KYIV (Dagbladet): Another Friday, and 23 days since the Russians went to war against Ukraine. Every morning I start by getting an overview of which areas here in the capital have been bombed. Then I check out what has happened in my hometown. In Kyiv, we are increasingly experiencing air sirens, and a number of people have lost their lives in recent days, while dozens are injured and homeless now.
Kherson is still occupied. The Russians offer so-called “humanitarian aid”, while stealing food from several villages. So – if the Russians really have food – why are they robbing civilians?
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What we Ukrainians joke about the most now is why the Russians repeatedly pick up equipment and put it at the airport which is a bit on the outskirts of Kherson. They have done it at least three times now, and each time the Ukrainians have destroyed helicopters, tanks and other military equipment. On Thursday we were told that the Russians came with even new equipment – to the same place. Now we are just waiting for good news from the Ukrainian army from there.
STANDING JOKE: Time and time again, the Russians bring in tanks, helicopters and other equipment to the airport at Kherson. Then it is destroyed by the Uraqan army. Now they have come up with even more equipment, so we are waiting for good news, writes Denys Martynov. Photo: Ap / NTB view more
What is our greatest pain now is the ongoing tragedy that is happening in Mariupol. The whole country is watching the Russians almost wipe out the city with the earth. The inhabitants there have been taken hostage. At least 200,000 Ukrainian civilians are still there. They live without electricity, heat, water and food. In addition, as much as 80 percent of the buildings will be destroyed, according to Ukrainian media reports. And the Russian propaganda apparatus places the responsibility on Ukraine …
Every day I have contact with my friends in Spain, in the Costa Blanca region. On Saturday, they will hold a many hours long solidarity concert in a village there. Some of my friends are involved in organizing, and we have agreed that I will participate in a video link and say a few words.
The money goes to help Ukraine. Friends have asked me where they should give the money, and I have suggested the non-governmental organization Vostok-SOS, which helps Ukrainians who are fleeing internally in Ukraine. The day before the war started, I met one of those who started the organization. She lived in her time in Lugansk, but had to flee from there in 2014, due to the Russians. She moved to Kyiv and operated SOS-Vostok from there. Now she has moved again – west of Ukraine – where she continues her work to help Ukrainians flee.
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Thursday night my DJ friend called me. He too has moved from Kyiv to the Lviv region in the west. He asked me for help. His booking manager, a young mother with two small children, has left Ukraine and is on her way to Spain. He wondered if I could help them find a place there. Around midnight I wrote on the Facebook wall of a small village on the coast. Already on Friday morning they had an apartment ready for them.
The world is full of wonderful people. And the war shows us the best. And the worst – from our enemy.
