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Oct 4, 2022Liked by Greg Olear, Zarina Zabrisky

No words. Just gratitude that someone so finely tuned to history, nuance and the power and dread of the given moment took on the work of describing this. Horror is a weak word but we use what we have. I offer my thanks and blessing.

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Thank you for reading and for your kind words. Means a lot.

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Oct 4, 2022Liked by Zarina Zabrisky, Greg Olear

No words. Shared.

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Thank you.

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Oct 4, 2022Liked by Greg Olear, Zarina Zabrisky

Those who turn away and ignore this are worse than the perpetrators. We must choose a side, and stand for it

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I agree but I also know that it is really hard. Some people suffer from PTSD or other conditions. I don't judge but I am grateful for every single person who finds strength to face the reality.

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Humbled.

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Thank you for reading.

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Oct 4, 2022Liked by Greg Olear, Zarina Zabrisky

Thank you for witnessing and reporting on these atrocities. You are a brave soul. Much Gratitude.

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Thank you for reading and responding. Appreciated.

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The miasma of despair, should hang over those who ignore any of the Russian atrocities read here!

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Thank you for reading. I hope my reports help to stop the atrocities at the end of the day.

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As do,I, please be safe over there!

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Oct 4, 2022Liked by Zarina Zabrisky, Greg Olear

Anyone trying to argue that this is not a Russian INVASION is insane. Full stop.

Thank you, Zarina, for bringing this to us. The more evidence of Putin's obvious war crimes, the better. I have almost no words for this. It's a war of choice by Putin. It's genocide.

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Thank you. It is genocide. Every word.

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Oct 4, 2022Liked by Zarina Zabrisky, Greg Olear

Thank you Zarina, for your reporting & I hope the soothing aroma of frankensense & myrrh will find you. Like a young Hemingway you have witnessed first hand the horror & sorrow of war.

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Still working on getting rid of the smell... but hopeful. Thank you.

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Oct 5, 2022Liked by Zarina Zabrisky, Greg Olear

My God, your muse has given you the strength of 5 strong men. The shock; your words take me into Dante’s hell. Witnessing, my God, the deeds done. The victims, this sounds so wrong but it’s like remembering a dream…Ukraine has always had a powerful elegance, Odessa, the ballet, vibrant, that, am I imagining this, the victims..through your presence Zarina, have such power in how they exist. Even undiscovered in the ground. Many will never be found, but they are not nameless. You have given them all the lasting meaning deaths like these should leave us with. Your bags, so heavy.

The man who said he was lucky. After reading this I feel so strange, as if this is a war on another level altogether. You are able to make all these lives matter so much. Even the picture of the Opera house, the stairs float, we have to fall down and see. Powerful piece full of everything we need to hear, as it really is. I hope what I said does not sound bad, the piece moved me to experience it like this from how it’s written. Thank you. 🙏

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Thank you so much for your detailed reply. It means a lot and I am grateful to reach readers with what I have seen. Yes, my muse is hard at work--I am moved by rage and sorrow of what I have seen. I appreciate you caring about Ukraine.

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Oct 5, 2022Liked by Greg Olear, Zarina Zabrisky

It took me two tries to get through this. She says we can't smell the smells, but if words could transmit a smell, hers did.

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Thank you for reading this story. I know it is hard. I hope to be bringing lighter material when the war is over...

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Reading hard stories is hard but IMPORTANT. Thank you for your very, very important work and your excellent writing.

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