You are absolutely correct. I had to think long and hard about this review because I am not a Russian apologist. They are an enemy of freedom and an oppressor. I’m sorry if it came off as insensitive. I based my review on the fictional character’s voice and whether it was the times or her situation she went to great pains to identify herself as Russian first. In the author notes she does the same thing.

At the same time, I do appreciate your POV and am going to change/modify my review for greater historical accuracy.

I thought the protagonist was Ukrainian? The description states she lived in Kyiv, that’s the capital of Ukraine so I’m confused. Ukrainians and ruzzians are not the same people although we were once part of Soviet Union empire (i.e. colonized forcefully by ruzzia). Given the current war on Ukraine and the ongoing genocide of Ukrainian people there should be no confusion between the two. Also, Hitler didn’t just invade ruzzia. He annihilated Belarus and invaded Ukraine as well which were part of Soviet empire, it should be mentioned. It’s not only ruzzian women who served in the war, there were Ukrainian, Belarusian, Latvian, Lithuanian etc. women serving as well.

The Huntress is next on my list. I hadn’t heard about The Briar Club, but that sounds good, too!