War Train Ukraine
4 min readDec 16, 2022
A train journey in the Ukraine War
No street lights on the edge of Ukraine exiting the flat. Cold air briskly enters the lungs, blows against faces, awake! The flashlight bounces with each step taken on uneven pavement. Headlights illuminate the curbs at times. The way to the station is all downhill, steep in the low hills at the beginning of the Carpathians. A wild dog barks on the approach to the station. Outside, people, war…