A Cuban who lives in Kiev responded on TikTok about why she did not return to Cuba, despite Ukraine being in a war driven by Russia.
Massiel Hernández Castro, who owns the profile massi_h_c, commented on several reasons why she prefers to be in a country in conflict rather than in her country of birth.
"I know it would have been easier if I had gone back to my country, or at least that's what people think. This country is at war! Are you crazy? Many told me that," said the young woman in the video.
"But the sad story that my country lives is harder than living in a country at war, where public transportation does not exist; where going to a café and simply buying a coffee is impossible because there isn't any. Where going to a shopping mall and simply buying clothes is not possible; those stores do not exist," he described and concluded by saying that he prefers to live in a country at war than in his, which is not at war.
"Everything will end quickly. It cannot last forever," "It's better to live with the risk than to die, than to die while living!" "Only we Cubans will understand," were some of the comments made on her post.
Through her social media, the young woman shares part of her experience living in Ukraine, a country that has posed a challenge both due to the language and its climate and cultural idiosyncrasy.
Last year, a Cuban nurse named Sasha Borrego, who is volunteering in Ukraine, directed harsh words at the Cuban mercenaries who have joined the Russian military ranks.
"If the Russians win this war, it won't just be Ukraine that loses; Europe will lose, and we will all lose. (...) You are not here to kill criminals (in Ukraine), you are here to kill innocent people. Don't be stupid and don't embarrass Cuba any further," Borrego said to the mercenaries in an interview conducted by AméricaTeVe.
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