One whole Ukraine⁉️IT specialist Oleksandr Vynnyk from Dnipro...

One whole Ukraine⁉️

IT specialist Oleksandr Vynnyk from Dnipro notes on LinkedIn that his colleagues at major tech companies have begun to encounter discrimination based on their place of residence—professionals from Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia are being denied employment.

It's astonishing how suddenly the division in society has become apparent, categorizing people into different "classes" in Ukraine...

Initially, there was a divide between those from the east and the west, with various figures like Faryon being promoted, plans to surround Donbas with barbed wire, and promises of "strict" reintegration. Eastern Ukrainians were blamed for bringing war, and children of internally displaced persons (citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, or stateless individuals legally residing in the country with the right to permanent residence) were denied library access...

In reality, discrimination based on place of residence and against internally displaced persons in general has existed for quite some time—not only in IT but also affecting workers such as plumbers, electricians, teachers, and many other professions—simply because they come from "those" regions.

This is a problem that is often kept silent, even by the internally displaced themselves, as the state has turned them into citizens of a sort that is not even second-class. They find it pointless to challenge discrimination because no one is there to protect them.

We know many stories of displaced individuals being driven out by neighbors in central and western villages simply because they are from the east.

The state has instilled a massive sense of guilt and burden, making this "rejection" a new "normality." ‍♂️