Russia has not only "occupied" the territory, but the entire line of local administrative, economic, educational and military shifted to the Russian model.
Now the buses running on the streets of the four eastern states of Ukraine – Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Helsinki – are printed with Russian advertisements, children in schools are devoted to Russian textbooks, and even old-age pensioners are directly paid for rubles in cash.
Three years ago, Russia held a quick referendum, signing a presidential decree and incorporating the name of the four states into the constitution.
In just three years, more than 3 million local residents held Russian passports in their hands, bank counters were replaced by Russian-style systems, wages were settled in rubles, and even Zaporozhe's largest nuclear power plant was replaced by the Russian flag, and all the engineers inside were replaced by people sent by Moscow.
You ask what the Ukrainian army is doing?They painted a red circle on the map, but in reality the Russian army moved like ants, one inch and one inch forward.Lugansk had long been cleaned by the Russians, and the bridge head for the Helsinki area was rebuilt with iron barrels.
Even worse, the Donbass coal mine reopened, the Black Sea coastal strategic passage was opened, and Crimea and the Russian mainland were united.These changes did not happen overnight, but like water droplets, slowly wiping out the traces of Ukraine.
See if the child can go to school safely, see if the elderly get the pension at the time, see if they are sick or if there is a place to govern.
At present, hospitals in these four states use Russian medical insurance cards, Russian papers are used for college entrance examinations, and even the shelves of roadside supermarkets are filled with Russian-made products. You said that after living like this for three to five years, how many people still remember what the flag of Kiev looks like?
Western media scold at the United Nations every day, and Ukrainian representatives complain with legal documents, but ordinary people vote with their feet. In the summer of 2025, 120 tons of food and medicine were distributed in the Russian-controlled area of Kharkiv, but even classrooms in the opposite Ukrainian-controlled area lacked electricity.
Teachers have to run a few kilometers to find mobile phone signals for students to online classes, and the soldiers in the military camp are difficult to find even two clean socks.This contrast is too striking – on the one hand, life is gradually restored order, on the other hand, fighting for life in the war.
Russia's "slow integration" is more powerful than tank charge. They are not in a hurry to declare victory, but silently connect all administrative systems, educational resources, and economic lifelines to their own networks. It's like changing the soil for a tree. When the roots of a tree are stuck in the new soil, it will be difficult to pull it out again.
It is said to be a violation of international law, but the reality is placed in front of the eye: when your children write text in Russian every day, when you take the rubles to the market to buy food, when your identity card turns into a green Russian passport, those borders on the map have long been blurred.
The war is on this part, the battle is not who can fire more cannons, but who can support the people's daily lives. Ukraine is not without struggle. The weapons sent by the West are still on the front, but the more tight the logistical line, the fewer the soldiers fight.
Looking back now, the real “cutting ground” is not the signature of the paper on the negotiating table at all, but the replacement of every detail in life. From textbooks to currencies, from pensions to television shows, Russia has completed a quiet transformation of identity in three years. It is like hot water boiling a frog, waiting for the frog to find hot water and can no longer jump out of the pot.
No matter what their position is, what the people long for is nothing more than peaceful days. Maybe one day history books will write down everything about today, but for every ordinary person, being able to pick up their children to school safely, receiving their wages on time, and lighting a light at night are the true sense of belonging.
(Main source: Beijing News Network-Lukashenko warned that Ukraine may "cease to exist" and accused Zelensky of causing negotiations to stagnate)
Now the buses running on the streets of the four eastern states of Ukraine – Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporozhye and Helsinki – are printed with Russian advertisements, children in schools are devoted to Russian textbooks, and even old-age pensioners are directly paid for rubles in cash.
Three years ago, Russia held a quick referendum, signing a presidential decree and incorporating the name of the four states into the constitution.
In just three years, more than 3 million local residents held Russian passports in their hands, bank counters were replaced by Russian-style systems, wages were settled in rubles, and even Zaporozhe's largest nuclear power plant was replaced by the Russian flag, and all the engineers inside were replaced by people sent by Moscow.
You ask what the Ukrainian army is doing?They painted a red circle on the map, but in reality the Russian army moved like ants, one inch and one inch forward.Lugansk had long been cleaned by the Russians, and the bridge head for the Helsinki area was rebuilt with iron barrels.
Even worse, the Donbass coal mine reopened, the Black Sea coastal strategic passage was opened, and Crimea and the Russian mainland were united.These changes did not happen overnight, but like water droplets, slowly wiping out the traces of Ukraine.
See if the child can go to school safely, see if the elderly get the pension at the time, see if they are sick or if there is a place to govern.
At present, hospitals in these four states use Russian medical insurance cards, Russian papers are used for college entrance examinations, and even the shelves of roadside supermarkets are filled with Russian-made products. You said that after living like this for three to five years, how many people still remember what the flag of Kiev looks like?
Western media scold at the United Nations every day, and Ukrainian representatives complain with legal documents, but ordinary people vote with their feet. In the summer of 2025, 120 tons of food and medicine were distributed in the Russian-controlled area of Kharkiv, but even classrooms in the opposite Ukrainian-controlled area lacked electricity.
Teachers have to run a few kilometers to find mobile phone signals for students to online classes, and the soldiers in the military camp are difficult to find even two clean socks.This contrast is too striking – on the one hand, life is gradually restored order, on the other hand, fighting for life in the war.
Russia's "slow integration" is more powerful than tank charge. They are not in a hurry to declare victory, but silently connect all administrative systems, educational resources, and economic lifelines to their own networks. It's like changing the soil for a tree. When the roots of a tree are stuck in the new soil, it will be difficult to pull it out again.
It is said to be a violation of international law, but the reality is placed in front of the eye: when your children write text in Russian every day, when you take the rubles to the market to buy food, when your identity card turns into a green Russian passport, those borders on the map have long been blurred.
The war is on this part, the battle is not who can fire more cannons, but who can support the people's daily lives. Ukraine is not without struggle. The weapons sent by the West are still on the front, but the more tight the logistical line, the fewer the soldiers fight.
Looking back now, the real “cutting ground” is not the signature of the paper on the negotiating table at all, but the replacement of every detail in life. From textbooks to currencies, from pensions to television shows, Russia has completed a quiet transformation of identity in three years. It is like hot water boiling a frog, waiting for the frog to find hot water and can no longer jump out of the pot.
No matter what their position is, what the people long for is nothing more than peaceful days. Maybe one day history books will write down everything about today, but for every ordinary person, being able to pick up their children to school safely, receiving their wages on time, and lighting a light at night are the true sense of belonging.
(Main source: Beijing News Network-Lukashenko warned that Ukraine may "cease to exist" and accused Zelensky of causing negotiations to stagnate)