We are already used to the news about the shelling of Russian border territories. But it's one thing when it's just news and just geographical names — and quite another when a city that happens to be near the front is a huge part of your life.The journalist of the Editorial Office Katya Kazanchuk was born and grew up in Kursk in a military family. Periodically, she comes to her small homeland and sees how much the city of her childhood has changed. And Katya also communicates with her family, with whom it is sometimes not so easy to find a common language. Usually we in the "Editorial Office" strive to ensure that the personality of the journalist is not too noticeable. This issue is a rare and important exception for us, because Katya's story is both personal and typical.