[Aaus-list] From Oksana Zabuzhko

[znayenko at andromeda.rutgers.edu]

This was posted on RISU (Religious Information Service of Ukraine,
affiliated to UKU in Lviv) on their facebbok page.

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from Oksana Zabuzhko (Ukrainian writer) to her English-speaking friends

Please stop being sensationalist, and don't be so fast at spreading
rumours on "the rally in Kiev getting violent" - so far it hasn't been the
case, though, of course, preventing provocations through the night will be
far more difficult than it's been through the day.

Please be aware that what's going on in Ukraine these days is nothing but
the attempted "quiet coup", in all likeliness coordinated from Moscow, its
initiators - Mr. Kliuyev, Mr. Medvedchuk, Mr. Zakharchenko, Mr. Kozhara -
having brought to the city an unknown number of trained gangs, to
stage/provoke the violent (and good-looking on the video, too) clashes
with the police - the scenario that pursues nothing but the immediate
introduction of the martial law, which we don't need, nor want (whether
President Yanukovych is still in function, and what's his part in all
this, remains unclear, as after Vilnius he's never showed up on the
media!).

So far, the protesters, thank God, proved to be quite efficient at
neutralizing the provocative groups (the city-dwellers more efficient than
the politicians)). By your sensation-hunting, you play, without your own
awareness, along the scenario of the coup spin-doctors: namely, you
prepare in advance the public opinion of your countries "for the worst".
Please be VERY cautious about ANY bit of "pro-violence" information that
you might get. Ukrainian civil society is now seriously tested on its
maturity, and its capacity for self-organization, and the last thing we
need is being manipulated over through the world media - even if in all
the good will.

It's a "very special" war, a kind to which the 21-st cent. is yet to get
adjusted. Still, it's a war, with no less than our future and independence
at stake. And, if I might suggest so, to a large extent the future of
Europe as well. Please be vigilant

Thank you very much for your support and understanding.
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