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Odesa of My Childhood #1: “What About the Stars?”
Welcome to Oleg's New Series about His Beloved City! Please sign up for Oleg's mailing list to get early access to these new writings. The author as a young boy in the early 1980's. Oleg is currently recovering from injuries while supporting his unit, and would love...
War Through My Eyes #13: Burger
“At that moment, I noticed a little girl frozen in place at this scene. She looked after the boy, then at the hamburger he had thrown, and there were tears in her eyes. I went up to her to find out what happened.”
War Through My Eyes #12: Darya from Dariivka
EXCERPT: "At first her voice was tentative, barely audible, then grew bolder. A rumble in the distance told us the orcs were heavily shelling the Kherson region again–they refused to admit that they had been expelled from there like pitiful waste. But the girl didn’t...
War Through My Eyes: Sixth Sense & Hideout
Two powerful essays as told to Oleg by real soldiers from the frontlines in Ukraine: #10 a story of situational awareness in the face of betrayal; and #11 about unimaginable scenes of war.
War Through My Eyes #9: Driver
War Through My Eyes #9: “The driver swerves to the left, almost without sacrificing speed, and presses the gas pedal into the floor. The car makes a high-pitched roar and accelerates. At that moment, fragments of asphalt, thrown into the air by the explosion, and small pieces of the shell begin to rattle on top of the car.”
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