Valentyna Zakharchuk is a Ukrainian citizen who will provide daily on-the-ground updates of the Russian invasion for Benzinga.
I am Iryna, a resident of Kyiv. It so happened that shortly before the military events, my husband and I had the opportunity to relax abroad. We have a small 1-year-old child whom we left with our grandmother while we ourselves went to rest.
A Miracle At The Start Of The War: Nobody knew that the war would start. And when it started, on Feb. 24, when Russian troops started bombing Kyiv, we just had time to return and were together with our daughter. But it's a miracle! Do you know why? Because the duration of our trip was longer, and we decided to return early. And as it turned out, we did the right thing.
