John Gordon Sennett
1 min readJun 27, 2022

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Dan: Sitting here in my flat in Kyiv where I have been since the war started. I am a volunteer with Ukraine's PR Army which has been trying to maintain the Ukrainian narrative as much as possible. Have informed them exactly of the points you are making and telling them to focus more on personal stories of Ukrainians in the war. People are tired of the politics by now and most know that Russia is in the wrong here. Now we need to know what individuals are doing to cope with the war. For instance, my wife (Natasha; US citizen and originally from Belarus ) and I have been writing essays about our happy place and launched a Kickstarter called Cape May Point to Kyiv as a creative therapeutic project. There are not many stories of how families in Russia\Belarus\Ukraine have been pulled apart because of differing views of the war. This is also very important from a sociological and psychological standpoint. Additionally, the struggle within the three branches of the Orthodox Church here in Ukraine has also not really been highlighted much in the west. We need more stories from the foreigners fighting for Ukraine here as well. I guess maybe journalists might turn more to the "human interest' stories which are far more fascinating than the latest round of weapons arriving or being used. The 4th of July is coming and there are many comparisons that can be made about this war and the US War for Independence as well. Anyway, that's my two cents.

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John Gordon Sennett
John Gordon Sennett

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Living in a War Zone. An unexpected twist in life.

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