Occupation Diaries

In Yalta, it is not customary to express one’s opinion about the war or one’s attitude toward it. I don’t really know what opinion most of my acquaintances have. A nice guy whom I recently met invited me for coffee. I wasn’t sure if I should go or not –...

I would like to start my diary positively, hoping that soon we will all meet and hug our most precious loved ones. I live in Starobilsk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine! I have lived here all my life. I’m 63 years old now, and I still live in my city, but with...

I remember… In the morning of the 24th of February, my son and I were woken up by our friends who called us and were yelling in the phone: “Turn on your TV, there is a war in the country!” My son got a phone call from work with...

I don’t know if it’s a good idea to write about it, but it’s also necessary. I was putting up posters (pro-Ukrainian posters – translator) in the city today, managed to get to some good new spots undetected… Even though I found plenty of good spots, there were people...

Today I had another paranoia attack – I won’t go into much detail, but people with whom I talked about it told me that the threat is real, so it’s better not to talk about it. And it’s raining… That’s why I didn’t even go to put up the...