Maps

 Here we are in the village, the Ukrainian name is on the map but many use the Russian, so we've always used Nikolaipolia in English. Turn right at the marker and you will find out where we live on Centralna street.

The village is in the little piece of Zaporozhyia oblast region that pokes up into the Dnepropetrovsk region, two kilometres from the highway between the cities of Dnipro and Zaporozhye. This one's an old map with the old city names. After Crimea was taken in 2014, many cities had name changes to de-Sovietize them, including Dnipro, or Dnepro. A pronunciation hint, you really don't use that D when you say it.

Here is one with the new names on (it shows the route some friends took to leave Ukraine this week.)

A better idea of what I mean about where it is, more of a close up anyway, in this map of Dnepropetrovsk region. See the skinny piece to the left of the river? The village is right at the top.

To see where the war is being fought here's a map, with a similar map underneath that shows where Dnipro and Zaporozhye are located and our village between them, close to the bend in the river.

The people in the village think it will all be over soon, with Ukraine repelling the invaders. Which means that Max Boradin won't be wanting to fly back and enlist. Garry's not  only one who can't sleep this week.

I'll have to tell about our day tomorrow morning, since I spent five hours trying to cancel our flights. Apparently cancelling our flight to Kyiv because they can't go there didn't cancel the trip to Montreal and Vienna. Couldn't do it online and couldn't get through, but we aren't flying tomorrow. Or today now. Good night.