Voice of Ukraine

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (710th day):

Just another Sat morning in Ukraine. You think you might do some shopping, but from experience, you know the chances are high you won’t be able to – it would be interrupted by an air raid. When sirens begin to wail shopping malls and banks close, public transportation stops. Some grocery stores remain open, but many close. You leave your full shopping cart and walk out of the store.

We usually hear sirens at home, muffled by closed windows or we hear it outside – a bit louder but not too bad as the sound spreads far. When you get to listen to it in a shopping mall, it’s really nerve-racking. I feel bad for people who work in places like this – they have to hear loud sirens, sometimes several times a day. I was paying for my purchases when the air raid started this morning. The shop assistant’s face changed, there was nervousness in her voice and movements. I could understand. I walked out of the mall with my heart pounding and it took some minutes to get rid of this sticky feeling of danger. Rationally I know the threat is no bigger and no smaller depending on how loud the siren is, but the loud wail gets you.

Please keep praying this terrorism is stopped.