‘Eerie silence ... then war was upon us’: a correspondent’s Ukraine diary
Anthony Loyd’s entries from the past year paint a shocking picture of bloodshed in Ukraine
On the anniversary of President Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the veteran war correspondent Anthony Loyd reflects on one year of the largest conflict in Europe since the Second World War through a series of diary entries. To show our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and as a mark of respect for their bravery, endurance and resilience, The Times is making this article available in the Ukrainian language for the first time. Ця стаття також опублікована в The Ukrainians (This article also appeared in The Ukrainians)
January 24, 2022, Kyiv
Mariana had bought a hunting rifle. It was not deer she was thinking of shooting. The 52-year-old marketing researcher and mother had never hunted in her life. She bought the carbine in readiness
