Oleme teinud aastate pikkust koostööd ukrainlasest karikaturistiga, kes on meie sadadele klientidele loonud unustamatuid joonistusi – olgu selleks pildid kolleegidest või joonistused riigipeadest.
Niipea, kui hakkas sõda Ukrainas pakkusin Valeryle abi, mida ta ei pidanud alguses vajalikuks vastu võtta. Kuid mida aeg edasi, seda raskemaks tema olukord on läinud. Oleme olnud pidevas suhtluses ning siin on tema viimane kiri muutmata kujul:
Glad to have a message from you. We try to hold on with God’s help, not to lose heart. It’s a bit unaccustomed to live in a different reality. Time seems to have stopped on February 24th. Our life is relative. There are about 8,000 thousand refugees in the town of Zhovti Vody where I live with my family. This is about 1/4 of the population of the town. The town is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. We try to bring food and hygiene products from other cities in our region, and we also receive a lot of humanitarian aid from abroad. We also try to deliver aid to the Ukrainian army in the direction of Donetsk and Kharkov region. Next week we want to go to the front line which is closer to us, it’s about 100 kilometers from us. Russian troops are constantly shelling the Krivoy Rog region. But they cannot break through the defense. There is a lot of destruction, but thank God there are few victims. Russian reconnaissance groups were also landed several times near us. But so far so good. Thank you for support. We’ll be in touch