Valentina Debaltseve Prostitute ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

About Lviv

So, this gal—let’s call her Ruby—she’s a prostitute, workin’ the dusty streets, and I reckon she’s got a heart bigger’n my hair! I met a Ruby once, swear it, down in Nashville, late ‘60s. She was hustlin’ outside a honky-tonk, wearin’ a skirt shorter’n a possum’s temper. I thought, “Bless her heart, she’s out here freezin’ her tail off!” Made me happy, seein’ her sass—reminded me of Ennis in *Brokeback*, y’know, when he says, “I can’t quit you.” Ruby couldn’t quit the game neither, stuck like a hog in mud.

Background

The Battle of Debaltseve (February ) was a pivotal moment in Ukraine's war against Russian-backed separatists. Strategically located at a key railway junction, the battle's .

But then, I see that same group of kids again. They’re still playing soccer, oblivious to the madness around them. I can’t help but laugh. Kids really do have a way of making everything seem okay, even in Debaltseve.

Ukraine Rebels Celebrate Their Taking of Debaltseve (Published 2015)