Accounts by Ukrainian Friends
Publisher: In-Sight Publishing
Publisher Founding: March 1, 2014
Web Domain: http://www.in-sightpublishing.com
Location: Fort Langley, Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Journal: In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal
Journal Founding: August 2, 2012
Frequency: Three (3) Times Per Year
Review Status: Non-Peer-Reviewed
Access: Electronic/Digital & Open Access
Fees: None (Free)
Volume Numbering: 13
Issue Numbering: 1
Section: A
Theme Type: Idea
Theme Premise: “Outliers and Outsiders”
Theme Part: 32
Formal Sub-Theme: None.
Individual Publication Date: November 22, 2024
Issue Publication Date: January 1, 2025
Author(s): Jaime Flores Havemayer
Word Count: 382
Image Credits: Photo by Shtefan Lounge on Unsplash.
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 2369-6885
*Authorship permission granted to Havemayer by Mostepan.*
*Please see the footnotes, bibliography, and citations, after the publication.*
Abstract
Vadym Mostepan, 38, lives in Kyiv, Ukraine, with his wife and 10-year-old son. An avid traveler and hiker, he recounts the ongoing war with Russia, which began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and escalated into a full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. Early that morning, Kyiv was bombarded with missile attacks, leading to explosions and chaos. Mostepan relocated his family to western Ukraine for safety, returning to help build fortifications and defend Kyiv. United efforts prevented Russian forces from capturing the city. Though some regions were liberated, fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, with Russia still pursuing its ambitions.
Keywords: eastern Ukraine, family safety, fortifications, full-scale invasion, Kyiv, Russian forces, Ukraine.
Accounts by Ukrainian Friends
My name is Vadym Mostepan. I am 38 years old. I live in Kyiv, Ukraine. I am married and have a 10-year-old son. One of my hobbies is traveling, I like to go hiking in the mountains.
About the war.
The war started back in 2014. Back then, Russia illegally annexed the Ukrainian republic of Crimea and invaded the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. But the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine from three directions, including from the north to the city of Kyiv, where I live, gained the most publicity in the world.
Russia planned to capture all of Ukraine in a few days, overthrow the legitimate government in Ukraine, destroy and enslave Ukrainians who defended the independence of their country. But the Russians did not succeed.
The full-scale invasion began around 5 a.m. on February 24, 2022, with a massive missile attack on airfields, military units, and other important Ukrainian facilities.
That day, my family woke up to loud explosions. The wife and child were very frightened. From the windows of our apartment, which is located on the 11th floor, thick black smoke was clearly visible in different parts of the city.
The next day, we moved to a safer place in the other end of the city, and a few weeks later I took the family to relatives in western Ukraine (500 km from Kyiv), where they stayed for several months. And I returned to Kyiv on the same day.
During the Russian offensive on Kyiv, I, along with other residents of Kyiv, helped the military build fortifications around Kyiv for several months. They dug trenches and dugouts, etc. All the people were united and preparing for street fights in the city. But still, they managed to prevent the Russians from entering Kyiv and knock them all out from the outskirts of the capital.
These were not simple times. Many civilized countries sided with Ukraine. And in that difficult time, my friends from abroad Jaime Alfonso Flores and Juho Kärenlampi supported me, for which I am infinitely grateful.
So far, the Russians have been expelled from several regions of Ukraine, but the Russians still continue to wage war in the east of Ukraine and have not given up their desire to seize all of Ukraine and subjugate it to themselves.
Footnotes
None
Citations
American Medical Association (AMA 11th Edition): Havemayer J. Accounts by Ukrainian Friends . November 2024; 13(1). http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends
American Psychological Association (APA 7th Edition): Havemayer, J. (2024, November 22). ‘Accounts by Ukrainian Friends’. In-Sight Publishing. 13(1).
Brazilian National Standards (ABNT): HAVEMAYER, J. Accounts by Ukrainian Friends’. In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, Fort Langley, v. 13, n. 1, 2024.
Chicago/Turabian, Author-Date (17th Edition): Havemayer, J. 2024. “Accounts by Ukrainian Friends’.” In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal 13, no. 1 (Winter). http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends.
Chicago/Turabian, Notes & Bibliography (17th Edition): Havemayer, J. “Accounts by Ukrainian Friends.” In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal 13, no. 1 (November 2024). http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends.
Harvard: Havemayer, J. (2024) ‘Accounts by Ukrainian Friends’, In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, 13(1). http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends.
Harvard (Australian): Havemayer, J 2024, ‘Accounts by Ukrainian Friends’, In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends.
Modern Language Association (MLA, 9th Edition): Havemayer, Jaime. “On High-Range Test Construction 24: Scott Jacobsen.” In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal, vo.13, no. 1, 2024, http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends.
Vancouver/ICMJE: Havemayer J. Accounts by Ukrainian Friends [Internet]. 2024 Nov; 13(1). Available from: http://www.in-sightpublishing.com/havemayer-ukrainian-friends.
License & Copyright
In-Sight Publishing by Scott Douglas Jacobsen is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. ©Scott Douglas Jacobsen and In-Sight Publishing 2012-Present. Unauthorized use or duplication of material without express permission from Scott Douglas Jacobsen strictly prohibited, excerpts and links must use full credit to Scott Douglas Jacobsen and In-Sight Publishing with direction to the original content.
In-Sight Publishing 