# Things about Ukraine culture I learned through the war videos

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**Created:** [November 13, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-ukraine-culture-i-learned-through-the-war-videos/974852 "2022-11-13T14:25:55Z")
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#### Post date: [November 13, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-about-ukraine-culture-i-learned-through-the-war-videos/974852/1 "2022-11-13T14:25:55Z")

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I am always keen to look at the environment (landscape, city-background) of those 1000s of vids we have been seeing over the past 9 or so months of Ukr, its life and its culture …

I am certain I am not the only one …

What are things that caught your attention:???

Let me start:

Those “touristy” city markers were “new” to me:

[![](https://i.redd.it/bw53fdhcqpz91.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/bw53fdhcqpz91.jpg)  
[![](https://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2022/09/12/P01-220912-318.jpg) ](https://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2022/09/12/P01-220912-318.jpg)

they seem to be quite omnipresent - even on smaller settlements …

another thing that cought my eye … the relevance of “bunches of flower” as tokens of appreciation seems to run deep in Ukr. culture

[![](https://www.gulftoday.ae/-/media/gulf-today/images/articles/news/2022/11/13/ukraine-kherson-nov13-main1-750.ashx?h=450&w=750&hash=B74C565E6B405F848285DBB1A3014B80) ](https://www.gulftoday.ae/-/media/gulf-today/images/articles/news/2022/11/13/ukraine-kherson-nov13-main1-750.ashx?h=450&w=750&hash=B74C565E6B405F848285DBB1A3014B80)

[![](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/SKJ6Iw3A2ojcPf5ikN9dFg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtoPTY2Ng--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2022-03/e54d4f80-a0fa-11ec-aeff-f5efea0686c0) ](https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/SKJ6Iw3A2ojcPf5ikN9dFg--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtoPTY2Ng--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2022-03/e54d4f80-a0fa-11ec-aeff-f5efea0686c0)

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what “lateral” aspects of the Ukr. culture have cought your attention during the '22 war???