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There’s still this holding of breath and then those heart-rending news clips of Ukrainians imploring us for help. And then the 8 month pregnant woman crying out for her husband she had to leave behind. (And always through the medium of a translator who’s usually measured voice begins to falter.) What will be the end of it? Yesterday there was a glimmer when they told of anti-war demos in Russia. So brave. Will it work? Will Putin be ousted?

Oh, let there be no more. Let there be peace. Please.

By Ellen Bell

Artist and writer currently living in Aberystwyth.