Olena Kozar lives in Kyiv. When Russia’s invasion started on 24 February, she and her family spent about three weeks hiding in an underground car park. They would go there every time the air sirens went off, sometimes staying for hours.
The following story ("How do you know?") is about the first feverish days after the invasion, which Olena largely spent underground, trying to figure out what was going on and what was coming next. It was written in Kyiv, where Olena remains. You can read it in Ukrainian here.
How do you know?
“Let’s play a word game, shall we? I’ll start. War. You’ve got ‘R’.”
