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格罗兹尼的天空/Grozny Skies
约稿图，原画师是Dzsi: user/43703656， 其中val（不是角色，枪）则是SAWKM画的：user/25602174
Commissioned work from Dzsi: user/43703656 with val (the gun, not the character) drawn by SAWKM: https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/25602174. Also special thanks to a certain helvegan in a certain discord channel
其实吧，不管你们信不信，这幅画我是20号约的，约完之后这画就从历史同人图变成了时政图了。就，愿为了这件事情而流的血越少越好吧。
Look, believe it or not, the artwork was commissioned on the 20th so before the entire shitshow. Who would have thought a fan art for a historical event somehow turned into an artwork for a contemporary military event. Well, let's just say I wish all sides involved in this shitshow can come to a peaceful ending with the least amount of bloodshed possible。
俄罗斯（和苏联）在20世纪末进行的一系列军事行动，从阿富汗到车臣，也许还包括93年打在白宫上的炮响都有种很独特的味道，满脸疲惫的士兵，七拼八凑的装备，民间对自由的追寻，以及在对未来感到迷茫的同时却又发现这一切恰恰是自己造成的愤怒和悔恨——或许这两种情绪来形容也不太恰当，倒不如说更像是一种在角落中捂住耳朵不敢让自己抬头的失落。或者用P站用户更能共情的说法，NTR游戏中苦主在听到了一点关于女主在做什么的传闻之后主动选择不上自己常去的黄网的那种掩耳盗铃。我愿把这种感觉与中国下岗潮和美国越战反战潮并称二战后五常三大迷悯。
Russia's (and soviet's) military operations at the end of the 20th century have a very unique vibe to them. Br it in Afgan, Chechenya or perhaps even those rounds that went off at the walls of the White House back in '93. Tired soldiers, barely uniform equipment, the lostness within the population. That longing for freedom crushed by the reality of cold nights with barely any heating that they can afford. And- you could say it's an anger and remorse, but I think a better way to put it is the feeling of closing your eyes before the storm, and living by every peaceful second until everything comes crashing down. I would say this is the first real uniquely Russian culture for the new Russian Federation, just like the uniquely PRC culture created when workers found out that the nationalised industries no longer need them (and industries no longer nationalised too) in China back in the 80s, but I digress.
"我亲爱的妹妹，你是否安好？
风雪现在想必已覆盖了故乡的路
流星闪烁于格罗兹尼的夜空
——别告诉妈妈我身在车臣“
"Hello sister, my dearest, how are you?
The roads at home must be covered by the snowstorms
Stars are falling in Grozny's sky
Just don tell mom I'm in Chechnya"