We understand each other: ‘I am not allowed to love my country’

An article by the media coordinator of the Ukraine Switzerland Bern Association, Svitlana Prokopchuk, about Ukraine’s Independence. Why are Swiss people encouraged to proudly love their country, while Ukrainians are labeled as Nazis or, in the worst case, face a bullet to the forehead.

Read here: https://journal-b.ch/artikel/ich-darf-mein-land-nicht-lieben/

Illustration by David Fürst

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