GALLERY PHOTOS
In the Euromaidan Protest, February 2014, Good Riddance Yanukovych
Green Man without country identification greets Luboš and Max on the day of the invasion
Max climbed this fortress and played inside the battlements
Monument to Kerch-Feodosia Landing 1941 Luboš and Max pass this statue to fish
Map of Ukraine pre-2014
Map of Crimea
The Black Sea laps at the shores of Feodosia where Luboš and Max fish.
Map of Ukraine with the blue skies above and the golden wheat fields across the country
German deserter leads the family away from the Nazis and The Red Army. Dangerous escape from June 1944 to April 1945
1944: Luboš's trek through the Carpathian Mountains
Key West Artisan's Market is a venue for booksellers
I join friends of the Key West Writer's Guild to sell my book. Visitors very interested in all things Ukraine.
Luboš plans an escape to Germany after the failure of the Prague Spring, 1968
Luboš lives under Communism in Czechoslovakia from !946 to 1989
Ukraine flag flying over a Parliament building in 2018, now damaged.
Our Viking River cruise ship. Guides were excellent, a few with Russian sympathies
The talented guides on our Viking River Cruise entertain us. One read the book draft and made valuable suggestions. I'm still in touch with her. She escaped to Berlin in March 2022.
This aviation museum in Kremenchuk showed the pride in their aviation history
These men representing Cossacks in 2018 are now probably defending their country
Saint Petersburg, 1493 kilometers Moscow 1136 kilometers from Odesa
Missiles in Ukraine Military Museum, Russians now peppering all of Ukraine with missles.
Kyiv subway 2018, now a bomb shelter
As of 2021, Odesa was a beautiful city
Potemkin Steps in Odesa.
Most likely this World War II tunnel complex has saved lives from the Russian bombardment
Putin's invaders landed here in 2014. In my story, Max and Luboš ate ice cream under the soldiers.
Escape From Ukraine, Second Edition, re-published 2022 after Russian invasion.
Cover for 2020 initial publication of Escape From Ukraine
Sumy, USCG Island Class patrol craft given to Ukraine
Ukraine naval ship, Sumy
I gave my book to the Commanding Officers of the Ukrainian patrol ships Sumy and Fastiv
I was pleased to speak at the Key West Public Library. A nice turnout and excellent Q & A.
Ward R. Anderson
Blue for the skies above Ukraine and yellow for the grain in the wheat fields, the breadbasket of the world
Fortress at Feodosia Crimea
Author: Escape From Ukraine