From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 507):

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,
for in you my soul takes refuge;
in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge,
till the storms of destruction pass by.
Psalm 57:1

Some days, I feel like we live in the never-ending Groundhog Day. Missiles and kamikaze drones come again and again, and I get lost in the names of the cities that are attacked. Some of them are attacked daily, so I am often confused if it’s something new or something I already know about.

Today, I read that the Ukrainian government has opened an evacuation train route from Sumy. People will be able to get to Kyiv and get settled in a temporary refugee camp…