On Feb. 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The Onion interviewed Ukrainians and asked them to reflect on the first 100 days of war. This is what they said.
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Nadiya Lubov (Waitress)
“Not sure how I feel. It’s my first nonstop artillery bombardment, so I don’t have much to compare it to.”
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Andriy Kovalenko (Chef)
“My Fitbit hit 700,000 steps.”
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Emilia Kovaleva (Teacher)
“We have a rigid algebra curriculum to stick to, and that hasn’t changed.”
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Ivan Adamovich (Consultant)
“A hundred days?! My Casper mattress trial period is up, and I barely got a chance to use it!”
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Grigoriy Levitz (Roofer)
“We’ve got this surplus of grain, so naturally we’re all wearing bread these days.”
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Vlad Mir (Construction Worker)
“So cold. So, so cold. But it’s Ukraine, so that’s always been the case.”
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Dmitry Tkachuk (Local Politician)
“It’s very annoying to wake up each morning and engage yet another assassin in hand-to-hand combat.”
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Nina Zhukova (Student)
“We lost our home and have been surviving on hardly anything. But I do feel completely denazified from head to toe!”
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Halyna Melnyk (Influencer)
“Shifting to document the horrors of war is exactly the kind of refresh my timeline needed.”
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Olga Povova (Professor)
“My boyfriend and I did need some time apart.”
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Guzaliya Ermolaeva (Receptionist)
“If Americans bought even one Ukrainian flag bumper sticker, it will all have been worth it.”
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Volodymyr Zelensky (President)
“I was on the Grammys!”
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Masha Pozhar (Nurse)
“I still have trouble sleeping. I can’t stop worrying for the future of global oil markets.”
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Mykola Alekseev (Soldier)
“I swear I’m actually a line cook, but someone handed me a gun and told me I was so brave.”
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Petro Lubarsky (Civil Engineer)
“Honestly, I haven’t really been paying attention. We’ve all just been so worried about Johnny Depp.”
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Bohdan Babenko (Architect)
“To be fair, we’re a little to blame for wanting to exist on the planet and stuff.”
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Zlata Shvets (Store Manager)
“I got resettled in Canada, so now I get to watch my country die on TV like everyone else.”
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Tetyana Vovk (Seamstress)
“It is very good feeling to know the world has united to wave goodbye to us.”
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Oleg Karpenko (Taxi Driver)
“On the bright side, I’ll be dead before I have to live through another hundred.”