The war has been going on since 2014.
But russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 finally divided our lives into before and after. Now we always have a supply of water, canned goods, and instant noodles at home. We wash our hair not when we need to, but when there is water and electricity. We hardly use the elevator, but we use candles and the so-called two-wall rule almost every day. Work has become a life-saving routine, warm, comfortable things - a personal "bomb vault", and red lipstick or a manicure - a reminder of ordinary life.
In "The Air Alarming Book", the author describes the realities of the wartime city from the perspective of her own experience. And how "peaceful" or "rear" regions must adapt to the realities of war. This book is about shifting priorities, relative safety, historical memory, a sense of home, a city, and people being connected to each other. About how the war robbed us of peace, friends, and homes, but unexpectedly took away everything superfluous - things, hopes, fears.
We have become more open, sharper, and at the same time much stronger. "Like before" will never happen again, but "after victory" will definitely come.
About the author
Iryna Slavinska is a Ukrainian journalist and radio host, executive producer of Radio Culture, and translator from French. In the media since 2006, she started her career in the online publication "Ukrainian Pravda". Subsequently, she worked on television, and wrote for online media and print publications. In love with radio since 2013.
