759 day of war

Hello, friends!

This week started with snow and frost, covering the entire country, and it seemed like winter didn't want to leave us. Fortunately, it didn't last long, and by the end of the week, the weather improved significantly, giving us the opportunity to stroll through the park and photograph squirrels.

Yesterday, a very serious shelling occurred throughout the country, mainly targeting the energy infrastructure. It was unexpected; even in winter, such events hadn't happened before, and this attack was particularly strong and well-planned. While drones distracted the anti-aircraft defense, missiles began to fly, constantly changing trajectories and hitting unexpected places. In our city, the damage was not significant, with only debris falling on neighboring streets and some windows shattered. The most destruction occurred in Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. My acquaintances from Kharkiv were unreachable for a long time, and I worried about them, but today I managed to get in touch. They are in a difficult situation, with no power or internet throughout the city, and there were over 50 missile strikes overnight. I hope everything will be repaired soon, and the situation will improve. There was also a strike on the hydroelectric power station in Dnipro, targeting the dam. Of course, such strikes cannot destroy these facilities. These are massive structures that can only be destroyed by internal damage, and this was a ballistic missile strike. Nonetheless, it still caused damage, and Dnipro also partially lost electricity.

I also heard about yesterday's terrorist attack in Moscow, and today I read that the FSB accuses Ukraine of it. Considering how much death and suffering Russians bring upon us, I anuway sympathize with the ordinary people who died. It seems to me that responding with the same anger and gloating they send us after every shelling makes no sense. Ordinary people should not become victims of political games, regardless of the country they are in.
However, to me, this seems like another provocation from Russia's special services. How is it possible that in a city completely saturated with surveillance cameras, where you can't even step out for a minute with a protest sign, where watching over everyone, such a terrorist attack could occur? Moreover, I remember that back in early May, US and UK intelligence wrote about an impending terrorist attack. It all looks quite strange, and accusing Ukraine of this adds to my suspicion that this story will have a continuation, and soon there will be a new wave of mobilization or something similar in Russia. One thing is for sure - something is prepared, and we won't like it.

More and more often, when I see the news, I immediately start to think about where this will lead and how much worse things can get. It's even hard to imagine things getting better. War truly overshadows everything around us; it's something you can't escape from and can't abstract from for long. It's something you couldn't even imagine at the beginning. A protracted war of attrition means not only the exhaustion of military capabilities but also the exhaustion of people, whether they are directly on the front lines or living in the rear. Sometimes it seems like you've managed to settle your life somehow, but every day events happen that nullify everything.

I still find solace in creativity. Right now, I received an order for a couple of T-shirts; it's the first individual order this year! I'm very happy about it because it will help me purchase materials for dyeing and continue with this activity. The black streak in orders had dragged on, and I was starting to fear that there would be no more orders. But as always, you just have to keep going and remember that there will be different moments in life, and it can't always be unlucky. We hold on and believe that there will be an end to this.

Thank you for your help and support! I believe everything will be fine!