Her husband died 3 years ago in eastern Ukraine. So when the full-scale invasion
Her husband died 3 years ago in eastern Ukraine. So when the full-scale invasion began, ballerina at the National Theater of Opera and Ballet Olesia Vorotnyk realized it was time for her to defend her country.
“Ballet instils discipline. It cultivates strength of mind—and means tolerating pain. “The shoes hurt; staying on your toes hurts,” Ms Vorotnyk says. “Your feet bleed. But you learn to dance through it all.” She knows several women now serving in the army who studied rhythmic gymnastics, which, for similar reasons, she sees as akin to military training.”
“There was this myth of the great Russia, and its great army,” the warrior-ballerina reflects. But in the wake of all the pillage and looting, “we see the truth: they come here to steal our toilets.” These feelings will not fade soon. Ms Vorotnyk says she has “seen Russian culture in Bucha and Irpin”, places near Kyiv where the invaders committed war crimes. “I wonder if those Russians read Pushkin.”
Olesia’s story in The Economist: https://econ.st/3OH2ZdN
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