Commentary: I was born in Kyiv. War is neither a Marvel movie nor a video game
Like you, for the past week I’ve been watching a war.
For me, this consists of refreshing Telegram and Twitter every few seconds for updates from friends, family, journalists and observers on the ground in Ukraine, and trying to sift through what is real and what is disinformation while desperately searching for any reassurance that my loved ones were not harmed.
I was born in Kyiv and moved to the United States with my parents when I was a child. But growing up, I spent every other summer holiday with my grandparents in Ukraine. For my parents and me, life has come to a halt as we call and message our friends and family in Ukraine who are hiding in bomb shelters, subway stations and in their basements and pantries as air raid sirens ring out every night.
