"The mood here is pretty bad. Many villagers have left and live abroad, and he hasn't been able to find any tradespeople to work with him at the workshop."
"Hopefully he can serve somewhere near here and doesn't have to go to the front line."
"But the fact that they're antagonizing Ukraine won't end well for Hungarians living in Ukraine, because they'll be angry with us here."
"Orban's nationalist, pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian rhetoric has also zeroed in on Ukraine's multiethnic Transcarpathia region."
Velyka Dobron, a village in western Ukraine, appears normal but is largely abandoned, with few working-age men remaining. Sandor Rati, a local carpenter, struggles with the departure of villagers and the drafting of his son into the army. The mood is somber as many have left for better opportunities abroad. Political tensions arise from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, which Rati believes could negatively impact Hungarians living in Ukraine due to rising animosity.
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