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"I thought I wouldn't survive the night. I completely broke down and started crying when the explosions became so powerful that they blew open the doors of the shelter," says 13yo Kyiv schoolgirl Valeriia.
Valeriia and her mother, Viktoriia, spent the night sheltering from the massive attack in the basement of a nearby municipal building. When a missile struck their apartment building, the shelter filled with smoke and chunks of plaster began falling from the ceiling.
"There were dozens of people in the shelter, including children from my school. Many were crying. There were so many people that there was hardly any room, so nobody lay down — everyone sat to make space for others. It was the scariest night of my life," says Valeriia, still struggling to stop trembling.
When the air raid alert was finally lifted, the girl returned to her apartment and saw shattered windows and extensive damage.
"The whole building was damaged. I saw ambulances arriving for the wounded. We didn't even pay attention to whether our belongings were intact, because things aren't what matter most. What matters is that we survived," the schoolgirl says quietly.
Shortly after Valeriia and her mother entered their apartment, another air raid alert was announced. The family was forced to take shelter in the building's stairwell because there was no longer enough time to reach the shelter.
Source: UNICEF Ukraine.
The books you love are a window into your personality.
•Mystery & self-improvement attract conscientious people
•Sci-fi, psychology, philosophy draw open-minded people
•Memoir & horror appeal to neurotic people
Reading doesn't just shape our views. It reveals what we're like.
Idea: a bar called The Situation Room. Like a sports bar but for politics. Cable news and live feeds on the screens instead of football. Atlases and copies of Jane’s Defence Weekly on every table. Multiple sets of Risk and Diplomacy behind the bar.
I’ve become fascinated by Alysa Liu’s story from a sports psychology lens. I’m not sure I’ve seen a talented young athlete completely rid themselves of external pressures and attain the level of athletic & artistic freedom she has. This woman is a mental Goliath.