They say that it is much easier to start a war than to end it. They also say that it will not end until the last dead person is buried. Due to the fact that this war is still far from its logical conclusion, many have a passionate desire to understand it in order to understand at least something. That is why books appear again and again about a war that is not yet over. They are needed by those who describe the events that were experienced. They are needed by those who were not directly involved in them, but want to learn about them first-hand. Alexey Petrov’s book “Coffee with a Taste of Ash” is just that, because it talks about events from March 2014 to July 2015. Event locations: Melitopol, Zaporozhye, ATO zone, sector "B", sector "M". The book contains quite a lot of autobiographical material and little artistic material. It is true to the truth of life that you cannot invent or fantasize. There are many people, events, thoughts in it. And even more space for reflection and conclusions.