A genocide of Ukrainians — how is it possible in modern times? The sun is shining, birds are singing, people are living and minding their own business, and at the same time, people are getting killed. There is so much pain, and there are so many stories. Some people stayed, some left, somebody gets wounded, somebody gets captured, thousands are murdered and countless more will be. The whole nation is being terrorized by its neighbor. I’m afraid that war stories are becoming routine and that the world is becoming numb to daily tragedy. But as long as people suffer, there are stories to tell.
This is the story of Yuriy Sapronov, with whom I have mutual friends. I met him once when he was in the U.S. and recently reached out to him. What follows is what he told me (translated from Russian, and edited for length and clarity):
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