Posted in News Sergei Gerasimov: War Diary in Kharkiv, Part 2/10 Leave a Comment on Sergei Gerasimov: War Diary in Kharkiv, Part 2/10 After a break, Ukrainian writer Sergei Gerasimov continued his war writings. Since the fighting, he has been chronicling the horrors and absurdities of daily life in his hometown of Kharkiv, which is still intact.