Death is a master from Russia
At the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, while in my hometown of Kyiv, I wrote an essay in German for a German website titled "Russia Dehumanizes the World."
The Ukrainian translation of this text, published under the title "The Dehumanization of the World," was included in my new book, "Сплески" ("Splashes"). The essay ends as follows:
"War. The Russians are near. Death is near. Death is a master from Russia.
We are still here.
We, Ukrainians. We, human beings.
We,
