Sometimes, you can remember what ordinary life was like before Russia’s invasion. Then reality comes screaming back Sometimes, where I live in Kyiv, I hear people say: “This feels pre-war. ” It refers to situations that remind us of what life was like before.

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/ng-interactive/2026/sep/19/ukraine-russia-artist-meditation-peace-between-missiles-dnipro-river)

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