02/26/2022
Doug: My day today, picking up heat guard for the dog, filling up the van at Sams club. Pick up a few things at Walmart. Came home, built a rack for firewood. Dog to the park, watch a bit of the news. A very ordinary, day.
Sergiy’s day: Most of the day for me was a marathon of shopping for necessary food and medicine among empty shelves, many stores to provide for my loved ones and those in need of care. It practically took all day. There is a possibility that the invaders will cordon off the city, and therefore, I must be sure that everyone has everything. Feelings of anxiety, closed pharmacies and shops. Empty shelves: no bandages and blood pressure pills (locally produced), no bread, candles, bottled water and long-term storage products … It’s idiocy – to drive around the city and come a second time to the same supermarket just because I saw candles there… In the event of a power outage. We have about 0 degrees at night, by the way.
I asked Sergiy how many people he was providing for?
He sent me two images, one of sandbags, and another of empty shelves.
“so the city is preparing for explosions at the household level. And in the second photo there should be bread on the shelves. I provided everything you need to the smallest detail for 10-14 days for 4 people”
I told him the closest we have come to this was during the first weeks of covid, but I
Think people are not panic buying in Ukraine. Sergiy went on to say: “we also went through this with the pandemic. But now the circumstances are somewhat different. We have the memory of our grandparents, whose lives were crippled by the Second World War. I remember their stories about it.
And now we’re going in circles again, but now they’re saying they’ve come to save us from neo-fascism. And they call us brothers…”
Do you think it will be harder to get supplies in the coming weeks? “we are separated by a bridge across the river. This bridge could be a target. Therefore, I know that they have everything for the next two weeks.”
I asked him if they had much shelling, or if its been quiet. “We’ve been quiet for over a day now. But, it’s a matter of time. Now an air alert has been declared in the regional center 50 miles from us. Yesterday there was announced the evacuation of the population. It has already been announced that the enemy alliance will bomb Chernigov (this is the border with Belarus and there local and Russian troops are shelling our territory).”
Then I asked a final question. “What scares/bothers you the most right now? or is it all the uncertainty?”
Scares? yes, they can use Chernobyl or the red button if they fail. Probably this.I knew it was almost midnight in Ukraine, and Serge said he was going to sleep, adding “I hope..”
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