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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 9h

Day 31. Pondering my orb rat

Forgot to post this earlier, but hey — it’s never too late, friends. The event didn’t get much engagement for me here, but I still want to thank everyone who followed my little rats. Every like and comment meant a lot 💛🐀

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art #украрт

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 3d

Day 30. Yarn rat

I decided to put a little knitted thing on Pearl. She’s very displeased. The sweater will be peed on and chewed soon enough. 🌹

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art #украрт

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 3d

Day 29. Puzzle rat

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 6d

aaaaaaaah this is brilliant!!

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 6d

Day 28. Stretching rat

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 7d

Day 27. Frog rat

If mom’s turning into a frog, Pearl wants in too 🐸💚

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 7d

Day 26. Rats against AI

A bit upset that I couldn’t come up with anything original, so I just did a flip and drew an angry black rat.

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art #украрт

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 7d

Day 25. Gourd rat

Dedicated to Zhanna — and the unfortunate rectangular piece of styrofoam she spent 20 minutes trying to shove into her little house through a round hole, getting increasingly frustrated that it wouldn’t fit (for obvious reasons).

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art #erhfhn

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for your reaction and feedback. I'm really glad this got some attention💞

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

I practiced sketching characters based on requests from my Telegram channel. And also my Tavs - where would we be without them?

#BG3 #TavBG3 #Art

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

Day 24. Blueberry rat

This game is going to end with Pearl falling right on my face… but they were such lazy goofballs 😌🌸

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

Day 23. Stamp rat

Asked my tiny assistant to handle the stamp — she did it top-class.

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

And also, of course, about the rats who live here too — mine always joined me in the hallway during the night attacks. I’m so grateful they turned out to be such tough little girls and didn’t get too scared by the sounds of explosions.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

I tend to paint for these events about personal things rather than general themes, so I’m glad if this helps you see a little more of what daily life in Ukraine is like these days.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

whether there’s any news about how many missiles or drones are flying toward our city, and whether there have been any horrible hits.

Thank you if you’ve read this far.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

The broom, dustpan, and the fuse box you can see in the drawing — those are very typical items you’ll find in a Ukrainian shared hallway. As for the neighbours, this is the image that came to mind: a little rat without a phone asking the sleepy me, “anything on the news?” — meaning

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

That’s when we all step out into the shared hallway — because of the so-called “three-wall rule”, it’s considered safer there than staying in the bathroom or anywhere else inside the flat.

Usually we just sit on chairs or a bench.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

By the third year of war, your body gets too exhausted to react to every single air raid siren at night, so I only wake up when the explosions are strong enough.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

Hmm… over the past three years I’ve moved between several apartments, and somehow I’ve met almost all my neighbours not with a friendly pie (I’m not very sociable when I’m living somewhere temporarily, lol), but in the hallway at night — during missile attacks.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t think this drawing will reach a big audience, but since the current event is about rats, I made something personal — and I’d like to explain it a little for those outside Ukraine.

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 10d

Day 22. The rat next door

Friends, this is a very Ukrainian and local illustration, so I would be very grateful if you would take a little time and read the explanation for it in the comments.

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 13d

Day 21. Loaf rat

Little Bun 🐁

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 13d

Day 20. Abstract rat

Mom said her painting was bought by the Louvre - they paid an entire bag of nuts and two jars of meat puree, so the tiny artist is very proud of herself 💘

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 13d

Day 19. Tapas rat

Nothing unusual here - just a little rat carrying its tiny sandwich, minding its rat business. So go ahead and leave a heart, and no one will notice there’s one snack missing from the table ❤️

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art

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Cheremshyna 🇺🇦 @downbythevira.bsky.social · 13d

Day 18. Ratsistent

Helps me write work emails without passive aggression 💖💖

#rattober #rattober2025 #rats #art

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