Outside the ‘Lybly Kavy’ coffee shop in Odesa, there’s a black bench. A bench that’s been to hell and back. A bench that like Ukraine, is battered but still standing strong.
My two years of duolingo ukrainian lessons tell me that the shop is pronounced something like "loobloo kavo" -- I have ancestors who came to the US from Odessa, and I hope to visit some day. I hope when I get there, I can sit at this bench and drink this coffee 🙏🏼 ☕
I will pop down there later today and have a coffee - it’s always such a pleasure to visit his place - I look forward to the day he can be back in a peaceful Kherson
Ukraine will survive and prosper with people like Kostya - and many of them will no doubt sit on the bench, drink great coffee and be free again.
Very true
They'll be "free" when the Zelensky neo-Nazi regime is buried by Russia - which is inevitable.
Your optimism is misplaced
Start with this:
Ukraine SitRep: Retreat Continues For Lack Of Defense Lines
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/03/ukraine-sitrep-retreat-continues-for-lack-of-defense-lines.html
Bernhard, who writes MoA, is a former German tank commander who understands the military balance.
You delusion is misplaced. Learn something about "the military balance."
My two years of duolingo ukrainian lessons tell me that the shop is pronounced something like "loobloo kavo" -- I have ancestors who came to the US from Odessa, and I hope to visit some day. I hope when I get there, I can sit at this bench and drink this coffee 🙏🏼 ☕
I very much hope so too! Odesa is a fantastic city. I hope very much he’s able to reopen in a peaceful Kherson too…
Thank you for sharing this story, Felicity. I look forward to one day enjoying a coffee at Kostya’s. Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦
I will pop down there later today and have a coffee - it’s always such a pleasure to visit his place - I look forward to the day he can be back in a peaceful Kherson
Great story, thanks for posting.
Coffee on the edge....if it’s going to be your last...it has to be heavenly!!!!!
I'll have the nuclear espresso.