Inpi

Greetings from Kyiv,
where I just finished writing.

Today, I chose an
incredibly cozy bookstore
for my words to fly.

A grey November day.

Kyiv.
Why do I show you its beauty
when others focus on destruction?

I show you resilience.
Strength.
I don’t want your pity –
I want you to feel proud of us.

Ukrainian drones set Lukoil refinery on fire in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast On the night of 3-4 November, Ukrainian kamikaze drones operated by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out a strike on t...

To read more: www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Meanwhile, Ukraine is doing its job.

On the night of November 4,
over 50 Ukrainian drones struck a Lukoil refinery in russia –
a facility that supplies, among others, moscow region,
which accounts for about 30% of the country’s petrol consumption.

I saw it a while ago
but hadn’t had a chance to show you.

🇺🇦 Viktor Sydorenko
From the series ‘Flashes of Chernozem’, 2024

The sky over Kyiv may look like this.
Simply beautiful.

See you tomorrow.

Denmark donates funds to rebuild Ukrainian cultural heritage The Danish government is allocating €1.3 million to a new Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund with the hope that more countries will follow suit.

To read more:
danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/en/news/denm...

That’s very good news.

🇩🇰 Denmark is allocating €1.3 million (DKK 10 million) to a new Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund – to restore buildings, monuments, and museums damaged by russian attacks.

I keep seeing the beauty
and showing it to you –
to inspire you to look around,
to remind you how beautiful Kyiv is.

I learned about it today.

The Zhovkva Iconostasis

A seven-tier Baroque masterpiece by Ivan Rutkovych, created in 1697-1699 & carved from linden wood.

Measuring 10.85x11.87 meters, it was partly destroyed over the centuries but later restored –
one of the greatest treasures of Ukrainian sacred art

Russian Telegram channels report a fire at an oil refinery in Kstovo, Russia, after a drone attack.

Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night was mostly calm.
I’m having a warcoffee after my workout
and reading the news.

In the past seven days,
1,206 of 1,402 drones launched at Ukraine were shot down or lost –
86% in total, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Life goes on,
I often say.
And this child, playing cheerfully with bubbles in Kyiv, proves it.

‘Despite the shelling, nature keeps living.
Flowers still bloom.
Despite the war, life goes on…’

Read my latest Sunday Letter – a glimpse of life on the frontline:
www.patreon.com/posts/142596...

And this is the nation russians want to break!
Oh no. Never.

Kyiv today.

Oil pipeline in Moscow Oblast blown up in Ukrainian intelligence operation Three lines of the Koltsevoy petroleum products pipeline in Russia's Moscow Oblast have been destroyed in an operation that Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) conducted on 31 October.

To read more:
www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

Greetings from Kyiv!

Some good news.
On Oct 31, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence destroyed parts of the Koltsevoy oil pipeline in moscow oblast –
a key fuel route for russia’s military.

🔥

Warcoffee in a new bookstore
I discovered recently in Kyiv.

I’ll show it to you later –
it has every chance to become my new favourite place.
Perfect for writing.

Life goes on.

We’ve got heating!
At last.

Maybe such news isn’t a big thing in your part of the world,
but here, it means a lot –
after all russia’s attempts to freeze us.

Kyiv
has many cozy bookstores.
They offer food for the brain (books)
and coffee for long, often sleepless nights.

Nations that read can think critically.
Please, read books.

A moment from yesterday.
Maybe it’s the light that makes it so beautiful to me.

Going to rest.
Calm in Kyiv.
Almost midnight.

Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night was calm,
and November is searching for the last traces of October’s glory.

Have a beautiful Sunday.

A new monthly gratitude ritual

To everyone who supported my work in October –
who stayed, who joined, who did not step away,
who helps me keep Ukraine visible and documented –
thank you.

Become a keeper of truth:
www.patreon.com/strategywoman

Zelenskyy announces Patriot delivery from Germany: Agreements fulfilled President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that agreements reached with Germany on the supply of Patriot air defence systems have been fulfilled.

🤝 Zelenskyy announces Patriot delivery from Germany: Agreements fulfilled

Greetings from Kyiv,
where the night was calm
and the air outside is winterly cold.

Autumn has taken out her grey paints.

Happy Halloween from Kyiv.

Filmed this for you today.

If you’re wondering whether we celebrate it –
I wrote about our traditions
in the latest Sunday Letter (pinned post).

🤡🤡russia tonight:
“Enemy drones everywhere! We bravely shot down 130 of them!”

Also russia tonight:
explosions in 13 regions, oil depots and power plants mysteriously on fire 🔥

Incredible air defense. Keeps hitting everything - except the drones.

653 drones and 52 missiles –
that’s what russia launched at Ukraine last night,
our Air Force reported.

Kyiv today.
If you need strength -
look at us.

Kyiv.
Evening.
No power at home.
The schedule says – four hours.
Dinner time,
under the songs of generators outside.