The Smell of Smoke in the Morning

This time, it started much earlier than usual. Late afternoon, a chorus of air raid sirens was howling above the city. A harbinger of upcoming drones and missiles. A daily reminder that the war is going on, and you will never catch a break. The first waves of buzzing drones started to sneak into the city, followed by hundreds of others — 500+ drones in total, not counting a dozen various missiles.