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In New York, the war between Russians and Ukrainians also broke out in the neighborhood of “Little Odessa”

2022-05-19T13:57:09.029Z


SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE - Nowhere in the United States do so many Russians and Ukrainians live than in Brighton Beach, just south of New York. Vladimir Putin's war forces the inhabitants to redefine their living together.


By Florian Sädler

(Die Welt)

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Initially, Angelina reveals to us that she does not want to talk about the war.

Then she ends up letting go;

he can't be stopped, and his eyes fill with tears.

 I will never forgive 

,” she says.

 Brighton Beach will never be the same again. 

»

Angelina, who asks to be called only by her first name, owns a clothing store in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York.

She grew up in Ukraine.

His parents still live in kyiv and refuse to leave.

Her 35-year-old brother expects every day to be drafted into national defense.

Angelina stands crestfallen in front of her store, draped in Ukrainian flags.

 People came into my store and told me that the images of the invasion were pure fiction.

Pure fiction!

I don't understand how anyone can be so blind. 

»

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His store is on Brighton Beach Avenue, the main street of the district, if you like.

She looks like…

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Source: lefigaro

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