Some of my thoughts
What do I feel? It seems I’m in some kind of infernal reality show, where we — the military — are fighting for our lives, using every...
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- May 4, 2022
- 11 min
I asked God to die quickly...
Fair-haired girl in poppy wreath. Ukrainian costume, traditional necklace, and bandura [a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument — Ed.]...
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- Apr 15, 2022
- 3 min
Hug your kids!
Today we were talking with Katia for 3 hours. She is also from Mariupol. She is 16 and has a five-year-old brother. The following are her...
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- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
The moments of happiness
The war, day 30. The moments of happiness. This lovely chubby boy’s name is Ivan. On March 16, he turned four months. Vanka [diminutive...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 4 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 13
My neighbor said that God has left Mariupol. She was scared of everything she saw. She assumed this a week ago, and the day before...
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- Mar 28, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 12
Natalia Dedova Vic Dedoff Sasha Dedov It is me, Natalia Dedova, who is writing. 9 days ago, on March 11, at lunchtime, my world...
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- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 14
I will never walk down Myru Avenue [Peace Avenue — Ed.] with my dog again. I will never again open my apartment with a key and will not...
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- Mar 27, 2022
- 4 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 11
Do you know how scary it is to leave beloved ones now, even for a few minutes? I repeat to myself that I am no longer in hell, but I...
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- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 6
I’m drifting off all the time. Day and night. As if a sleepy dormouse crept into me. I am nodding off even during the horrid airstrikes....
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- Mar 27, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 8
I still can’t understand how people care about something different apart from saving their lives. When we got to the first safe place and...
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- Mar 27, 2022
- 4 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 7
Hello, my darlings, I am alive, and now I have a long life to live. While my city is dying in an excruciating death. And me too, I’d been...
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- Mar 26, 2022
- 5 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 15
I was dreaming in the basement. Especially the days right before the flight. I was sitting on an old chair, listening to the plane...
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- Mar 26, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 10
If we hadn’t left this morning, we would have been gone. I would, at least, for sure. There were fewer people in our basement. They were...
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- Mar 26, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 9
The main thing is not to go crazy because the unknown is scarier than bombs. His name is Lyosha and he’s still there. He could have left,...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 3 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 5
It is not easy to establish life under shelling. You listen to every sound and divide them into joyful and scary ones. Earlier, for...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 4
When you are scared, you have to do something. That’s what my friend, a therapist, advises. During an air raid, she cleans the floors in...
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- Mar 25, 2022
- 2 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 3
When we get through all this, I will definitely write about how scary it is to live inside a war. About different people and situations,...
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- Mar 24, 2022
- 1 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 2
Mariupol is invincible. Nothing and nobody can defeat it. We are not afraid of tanks, Grads (soviet multiple rocket launchers), or...
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- Mar 24, 2022
- 2 min
Mariupol Chronicles, Part 1
Anya comes from Odesa, Alyona comes from Kramatorsk, Natasha comes from Kharkiv, Galya comes from Irpin! We went to bed in a turbulent,...
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