One year ago, on this day, I called my sister in law to congratulate her with her birthday. She told me to come next Saturday to celebrate. One hour later, she called me and said, "Come tonight because it looks like we might be in war by Saturday" It was odd family reunion, we found out during it that Kharkiv airport is closed and we all knew what it means, however we didn't manage to come up with any plan for the war because no one knew what exactly will happen and no one wanted to believe it will be THIS kind of war.

I want to tell you about another war event that left a mark on me. You won't hear such stories in the news, but it would mean a lot to me if you take a moment to read.
It's about so called cluster shells and how russia used it against residential areas and civilians.
1 I'm no military expert but from my understanding cluster shell is a special kind of shell filled with shrapnel instead of large portion of explosive. When it exploads thousands of pieces of shrapnel fly around like thousands of bullets
2

It's going to be very long thread about first hours/days of war, how it felt for me and my family, and what Kharkiv looked like back then. I don't know who needs to read this but I know I want to write this...

It might take time for me to finish
1 During February there was a lot of different opinions in Ukrainian political and public spaces about weather or not russian is going to invade us. By the end of February it was clear the possibility is very high
2

@elonmusk tweeted something that seems to him like a genuine care for human lives and peace without actually realising what exactly he is suggesting, Ukrainian tweeter community got super mad, and poor western people scratching their head thinking what has gotten into those mad Ukrainians and why are we even helping them?