It is a small discreet establishment next to the Opéra Comique in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris.
But this Thursday morning, the time is not for laughter, but for tears.
Vladimir Putin attacked Ukraine overnight and the people of the country woke up to the sound of bombs from east to west.
In Paris, in the Oranta restaurant, rue de Marivaux, the two nationals Alina and Raisa find it difficult to concentrate on the lunch service.
The young owner of the restaurant got up listening to the news.
Her cook silently peels the potatoes, her heart gnawed by anguish.
Raisa has red eyes.
Her two sons remained in Ukraine despite their mother's requests to join her in France.
“I cried when my boys called me this morning, saying the town had been attacked.
I'm scared,” she blurts out with a heavy sigh.
Her sons phoned her this morning to tell her that they were staying in the country to defend their people.
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In the dining room, a few guests came to lunch to the sound of the national anthem, which has been playing on a loop since this morning.
“It's my way of showing solidarity,” explains Alina.
“When you run a Ukrainian restaurant, you have to claim your identity,” she says, behind the bar, her gaze unfocused.
But proud face.