At the thousand-year-old Cathedral of Saint Sophia, there stands a small painting only of one square foot. It’s of a military commander with a long gray beard and a red halo. This painting is not fancy at all. The painting has been painted on three planks of wood. This wood may not seem so special, but it is. These planks were part of an ammunition box that was retrieved from a war site. This painting represents Ukraine’s will to never give up.
It’s the little things that count. The following photo shows Ukrainian volunteers who decided to protect the statue of Princess Olga early off in the war.
The Potocki Palace in Lviv used to display the finest artworks of Ukraine. But now the artwork has been stripped of all its artwork and is being brought westward towards safer locations. Now, the museum only has faded squares on the wallpaper.
On Thursday a barrage of Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia, killing dozens of people at a pop concert. They were performing “Stefania,” a folk-rap mash-up that won the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Bombing the concert may have meant more than killing dozens of people to the Ukrainians, it may have even meant the destroying of their culture.
Olena Stiazhkina, a celebrated novelist and historian, said, “I had the feeling in the first days, and even now, that there was sand in my mouth instead of words.”
Kyiv’s night festival is a great example of cultural power. No one wanted to stop partying; phones pinged with Telegram notifications of attacks in the south of the country, and there’s curfew at 11 p.m. But the young revelers of Kyiv are nowhere near letting lose because stopping would mean giving up their culture.
“We have to do this, war isn’t about death, war is about life.” says Serhiy Leshchenko, the Advisor of President Zelensky’s chief of staff. Deputy head of the supervisory board of Ukrainian railways. Former MP. Anticorruption Activist and Journalist.
It’s the little things that count. The following photo shows Ukrainian volunteers who decided to protect the statue of Princess Olga early off in the war.
The Potocki Palace in Lviv used to display the finest artworks of Ukraine. But now the artwork has been stripped of all its artwork and is being brought westward towards safer locations. Now, the museum only has faded squares on the wallpaper.
On Thursday a barrage of Russian missiles struck Vinnytsia, killing dozens of people at a pop concert. They were performing “Stefania,” a folk-rap mash-up that won the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Bombing the concert may have meant more than killing dozens of people to the Ukrainians, it may have even meant the destroying of their culture.
Olena Stiazhkina, a celebrated novelist and historian, said, “I had the feeling in the first days, and even now, that there was sand in my mouth instead of words.”
Kyiv’s night festival is a great example of cultural power. No one wanted to stop partying; phones pinged with Telegram notifications of attacks in the south of the country, and there’s curfew at 11 p.m. But the young revelers of Kyiv are nowhere near letting lose because stopping would mean giving up their culture.
“We have to do this, war isn’t about death, war is about life.” says Serhiy Leshchenko, the Advisor of President Zelensky’s chief of staff. Deputy head of the supervisory board of Ukrainian railways. Former MP. Anticorruption Activist and Journalist.
