Bombs, Bodies and Barbecues: Independence Day on Ukraine's Frontline
We’ll grill kebabs."Few statements could better sum up the perverse sense of joy amid terror that millions of Ukrainians will experience today, their Day of Independence.The man behind these words is Viktor Hordiienko, a farmer in the Beryslav district of Ukraine’s embattled Kherson region. His farm, and those of his friends, have been attacked relentlessly by Russian drones. One of them killed his father, Oleksandr, last year.Read More on WorldYet this is all the more reason to mark Ukraine’s independence with a proper celebration, Hordiienko told Newsweek."I believe this holiday has become much more valuable than it was five years ago, for me and every Ukrainian," he said.
- ▪We’ll grill kebabs."Few statements could better sum up the perverse sense of joy amid terror that millions of Ukrainians will experience today, their Day of Independence.The man behind these words is Viktor Hordiienko, a farmer in the Berys
- ▪His farm, and those of his friends, have been attacked relentlessly by Russian drones.
- ▪One of them killed his father, Oleksandr, last year.Read More on WorldYet this is all the more reason to mark Ukraine’s independence with a proper celebration, Hordiienko told Newsweek."I believe this holiday has become much more valuable t
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Newsweek/Getty/Viktor Hordiienko/Zarina ZabriskyBy David Averre0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search."Unfortunately, we will celebrate this day under drones, under artillery explosions and missiles. But we will definitely celebrate. We’ll grill kebabs."Few statements could better sum up the perverse sense of joy amid terror that millions of Ukrainians will experience today, their Day of Independence.The man behind these words is Viktor Hordiienko, a farmer in the Beryslav district of Ukraine’s embattled Kherson region. His farm, and those of his friends, have been attacked relentlessly by Russian drones.
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