I’m Ukrainian. Stop comparing my suffering to Palestinians’.

hear me out

Anastasia Lebedenko
6 min readFeb 18, 2024

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(Credit: Twitter / X, NYT)

“Israel has killed more women and children than have been killed in Ukraine,” read the New York Times title page from November 26, 2023.

As a Ukrainian, this was one of the most appalling phrasing I’ve encountered in press for months. And believe me, I read a lot of gut-wrenching news daily.

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Anastasia Lebedenko

A human in war. Empathy-driven. Rediscovering what it means to be Ukrainian. Stories, reflections, and experiences of one human being. Find contacts in "About."