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Submitted to Contest #191
It has been a year since the war in Ukraine began. It was a big shock for all of us. Nobody thought that Russia would invade so soon. The first days were like in a blur. I was only 15, a teenager. The endless air-raid sirens I'd heard in the movies became reality and I wasn't ready for it. I think nobody was. But the scariest thing was to realise that your life had been turned upside down in just one night, and all your plans, dreams, everything you had built was ruined. But I tried ...
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