From the scene

Anka Babesh
3 min readFeb 26, 2022

Hello everybody!

I know I said I was from Romania. There is a simple reason — webcam is illegal in Ukraine. I didn’t want to attract the attention of blackmailers. And in general, personal information is very important.

But yes, now you know that I am from Ukraine and apparently this information will be public.

About what was happening to me.

During the first attacks, at 5 a.m. I was streaming. Then I froze and said, “I hear explosions.” It was a very scary moment for everyone here.

Then I read the Facebook feed and everyone wrote the same thing “I hear explosions. Is it real?” It took us a couple of hours to pack up. People began to leave for their relatives. Giant traffic jams formed on the roads. There are huge queues in stores, where people swept away everything.

My lover had a combo. At night, just 2 hours earlier, he found out that his beloved grandfather was dying. I couldn’t persuade him to stay, so he went to the suburbs to see him. When he got there, the neighboring houses were bombed, there was a military unit nearby. It was very scary, seeing it on the news, and not getting messages from him. But he’s alive.

Only I was left all alone. My neighbors left, I was left alone in the apartment.

I panicked and wrote a message to everyone on my onlyfans that I would need money now. I didn’t have any savings to run somewhere. I also had to stand in a huge queue at the pharmacy to buy tampons, sleeping pills and painkillers. I couldn’t buy groceries.

I taped up the windows, filled the bathroom with water and drank pills, got under the blanket. Explosions were heard in the distance all night.

The next day, I found that all the nearby shops were closed. It is not possible to withdraw cash anywhere.

I realized that not only my country is being bombed. And the city will be besieged to establish a puppet government. It is logical that soon they may start blowing up bridges, etc. so that enemy tanks could not drive overland. It is very scary to stay in the city without food and medicines.

I decided to look for an opportunity to escape.

My lover, that’s why he’s a lover, because he didn’t make any real effort to help me. He has a difficult situation with his grandfather, and I understand that. But at such moments you realize that this is not the person with whom you want to start a family. I wasn’t chosen. And you begin to understand where there is love and care, and where it is unlikely to be.

In contrast, my ex, who is engaged in poetry, is not a warrior and not an aggressor at all, took his current girlfriend to his parents by car, friends to the border, let me and other friends into his house outside the city. I happily agreed and started packing.

The metro is now being used as a bomb shelter. It`s even feel safe there.

I drove to the last station and walked to the village (huge traffic jams).

And now some funny. About my level of preparation for war.

I couldn’t choose what I needed for a long time. So I took:

  • Documents
  • Phone, paverbank
  • Laptop
  • The choker that my friend made
  • A book about antiquity, with beautiful pictures.
  • Zero cash (it is not possible to withdraw).
  • Tarot Cards
  • A bunch of pills, tampons, deodorant
  • Diary, pen and notebook with notes
  • Eye liner and mascara
  • Recorder flute (!)
  • Glasses and contact lenses
  • Skirt, dress and shirt
  • And came out in high-heeled shoes

Needless to say, I am very poorly prepared for war?

In contrast to me, our army has prepared perfectly. Warriors hold the dots. Yes, we are suffering losses, but this is not the blitzkrieg that Putin was counting on.

If you have the opportunity, make a donation to the fund to support our army. Details in different currencies are indicated by the link.

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