She told me that yes, they were sending packages to Hungary. My second question was, "Do you have a bubble pack mailer that I can buy?" She opened a drawer and produced it.
My final question was, "How much does it cost to mail it? She replied that it depended on whether or not I wanted to receive proof of delivery. I told her that yes, I did, and she said take the mailer and the form you need to fill out, and bring it back when you are done.
Because my handwriting is so bad, when I got home, I asked Karolina, who was here, to please fill out this form for me. She did it, and now on Monday, I will take it and mail it to Hungary. I won't know the cost until I do that. Nevertheless, I'm pleased that I've accomplished this much due to my persistence.
Meanwhile, Ukraine.
Since early January, Ukrainian drone and artillery forces have attacked regional energy generation and public heating infrastructure in the western Russian region of Belgorod in a month-long bombardment campaign that has forced local authorities to call for mass evacuations.
The raids mixing domestically developed kamikaze aircraft with NATO state-manufactured long-range artillery – rockets or missiles have hit Belgorod targets at least six times with complex attacks. Most of the region’s major power and heating facilities have been struck repeatedly.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, in Wednesday’s public comments, called the state of power and heating deliveries in the region home to some 1.4 million people “extremely difficult, critical, and prolonged.” In public announcements, Gladkov over the weekend called the situation with power and heating in Belgorod “almost catastrophic.”