It's Vader...

Photographer: Igor Kostin

The Ukrainian flag flies in Chornobyl once again. 🇺🇦

@elenatria @green-ann @dianetastesmetal @rbmk-ana @the-jewish-marxist @kaiserrr19 @alyeen1 @litttlesilkworm @tryingtobealwaystrying @borislegasov @borislegasovv @arionvulgaris @fearfulharmony @stellan-pip-69 @johnlockismyreligion @natasharedfox @ignalina-c0re @kriegskrieger @owlboxes @4everflowercore

Or, as my favourite post-Soviet joke says: “How good and happy was life in the USSR! People were happy every day: you managed to find and buy a piece of butter - you’re happy, you bought a kilo of sugar - you’re happy, you got toilet paper - you’re super happy. And now? You go to the shop and buy everything you want, where’s the happiness?”))) 

@tryingtobealwaystrying, @elenatria, @valerafan2, @fmasha-l, @kriegskrieg, @kriegsverlobte, @toptunovs,  @russian-senpai, @alyeen1, @art-is-a-malady, @akimfu, @drunkardonjunkyard, @siriuslymeg, @johnlockismyreligion, @litttlesilkworm, @dank-hp--memes @shit-in-silk-stocking, @borisboyfriend, @attachedtofictionalpeople, @thegreenmeridian, @shark-from-the-park, @cocomoraine, @pottedmusic, @jedikatalina, @potter012, @gwinny3k, @gwaciechang, @liza801, @live-long-and-time-warp, @itisa-profoundbond-sarandom, @green-ann, @megaladyrocker

P.S.: This might be a good moment to search for a fic in which they do see each other again? Where they get that little bit of happiness? They deserve it and you too <3

At that moment, as Boris and Valery say their silent good-byes to each other, they part knowing that the sacrifice was futile - and that they have lost their chance to spend whatever time they have left in this life, together 💔