I never hug strangers. However, I hugged this man goodbye. We talked at the bus stop. This is B. He is from Irpin. I don’t show his face. «My wife and granddaughter were blown up in front of me. They helped volunteers. Well, they gave them food, medicine … They went outside for water, and I stayed at home. That’s where they were blown up. There was a lot of blood… …
They died in Irpin on March 5, while crossing the intersection near the Rich Town residential complex to evacuate under heavy mortar fire as a large column (70−90 units) of armored vehicles (tanks, armored personnel carriers) entered the city. A mine exploded near them. They were burned beyond recognition* and were only identified by the documents in a woman’s bag. I did not witness their death, …
«Missiles! Hurry to the shelter! God, not again!» I jump out of bed, hunker down, quickly pull on my boots, grab my jacket and rush to the door. It turns out it’s just my elderly neighbor who got up in the night to drink some water—and was tapping her cane on the floor as she walked… …Now I’m sitting in complete darkness and understand that I’m not myself. Here, people …
It has already hit the press and not because of me, so I am free to speak. Bero and Dato. Gia Beriashvili and Dato Ratiani. They died yesterday in the battle for Irpin, doing reconnaissance for our platoon. We took Bero, who had already died, out under mortar fire yesterday. Bero fought for his life until the last minute. Dato Ratiani had become …
Sashko is solid gold, the guardian angel of our apartment building. He lives with his wife Olenka in the same section as we do. We always greet each other, as good neighbors do. On March 5, he brought us half a bag of potatoes and a package of frozen vegetables… On March 8, I met this neighbor at the collection point to which people from Irpin were being driven. We hugged and he asked me who was still …
Hello! We are from Ukraine, from Irpin! The last time I saw my husband was when he saw us off to safety. For the last two and a half years, my mother has lived with me and my family in our own apartment in Irpin. We were able to buy it because my mother sold her house in Volyn and was able to make a significant contribution to the cost. She moved in with us, we did …
February 24th, 2022. The alarm went off at eight o’clock. As it always did. I would get up and get my daughter ready for school; my husband would take the dog to the forest. Work, some plans, in the evening we would pick our daughter up and go to our park. We would see friends there, roast marshmallows, talk. On Saturday, we’d go to our friend’s birthday. Sunday — see our parents. Soon …
For 8 days, we thought that this was how it would go: a bit more — and Ukraine would win. We could hear explosions and artillery almost continuously. The shelling near our building scared us. That night, we packed and looked for a car to take us 3 km to the evacuation point. In the morning, we distributed all our supplies to our neighbors, some elderly women. Suddenly something …
