Alina Sarnatska
@srntska.bsky.social
Veteran, writer, human rights activist, Ukrainian
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Alina Sarnatska
@srntska.bsky.social
· Jan 17
I served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 2.5 years, as a medic for an infantry company.
I write plays and books. For 10 years, I have been working in human rights organizations. I am a PhD student in social work and a radio host.
Head of the volunteer patronage service for the wounded Teplonosiї.
I write plays and books. For 10 years, I have been working in human rights organizations. I am a PhD student in social work and a radio host.
Head of the volunteer patronage service for the wounded Teplonosiї.
Because of you, I trim my cuticles, dye my grey roots (every month!) and buy a new bra. Not as a set with panties, but don’t push it. The panties are fine. Because of you, I smear blue serum and do cheek-lifting exercises in an app, from bottom to top.
Because of you, I feel ashamed to think⬇️
Because of you, I feel ashamed to think⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Because of you, I trim my cuticles, dye my grey roots (every month!) and buy a new bra. Not as a set with panties, but don’t push it. The panties are fine. Because of you, I smear blue serum and do cheek-lifting exercises in an app, from bottom to top.
Because of you, I feel ashamed to think⬇️
Because of you, I feel ashamed to think⬇️
I will love you forever.
Not the kind of forever people usually imagine —
not some miserable five hundred years in a crappy little house on top of a mountain.
No. A real forever.
The kind of forever that feels like a bus ride —
route eighteen, across the bridge from the right bank to the left,
⬇️
Not the kind of forever people usually imagine —
not some miserable five hundred years in a crappy little house on top of a mountain.
No. A real forever.
The kind of forever that feels like a bus ride —
route eighteen, across the bridge from the right bank to the left,
⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I will love you forever.
Not the kind of forever people usually imagine —
not some miserable five hundred years in a crappy little house on top of a mountain.
No. A real forever.
The kind of forever that feels like a bus ride —
route eighteen, across the bridge from the right bank to the left,
⬇️
Not the kind of forever people usually imagine —
not some miserable five hundred years in a crappy little house on top of a mountain.
No. A real forever.
The kind of forever that feels like a bus ride —
route eighteen, across the bridge from the right bank to the left,
⬇️
russia shelled substations of the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants: Ukraine demands an emergency IAEA meeting.
During last night’s attack, the occupiers deliberately targeted the substations supplying the nuclear plants.
During last night’s attack, the occupiers deliberately targeted the substations supplying the nuclear plants.
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
russia shelled substations of the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear power plants: Ukraine demands an emergency IAEA meeting.
During last night’s attack, the occupiers deliberately targeted the substations supplying the nuclear plants.
During last night’s attack, the occupiers deliberately targeted the substations supplying the nuclear plants.
In the city center always demonstrations on weekends. I saw a group of sad teenagers with orange balloons and a banner saying “Asians for Christ.”
Today, ten guys in balaclavas were standing in a line, holding black posters with pictures of animals. I was walking with a German woman and asked⬇️
Today, ten guys in balaclavas were standing in a line, holding black posters with pictures of animals. I was walking with a German woman and asked⬇️
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In the city center always demonstrations on weekends. I saw a group of sad teenagers with orange balloons and a banner saying “Asians for Christ.”
Today, ten guys in balaclavas were standing in a line, holding black posters with pictures of animals. I was walking with a German woman and asked⬇️
Today, ten guys in balaclavas were standing in a line, holding black posters with pictures of animals. I was walking with a German woman and asked⬇️
Tonight was the most massive attack on Ukraine’s oil and gas infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, according to monitoring channels.
The map shows the approximate routes of russian drones and missiles overnight.
The map shows the approximate routes of russian drones and missiles overnight.
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Tonight was the most massive attack on Ukraine’s oil and gas infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, according to monitoring channels.
The map shows the approximate routes of russian drones and missiles overnight.
The map shows the approximate routes of russian drones and missiles overnight.
In Dnipro, two people have been killed in the russian attack on the city.
Rescuers have recovered the body of another woman from under the rubble.
According to updated reports, 12 people were injured, seven of them remain in hospital.
Rescuers have recovered the body of another woman from under the rubble.
According to updated reports, 12 people were injured, seven of them remain in hospital.
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In Dnipro, two people have been killed in the russian attack on the city.
Rescuers have recovered the body of another woman from under the rubble.
According to updated reports, 12 people were injured, seven of them remain in hospital.
Rescuers have recovered the body of another woman from under the rubble.
According to updated reports, 12 people were injured, seven of them remain in hospital.
In European projects, if you don’t have a website - you’re not considered an artist, just some nonsense.
So I built myself. Thanks to my friend in the army for the consultation.
Here it is: sarnatska.site
So I built myself. Thanks to my friend in the army for the consultation.
Here it is: sarnatska.site
Alina Sarnatska - Alina Sarnatska
Kyiv, Ukraine Born in Ukraine in 1987. Alina Sarnatska is a playwright, writer, radio host, PhD in social work and war veteran based in Ukraine. Her work explores resilience, trauma, and social justic...
sarnatska.site
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In European projects, if you don’t have a website - you’re not considered an artist, just some nonsense.
So I built myself. Thanks to my friend in the army for the consultation.
Here it is: sarnatska.site
So I built myself. Thanks to my friend in the army for the consultation.
Here it is: sarnatska.site
We read excerpts from my texts about women’s experiences of waiting during the war at Literaturhaus Stuttgart, in German translation. Grateful to the team and translators for the care and precision. The conversation was sharp and honest.
More good news soon.
More good news soon.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
We read excerpts from my texts about women’s experiences of waiting during the war at Literaturhaus Stuttgart, in German translation. Grateful to the team and translators for the care and precision. The conversation was sharp and honest.
More good news soon.
More good news soon.
There’s so much fog around the castle today that it feels like we’re on another planet. My art residency in Germany is coming to an end soon.
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There’s so much fog around the castle today that it feels like we’re on another planet. My art residency in Germany is coming to an end soon.
Defender from Khmelnytskyi region, Antonina Shtol, was killed on November 1, 2025, during an enemy shelling in Dnipropetrovsk region.
She is survived by her two children and parents.
She is survived by her two children and parents.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Defender from Khmelnytskyi region, Antonina Shtol, was killed on November 1, 2025, during an enemy shelling in Dnipropetrovsk region.
She is survived by her two children and parents.
She is survived by her two children and parents.
Kyiv, Ukraine today.
November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Kyiv, Ukraine today.
A very good brochure on what to do after a nuclear explosion.
You can significantly reduce health risks if you act correctly in the first few hours.
You can significantly reduce health risks if you act correctly in the first few hours.
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A very good brochure on what to do after a nuclear explosion.
You can significantly reduce health risks if you act correctly in the first few hours.
You can significantly reduce health risks if you act correctly in the first few hours.
It's raining in Kyiv today.
November 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's raining in Kyiv today.
russians: we’ll break and terrify the Ukrainians.
Ukrainian monitoring channels tracking russian drones:
“Drone just passed over Svirzh. By the way, there’s a beautiful castle there, highly recommend visiting.”
Ukrainian monitoring channels tracking russian drones:
“Drone just passed over Svirzh. By the way, there’s a beautiful castle there, highly recommend visiting.”
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
russians: we’ll break and terrify the Ukrainians.
Ukrainian monitoring channels tracking russian drones:
“Drone just passed over Svirzh. By the way, there’s a beautiful castle there, highly recommend visiting.”
Ukrainian monitoring channels tracking russian drones:
“Drone just passed over Svirzh. By the way, there’s a beautiful castle there, highly recommend visiting.”
On this chart the number of foreign citizens who have died fighting for Ukraine.
November 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
On this chart the number of foreign citizens who have died fighting for Ukraine.
Silence is dangerous, but so is noise.
We either stay quiet about real problems or drown them in hysteria and “everything’s lost” talk.
The real challenge is to stay honest.
War exposed how the “democratization” of media turns into chaos, endless panic with zero constructiveness.
We either stay quiet about real problems or drown them in hysteria and “everything’s lost” talk.
The real challenge is to stay honest.
War exposed how the “democratization” of media turns into chaos, endless panic with zero constructiveness.
November 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Silence is dangerous, but so is noise.
We either stay quiet about real problems or drown them in hysteria and “everything’s lost” talk.
The real challenge is to stay honest.
War exposed how the “democratization” of media turns into chaos, endless panic with zero constructiveness.
We either stay quiet about real problems or drown them in hysteria and “everything’s lost” talk.
The real challenge is to stay honest.
War exposed how the “democratization” of media turns into chaos, endless panic with zero constructiveness.
Tuapse, Krasnodar region, russia - strike on an oil terminal, fire reported.
Ukraine continues to target russia’s oil industry.
Ukraine continues to target russia’s oil industry.
November 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Tuapse, Krasnodar region, russia - strike on an oil terminal, fire reported.
Ukraine continues to target russia’s oil industry.
Ukraine continues to target russia’s oil industry.
This photo was taken in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka.
What do you think those nets stretched above the street are for?
Photo by Yan Dobronosov
What do you think those nets stretched above the street are for?
Photo by Yan Dobronosov
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This photo was taken in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka.
What do you think those nets stretched above the street are for?
Photo by Yan Dobronosov
What do you think those nets stretched above the street are for?
Photo by Yan Dobronosov
Today in Kyiv, the Dnieper River in the city center
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Today in Kyiv, the Dnieper River in the city center
I was at the exhibition dedicated to Senegal yesterday. In Stuttgart, Germany. It's beautiful.
November 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I was at the exhibition dedicated to Senegal yesterday. In Stuttgart, Germany. It's beautiful.
A mother waits for rescuers to pull her son from the rubble of a dormitory.
Search and rescue operations continue in Zaporizhzhia after last night’s russian strike.
Search and rescue operations continue in Zaporizhzhia after last night’s russian strike.
October 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
A mother waits for rescuers to pull her son from the rubble of a dormitory.
Search and rescue operations continue in Zaporizhzhia after last night’s russian strike.
Search and rescue operations continue in Zaporizhzhia after last night’s russian strike.
11 people were injured in the russian strike on Zaporizhzhia. Among them - six children: three boys and three girls aged between 3 and 6
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 AM
11 people were injured in the russian strike on Zaporizhzhia. Among them - six children: three boys and three girls aged between 3 and 6
Last night, russia struck Ukraine’s energy system again - to frighten civilians.
My friend and her little son spend such nights in an underground passage near their home. It’s autumn now.
At 6 a.m. she texted: “We’re so cold.”
But they’re alive, that’s what matters.
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Last night, russia struck Ukraine’s energy system again - to frighten civilians.
My friend and her little son spend such nights in an underground passage near their home. It’s autumn now.
At 6 a.m. she texted: “We’re so cold.”
But they’re alive, that’s what matters.
As my teacher Yulia rightly notes - "don't worry, you won't learn English forever, because people are mortal."
I just learned that would is used in conditional sentences or for assumptions, or in polite constructions, or "future in the past" and then suddenly the book says⬇️
I just learned that would is used in conditional sentences or for assumptions, or in polite constructions, or "future in the past" and then suddenly the book says⬇️
October 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
As my teacher Yulia rightly notes - "don't worry, you won't learn English forever, because people are mortal."
I just learned that would is used in conditional sentences or for assumptions, or in polite constructions, or "future in the past" and then suddenly the book says⬇️
I just learned that would is used in conditional sentences or for assumptions, or in polite constructions, or "future in the past" and then suddenly the book says⬇️
Kyiv, a russian strike killed 19-year-old Anastasiia Maslii and her mother.
October 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Kyiv, a russian strike killed 19-year-old Anastasiia Maslii and her mother.