Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has long been epistemically marginalized in many academic disciplines, including the Western-centric Feminist Security Studies (FSS). While there is growing FSS literature from/on locations beyond the ‘Global North,’ scholarship from/on CEE is relatively absent in these conversations. When CEE is discussed, it is limited to critique of a region plagued with racism, illiberalism, populism or anti-genderism. While these all present very pressing and persistent problems, more nuanced understanding of the region is needed. This has become urgent since the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine which has sparked an ‘Eastern turn’ among Western FSS scholars. But this sudden interest, we argue, has collided with long-lacking intellectual foundation, solidarity and understanding of the region, often resulting in troubling ‘Westsplaining.’ Using postcolonial and decolonial framing that reflects on the collective trauma of the continuum of Russian imperialist violence, we discuss the complexity of CEE’s gendered politics amid the latest Russian aggression. We analyse colonial projections in the Western feminist responses to the invasion and reflect on our own awkward encounters. We call for more constructive, inclusive, and decolonial East/West transnational feminists encounters which are urgently needed now amidst the gendered war but also long-term for confronting global anti-feminist forces.

中欧和东欧（CEE）长期以来在许多学科中在认知上被边缘化，包括以西方为中心的女权主义安全研究（FSS）。虽然来自“北半球”以外地区的 FSS 文献越来越多，但这些对话中相对缺乏来自中东欧/中东欧的学术研究。当讨论中东欧时，它仅限于对一个饱受种族主义、非自由主义、民粹主义或反性别主义困扰的地区的批评。虽然这些都是非常紧迫和持久的问题，但仍需要对该地区有更细致的了解。自 2022 年 2 月俄罗斯入侵乌克兰引发西方 FSS 学者的“东方转向”以来，这一问题变得尤为紧迫。但我们认为，这种突然的兴趣与该地区长期缺乏的知识基础、团结和理解发生了冲突。常常导致令人不安的“西部平原”。我们使用反映俄罗斯帝国主义暴力连续性的集体创伤的后殖民和非殖民框架，讨论了中东欧在最近的俄罗斯侵略中性别政治的复杂性。我们分析了西方女权主义者对入侵的反应中的殖民预测，并反思了我们自己的尴尬遭遇。我们呼吁更具建设性、包容性和非殖民化的东西方跨国女权主义者的会面，这是当前性别战争中迫切需要的，也是对抗全球反女权主义力量的长期需要。我们分析了西方女权主义者对入侵的反应中的殖民预测，并反思了我们自己的尴尬遭遇。我们呼吁更具建设性、包容性和非殖民化的东西方跨国女权主义者的会面，这是当前性别战争中迫切需要的，也是对抗全球反女权主义力量的长期需要。我们分析了西方女权主义者对入侵的反应中的殖民预测，并反思了我们自己的尴尬遭遇。我们呼吁更具建设性、包容性和非殖民化的东西方跨国女权主义者的会面，这是当前性别战争中迫切需要的，也是对抗全球反女权主义力量的长期需要。