No smileys please, a photo from Kyyivska, West

Photographer's Note

No smileys please. It抯 bloody serious for the 44 million Ukrainians.
Once again a people is being bombed and killed. Even by whom they regard as their brother nation �

I took this photo in 2017 at a market in Kiev.
It shows what the real value of that particular individual is estimated.
Now, years later, the beast has completely broken out.
My thoughts go to all the victims of this senseless war that is being fought in so many places.

holmertz, pierrefonds, jadir, worldcitizen, aliabazari, COSTANTINO, NickVu, jemaflor, ikeharel, ChrisJ, CMJC, mcmtanyel has marked this note useful

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holmertz (103596) 2022-02-24 12:06

Hello Paul,
I posted a nice Kiev view today but later remembered I had a poster from Lviv showing Putin like Hitler. But this was much better. This is perfect way to treat the insane dictator.
Best regards,
Gert

emka (158784) 2022-02-24 13:07

Hello Paul,

You chose a good photo for the comment on what has happened today.
Do you know the meaning of what is there?
From Wikipedia:

The obscene term хуйло́ is variously transliterated as huilo, huylo, khuilo, khuylo, or xujlo. Its core is хуй (khuy), literally "dick" in both Russian and Ukrainian (and Polish too). In combination with -lo it may be translated as "dickwad", "dickhead" or "prick".

In May 2014, media outlets reported that the Russian profanity khuilo had been added to the Urban Dictionary as a synonym for Vladimir Putin

Sad day for Europe.

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pierrefonds (115518) 2022-02-24 13:19

Bonsoir Paul,

C'est affreux ce qui se passe en Ukraine, une guerre qui a commenc� pour assouvir les d閟irs de pouvoir de Poutine au d閠riment des ukrainiens, plusieurs personnes ont 閠� tu閑s et bless閑s depuis le d閎ut de l'offensive. Cela est mauvais aussi pour le reste de l'Europe et les autres pays proche de la Russie.

Tue (93412) 2022-02-24 13:39

Hallo Paul,
Toen al was de aversie tegen Poetin groot, het conflict is natuurlijk al heel wat jaren geleden begonnen, maar het heeft vandaag een uiterst schokkende en betreurenswaardige wending genomen. Ongelooflijk hoe 殚n man dit kan aanrichten.
Lars

lousat (139982) 2022-02-24 15:03

Hi Paul,a really bad day, our generation was lucky enough to live in a period of peace, I would like Russian soldiers to enter Ukraine embracing local soldiers, eating and dancing together, and sending Putin to hell ... and instead we will still have many new little saints ready for heaven ... thanks for the post.Luciano

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ifege (49393) 2022-02-24 20:20

Hi Paul
It is amazing that Putin can treat close "relatives" with such disdain and ruthlessness. Flush that toilet paper away!
cheers
Ian

pajaran (117033) 2022-02-24 21:34

Pozdrav.

Interesantan pogled, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija.
Pratim situaciju u Ukrajini na TV vestima.

Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja

Silvio1953 (222889) 2022-02-24 21:51

Ciao David, shame for bad news from Ukrania, our heart is with this unhappy nation and we pray that their sufferings end and peace triumphs, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

aliabazari (23233) 2022-02-24 21:52

Hello Paul
Good text. I wish peace and tranquility to Ukraine. A good view of the Ukrainian people for the dictator.

COSTANTINO (117756) 2022-02-24 22:48

hello my dearest friend
and have a nice day and a
happy week end
i agree with you my dearest friend...
....my thoughts go to all the victims of this
senseless war that is being fought in so many places.....
regards
costantino

jemaflor (148214) 2022-02-24 23:36

Salut Paul,
Bien vue ce post pour ce triste jour, un comportement guerrier d'un autre temps pour ce Poutine, la population russe m閞ite mieux ... la t阾e de Poutine est bien appropri閑 pour la destination de ces rouleaux de papier. Compassion pour les Ukrainiens ...

ikeharel (114569) 2022-02-24 23:59

On the contrary, Paul, this deserves a smiley...
Nothing can justify what we see on TV nowadays.
Best regards,
Ike

mkamionka (75113) 2022-02-25 1:25

Hi Paul,
Great idea here, I like it. When I visited Lviv I bought couple of these rolls for friends and family as gifts. They still have it. I think they will used it now.
Sadly I didn't take a photo of it.
I still cannot believe this is happening. Somehow it is easier to accept a war which happens in faraway destinations among people of distant cultures, but 21st century Central Europe sounds really unbelievable.
M

foxy (3523) 2022-02-25 5:59

Hello Paul,
The World is getting more and more violent to live.
This war is pure 'Evil' and 'Madness' ... at the moment it's a very tense situation.
To surrender or To keep fighting.
Well, these toilet rolls come very handy ... to shove him where the sun don't shine :-)
I just hope that we all have 'PEACE' not war ... the next few days or weeks.
It's so sad.
Loong

BennyV (34780) 2022-02-25 9:25

"Mooie" foto voor de trieste gelegenheid. Onvoorstelbaar dat oorlog in Europa nog tot de mogelijkheden behoorde. Voor mij is Oekraine onbekend gebied, maar een vriend en collega van me was vlak voor covid nog in deze regio op reis en vertelt 's middags enthousiaste verhalen over hoe tof hij die regio vindt.

Benny

jmdias (116441) 2022-02-26 12:26

paul

humor is one the best ways to deal with the power, the humor can destroy any pride no matter how many atomic guns you have.
excellent details of this popular stall. anyway the personage have received many other homages like this.
TFS
take care

jorge

kasianowak (17676) 2022-02-27 4:37

I wonder if you took this image in a market stall near St. Andrew's church... I remember things like souvenir banknotes with personages such as TV series' Dr. House (character played by Hugh Laurie). That was in 2010 though, when I revisited in December 2017 the majority of souvenirs were plastic dumbligs (vareniki)...
Just a digression. It's all really shocking and my thoughts go to the Ukrainian people. I also worry about those I personally met, nice and helpful people. Exchanged a couple of emails with an old friend in Lviv, who seemed to be in high spirits (or just pretended). But I can't see how they could, in the wildest dreams, push the much stronger invader back. :-(

mcmtanyel (69195) 2022-03-31 20:29

Hello Paul,
I must have missed this one. Yes, the Ukrainians' feelings about Putin are very clear.
Regards,
MT