From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1121)
Rescue me, O my God,
from the hand of the wicked,
from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.
Psalm 71:4
One of my regrets is that I didn’t travel enough. There are so many places in Ukraine I haven’t seen, yet they will never be the same. I remember March 2022 and how I dreamed that this madness would soon be over and I would visit Mariupol, Berdiansk, Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv. Our soldiers bravely defended the latter four, yet they are far from being safe. They are bombed daily with russian drones hunting down pedestrians and city buses. A couple of days ago, they attacked a hospital in Sumy and planned out the second strike after the first responders arrived on the scene.
I stopped sharing about such cases not because they no longer happen but because they’ve become too common and painful to think about.
However, the geography of attacks keeps spreading. Kropyvnytskyi and Odesa seem to be hit the heaviest lately. And I grieve. I grieve the loss of these beautiful cities and the amazing people living there.
I visited Kropyvnytskyi for the first time in the summer of 2023. It gave the impression of a quaint city that is shy enough not to brag about itself yet is ready to captivate you with its hidden charm. Reading about massive drone attacks on this city eats my heart out.
Odesa is currently consumed by fire. The drones form a swarm out in the sea and massively attack every city district, hitting power stations, stores, and residential buildings.
If this is the negotiated “ceasefire,” explain its benefits. If it’s terrorism, explain why we should negotiate with the terrorists.
Voice of Ukraine 