I Will Show You How It Was
by Illia Ponomarenko | Biographies & Memoirs | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
ISBN: Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by
pippis
from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi / Egentliga Finland Finland on Friday, January 24, 2025


In late February 2022, a series of missiles and rocket strikes began falling upon Ukraine, as the Russian military barreled over the border and fanned out across the country. First they took Chernobyl, then Kherson, then Mariupol. Time stood still as the world waited for Ukraine to flatten underneath the boot of its neighbor.
Meanwhile, on the front lines in the capital city, Kyiv Independent reporter Illia Ponomarenko was seeing a different story on unfold: after months-years-of waiting for this long-feared attack, Ukraine was fed up and ready to fight back. The Russians bogged down hard in combat east and west of Kyiv. They got exhausted. They screwed up logistics. They sustained heavy losses. Their unbelievably overconfident blitz was failing.
I Will Show You How It Was is Illia Ponomarenko's heart-wrenching memoir of the war on his homeland, offering a fiery diatribe against Russian hypocrisy and a moving look at what is being lost. But it's also a story of pride and even elation as Ukrainian forces come together, find their mojo, and oust the invaders from Kyiv. The most powerful and personal chronicle of the war to date, I Will Show You How It Was is an exceptional literary achievement, chronicling a stunning feat of resistance and a courageous people set on a miraculous victory.
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This copy of the book had gotten wet in transit as it had left - assumably - Ukraine! It might not look too pretty, but it's in a way mirroring what the war is doing to its homeland. It's in a very readable condition, and I hope you enjoy it or at least find it an interesting insight into Europe's recent events

Released 3 wks ago (1/25/2025 UTC) at
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Hopefully the book will make friends of as many Finnish crossers as possible! Will you be one?

Thanks for the book and the visit to Tampere, Pippis!