Wednesday05 February 2025
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After 20 years in the U.S., Vitaly Chepinoga felt drawn back home, but now he sees "Shahed" drones on the porch.

A journalist, blogger, and former MP shares insights exclusively for "Telegraph" on how Ukrainian women are returning home with foreign men.
После 20 лет в США Виталий Чепинога вернулся домой, а теперь на его крыльце появились "Шахеды".

War…

Who found their place, how, where…

Some left for abroad, while others, on the contrary, returned…

A friend of mine had been living quite successfully in San Francisco for 20 years. She worked in IT.

With the onset of the war, she returned to Poltava… She felt a pull to go home. You can't control it; it just draws you in…

Her American husband (who is actually a proper Frenchman from Paris) shouted: "Are you crazy? – There’s a war! There are bombs!… — Where are you going? Why? For what?".

A year later, he found himself near Poltava. He came. It's hard to resist Ukrainian women, even if they can be quite difficult at times…

He steps out onto the porch in the morning, looks up at the sky, sees "Shaheds"… He says: "They’re flying, bastards!"

Somewhere, Elena Pchilka smiles at him from the local realms…

That is, Ukraine!