exhausted country that has suffered immense losses. We survive on the breathing apparatus and dialysis of international aid. And all the while, enemy propaganda continues with its nagging refrain: \u201cDo you really want to fight until the last Ukrainian?\u201d Yet we must face the truth: whatever the outcome of these complex and protracted negotiations, the most we can realistically expect is what military terminology calls an operational pause \u2014 a planned break in an offensive, meant for regrouping forces. We should not hope for more than that until the snake has lost its fangs and is no longer capable of producing venom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life in wartime is hard, and quite often unbearable. It can seem that even a bad peace would be better than this: let us have it, and we will sort out the rest later. But we would be sorting it out while fighting among ourselves, because the cessation of hostilities means elections \u2014 and with them, the all-too-familiar Ukrainian habit of bickering and searching for enemies amongst ourselves. In my view, the best thing we could do during an operational pause is to strengthen ourselves to such an extent that the confrontation shifts into a cold-war phase, where a return to open hostilities becomes too costly and too risky for the enemy. I\u2019m not optimistic enough to hope for more than that \u2014 not while the snake is still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I deliberately compare Russia to a snake rather than the traditional bear. A snake embodies ancient evil, satanic hubris, archaic imperialism \u2014 a pagan death cult. It can hypnotize the world with its \u201cgreat culture,\u201d which is laced with poison for naive idealists enchanted by the myth of the \u201cmysterious Russian soul.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The snake is not just our enemy; it tempts and bites many others, and we can see how Russian poison seeps into every fissure of discord in the Western world \u2014 migration, gender issues, social inequality, the vulnerabilities of political elites, and the fragility of democracy. Looking at a map of Europe, you will see snake pits everywhere, from the far-right and far-left fringe groups to the ruling parties in Hungary and Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Back in the summer of 2014, one battalion commander told me, \u201cThe fact that we\u2019re still holding out against Russia is proof that God exists.\u201d Three times, yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have been defending ourselves against a far stronger enemy for more than a decade now. Isn\u2019t that a miracle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, the average mind still brings up the same old question: \u201cWhen will this all end?\u201d Not how \u2014 when. And that is where the greatest trap lies. Under Russia\u2019s terms, it could all end tomorrow. Electricity would be quickly restored, bad jobs and meager wages offered \u2014 just like in the occupied territories. Because, as they say, \u201cyou can live like cattle, as long as there\u2019s bread to eat.\u201d Not everyone would be killed or raped, and those who had failed to thrive in an independent Ukraine would take the place of the murdered patriots. There would be concerts on May 9, tours by Russian pop stars, a new season of Liquidation filmed in Odesa, and sitcoms about the adventures of Moscow bachelors filmed in Kyiv, while high-ranking officers express delight at Ukrainian borshch and varenyky served in our restaurants. Much would remain, yet the one thing utterly lost would be our dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, it is dignity \u2014 not the size of salaries and pensions, nor the availability of electricity in our apartments \u2014 that makes us human. We haven\u2019t forgotten the name of the 2014 revolution, have we? The Revolution of Dignity. To betray it would mean betraying the Heavenly Hundred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>And it is no longer just a hundred \u2014 somewhere out there, entire army corps have already been formed from those who fell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 24 is not a date to celebrate. Who celebrates the start of a full-scale war? Only madmen. Yet it will remain in our memory as the day we grew up as a nation. We shed all illusions and discarded what once seemed important, taking full responsibility for our country. Because we are citizens of a republic \u2014 and what is <em>res publica<\/em>? A common cause, if you look at its Latin roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not everyone has grown up, and not everyone has taken responsibility \u2014 unfortunately. 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