Ukraine

Direct Swap from Ukraine

This was a direct swap card from Ukraine.  The card is of a butterfly balancing on a teaspoon which is in the top of six stacked coffee cups.  

The back of the card only tells me that it was mailed from Ukraine (via the stamps) and that it was mailed on or about April 27, 2014.  Notably, the card arrived months later in July.  The senders name is unreadable due to post-office printing, but the card is surrounded by a border of different colored stars (see below) and a small blue and yellow Ukrainian flag.  

Originally I wasn't sure if this was an official card from postcrossing or a direct swap card.  The card mentions my asking for the person to mention what the writing on her avatar's helmet said.  The Postcrossing user had a patriotic Ukranian icon with writing on the helmet.  The writing, in translation, she tells me said "For the honor of Ukraine" with a response of "for the honor of heroes!"

The Postcrossing user who sent this card was Miracle_, who was previously mentioned in this post as the person I sent the card of Marilyn Monroe to.  She lived in Donetsk, Ukraine, a city which was claimed by Russian "separatist".  It appears that Jeannine has either left postcrossing or changed her profile name as the profile last seen with that username is of a Russian near Perm, Russia.