Interview with Ukrainian War Resister

From Anarchist Communist Group

In December 2024 some media sites reported on the rescue of a Ukrainian man and his kitten in the mountains in Romania after crossing the border from Ukraine (https://apnews.com/video/vladislav-duda-romania-ukraine-war-and-unrest-…). They failed to mention the reasons why he fled. The Czechoslovak Anarchist Association (ČAS) contacted him for an interview.

The specter of the Syrian scenario for Ukraine

From assembly.org.ua

The rapid collapse of Assad's army, which ended the half-century rule of this family in just 11 days, became perhaps the main event of December for many in Ukraine. The Ukrainian government praises the victory of the pro-Turkish forces as a brilliant victory over Russia, despite the fact that it itself increasingly risks repeating the fate of the deposed dictator.

SOLIDARITY WITH THE WORKERS OF UKRAINE WHO DO NOT WANT TO ENLIST

From AnarCom Network
May 29, 2024

This article is taken from our Czech comrades in ČAS – ČESKOSLOVENSKÉ ANARCHISTICKÉ SDRUŽENÍ – https://anarchiste.org

The Czechoslovak Anarchist Society (CAS) expresses solidarity and support for all Ukrainian men who are avoiding mobilization and conscription by taking refuge in the West.

Refusals to fight from both sides of the front: entering the second autumn of war

From Anarchist Communist Group
September 6, 2023

The following article originally appeared on the libcom site. It was written by the comrades of the Ukrainian anarchist group Assembly

The bloody counter-offensive dragged on for months, which turned into a new meat grinder on the Somme after the new Verdun battle near Bakhmut, is being noticeably reflected in the social atmosphere. The interlocutor of Assembly, driving trains in the Kharkov subway, anonymously told back on June 25:

Appeal: Days of International Solidarity with Deserters

From Antimilitarismus

The war in Ukraine continues with all the negative consequences for much of the world. However, acts of desertion and draft evasion also continue, which, if widespread, could lead to the end of the war. Anarchists from the Central European region are therefore publishing this call to organise active support for deserters.

Farewell to Life, Farewell to Love… Ukraine, War and Self-Organisation

from ddt21.noblogs.org by Tristan Leoni, May 8, 2022.

What is to be done… under the bombing?

We experience neither the life of the Ukrainians, nor the situation of anarchists or communists living in Ukraine. We do not know what must be done there, we cannot pass judgement on their activity, because, whatever we think, we do not know how we would react in their place. With historical hindsight, it may seem easy to assess a situation because we know how it unfolded and ended. But it is truly impossible to know what “internationalist” stand we would have taken in August 1914 or June 1940. That said, should our Ukrainian comrades be immune from criticism just because they are the ones involved ? What they do is of course their own concern; but the way they understand and justify their activity, their discourse which is echoed abroad by other groups, that at the very least warrants discussion.

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