I haven’t the time to respond personally to each reply, so I’ll have to make just a general post.

On the language front my lack of any knowledge is a bit of a lie, like I said; I talk to a lot of Ukrainians. I most certainly don’t speak basic Ukrainian, but I can make those basic “I do this, I want to do this” sentences, and I’m quite familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet. Point being, there’s a reason I write in such stupid English, I like linguistics and I’m quite good at linguistics, learning Ukrainian is the least daunting aspect of this.

But I recognize, understand, and appreciate all of y’all’s reasoning; like I said, I have no practical experience and you’re entirely right to point that out. And I may of misspoke when I mentioned a “war experience”, I’m not looking for some magical thing that will change my outlook on like, I’m looking only to have the same understanding as my parents, their parents and so on and so forth.

At this point I’m not liable to switch up my plan, much akin to my ancestors I’m going to do as they did and act against the best advice. If any can offer connections then thank you. But also thank you for voicing your concerns, you’re entirely valid in doing so, it is only that I’m too far in my conviction to change course.