The war is a battle with Putin’s Russia, and a life plagued by darkness, says Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov
‘Soon, as days get longer and nights shorter, nature itself will come to the aid of Ukrainians.’ Dark streets of Kyiv on 11 January, 2023.‘Soon, as days get longer and nights shorter, nature itself will come to the aid of Ukrainians.’ Dark streets of Kyiv on 11 January, 2023.Last modified on Sat 4 Feb 2023 10.57 GMTkraine has entered 2023 as if going into a dark room where it is impossible to turn on the light. It seems that there are windows, but there is darkness behind them too.
In complete darkness, without additional sources of energy, a person indeed becomes defenceless. You might have a candle, but it gives just enough light to see your fear in the mirror, your inner condition written on your face, welling up in your eyes. After all, electricity allows communication with relatives and friends and the surrounding world in general.
When light conquers darkness and the electricity is turned on, there is temporary calm and thoughts switch from yourself to the world around. Galina thinks about another parcel of medicines that she recently sent to the Ukrainian military in. Has it already been delivered? Have any of the soldiers found the medicines useful? Usually, packages for the Ukrainian army reach the addressees at the speed of courier mail and feedback from the frontline comes quickly.
Many parents dream of their children learning to live without the internet, but communication in the dark is not the most pleasant, and children and candlelight are never a safe combination.
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