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March 4 - March 13, 2023
Lines outside liquor stores quadrupled in length as people sought protection from radioactivity with red wine and vodka, forcing the Ukrainian deputy minister of health to announce, “There is no truth to the rumor that alcohol is useful against radiation.�
Before he embarked, they issued him three different dosimeters to record his exposure during the mission. It was an hour before he returned to the ground, where he was rewarded with 3,000 rubles, a case of vodka, and immediate demobilization. But he threw the dosimeters away, for fear of what they might tell him.
“For us, the war continues, and, little by little, we are slipping away from this world.�
“This is his kingdom. He is an emperor here.�
