War in Ukraine: For What and for Whom?

Rally against mobilization in Dneprovka.  Hello. I am daughter of a recruit, and I just do not want my father to go to war. Please tell me for what and for whom? For those rich crooks in government? Excuse me please, I still live in a quiet town in a quiet village. And why would my father go and shoot at his brothers?

We stand at the graves of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers who fought for the peaceful sky over our heads! Now, what? (applause) Now our uncles, fathers, grandfathers, go and fight, just for those criminals! Excuse me please, the war was not started by these men who stand behind me, but by very rich criminals in power, and it is making them huge, huge fortunes. Why should my father go fight in that war? (applause) For what? And you know what is the saddest thing of all? My great-grandfather saw the war, my great-grandmother saw the war, and now what?

What kinds of things are shown on TV now? I'm a student of journalism. I am attending classes, and teachers tell us: "Children, don't watch TV, a civil war is coming!" But this is not a war between people, but between governments. And every television, every channel - whether it is civil TV, central, our own regional, they all show so much propaganda! Russia shows one thing, Ukraine shows another. TV5 is Poroshenko's TV channel. There it does not say that Poroshenko is full of shit, that he is a man who will do anything for money. (Applause) That will not be shown on that television because it is his channel. And it is the same with all the other TV channels.

I just want to say one more thing, we did not start it (the war) and we protect our decent everyday men. If the war comes to our region, then my father will go and will put himself into service. And all that for me, my sister, my mother, and for all the others. (screams from the crowd) Then, everyone will go! ... (Girl again) Then, everyone will go. Because there are women and men who are willing to fight only for their own country, but not for those rich crooks.