A grandmother, stuck in a bomb shelter listening to constant air raid sirens for several hours, said to a man next to her, “What are they doing, bringing that rocket in on a bicycle?”
The Ukrainian comments not only target Russia’s military incompetence but can be also be cruel and vicious: “Ivan, you’ve been mobilized, report to the front line.” “But I haven’t got any legs.” “That’s fine. It’s only a partial mobilization.”
You can destroy neighbourhoods, take away people’s restful nights and homes, but you cannot take away their sense of humour.
This writer spent a week in Kyiv over 20 years ago. It was immediately evident in tourist areas to what extent the market for political memorabilia would be open to the most crude message – rolls of toilet paper bearing Putin’s face were sold at a brisk pace.
