You can now make a leap of trust and pre-order my book via Ibidem. These are mostly silly stories on the fringes of the city, and I hope they are saying more about Kharkiv than my ever-modest self 😅. Big thanks to @maksymeristavi and @vsdonovan - my first readers & inspirations.

Two ways to prepare for the busy day - good breakfast and a micro investment in decolonization efforts.

Systematic acts of terror of cities - urbicide- is the main tactics of the russian military ever since Chechnya. Speaking up now is better than when your cities start to look like this.

New Kharkiv street art.

RT @NYurtsaba: Доброй рано, dear friends. Let's keep reading about Ukraine! Don't forget to add @brams884's KHARKIV: A WAR CITY, published….

This Kharkiv void is a resting defence.

This Kharkiv cat is a Saturday sleeping agent.

Kharkiv - Lopan riverside.

Things that are eternal on the Kharkiv earth - the river and the fishermen.

RT @kharkivisadream: The authors of Kharkiv is a Dream. 3. Viktoriia Grivina - writer and anthropologist.

Wild poppies in the city, where June was filled with summer storms and atheist prayers. #kharkiv

This Kharkiv cat is guarding Hades.

Pretty central market neighbourhood in Kharkiv.

RT @kharkivisadream: The authors of Kharkiv is a Dream. 2. Hjørdis Clemmensen - social anthropologist.

My story about Pokrovsk published with @MinorLits .

Tonight think of the wonderful Pokrovsk museum, which was fully destroyed by the russian military today. The museum was a place of heart and adventure, joy and local history. Its director Anhelina is safe, and the world owes her one hell of a restoration after war. 👇

Got a rare chance to hear poetry read by @BlackStork22 in Kharkiv yesterday. I hope the life of the city will be made of poetry and warm conversations one day again. Deep respect and admiration for Yaryna 🫶.

These Kharkiv cats are off to the office.

In 1936 an Austrian Kharkiv-born writer Jura Soyfer knew what we feel now. In a scene of the End of the World a young man tells his girlfriend: “half population need to hide in the cellars to avoid fire. Half on the rooftops to avoid rubble. Half remain home to avoid panic.”

This Kharkiv cat teaches humans how to sleep after nights of ru attacks.