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Two years of war
a year ago
Today, February 24th - The day when Russia's war against Ukraine began.
Early in the morning we heard explosions, we saw rockets, we realized that the gates of hell had opened.
Panic, fear, not knowing what will happen next. All this washed over those who woke up like a wave.
Many were forced to flee, many took up arms.
Thanks to help and support, we survived and continue to stand, but the war continues.
I hope that this horror will end in victory, because if we lose, then dark times in history will come...
Thank you for your support, your patience and much more.
Next, I will describe how we went through these two years, or rather me and my family
We woke up early in the morning, we heard explosions, and my friends called me telling me not to stick my head out..
When we realized that things were bad, we had to move away from Kyiv, my home.
For some time we lived with my father’s relatives, where we could survive with the money you sent us long enough to wait until the situation around the city became calmer.
Finally, we went home and were greeted by a military town. Shooting, artillery and rocket launches could be heard all around.
Trench lines, checkpoints and anti-tank hedgehogs.
Returning home, the tension did not disappear, but being with my family was calmer.
In the end, Russia realized that it could not capture us and decided to terrorize civilians.
They attacked power plants and water supplies.
We had to sit without light and sometimes without water.
Once I was even stuck in an elevator for 4 hours, but everything turned out okay.
Now we have been attacked by drones and missiles for many months. Sometimes this happens regularly, sometimes on holidays, and each time you don’t know whether this infernal machine will fly into your window.
Life is difficult, prices are rising... and to be honest I feel really tired, also because I really must draw a lot to get at least some money for family that need it (so.. any help will come in handy), but we are holding on, and I hope that everything will work out.
I hope that one day we will return to a calm, peaceful life. This day will definitely come.
Early in the morning we heard explosions, we saw rockets, we realized that the gates of hell had opened.
Panic, fear, not knowing what will happen next. All this washed over those who woke up like a wave.
Many were forced to flee, many took up arms.
Thanks to help and support, we survived and continue to stand, but the war continues.
I hope that this horror will end in victory, because if we lose, then dark times in history will come...
Thank you for your support, your patience and much more.
Next, I will describe how we went through these two years, or rather me and my family
We woke up early in the morning, we heard explosions, and my friends called me telling me not to stick my head out..
When we realized that things were bad, we had to move away from Kyiv, my home.
For some time we lived with my father’s relatives, where we could survive with the money you sent us long enough to wait until the situation around the city became calmer.
Finally, we went home and were greeted by a military town. Shooting, artillery and rocket launches could be heard all around.
Trench lines, checkpoints and anti-tank hedgehogs.
Returning home, the tension did not disappear, but being with my family was calmer.
In the end, Russia realized that it could not capture us and decided to terrorize civilians.
They attacked power plants and water supplies.
We had to sit without light and sometimes without water.
Once I was even stuck in an elevator for 4 hours, but everything turned out okay.
Now we have been attacked by drones and missiles for many months. Sometimes this happens regularly, sometimes on holidays, and each time you don’t know whether this infernal machine will fly into your window.
Life is difficult, prices are rising... and to be honest I feel really tired, also because I really must draw a lot to get at least some money for family that need it (so.. any help will come in handy), but we are holding on, and I hope that everything will work out.
I hope that one day we will return to a calm, peaceful life. This day will definitely come.
There will come a day when people can return to a calm peaceful life. In the meantime, hopefully people will help when and how they are able to.
I have a sweater from a charity fundraiser run just a few weeks after war broke out, on it is a picture of a U.S. M2 Bradley fighting vehicle that proudly proclaims "I bought this hoodie so Ukraine could have another Jeep"; a stab at Russian propaganda which hadn't read the Bradley's fighting record against Soviet era tanks since Operation Desert Storm. I feel guilty all the same because the best I could do was effectively donate ~35 bucks after all of the stakeholders got their fees in exchange for a tacky piece of clothing, but it genuinely turned heads and was a conversation starter. I just hope Congress gets their shit together and passes the damn aid package ASAP, it's making my skin crawl watching the RNC juggle that as they continue to have many in their ranks basically pledge allegiance to Putin.
Until it's over, thinking of you and yours where I can. Ya'll made a three day operation two years in length, I think that's more than anyone would have expected, certainly far more than reasonable people would have tolerated. Slava Ukraini.
Meanwhile Putin has committed war crimes, bombed cities, killed people from the press and attacked hospitals, but nobody apart from people in the fandom and a few other groups actually are still trying to support Ukraine and stop the war anymore.
It actually pisses me of [mind my swearing] to see that the media and news just basically used it as a way to get money and then just acted like it never happened
Yes, we still receive some support, but we understand that the pieces we receive are not enough for a successful offensive.
Recently we were already forced to retreat from the city of Avdeevka (from which only ... the memory remained that it was once a city)
Moreover, the situation on the border with Poland is now very difficult, and according to some of my friends who live there, people who do not let trucks and trains through may be bribed by the Russian government, since they speak rather primitive Polish.