烏克蘭走難，盧布變瀑布 Trains in Ukraine, Ruble Lost Battle

生於亂世，本已沒有理所當然。中文有古語「人在江湖，身不由己」，此時此刻感受頗深。

烏克蘭新聞報道有母送幼女獨上火車，卻非自私卸責不顧女兒，卻諷刺於因為不卸責照顧殘疾母，兩難之下含淚送別女兒，去盡責做女兒。令人落淚。

烏克蘭走難列車，列車也是裂車，載着一個個家庭撕裂；一聲聲火車隆隆，掩蓋着一個個內心傷痛。即使人在車上漸行漸遠，人生路也不易走得遠；但選擇留下來的，戰火中也很容易留不來。太過無奈。

身處香港，官方媒體不見烏克蘭消息，但有很多熱心人士主動找其他消息來源。香港曾受世界關注，如今是時候也同樣關注烏克蘭。

有俄羅斯運動員在奧運直播鏡頭面前展示「No War」標語，加上俄羅斯國家內有民眾遊行表達反戰，充分反映有相當滿意反對戰爭，不是所有人都沉醉於所謂的「大俄羅斯美夢」。上帝要你滅亡，必先令你瘋狂，所謂的大俄帝國夢，可能只是某人自己一廂情願發夢。仍然有很多民眾愛好和平，願意共存。

看見訪問，那些俄羅斯軍人吃過期軍糧，有些甚至被告知進入烏克蘭境內會受到歡迎，進行演習。這於下級軍人實在是徹底欺騙。軍人進入部隊後，消息基本上與外界隔絕，只接收到上級及軍方的通知。可以說是工具，滿足野心的工具。很遺憾，他們被欺騙，甚至付出性命，換來的只是表面上所謂的對北約正當防衛。那些軍人有些很年輕，一樣有家人，與烏克蘭人一樣，隨時失去家庭與家人，家人也隨時失去他們。不單止沒有任何一方勝利，兩個國家的人民都受傷害。

受戰爭傷害的又豈只戰場上的士兵呢？即使有份反對戰爭的俄羅斯人民，願意與烏克蘭共存的人物，他們一樣免不了受傷害。俄羅斯盧布因為俄羅斯被排除於Swift系統，貶值程度與瀑布一樣，令人震驚又唏噓。反戰的俄羅斯人物一樣有辛勤工作，一樣有為自己與家人而儲蓄，但即使他們反對戰爭也避免不了受到損害。他們辛勤儲蓄因為貶值而大幅損失，甚至見到有俄羅斯民眾在商場高層豪爽大撒鈔票，下層民層竟然視若無睹，只是有個別人士拿起手機錄影，卻沒有人願意去撿鈔票。見到這畫面實在令人難過，也許這是無聲憤怒。

他們合法正當工作，為自己為家人改善生活而努力，也站在正確的道德立場，卻要承受巨大損失；更遺憾的是戰爭並未因此而停止，也沒有人會承擔及賠償他們的損失，這樣對他們公平嗎？

這件事大國都有責任，應該阻止的沒有阻止，曾經簽下的安全保證備忘錄與保證承諾變成「歷史文件」，竟然就這樣由得它變成歷史。不應該行動的卻行動了，同樣忘記曾經簽下的備忘錄與保證承諾，同樣任由它變成「歷史文件」。兩國都有很多人為此犧牲了，本來可以避免，令人遺憾。

無論是那一個國家「勝出」，任何一個國家的民眾都輸了，因為鮮血與代價其實都是那些野心家造成的。

我願意一同為烏克蘭與俄羅斯人民祈禱，願你們把握生命認識主耶穌，求主拯救我們。

Born in a chaotic world, it is no longer taken for granted. There is an old Chinese saying that “one cannot help oneself in the jungle”, and I feel it very deeply at this moment.

The Ukrainian news reported that a mother sent her young daughter to a train alone, but she did not shirk her responsibility to take care of her daughter, but it is ironic that because she did not shirk her responsibility to take care of her disabled mother, she sent her daughter away in tears and went to do her duty as a daughter. That makes people cry.

In Ukraine, the train is also a heart-cracked train, carrying families torn apart; the sound of the train rumbling, covering up heartaches. Even if people in the train gradually go far away, life is not easy to go far; but those chose to stay behind, the war also makes them not easy to stay alive. Too much helplessness.

Being in Hong Kong, there is no news about Ukraine in the official media, but there are many enthusiastic people who take the initiative to find other sources of information. Hong Kong has been in the world’s spotlight, and now it’s time to do the same for Ukraine.

Russian athletes displayed the “No War” slogan in front of the live Olympic cameras, and there were demonstrations against the war in Russia, reflecting that there is a considerable amount of civilians against the war and not everyone is indulging in the so-called “Great Russian Dream”. If God wants you to perish, he will first make you crazy. The so-called dream of the Great Russian Empire is probably just someone’s own wishful thinking. There are still many people who love peace and are willing to coexist.

When I saw the news report, the Russian soldiers were fed with expired rations and some of them were even told that they would be welcome to enter Ukraine for drills. This is a total deception for the lower ranking soldiers. After entering the army, the soldiers were basically cut off from the outside world and only received notifications from their superiors and the military. They are tools, so to speak, tools to satisfy someone’s ambitions. Sadly, they were deceived and even paid with their lives in exchange for what was ostensibly a proper defense of NATO. Some of those soldiers are very young and have families. Like Ukrainians, they can lose their homes and families at any time, and their families can lose them at any time. Not only did neither side win, but the people of both countries suffered.

The soldiers on the battlefield are not the only ones who are hurt by the war. Even the Russian people who are against the war, who are willing to live with Ukraine, are not immune to the damage. The Russian ruble, which was excluded from the Swift system, was devalued as much as and as fast as the waterfall, which was shocking and saddening.

Russian people who oppose the war work just as hard, save just as much for themselves and their families, but even if they oppose the war, they cannot avoid the damage. Their hard-earned savings have lost so much due to devaluation that they even saw Russian people spreading money in the upper floors of shopping malls while the lower strata of the population turned a blind eye to it, only to see some people pick up their cell phones and record it, but no one was willing to pick up the money. It was a sad sight to see, and perhaps a silent outrage.

They are working legally and properly, working hard for themselves and their families to improve their lives, and standing on the right moral ground, but they have to suffer huge losses.

It is the responsibility of all the major countries to stop the war, and those who should have stopped it did not. The Memorandum of Security and the pledges that were signed have become “historical documents”, and they were allowed to become history. Those who should not have acted did so, forgetting the MOU and the pledges they had signed, and letting them become “historical documents” as well. It is regrettable that many people in both countries sacrificed themselves for this, which could have been avoided.

Whichever country “wins,” the people of either country lose, because the blood and the cost are actually the result of those ambitious people.

I pray for the innocent people of Ukraine and Russia, and please take hold of your lives and know the Lord Jesus and ask Him to save all of us.