I started writing this post yesterday, but didn’t have time to do it due to a power outage.
The weather changed again and there was a strong thunderstorm during the day. But I felt it at night when I woke up from chest pain. In the morning I got up heavily and, as usual, went to say hello to the Mouse. She lay on her side, breathing heavily, squeaking and twitching her paw. I wanted to open the cage and pet her, but I didn’t dare to disturb her. A few minutes later she died. I thought that she was waiting for me. She lived for 2.5 years and this is very good for a hamster, but I really wanted her to live until the end of the war.
There was no electricity during the day, as the energy company explained, due to clouds and a drop in the efficiency of solar panels. Apparently Ukraine became the first country in the world to switch to solar energy.
A friend who was nearby called me and we took a walk in the park close to my home. He, like many others, does not know what to do in connection with mobilization. He is already over 50 and is not much healthier than me. He decided to wait a little longer to register. He works for a window installation company and needs to move around. But lately they have practically no orders and everything is handled by a guy who works one shift every three days as a rescuer and has a reservation from mobilization. Many people prefer to simply avoid the police, who can fine you for not having new documents with you. Many are in no hurry to go and receive them, because even disabled people are declared healthy and sent to the army. People joke that even Jesus did not heal people in such numbers as the military medical commission does.
The nature of the war has changed. There were 15 large explosions a day in the center of Kharkіv. If nothing is changed, it will soon be simply destroyed, many people will be killed. Then it will be the next city's turn.
The authorities talk every day about another thousand killed russians, but do not say where all the mobilized Ukrainians go, who do not return, and the trenches remain empty. Some people believe that the war will continue as long as cannon fodder continues to be supplied to the front. This allows you not to think about other ways to stop it. Moreover, people are cheaper than weapons. But fewer and fewer people agree with the authorities' strategy of simply continuing to fight, which for them makes no sense.
