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A cup of coffee at the heart of the ideal storm

Ukraine ambassador to Kenya Andrii Pravednyk. [File, Standard] 

When I think of my time in Kenya, I often compare it to the cup of the world’s best type of coffee - Arabica. I drink my cup of Kenyan coffee amid the battle, in the heart of the ideal storm, raging over Europe, with my country at the centre.

Regardless of the madness and violence of Russian unprovoked and unjustified aggression against my country, Ukrainians continue to buy Kenyan coffee and even fresh-cut flowers to celebrate their own feasts, moments of happiness and victories during the running storm.

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