faculty member started a professionalization course for business school faculty somewhere in a top school in Europe. Others spoke on the news. I was working on organizing a conference. That’s all good, but it is getting very cold here in Kyiv. Good thing we had electricity 7/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Wife insists on shopping as a guilty pleasure break from war
We all want breaks from the war. We want to forget it and remember it at the same time. We want to do everything to win but we need breaks too. Simple guilty pleasures. So we went shopping. I was reluctant, but my wife insisted. And she was right. It helped. 5/
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Despite war, scene feels like Vegas or California
There is not a hint of that attack. Except for a part that is fenced out. If you don’t think about a war for a moment, it makes you feel that you are somewhere in Vegas or maybe event California. At least that’s how it made me feel. Though, it is cleaner and fewer people. 4/
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Beautiful mall scene contrasts with deadly missile attack
court in a mall. And cinnamon bons. And there was a playful train for kids. And a Xmas tree. It was beautiful. Quite a contrast against the fact that this mall was attacked by a Russian supersonic missile early in the war, and people died there, and a pet of it burned down. 3/
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Guardsman’s Story of Battles in the Svatove Direction
Міцний, самодостатній, іронічний, незалежний, харизматичний — Змій ніби зійшов до своїх бойових побратимів з якогось “варгейму”. Історія гвардійця про бої на Сватівському напрямку https://
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Second Kramatorsk location: calm inspections, no mass casualties
And the second location in Kramatorsk— more calm inspections. These are not scenes of mass casualties (/2) https://
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oscow-ends-self-proclaimed-ceasefire-vows-press-ahead-ukraine-2023-01-08/
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Russia’s Makiivka retaliation claim contradicted by footage
Russia’s Makiivka response gets worse. MOD claimed it destroyed two dorms and killed 600 Ukrainian personnel as retaliation. Scenes from Kramatorsk suggest both strikes missed. first video: calm inspection of a crater..(/1) https://
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Zelenskyy: Return flag to all Ukrainian communities, ensure responsibility and security
President of #Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa
: We must return the flag to all cities and communities of Ukraine, we must ensure the real responsibility of the terrorist state for this war and we must guarantee the security of all generations of Ukrainians. https://
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Kids sell crafts for army donations at supermarket
awesome. Cafes are good but we mostly eat at home. So we go shopping quite often. At one of the large supermarkets we often meet these kids. I wrote about them another day – they sell crafts for their parents who then donate proceeds to the army. Yesterday they were not too 4/
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My wife and I visit a Kyiv cafe that opened before war
My wife and I went out today to see a friend. It is a cute bar / cafe ZSL downtown Kyiv. It opened a couple of years before the war. And I am glad to see it is doing fine. Many cares bankrupted but recently new started opening up in Kyiv. And their design and food are 3/