Tag: Ukrainian diary
Ukraine: If you come from Donetsk or Luhansk, you hardly get apartments – culture
My dear acquaintances from Vasylivka decide to go back. Although they cannot return to their occupied hometown, they want to go to Zaporizhia, the center of the administrative region. O.…
Ukrainian Diary of Symbolic Days – Culture
Ukrainian President Zelensky speaks in Borodyanka May 8, with two destroyed and burnt-out houses in the background. Ukraine has not celebrated Victory Day since 2014, but the Day of Reconciliation…
Ukrainian Diary of Violence and Torture – Culture
On Tuesday, May 3rd, we leave early in the morning for Romania again. A bus with relief supplies and donations in kind also goes there. It’s a ten-hour drive in…
Ukrainian diary: When a defector becomes mayor. – Culture
In the messages that I receive via an official government chat, I read that in Vasylivka, Zaporizhia region, a collaborator has been appointed to replace the incumbent mayor. Not the…
Ukrainian diary: If that’s not a miracle – culture
The German journalist is visiting us on Thursday, accompanied by his Romanian friend FU. The friend is of Ukrainian descent, speaks an ancient Bukovinian Ukrainian, and is an entrepreneur in…
Ukrainian diary: Thanks to the donor – culture
I’ve wanted to write a thank you note for a long time. A thank you text to many well-known and unknown people in Germany who are known as civil society.…
Ukrainian Diary: A Beer Abroad – Culture
Our trip to Romania on Tuesday afternoon turns out differently than expected. The university driver does not have a biometric passport and cannot enter Romania without a visa. A few…
Ukrainian diary: Our medicines are running out – culture
At the University of Czernowitz, as at every university, there is a rectorate; we have three male members and one female member of this body. Interestingly, since the beginning of…
Ukrainian diary: What does it mean for us – 50 days of war? – Culture
On Thursday, April 14, the Days of War counter will show the 50th day. A round number, I think, what does it say? As the story progresses, a moment, barely…
Ukrainian diary: I can’t afford to cry – culture
Among other things, the war has helped Ukrainians get to know many things better: for example, the geography and topography of their home country. It would be nice if this…