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09Dec

08.12.2025 / Surreal (state of mind) — Part 2

In History, Larissa's War Diary, Social Commentary, Ukraine by conteur / December 9, 2025 / Comments are closed
LARISSA BABIJ
DEC 08, 2025
When you’ve been the target of murder every day and every night for the past nearly four years you don’t just suddenly drop the habitual expectation of violent attack. Even after crossing the ocean, your state of mind, body, and nervous system preserve patterns you’ve developed to survive and function.

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09Dec

06.12.2025 / Surreal (state of mind) — Part 1

In History, Larissa's War Diary, Social Commentary, Ukraine by conteur / December 9, 2025 / Comments are closed

I do like a controlled fire. New England, late November 2025.

LARISSA BABIJ
DEC 06, 2025
Hello from the American suburbs. There is something comfortable and nourishing about being with your people. There are so many different ways to define who “your people” are, but the people you come from will always be the people you come from. Even if you’ve left. Maybe even more so. Coming back is also about replenishing something vital

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Irpin, memorial at the destroyed Romaniv bridge, May 2025. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated under russian fire from russian-occupied areas of the Kyiv region via this “Road of Life” in March 2022.
30Oct

30.10.2025 / Home

In History, Larissa's War Diary, Ukraine by conteur / October 30, 2025 / Comments are closed
Irpin, memorial at the destroyed Romaniv bridge, May 2025. Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated under russian fire from russian-occupied areas of the Kyiv region via this “Road of Life” in March 2022.
LARISSA BABIJ
OCT 30, 2025
I am writing from Poland, where I’ve spent the past week visiting friends. Yes, this was a planned trip to escape the cold, darkness, and russian airstrikes that have come to characterize autumn in Kyiv. Only these are not normal conditions for living.

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27May

26.05.2025 / This Is War

In History, Larissa's War Diary, Ukraine by conteur / May 27, 2025 / Comments are closed

26.05.2025 / This Is War by Larissa Babij

Thank you, friends, for writing to check in these past few days. It’s good to be reminded that you care. You’ve also helped me see that I should be the one to speak first if I don’t want Russia to speak for me. Read more →

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