Published in ILLUMINATION·Nov 14, 2022Fly, Little Ukrainian: The Miracle That Didn’t HappenThe Russian war in Ukraine has reaped countless lives by now. One, however, has haunted me these last few days. One that I can’t forget. It’s the life of an 11-year-old boy from Mykolayiv, who spent six hours under the ruins of his bombed-down house, and was rescued by the…Russia Ukraine War5 min readRussia Ukraine War5 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Oct 17, 2022Ukrainian Refugees: Are They Privileged?This article was also published by DispatchesEurope.com. When Ukrainian refugees started to arrive in Europe, there were a lot of women because men over 18 and under 60 years old can’t leave Ukraine according to martial law, apart from a few exceptions. So, it was women, children, and older people. …Ukraine War7 min readUkraine War7 min read
Jun 21, 2022Ukrainian Refugees: Notes From The Train StationThey still arrive. Women with and without children. Old couples. Mothers and daughters, mothers and sons, grandmas and grandkids, sometimes with dogs and cats in tow. Some travel with a purpose; those who have relatives or friends who can host them. Some only know the country they want. “I am…War In Ukraine16 min readWar In Ukraine16 min read
Jun 1, 2022Ukrainian Expats: The Guilt of SafetyThis story is also published by DispatchesEurope.com. I monitor a few of the Telegram channels about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We all do; we, the Ukrainian expats, and many non-expats, too. Right now, Telegram, Viber and Facebook, but mainly Telegram, provide a fast, not always reliable, but in most cases true…Ukraine4 min readUkraine4 min read
Apr 11, 2022What Russia Wants To Do With UkraineThis article was also posted by DispatchesEurope.com. There was an article on Russian media a few days ago called What Russia Must Do With Ukraine. It caused a great outrage among Ukrainians, and got great support in Russia. It tells, in no uncertain terms, that Ukraine has no right to…Russian Ukraine War5 min readRussian Ukraine War5 min read
Mar 21, 2022How To Break Apart a Family: War In UkraineThis story was also published by Dispatches Europe. We all live with one main thought now. We, as in, Ukrainian expats. The immigrants who found a new home in some other country, years before the war progressed into its current acute phase. How is your family? Did you get someone out? How did they manage to leave? Most of the people I know managed to…War In Ukraine6 min readWar In Ukraine6 min read
Mar 17, 2022Picking Up the Pieces, or What It Means to Be a (Privileged) War Refugee(This post was also published by DispatchesEurope. It’s a part two to How the World Turned Black and White). Hopeless. How do you deal with a person who lost literally everything in one short week? The place to live, the salary or pension, the network of friends and neighbours, the structured…War5 min readWar5 min read
Mar 15, 2022How the World Turned Black and WhiteThis story was also published by DispatchesEurope.com. My friend posted on Facebook a couple of days ago. She posted a photo of herself with her mom, in black and white. And she wrote: On February 24, the world lost its colours. I read the post in my bedroom in Berlin…Ukraine War4 min readUkraine War4 min read
Jan 25, 2022Why I hate Meredith Grey from Grey’s AnatomyYou might not have watched Grey’s Anatomy — it’s a medical TV show — currently on Hulu — that’s already in its 18th season, which I think tells all about its popularity that you need to know. It’s created by Shonda Rhimes who is a veritable genius in creating very…Greys Anatomy7 min readGreys Anatomy7 min read
Apr 26, 2021How My Body Betrayed Me For The First TimeMy body was never perfect. But it was sufficient. It wasn’t perfectly healthy but it didn’t get sick too often, at least after I grew out of the inevitable childhood colds and respiratory infections which, as I now read, build up the immunity that we enjoy as adults. It wasn’t…Postpartum Depression6 min readPostpartum Depression6 min read
