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It is December 26, 2004. Roksolana and Vassyl are watching
the vote count at Donetsk poling place # 17 after an exhausting day as International Observers.
"In the
end 1892 votes went to Yanukovych and 194 to Yushchenko. The 'boysyky' (thugs, in an endearing way), as my husband
and I secretly christened them, were ecstatic. Their job was done. They succeeded.
"It was clear, however, that all of the 'boysyky' were shocked
that there were so many votes for for Yushchenko. ..... One of the young men leaned over to me..... He said (in Russian) 'look how many enemies we have'.
"My Russian is very poor I said 'What
does vra mean?' He turned to his friend and said, 'Tell her what vra is'. Immediately two men responded at
the same time; one in English and the other in Ukrainian 'enemy-vorohy'. I said, I don't understand. And
then he said to me 'My yich duslyly' and he clenched both fists and twisted them in a choking
fashion.
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'I yich duslyly' ('We squeezed
them and look how many still betrayed us').
"I stood there in shock. I will never forget his
face and his gesture. I was speechless. Maybe I should have said something, but for what purpose?" "We returned just last night and cannot sleep
because the visions of UKRAINA, the young people, the very elderly, the discussions, the Maydan, and especially DONETSK are
dominating our thoughts.
"We were in Donetsk. There was no Orange Revolution
there. ..... We did not hear the Ukrainian language spoken. ..... There was no singing, no sense of unity, no joy, and
no hope. ..... They had no clue about what was happening in Kyiv, what was happening in central and western Ukraine,
and what was happening internationally. VONY SPRAVDI BULY ZASLIPLENI. (They were truly blind).
Roksolana and Vassyl December 30, 2004, 2:00a.m."
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