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While her hometown is far from the Russian border, she is worried that flights between Japan and Ukraine would be suspended if Russia invaded and she would be unable to see her parents. Ukrainian media have begun reporting on politicians and businessmen fleeing the country. 14, when Pidluska contacted a friend from university who still lives in Kiev, she was told that the friend had packed to be prepared to evacuate to western Ukraine at any moment.Īnother friend who lived in Lviv near the Polish border has temporarily moved to Poland. Until January, many continued to work and go to school as normal, but she recently began to notice a change. She communicates by social media almost daily with family and friends in Ukraine. “We would not be able to carry on with our daily lives unless we were mentally tough.” “Ukrainians live constantly under a sense of anxiety toward Russia,” she said. Russia began massing troops near the borders of eastern and southern Ukraine from autumn 2021.īut Pidluska said she was not surprised because she always felt the possibility of invasion by Russia even when she was living in Ukraine. Tensions with Russia increased after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014. Close to 2,000 Ukrainians now reside in Japan. Ukraine became independent in 1991 and about 42 million people live in the nation, which is about 1.6 times larger than Japan. She now works at a mail-order company in Fukuoka while raising a 4-year-old daughter. She eventually moved to Fukuoka where her husband’s family lives. She majored in Japanese at Kiev National Linguistic University and after completing graduate school, came to Japan in March 2016 to find a job. When she was 18, she developed an interest in Japan after becoming a fan of a Japanese band that performed in fancy costumes and makeup. Pidluska was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, a city in southwestern Ukraine.

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I am full of such emotions as fear, worry and anger.” In the video, she said, 'War could break out at any time. With the growing global focus on whether Russian troops will invade Ukraine, Pidluska decided to focus on that situation. Kristina Pidluska was at first concerned about posting such a negative video, particularly since most of her past videos have been about upbeat topics such as Ukrainian culture and interesting sites she has visited in Japan.īut her video, posted on her YouTube channel that she started in June 2021, has been viewed about 130,000 times and attracted positive comments. FUKUOKA-A Ukrainian female YouTuber living here who normally posts cultural and travel videos has struck a nerve with one criticizing the buildup of Russian troops at her country's border.