The Last Day Before the Invasion

When they left, the people certainly were not preparing for a long period of time away. For the longest time, president zolinski and the ucranian government maintained that there would be no war. It was only in the 24 hours that everybody sort of woke up and said, there's going to be a war. And so when the war struck, everybody just sort of left hastily. Sudden and terrifying departure,. People didn't know what to do, and they just sort of grabbed what they had and they ran. Luckily for me and my roommate, we were travelling with your just one pack or so - because we were not living in ukraneand so we were able