“We understand that we are not alone. It is crucially important to feel like that because we are a large country compared to other European countries – we are the largest country in Europe and have 45 million population. But in comparison to Russia it is very small and actually the Russian army is the second largest army in the world. It was unbearably scary to think about it, and we are very grateful to all the world who protect us with words, who protect us with weapons and with other supplies, so we are incredibly thankful.”
“I would like to say that we are not afraid anymore in spite of the fear. We are not afraid and we ask you also not to be afraid. We ask the Russian people not to be afraid and to protest – Belarus people not to be afraid and to protest. We ask European countries not to be afraid and to tell the truth to their people, to their population, to each other because this war is not only in territory but also in mind.”
Oleksandra Mirza
Kyiv, Ukraine
Details:
To provide assistance to Ukraine:
Mykhaylo Suslov at App0504026274@gmail.com
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Hello Harvey, I have just listened to your conversation with Oleksandra and was of course very moved.
The UK government has opened a scheme for individuals here to offer accommodation to those needing shelter, but to be eligible one has to have a named individual or family who one wishes to host. It could be that a member of the Ukrainian Psychoanalytic Society has such a need, so I am writing this message and using you as a go-between.
It does not seem appropriate to go into details about myself and my home here, but please could you forward this message to Oleksandra so I could tell her and see if anyone she knows comes to mind. Maybe I should say that I am a female Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, now retired from clinical practice, but I still teach.
Thank you for running the IPA Off the Couch series: I have listened to many of them and learnt a lot.
With good wishes, Carola Thorpe
I want to thank Oleksandra and Harvey for sharing with us , this personal and vivid statement of the current situation in Ukraine.
I am a retired psychotherapist/psychoanalyst of the indian Society as I lived in India for 20 years but I am of Irish origin. I live in London and can offer Accomodation if any one wants to come to London. (Golders Green ) half an hour from the Tavistock and Psychoanalytic Institue. Thank you for your podcast and good luck with your new life. Aiveen
We must do all we can to support these people. Because it is right and because it is for our own sakes.