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MYSTERIOUS: Oleksandr mykhed - What They Never Told You

The enormity of the attacks on Ukraine is impossible to grasp. Let me show you the horror of a single day

The rumble, the explosions and the deaths: they are so frequent that they seem normal. It’s a fight to protect our homes, our cities and the psyche, says author Oleksandr Mykhed

The Guardian - UK

The world is listening to Russia again. From the ruins of Ukraine, it makes me want to scream

The massacre in Bucha, the mass graves in Izium – it is as if these atrocities never happened. Now the truth is being taken out and shot, says writer Oleksandr Mykhed

The Guardian - UK

Can Europe switch to a ‘wartime mindset’? Take it from us in Ukraine: here is what that means

Buy a power bank and write a will. You’ll need a ‘bug-out bag’ packed and ready to go. In Kyiv, we’ve learned how to survive Russia’s hybrid warfare, says writer Oleksandr Mykhed

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The Language of War by Oleksandr Mykhed review – what role for the artist in times of catastrophe?

Covering the first 13 months of Russia’s invasion, this fury-filled, important account by the Ukrainian writer turned soldier addresses the difficulty of illuminating war with words

The Guardian - UK

A Ukrainian author turned soldier has a stark warning for the West: ‘Be prepared for war with Russia’

Tom Watling speaks to Oleksandr Mykhed about his new book describing the reality of Russia’s invasion of his homeland

The Independent UK

The Language of War by Oleksandr Mykhed review – ‘Eat, kill, grief, repeat’ reflections from Ukraine

A ferociously angry testimony from Ukraine on the impact of war, where even literature loses its power to console

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian author turned soldier Oleksandr Mykhed: ‘This is not Putin’s war. This is a war waged by the whole Russian nation’

In 2022, the writer was living an ordinary life with his wife in Kyiv. Now, after fleeing his home and volunteering for the army, he’s written a powerful account of the past two years

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'Please don't forget about Ukraine,' writer Oleksandr Mykhed asks

A Ukrainian man who was one of the first to experience Russia's full-scale invasion of his country has told FRANCE 24 of his harrowing experience, and asked us never to forget about what is happening in Ukraine. Until two years ago, Oleksandr Mykhed lived just north of the capital Kyiv…

France 24

I’m a writer and soldier in Ukraine – here’s my diary of 24 hours in a war we cannot lose

As the world’s attention turns to other conflicts, the onslaught here continues. This is the story of one December day in Kyiv, says Ukrainian author Oleksandr Mykhed

The Guardian - UK

Russia is taking my friends one by one – and now I struggle even to write about them

In Ukraine, the second summer of the invasion has been a season of unbearable goodbyes: to our teachers, our artists and our loved ones, says Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Mykhed

The Guardian - UK

Others debate whether Putin’s attack on Ukraine is genocide. As bombs rain down on us, I have no doubt

It is now clear that Russian forces have no real strategy, only brutal tactics to wipe out a people and a culture, says Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Mykhed

The Guardian - UK

Pushkin must fall: monuments to Russia’s national poet under threat in Ukraine

Since last February’s invasion more than 30 statues of the 19th-century poet seen as a symbol for tsarist imperialism have been dismantled

The Guardian - UK

‘I can’t take up a weapon, so I create’: how Ukraine’s artists are taking on Putin’s Russia

Putin’s invasion was designed to eradicate Ukraine’s sense of identity and history. But the nation’s artists are weaponising their work to mount a powerful act of resistance

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