Jotun
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I noticed on Thursday watching ITV news there was only one piece on news coverage covering the war compared to even a week before where it was the only thing being covered.
I hope I'm wrong but I feel war fatigue may kick in with the west and arguably it already has. Even if we look at this thread, last week i come back on here after sleeping and it's double figure pages to catch up on, now it's four at most.
I don't think it's just the war fatigue, it's just how many times can you report the same thing. Russians are shelling the cities, they are making very limited, if any progress. Basically the state of war is the same for almost 10 days now. Basically there is nothing new going on and it's hard to talk and bring anything new of note do discuss.
My parents have accepted Ukrainian refugees (we are not in UK), I've met them a few days ago, so this war is always on my mind, but it's simply hard to contribute anything to discussions. Basically it's wait and see how the next few weeks/months go and hope Russian front and economy falls apart or something.
When I say worried i was thinking more in the sense of willingness to help (in terms of donations etc). Not saying it makes people bad but it's human nature to not be as on the ball 6 months in as it is 2 weeks in (another example would be the slow erosion of things like clap for key workers and the all in this together spirit over the lockdowns).
Well, my business is raising some funds for a donation this month, so it will come due in two weeks. But yes, personal donations won't be as significant in the coming weeks. However, those are not that important, the important donations are from governments and I can't see those stopping coming in. UK, EU and USA will want to support Ukraine as much as possible and they will do it, because they will know war is going on and governments don't care about news cycles (in this context, of course they care if there's something dodgy being reported) but rather strategic goals, and handling Putin will remain a strategic goal for Western powers. At least I believe it so.
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