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Per Byman

@byman.se
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Country co-ordinator Moldova/Ukraine. Also linguist and musician. I miss my trumpet. Слава Україні!

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Per Byman @byman.se · 18/06/2026
Quick reflection on phone scams: Both me and my wife have been targeted lately. On one occasion, the caller addressed me by ”Petru”. That is an alias I use only on Viber and Telegram (that I only use for groups, nowhere else). This indicates that they got my contacts from either of these apps.
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Per Byman @byman.se · 21/05/2026
Happy Vyshyvanka Day to all my Ukrainian friends!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 01/04/2026
Gryffindor Graham
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Per Byman @byman.se · 31/01/2026
Också - massiv kollaps av Ukrainas energisystem i går, påverkar även Moldavien, som i stora delar är utan ström sedan i morse… 😢
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Per Byman @byman.se · 31/01/2026
So - another major power breakdown in Ukraine due to Putler’s terrorism. This time, it affects also Moldova - most of MD is w/o electricity. Trying to teach my kid what it means to be without power, heating and water - we have it for maybe a day or so - my UA friends every day. He’s doing well!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 30/01/2026
It’s Friday, folks!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 27/01/2026
Sau - vine iarna… 😂😂😂
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Per Byman @byman.se · 27/01/2026
My mother-in-law cannot even leave her flat. I have a herniated disc, and no strength in my back - it is mayhem!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 27/01/2026
Chișinău’s streets covered by ice. People walking in the middle of the street - pavements are lethal! First -20, then plus, and now again negative figures have turned the city into a city of ice. Schools are closed - no one can get there anyway. My car slid sideways over our yard, at 3 kph…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 24/01/2026
I have broken ribs. Several. I have ruptured the ligaments in my knee. Also more than once. I have broken bones in my feet, cracked a wrist… had a heart attack last year - been there. But no pain has been so excruciating as my herniated discs. I can’t even find a position to sleep that doesn’t hurt…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 21/01/2026
Avgå alla! Nu kommer jag inte tillbaka!
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Populära GB-glassen försvinner ur sortimentet
GB-glassarna som försvinner 2026 – 9 stycken
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Per Byman @byman.se · 18/01/2026
Just survived my first MRI ever. Discovered that the trick was closing your eyes, pretending you were in a ”Finland ferry pod”. The biggest problem was getting up afterwards. Yes - they were scanning my back…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 14/01/2026
Iran tonight. Worried - though smashing the mullahs would be a generally good thing. Still worried about the Iranian people…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 08/01/2026
Snow in Moldova. Glühwein at home!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 06/01/2026
This. Is. Funny!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 03/01/2026
No supporter of the illegal US action in Venezuela, but you have to laugh (bitterly) when you read Russian reactions: ”You have to free the legitimately elected president of a sovereign country […] Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to shape its future without destructive external interference”
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Per Byman @byman.se · 24/12/2025
And a very Merry Christmas from Odesa! (Albeit photo being three weeks old)
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Per Byman @byman.se · 24/12/2025
З Різдвом Христовим!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 23/11/2025
Odesa, 21 November. 12 hours of air alert. A normal day for all my brave Ukrainian colleagues. I was happy to accompany our partner to the Black Sea. Black, BTW, in Old Slavic languages, means South. And White - North. Hence, Belarus - White Rus - North of the traditional Rus, centred around Kyiv.
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Per Byman @byman.se · 21/11/2025
This could always be denied, blaming AI. It has to be worse - traces of how Putin bailed Trump out during his bankruptcies… the 900 MUSD bailout from Deutsche Bank for instance… but the thing is - even if Putler didn’t have anything on Trump, he would still worship his arse…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 21/11/2025
The Ukrainian spirit is unbreakable. After 8 hours of constant Shaheed attacks and air alarm, people actually go to the beach for a swim… Слава Україні! 🇺🇦
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Per Byman @byman.se · 20/11/2025
Today I attended a magical ballet performance - Bohdan Pavlovsky’s Білосніжка і семеро гномів (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) - at the Odesa Opera and Ballet Theatre. 30 dancers and an orchestra of 45. Pure magic!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 19/11/2025
The view from my Odesa hotel. Allegedly (only anecdotal info) many properties in this area are owned by Russians. Hence, no air attacks in this area… right now, I hope I didn’t jinx it, and that we will have a calm night. But if they can pinpoint the Russian properties, I would not complain!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 19/11/2025
Happy to attend the Moldova Security Forum yesterday with colleague and friend Tim Judah.
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Per Byman @byman.se · 01/11/2025
Guests from Ukraine and Germany. Plans for wine tasting this evening - a gift for our wedding in June. Son just hospitalised. Change of plans, and lots of worry…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 11/10/2025
Favoritcitat från Dmitrij Gluchovskij (tyvärr på tyska, då jag inte har Ola Wallins fantastiska översättning tiklgänglig): Je stränger das Regime, desto geringer der Preis.
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Per Byman @byman.se · 01/10/2025
Shhh…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 01/10/2025
Skrivet av en vän: www.kyivpost.com/post/60845
kyivpost.com
Memory Capsule: Fighting for One’s Soul
A defender of Mariupol’s Azovstal and survivor of Russia’s notorious Olenivka prison describes her experience in captivity and afterwards – how she came to terms with PTSD.
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Per Byman @byman.se · 01/10/2025
🇺🇦 Today, 1 October, Ukraine honours the Day of the Defenders of Ukraine and the holiday of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin. ⠀ We can pray for the brave Ukrainian defenders and also provide them with the means to defend their country! Слава Україні! Разом, до перемоги!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 29/09/2025
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Per Byman @byman.se · 29/09/2025
Noroc!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 29/09/2025
Thank you Moldova!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 16/09/2025
My father’s wall clock has been standing for years. It worked for a short time after he passed away in 2011, but then has been standing. Recently, my mother realised, it stopped at the hour he passed away. Not moving since. I missed his passing by 15 minutes… You can see the time on the clock…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 25/08/2025
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Per Byman @byman.se · 25/08/2025
From a friend of mine: t.co/y9X7uzydFG
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https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/58700
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Per Byman @byman.se · 24/08/2025
Happy Independence Day to the brave Ukrainian nation and to all who stand with it. May your independence be eternal and may your nation prosper and grow!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 23/08/2025
To all my brave Ukrainian friends (and everyone else working with and for the Ukrainian people) - Happy Flag Day! Proud that Sweden shares its colours with this brave nation!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 21/08/2025
Little T (with Romanian as his first language) suddenly looks at me and says (in Swedish): ”Papa - your Romanian is very good now”. Yes, T, you will get an extra icecream! 😍
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Per Byman @byman.se · 17/08/2025
Fun fact about the Greek beaches. All Greeks speak English. The rest speak either Serbian or Romanian. I’m good…
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Per Byman @byman.se · 07/08/2025
So, 2,500 km later - Chișinău - Uman’ - Poltava - Kharkiv - Poltava - Kyiv - Zhytomyr - Vinnytsia - Chișinău, I am finally back home. A balmy 30 degrees, not like what I experienced on the M21 between Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia. Home, sweet home. And the hugs of a six-year old waiting for me!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 06/08/2025
Gav min fru en begagnad 20 mm patron, bemålad med blommor av ukrainska barn. Hon tyckte den var jättesöt, tills jag förklarade vad det var. Då insåg jag, att hon aldrig sett en patron i hela sitt liv. Hon tappade den på golvet i förskräckelse… 😢
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Per Byman @byman.se · 06/08/2025
I’ve had my driver’s licence for 42 years. I’ve driven in all conditions - and I am grateful to my father, an Army driver during WWII, having grown up in Northern Sweden, for teaching me how to drive on snow and ice. But today, in Ukraine, was one of my most challenging experiences ever. This:
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Per Byman @byman.se · 06/08/2025
Fin artikel om en av mina favoritförfattare. Tycker dock att de kunde nämnt Ersatz och Ola Wallin och deras gärning för att översätta från ukrainskan. Och de strålande översättarna Sofia Uggla och David Szybek som gör så mycket för att vi ska kunna tillgodogöra oss ukrainsk litteratur!
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Ukrainska Serhij Zjadan: ”Det finns inga författare i krig”
Den ukrainska författaren Serhij Zjadan är mobiliserad och har inte längre tid att skriva. DN har träffat honom i hans hemstad Charkiv.
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Per Byman @byman.se · 05/08/2025
Вообще… не надо! 🫣
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Per Byman @byman.se · 05/08/2025
VISSTE INTE ATT MAN KUNDE MAILA MED DIG… 😂😂😂
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Per Byman @byman.se · 05/08/2025
Back in Poltava after a 500 km day trip to our reconstruction programmes in Kharkivska. Always impressive to see how our local partners work hard, but above all how they meet the ”beneficiaries” at Augenhöhe, as we say in German. Our partners are local people, working with local people. This shows!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 04/08/2025
This is the furthest East I’ve been in Ukraine since Sieverodonetsk in 2018. And tomorrow, the trip continues. Greetings from Poltava to everyone! Слава Україні!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 27/07/2025
I have no memory of this place… #Elizabetovca
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Per Byman @byman.se · 24/07/2025
In a strange commotion of feelings - I am proud to share the daily life of my brave Ukrainian colleagues; still hoping that the night will be calm and that the Russian terrorists will not be claiming more innocent victims this night. Слава Україні!
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Per Byman @byman.se · 24/07/2025
So… our meeting in Lviv partly took place in shelter. A MiG-31K took off, triggering air alarm in all of Ukraine. This is daily life in Ukraine - us visitors only experience it every now and then. We are praying for a calm night in Western UA - the East is already under attack from Putler’s forces.
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