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For much of 2023, the eyes of the world were still on Ukraine, but this attention was that of a streaming TV addict, flicking through the fresh releases, looking for a new series to binge on.[qh]
在2023年的大部分时间里，全世界的目光仍在关注乌克兰，但这种关注来自于一个流媒体电视剧爱好者，快速浏览最新发布的剧集，寻找一部可以疯狂观看的新剧。[qh]
The release of the 2023 season of Russia's war, branded as “Ukraine's counteroffensive”, was delayed. And then something more gripping came along.[qh]
2023年俄罗斯战争季的上映被推迟，这一季被称为“乌克兰反攻” 。然后更扣人心弦的事情发生了。[qh]
In early October, I was in Ukraine at the Lviv Book Forum, a literary festival.[qh]
10月初，我在乌克兰参加利沃夫图书论坛，这是一个文学节。[qh]
It was co-organised with the Hay festival, and thus attracted a good number of international journalists.[qh]
它与海伊音乐节联合举办，因此吸引了大量的国际记者。[qh]
On the morning of 7 October I met several of them rushing through the hotel lobby, bags packed, taxis waiting to take them back to the Polish border.[qh]
在10月7日的早晨，我遇到了他们中的几个人，他们匆匆穿过酒店大厅，行李收拾好了，出租车等着把他们送回波兰边境。[qh]
They were off to the Middle East.[qh]
他们动身去中东了。[qh]
I started to get requests for comment from papers around the world, asking me to share how it felt to compete for attention with the Israel-Gaza war.[qh]
我开始收到来自世界各地报纸的评论请求，让我分享与以色列-加沙战争争夺关注的感受。[qh]
I did not wish to partake in a competition of human suffering orchestrated by the media and exacerbated by our ever-shortening attention span.[qh]
我不希望参与一场由媒体精心策划、由于持续缩短的注意力而加剧的人类苦难竞争。[qh]
For people caught in the violence, be it in Palestine, Israel or Ukraine, this was no TV series.[qh]
对于陷入暴力的人们来说，无论是在巴勒斯坦、以色列还是乌克兰，这都不是电视剧。[qh]
It was their lives on display: blood, sweat and tears. But I had to admit that the Ukraine fatigue we'd been afraid of since the start of the all-out war had descended in earnest.[qh]
展示的是他们的生活:鲜血、汗水和泪水。但我不得不承认，自全面战争开始以来，我们一直害怕的“乌克兰疲劳”已经真正降临。[qh]
Outside the country, there was less and less investment in Ukraine's victory.[qh]
在国外，对乌克兰胜利的投资越来越少。[qh]
“You need to change your tune, you know. People don't take this victory rhetoric seriously any more,” said a man at a Christmas party, as 2023 drew to an end.[qh]
“你需要改变你的调子，你知道的。“人们不再把这种胜利的言辞当真了。”在2023年即将结束之际，一名男子在圣诞派对上说。[qh]
I tried to convince myself he meant well.[qh]
我试图让自己相信他是好意。[qh]
“How should I fight this Ukraine fatigue here in London while my compatriots fight the Russian missiles at home?” I asked.[qh]
“我该如何在伦敦应对这种对乌克兰疲劳，当我的同胞们在国内与俄罗斯的导弹作战时?”我问。[qh]
“I don't know, but the whole victory thing isn't working, because we've given you everything and you still haven't won.”[qh]
“我不知道，但那种胜利的想法行不通，因为我们给了你一切，你还是没有赢。”[qh]
I gasped for air and told him that we've also given everything and then some.[qh]
我喘着气告诉他，我们也付出了一切，甚至更多。[qh]
I told him that earlier that night, just before heading out to the party, I had phoned my mother.[qh]
我告诉他，那天晚上早些时候，就在去参加聚会之前，我给母亲打了电话。[qh]
She told me that a distant cousin who had been fighting at the front had been killed.[qh]
她告诉我，一个在前线作战的远房表亲阵亡了。[qh]
She had spoken to our relatives who had been to his funeral.[qh]
她和参加他葬礼的亲戚们谈过了。[qh]
“They only buried his legs, you know,” mum said on the phone.[qh]
“他们只埋了他的腿，你知道，”妈妈在电话里说。[qh]
“Couldn't find any other parts after the blast. His comrades recognised his legs because he had distinct tattoos.”[qh]
“爆炸后找不到任何其他部分。他的战友认出了他的腿，因为他身上有明显的纹身。”[qh]
It's good that I also have a tattoo, I thought. Who knows? Just in case.[qh]
我想，我也有一个纹身，这很好。谁知道呢?以防万一。[qh]
I didn't say that to my mum. Instead, I said: “That's awful. At least we could bury the whole of Volodya.”[qh]
我没跟我妈说。相反，我说:“这太糟糕了。至少我们可以埋葬整个沃洛佳。”[qh]
Volodya, my brother, was killed in action in 2017.[qh]
我的兄弟沃洛佳在2017年的行动中阵亡。[qh]
That was before the world discovered Ukraine.[qh]
那是在世界发现乌克兰之前。[qh]
It was when leaders of the free world still shook Putin's hand, bought Russian oil and enabled the aggressor to prepare for the inevitable escalation.[qh]
那时，自由世界的领导人仍然与普京握手，购买俄罗斯的石油，让侵略者为不可避免的升级做好准备。[qh]
My brother was killed in Luhansk region, near Popasna, when Popasna was still standing.[qh]
我的兄弟在卢甘斯克地区被杀，就在波帕斯纳附近，当时波帕斯纳还在。[qh]
Now, if you look at the aerial images of that city, you can see only ruins. Remnants of cities are like remnants of people, hard to recognise.[qh]
现在，如果你看那个城市的航拍图，你只能看到废墟。残留的城市就像残留的人一样，难以辨认。[qh]
“I guess we were lucky. We didn't need to look for tattoos to recognise Volodya's body,” I said to my mum.[qh]
“我想我们很幸运。我们不需要找纹身就能认出沃洛佳的身体，”我对妈妈说。[qh]
She agreed. Ukrainian luck.[qh]
她同意了。乌克兰的运气。[qh]
