{"id":9021,"date":"2022-04-04T13:17:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T12:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cov19chronicles.com\/?p=9021"},"modified":"2023-05-17T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:13:09","slug":"olgas-chronicles-days-28-35-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19chronicles.com\/olgas-chronicles-days-28-35-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Olga’s Chronicles: Days 28-35 of War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Olga Olenichenko, social activist, educational and cultural worker, social media manager and entrepreneur, is now tirelessly engaged in supporting and welcoming fellow Ukrainians fleeing bombardments in cities across Ukraine.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olga has been chronicling her experience of the war so far, see click here to view all of Olga’s Chronicles<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please help Olga to help others and donate to her <\/em>Go Fund Me<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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23rd – 30th March 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The content below was submitted to us by Olga, following days 28-35 of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you so much to all of you who sent donations to help us with electricity bills and basic necessities for internally displaced families in our new shelters. It is such a great help<\/em><\/strong>. Here\u2019s an update of how things are going.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Day 28: Finally, I paid attention to my children, and my goats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So much to do. But at last, some time to be with my boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Images from Olga, of her child and her baby goats<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Look what nature has given us amidst the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An image from Olga, of her goats and their kids.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Day 29: Sofa troops with mobile phone weapons<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the mob\u00edl\u00edzovanih forcedusovo<\/em>, the sofa troops, <\/em>those using mobile phones to carry out surveillance to dig out the men, gather them all and sent to the front sometimes even without guns. No choice, for to refuse is death, to fight is death. Lucky, if taken captive. Where is the sympathy for the occupied Ukrainians who have no rights, who are forced to fight and die, no more than cannon fodder? And I have relatives and acquaintances there who have not betrayed Ukraine. I’m scared for them. Wait, a little more, and the same mobilization will begin in occupied cities now if the war continues. And there will be no choice. The end is always the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 30: Fear<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In occupation you can’t be free. People are forced to be careful with neighbours and even relatives. You can’t open your mouth. People are afraid to talk freely on the phone or text<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men are arrested on the street, taken from businesses during working hours, detained, disappeared. The occupied cities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions have no Ukrainian men. They even took the youngest boys of 16 years old, and the oldest aged 65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 31: Giving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think carefully about donating money to Red Cross (International Committee of the Red Cross<\/a>) if you want to help Ukraine. There are plenty of smaller (often volunteer) Ukrainian organizations who\u2019re capable of delivering fast help in much more effective and non-colonial way. If you want to donate to an international player, take a look at Caritas. They are capable of remaining true to their values and they do not overspend the donations on administrative and PR costs and costs for high-level meetings with Lavrov \u2013 despite the patronage of Catholic church, it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 32: Sushi and the taste of freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sushi<\/em><\/p>

If now, there would be no taste.<\/em><\/p>

But still I want to taste Sushi.<\/em><\/p>

Sushi<\/em><\/p>

If, after the war, then I will eat with pleasure.<\/em><\/p>

I want the taste of victory.<\/em><\/p>

Sushi<\/em><\/p>

And maybe not even Sushi<\/em><\/p>

Just the taste of freedom<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

War cannot stop Spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Olga’s image of one of her goats during springtime<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Day 33: No rights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to respond to the massive needs in our beloved Ukraine. Imagine! Ukrainians are forcibly taken to Russia! Their Ukrainian passports are confiscated. Instead, they are issued with some papers, according to which there will be no rights – no right to leave Russia for 5 years! Imagine that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Day 34: Healing wounds?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been a struggle this week because I have been in pain. I put it like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The story of one tooth.<\/em><\/p>

He occupied my mouth for 8 years with his problems.<\/em><\/p>

Today I got rid of this occupant.<\/em><\/p>

Let’s heal wounds and rebuild new bridges.<\/em><\/p>

Symbolically, Really<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Every Ukrainian’s evening should be like this ????:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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