The World Is Not Without Good People

People never cease to amaze me. Some surprise me with their cruelty, others with kindness.

When the war broke out, I started receiving offers of help here on Steemit, sometimes from people I didn't know. These were very specific proposals, some offered asylum in their country, some material assistance, some useful advice.

I really considered the possibility of sending my wife and daughter abroad. However, they refused to leave until the situation threatened their lives. Fortunately, the fighting has not yet advanced into our region.

I turned down the first offers of financial aid because I am in the rear, I am not in danger, I still have a job and I have enough money of my own even to help others. However, friends from Steemit insisted, and I received 1000 STEEM.

Here I want to briefly inform you what I did with this money.

At first, I didn't spend it, thinking that I would probably have to take my family abroad. Later, I waited until the price of STEEM rose to 0.42 cents, I exchanged money and withdrew it to my bank account.

It is worth noting that many people come to us who have lost everything. They need to start life over. We help as much as we can, but the needs are, of course, much greater. So I decided to spend some of the money on refugee assistance.

To find out what people who help refugees need most right now, I visited their local headquarters. I learned that they have plenty of clothes and hygiene items, but there is not enough food. So I went shopping for food.

In the supermarket I bought cereals, pasta, flour, oil, canned food and other products. But I know that there are many children among the refugees, so I also bought a few boxes of cookies, chocolates, sugar, coffee and tea.

I spent about 250 STEEM. Next Saturday I plan to make another such purchase. Thus, half of the donation will be spent on food for refugees. I will not spend the other half in case my family's security situation deteriorates.

I cannot ignore the shock that we Ukrainians experienced after the Russian troops left the cities near Kyiv. @antorv wrote about this in her post. I have nothing more to add. I can't comment on that, because this shouldn't happen in the 21st century, this shouldn't happen to anyone, and I can't imagine a person capable of such atrocities. It turns out that such non-humans live very close.

The Russians are trying to deny the atrocities of their servicemen, saying that the Ukrainian media is lying. Therefore, I would like to draw your attention to the following sources of information:

• Human Rights Watch;
• CNN;
• BBC;
• The Washington Post.

Take a look at the photos and videos at the links provided, don't look away, here you will see what the Ukrainian people are fighting against.

Woe has come to my city once again. Two brothers were killed in a battle with Russian troops. It's hard for me to imagine what the parents of these guys are going through now.

In the first frames of this video you can see how the dead heroes are seen off in Ukraine in the last journey:

That's all, I don't want to write anything more. I feel too devastated.

I wish you peace, harmony, goodness and love.