#wartime

mlansbury@despora.de

From strangers to friends: How #Ukrainians meet and bond during wartime train travel

Thus began a #railway journey that would prove as exciting as the destination itself.

Sitting alone on one of his compartment’s dark-red leather beds, Lytvynov overheard people speaking loudly in the compartment next to his.

"I went to them to ask if they wanted to celebrate the New Year together, and they agreed," Lytvynov says.

"It felt like a scene from a TV series," The four bonded instantly, exchanged contact information, and remain in touch to this day.

https://kyivindependent.com/bonding-on-the-rails-how-ukrainians-forge-friendships-during-wartime-train-travel/

#trains #transport #social #PeopleMatter #Ukraine #wartime

libramoon@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://english.nv.ua/life/how-ukraine-keeps-its-agriculture-afloat-in-wartime-50373084.html

How #Ukraine keeps its #agriculture afloat in #wartime
December 1, 2023

..." Consider this when you buy a loaf of bread. Perhaps it was made with the flour from a demined field, where someone risked their life or even lost it for this flour."

As approximately a third of Ukraine’s arable land is riddles with #landmines and unexploded ordnance, the work of farmers has become deadly dangerous. They have started creating their own inventions from improvised means to demine fields, saving lives and equipment in the process.:,,,