IT’S a date he’ll never forget: 27 February 2022. The day missiles started falling from the sky and the sound of air-raid sirens wailed through the streets of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Kobus Olivier had been preparing for this moment for weeks, spooked by growing speculation that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was going to invade Ukraine.
He’d withdrawn his money from the bank, converted it to US dollars and started stockpiling food and water for himself and his four dogs. But nothing could prepare him for the terror he felt when the bombing finally started.
The explosions were 15km away, but so loud they felt like they were right outside his apartment building in the capital.
“Lord, if they hit
