It was impossible that their beloved city should be in this position. ‘A military operation.’
What did that mean?
Her neighbours loaded up their Dawoo Lanos with their belongings, children bewildered and unsettled as mothers swept them up and made a bid for safety.
'I can't bear that you have been called up Gregor. It's like...' said Svetlana sobbing and squeezing the saturated tissue, 'It’s like I'm leaving my heart here in Kyiv.
I’m not going without you.’