Liz In Ukraine
Before During and after my visit to Ukraine in 2025
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As putin continues his war against Ukrainian civilians, Ukrainians fight back with drone strikes against military and utility targets inside Russia. On November 29th, a drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed two people, injured thirty-eight others, and left most of the city without power—and by default, without water—because of damage to transmission lines. When…
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I’ve been conscious that my blog’s been gathering dust lately. Truth be told, I brought a lot home from Ukraine and Poland — not just souvenirs and stories, but images that still sit heavy in my mind. Thought-provoking moments from Auschwitz. Notes on grassroots projects and NGOs doing extraordinary work. And, unexpectedly, a multidrug-resistant bacterial…
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Food is very important to the soldiers fighting in the trenches and we were about to witness how high calorific tasty soup mixture is made and packaged to feed the defenders at the front. We arrived at another non-descript house on another non-descript road. The complex simplicity of supplying the Ukrainian front line was about…
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I met Artem in Chernihiv. He’s a big bloke in every sense of the word; with a squaddies sense of humour. He was on Snake island. “Were you there when the soldier said “Русский военный корабль, иди нахуй”? asked one of our group. “Listen, for sure if you believed every soldier then there was about…
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The Chernihiv Oblast region holds seventeen villages. It’s the smallest region in Ukraine and in 2022 ten of those villages were fully occupied by russian military personal, Property was looted, livestock and domesticated animals were slain and all community and cultural buildings were damaged to varying degrees. Yagidne is a peaceful village surrounded by forest…
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In a non-descript pretty street is a non-descript pretty Ukrainian home. Actually, that’s not true it has some very beautiful distinguishing features but to prevent it being identified I had to resist the urge to photograph them. Here lives Dzyga with her owners Dimko and Ira who established a charity foundation to support the various…
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One of our guides in Lviv explained the phrase echoing across Ukraine: “Live life now”, because tomorrow is not guaranteed. It’s more than a motto—it’s a heartbeat, an act of biology, a creation of history These aren’t just words. They’re an act of defiance. A quiet rebellion against fear and intimidation. A promise that, despite…
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By car, plane and, train and here I am. It’s early days and I have marvelled at the super moon shining brightly through the plane window as we flew over Poland. The harvest/hunters moon – an omen? My back pack is now lighter and my case has been filled to expansion and beyond. I’ve made…
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Today I visited some of my former work colleagues, and our conversations naturally turned to Ukraine—its resilience, its people, and the many ways we can help. One powerful takeaway was this: support doesn’t always mean donating cash. Sometimes, it’s about choosing to buy from Ukrainian creators and support groups directly. The invasion by putin has…
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Its nearly Go day so I have done my first pack to make sure everything fits. I am actually really impressed with myself. (Smug mode) I’ve been really strict meaning I have space, and no need to jump up and down on bags whilst swearing and trying to force them closed. To save money, and…
Liz In Ukraine 