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Why shall I never forgive the Russians?
Because I see what Belarusians are trying to do. They are in the same situation: they can’t overthrow their rogue dictator. But at the...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


Russian will remain only in the kitchens
I really hope that after the war in kindergartens children will no longer be watching Masha and the bear and anything in Russian. That...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


I love our sense of humour!
Within a few days of the war, I’ve collected jokes, memes, and caricatures. The undoubted leader is the gag about a battle between Putin...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


I want to talk to you
My very old friends know about my mother’s death: how it happened, how I handled it, because I owed (and still do owe) her an apology....
Mar 4, 20221 min read


I do not know where to direct anger
It is all-consuming. Not only to Russia. To all those who in one way or another in my Ukraine during all these years voiced Russian...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


8 years ago
Monday, 1 March 2022 On 1 March exactly 8 years ago I struggled to get to Crimea just like I do right now to Kyiv. But in 2014 I faced...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


11 broken doors
11 broken doors were put near the Russian Embassy in Kyiv. The same doors stand near the Russian Embassy in Warsaw. And near the...
Mar 4, 20222 min read


A war for our future…
At first, Putin wanted to capture us quickly. He didn’t succeed. Now he wants to destroy us. What is happening now is not just a war for...
Mar 4, 20223 min read


Children of War
The main thing is to get there in time. I imagined a seventy-seven-year-old mother whose knees suffer from arthritis. She’s been walking...
Mar 4, 20222 min read


Bake korovais!
Let’s remember… Lyonya, you went to the same kindergarten with my husband, then – to the same school, even to the same class… Then – our...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


Lullaby for the enemy
I have a pretty handy character feature – I can keep concentrated and calm in crucial moments – as if all emotions disappear, just...
Mar 4, 20222 min read


Not to forget
I decided to write down some memoirs and thoughts about the war again. Not to forget. And now you see, it could come in handy. Then there...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


A few thoughts for my own…
A few thoughts for my own and my friends' personal record. About the war. For it not to fade from our memories. Yesterday early in the...
Mar 4, 20223 min read


New thoughts in my head every day
I’ve read and seen a lot. And here are some thoughts I can share: 1. They all knew where they were going and what they were going to do....
Mar 4, 20221 min read


Even on the floor I dream of our victory
This morning, I am grateful to Major S. Choban - a true Hero. Complete mess in my head, thoughts are confused, I am constantly writing...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


There is no people out of politics
This text is not just for Ukrainians (they don't need any clarifications), that's why it's originally in Russian. Eight years ago when...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


Don’t be shy to borrow
My late grandfather Andrii Lavryk, who was a blacksmith, had a favorite rebuke: FLIES BE EATING IT! The gustatory preferences of flies...
Mar 4, 20221 min read


I have to get something off my chest…
I have to get something off my chest. You might disagree with me because this is somewhat radical (and I’m biased) obviously. But. The...
Mar 2, 20221 min read


I don’t like witch-hunting…
I don’t like witch-hunting – who said or didn’t say what, how, and in which manner. Apparently, since I found something else to do, these...
Mar 2, 20221 min read


Open letter
To those who declared the Russian war against Ukraine and to the orcs who are waging the war. I address this short note (rather an...
Mar 2, 20223 min read
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