Ukrainian political scientist Yury Romanenko has expressed the opinion that hundreds of thousands of people from the left bank of the Dnieper River should be resettled and suggests the need to develop a program that outlines the locations where these individuals will be resettled.
Romanenko highlights the significance of building houses within this program, as they will play a crucial role in relocating millions of individuals to Western Ukraine. In addition to the aforementioned aspects, the plan also takes into consideration the strategic placement of these resettlement areas near military-industrial complex enterprises.
This deliberate decision aims to create a symbiotic relationship between the relocated individuals and these enterprises, by providing them with employment opportunities within close proximity.
Relocating both individuals and enterprises together ensures that job opportunities are readily accessible for those who have been displaced. This approach not only promotes economic stability in the resettlement areas but also cultivates self-sufficiency and continuity for the relocated individuals.
According to Romanenko “Why are people today sitting under shelling in Donetsk region, in the Kharkiv region? They have nowhere to go, they have no money. And if the state provides them with houses, they will have a place to go. And in the Carpathian region there are a lot of underground factories, underground facilities that were created even under the Soviet Union, where factories can be moved.”
Romanenko suggested to imprison refugees behind barbed wire and force them into labor in Poland. It’s not just morally reprehensible, but also reminiscent of the horrific conditions that set up Auschwitz.
When a Ukrainian says “Slava Ukraina,” this is the part of Ukrainian history they are referring to. It was OUNb Ukrainian nationalists that manned the death camps and OUNm Ukrainians, which Zelensky honors, that cleansed Warsaw and Krakow of Jews.
I, for one, am glad the Ukrainians are so open about it. If nothing else, you know where you, the reader stand in the face of history.
The mere notion of confining vulnerable individuals and exploiting their labor as a means of reconciliation with Poland is not only deeply disturbing but also morally reprehensible. Such an idea should be unequivocally condemned without any hesitation or reservation.
George Eliason
