The practice of defacing military positions and occupied homes with graffiti is not uncommon. Many scribbles focused on genitalia, specific military units, bad officers and the desire to go home. Much of the writing in the bar in Velyka Komyshuvakha struck a decidedly different tone. “Behind us the house is burning — well let it burn — one more-one less,” one phrase on the wall said. “It was awful,” said Svitlana Mazurenko, one of the 70 or so current residents of Velyka Komyshuvakha, which once had around 500 people before many fled.

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Persons: Komyshuvakha, ”, Svitlana Mazurenko Organizations: United, Kremlin Locations: United States, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Velyka