What we are fighting for

This short article is important to remind you that at this moment, while we are living our peaceful lives full of adventures, impressions, and vivid emotions, kissing our kids good night, waking up to a new beautiful day, there is still injustice, there is still war going on not so far, just around the corner...

I am not a politician at all, and I cannot enumerate the reasons of this useless war (you can find some material on Google, in newspapers, as well as in Wikipedia) when thousands of Ukranian people are fighting and dying every day and thousands of civilians going to bed each night not knowing if they and their children will be alive in the morning because of the russian missile attacks, chaotically hitting civilian buildings and ruining the cultural heritage of the country.

What are we fighting for? What makes people stay in the country during war? It is not possible to break Ukraine. Not because of the defense and equipment. Ukraine is fighting for its freedom, for the love of its language, culture, for the nation, for existence. And people's faith is the strongest weapon.

It is not possible to express my feelings to full extent as the last night, while I am writing these words, my beautiful city of Odesa suffered multiple attacks from the true terrorists who destroyed part of the center of the city which has been just recently inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

The part of the city where my child, along with many other children, spent days playing on the playground next to this very beautiful cathedral on the first picture below.

No need to add that the war is still continuing and people are still dying. Ukranians who left the country, including part of my family and me here in France, are trying to integrate into the local European and not only European communities, at the same time getting daily reminders about the atrocities of war in their homeland. It's a hard pill to swallow, to be honest. When your heart is being torn apart into pieces, you cannot remain indifferent and stay aside. And every day you still need to proceed with your routine.

We can all help those in need and those fighting by making even a small contribution.

There are many foundations created you could help and contribute to support Ukranian fighters, people or animals. You can find the corresponding links on this page under the project donation form.

Photos from Instagram ArchOdessa

Videos from Telegram channel Odesa.Official