Opinions

A writer talks about the end of the war, the return of men and women from the front and different (incomparable) experiences

The most common way of whitewashing the issue boiled down to the assertion that the communists oppressed their Self, unlike the Nazis, who targeted the Other

What makes birds raise their fledglings here, who will likely return next year to this blood-stained home? A sense of belonging and an inability to do otherwise?

Favorable historical tendencies are complicated and fragile. That’s why it is vital to fight for them, stand for them until they solidify and become as hard as a rock

He feared he wouldn’t be able to save me from the Shahed drone. I was afraid he would, but at the cost of his life.

Ten years ago Ukrainians chose to be the authors of their own history. Since then we’ve been living in a constant state of stakes being raised

How do we live with our past in the future?

The black abyss of grief, my dearest city in the world