If we hadn’t left this morning, we wouldn’t exist anymore. At least me, for sure. There were less and less people in our cellar hiding. They were leaving. Rumors had it that many of them managed to get out of this hell. But it was only rumors. Nobody could believe that. Our neighbors were disappearing one by one. As soon as somebody could find any fuel or friends driving a car....

Nazarko is that diminutive form of my name that still can be pleasant for a 29-year-old man to hear.  That’s how I was called by Oleh and Konstantin. Oleh, who was nicknamed Lom, always called me his personal photographer. Some of those shots that I made for him were really good and Oleh was really delighted with them. I met Lom in 2018. At that time his division was performing some...

"We arrived in the Makarovsky district on the evening of the 24th, 8 people, my father-in-law, mother-in-law, their daughter with a 1.5-year-old child, husband, and his sister, and 5 cats. We came to see friends - Liza's classmate and her parents. We drove through Irpin, already you were able to hear loud sounds of explosions from Gostomel and see enemy fighter jets overhead. We realized that...

I have a friend who is in the navy. He is fighting and trying to survive somewhere in Mariupol. I ask non-existing God to help him somehow. I always pray for him and his health. Why do I say “non-existing God”? Because his family is waiting for him at home, a small son expects him to come every day…and suddenly my friend finds some mobile network connection. To catch it, he...

This war has made us a true nation. I am proud to have a diagnose “Ukraine of a brain!” We are not afraid and we will fight for freedom. I saw what happened with Lugansk when Russians came there.. Normal life there was impossible, so I left it and went to Kiev. And propaganda lived there happily. Now there are so many Zombies there.. I finally understood what Z means.. Land of...

Warehouses with food around Kiev are one of targets of Russian army, along with civil houses, storages with fuel.. Probably that’s where main Nazi and bio labs are.. So now food is delivered to supermarkets as fast as possible and they try not to use warehouses.   I’ve never seen supermarkets so full with products, boxes standing everywhere in huge piles. But there is no...

“I can leave my house to go outside during some breaks between bombing. My dog needs to be taken for a walk. It is always whining, shivering and tries to hide behind my legs.I want to sleep all the time. My yard, surrounded by multi storey houses, is silent and dead. I am not afraid to look around anymore.I see the entrance of house number 105 being burnt. The flame has destroyed five...

Please don’t laugh out loud!!! Our heroic police rescued not only people from bombing in Irpin, but also… a chameleon. Egyptian chameleon, damn it, Carl! The guys liked this refugee very much. Combat comrade, after all! This buddy needs at least a terrarium with different branches. Such a hero doesn’t deserve hanging on the dracaena plant, no way. Special food is also...

- I spent 32 days in blocked Irpin, 4 of them - in captivity. I was there while it was bombed, drew the wounded people to the safe place and buried the killed ones. Also, I helped some families to leave this place. I have lost my house but I persevered with no sentiments. I cried only once when our soldiers came to the city and said: “Glory to Ukraine” and among different voices I...

- We were standing at the Kharkov railway station: my husband, daughter and me. My husband has a certificate of exemption from military service due to his chronic diseases. And here… my daughter and I are let in, but he isn’t. We have all our clothes in one suitcase and all money is on one banking card. As a result, we left but he stayed at home. With no money he came back to our...