A Masterclass in Resilience from a Ukrainian Teacher
Next time you complain about your morning commute, remember Olga. She survived 15 days in a freezing cellar and escaped Hostomel by walking through an…
The Bizarre Domesticity of Wartime Survival
From a 12-hour evacuation train out of the active combat zones in the Kyiv region to a rushed church wedding just hours before her husband’s…
London 1940, Kyiv 2026: The Tedious Futility of Terror Bombing
The air raid siren in Kyiv doesn’t sound like the apocalypse anymore; it sounds like a faulty car alarm your neighbour refuses to fix. Dropping…
Air Raids and Italian Bitters: The Stubborn Madness of Kyiv’s Micro-Pub King
If you spend enough time dodging shrapnel in Kyiv, you quickly realise survival isn’t just about sandbags—it’s about having a decent place to get a…
The Amazon of War: Why Ukraine is Setting Fire to Wildberries
Why is Ukraine using suicide drones to burn down Russia’s version of Amazon? A quick look at the Wildberries marketplace reveals the answer: it’s no…
A Slight Delay Due to Ballistic Missiles: The Reality of Ukrainian Railways
In Britain, hot weather is enough to cripple the network for a fortnight. In Ukraine, the state railway takes 41 missile strikes in five days,…
Air Raids and Acorns: The Peculiar Priorities of Wartime Kyiv
It takes a special kind of bloody-mindedness to dodge ballistic missiles and still pick a fight over local landscaping. But as Kyiv’s city council is…
Schrödinger’s Nazi: How Fascist Ukraine is Too Gay for Moscow
You literally cannot be a hyper-conservative, traditionalist fascist and a radically woke foot soldier for Western degeneracy at the same time. Even the most versatile…
The Price of Words: The Budapest Memorandum and the ‘Proxy War’ Narrative
London politicians are playing word games again. Calling Ukraine’s defense a “NATO proxy war” isn’t just bad politics – it erases history. Let’s talk about…