The train rolls into the Ukrainian night, houses and forests outside the window turn gray as mathematician Masha Vlasenko wants to relax. She takes a headlamp out of her bag, puts her feet up and starts reading. The overhead light is turned off, a precautionary measure. There had been serious attacks the previous night. The military spoke of 81 rockets.

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