Open letter to my Russian & Ukrainian friends in the west

Elena Salaks
2 min readDec 22, 2022
card that reads “You should keep on going, you will win the war and keep home and you will reach your dreams”
Words of encouragement from an elementary student

Dear Russian friends in the west,

It’s not you. Well, at least not directly.

The reality is that we Ukrainians are thinking about the war all the time. Even in our happiest moments, there is a level of despair in our hearts knowing our people in Ukraine are suffering because of the intentional terrorism inflicted by Russia.

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Elena Salaks

On a mission to have it all — a sleep deprived mktg/tech professional, mom, wife, friend & human rights activist. In US, originally from Ukraine