My child was just a few days old when they heard the air raid siren for the first time. We were still in the maternity hospital, and I was enjoying a moment of much-needed rest. I glanced over nervously into their crib to see if the sound would wake them from their sleep, but it didn’t even register with them. They slept right through it. We live in western Ukraine, which is much safer than other parts of the country. Our oblast, like every other, deals with constant scheduled blackouts because of the Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Fortunately, you can count on one hand th…