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War in Ukraine. Neighbor has attacked us. There is a lot of suffering, misery and grief around.
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Dnipro City located in a couple of hundred kilometers from the fighting. Sometimes rockets come. There are frequent air raids. The war is close and it is felt.
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Life in the Carpathians is completely different. They are far from the war. No air raids.
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If you do not read the news and live somewhere higher in the mountains, you may not even know that the war is going on.
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Rains, fogs, mushrooms. Perfect August.
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Below in the village, a cow is mooing loudly and its mooing echoes between the mountains.
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Such a gorgeous fog descends into the valley that you can't even believe it happens.
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There is unhurried life going on downstairs. Tourists, souvenirs, cafes, vats.
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In the mountains, you have to walk a lot of uncomfortably wet trails. And this is salvation.
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And walking through the woods is just happiness. It's like I'm back in a fairy tale.
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The sun is showing. Peaceful sky and carefree clouds.
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Sometimes I can't believe that there are such peaceful places in reality.
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So quiet that I can hear the trees breathing.
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And in that breath I hear the inescapable.
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Ukraine will win.
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Peace will come.
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Life will go on.
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The Truth is behind Us.