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SueJ's avatar

I truly don't know how you all are able to cope and report so well with these haunting sounds every day. I get tense just hearing Trump's voice every friggin' day. Take care, please continue to be safe.

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Judy Guenther's avatar

Thank you for sharing. It's hard to imagine in the complacency of a country that isn't being attacked what suffering under this kind of constant danger and anxiety feels like. Listening to the audios made me stop, reflect, and play them again. No one should have to live like this.

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Larry R Rivera's avatar

thank you, i needed this... Please support Ukraine, god

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Nigel Perels's avatar

Thank you, Nastia, for this very different, yet deeply personal article. I suffer from PTSD (less so these days), and have a hatred of fireworks, not only from the noise aspect, but also from the environmental impact. The sounds of war you have presented here, are similar to what my mother would have heard during the Blitz over London, during World War II, and your reactions would have been the same as those she experienced. Your situation is very much in my thoughts - I wish that 💩🥫 & the Rotten Orange would hurry up and meet their Maker, because that may be the only thing that stops this wretched "Special Military Operation" (or, as the rest of the world calls, an invasion, and war of terror.).

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Paula's avatar

Thank you for this report. I feel that often we forget how our senses can impact our lives and feeling of safety. We can read about what’s going on in Ukraine but we cannot hear, touch, or smell it. The sound clips in this article are helpful but, of course, do not come close to the lived reality.

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Wolfgang Heim's avatar

One of the most frightening (but helpful) reports I've read - thank you. The audio samples gave me a brief inkling if what it must be like to live in the war zone that Ukraine has unfortunately become. May your allies in the West hopefully redouble their efforts to aid your defense! Prayers are with you.

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Rob's avatar
7hEdited

Very interesting article. Living in Toronto, we have an annual weekend air show at the beginning of September. People sometimes talk about how it can be traumatizing to people who have come to the city from areas experiencing war, since during the air show there are frequently very loud military jets flying over the city. I can’t imagine what it’s like to have to live through the fear and uncertainty. Keep up the great work!

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connie sage's avatar

Thank you- This made the war very “real” to us in Maine, U.S. As trump becomes more and more like Putin (or Hitler), I freeze every time a jet zooms by. It’s frightening to hear what it’s like in the Ukraine and what likely will happen in the U.S. Our little town of 5,000 people has raised $100,000 for Ukraine in three years; the last two for Chuhuiv. Thanks for what you’re doing from a retired reporter and editor at the largest newspaper in Virginia.

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Denise Wallace's avatar

I also live in New England . I keep reading and hearing stories about Maine's support of Ukraine. It was heartwarming to read your comment.

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Paul Guinnessy's avatar

I took a bunch of Syrian refugee kids down to the Mall to see the Independence Day fireworks in 2019, when Trump insisted on having military jets fly over the mall at low level. It was very loud and the kids all tensed up as the last time they heard similar sounds their town was being bombed.

They were all great kids and I think about them a lot.

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