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Let’s talk about seven years.

Today I “celebrate” not quite a “round” date (seven is not a “round” number, ie. it is an awkward number). In the beginning of March 2015, I set out on the months-long path from being entirely a pacifist Kyiv civilian to becoming an active “participant of the ATO (anti-terrorist operation).”

We, the drafted soldiers and officers, left our sheltered and comfortable lives in the Kyiv region behind and traveled first by train, then by bus to the “division line” in the Donetsk region.

There was a cold wind from the fields that day, and the same wind is blowing today.

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