Ukrainian Author Reflects on War's Toll After Fleeing Donbass in 2014

A personal account published in Süddeutsche Zeitung describes how the author, having fled the Donbass in 2014, missed his mother's funeral. The text argues that even in Kyiv, no one is safe, as demonstrated by an attack on the Academy of Sciences. The author questions whether Putin's tactics of terror will succeed. The piece is a guest contribution that blends personal loss with analysis of the war's impact on cultural and scientific institutions. It underscores the human cost of the conflict and the targeting of civilian and academic sites.