Posts by Agatha Kraytser
“We are No Longer Afraid”
Cooper the Flash Dog Brings the Light as Kyiv Student Reflects on Ukrainians’ Ability to Adapt, Improvise, and Overcome One Year Into the War… It’s not the best time for a lot of people. Many of us remember how different life was before 2022. How careless and exciting it was. It is the spring of…
Read MoreKherson is Ukraine!
Reports of Harsh and Oppressive Life Under Russian Occupation in Kherson This letter from a 20-some-year-old woman in Kherson we will call Tanya (not her real name) paints a bleak picture of just how harsh and fearful life had become in the Russian-occupied city of Kherson in southern Ukraine. An important Ukrainian port on the…
Read MoreUkrainian Easter in Wartime
by Agatha Kraytser There are many religious holidays in Ukraine, but Easter is the most beloved and large-scale one. The preparation for this holiday begins more than a week before. People buy groceries, clean up in their homes, and arrange meeting with friends. The ritual of baking paska and coloring Easter eggs (krashanky), is a…
Read More“I Can’t Believe This is Kyiv”
“No music is playing anywhere – complete silence in a city of a million people…”
Letters From “Agatha”, a 19-Year Old Kyiv College Student
Read More“They Took March From Us”
Says “Agatha,” a 19-year-old Kyiv college student. Russi Leaks herein publishes, unedited, this letter written today to us by “Agatha,” a 19-year-old Kyiv college student, after yet another day of Russian bombardment that was supposed to have ceased, according to Putin and his generals. From Agatha’s letter, Putin and his sycophants’ statements are just so…
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