I was in Kyiv once for a single day. About the same time nine years ago. Back then, armored personnel carriers were used to pull trolleybuses out of the snow. An emergency was also declared at that time. I remember when there weren’t enough APCs, people would get off the trolleybus and push it uphill together.
I haven’t written this anywhere, but I am an Azerbaijani Ukrainian “by blood.” One of my grandmothers (my father’s mother, Maksimenko) was from Odessa, my other grandmother (my mother’s mother, Tyshchyshyna) was from Kherson, and my grandfather (my mother’s father, Fokin) was from Donetsk (Stalino). My father’s father was Azerbaijani. I have never been to Odessa, Kherson, or the Dnieper, and I really hope that I will once again visit Ukraine, and there will only be peace and love 🇺🇦
I wish luck and strength to the Ukrainians. That APCs would again be used to pull out trolleybuses, as it was nine years ago. That Ukraine may have many friends and no enemies at all. I hope that everything will soon be resolved, with God’s help. We remember — “The one with the truth is the strongest!”.
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 