“It seemed to me that I die every day, with every person killed in Ukraine”, — a woman from Kyiv tells about her second forced evacuation
“The walls and the windows were shaking from the explosions, the glass was scattering around, the vibrations of the floor were so intense that it almost collapsed under our feet:” The story of a woman from Severodonetsk who spent one month under shelling
“I sincerely love Ukraine, but at any moment I can be deported” — the story of a Russian who has been living in Kyiv for 6 years
“I had to choose a country for the climate that will be good for my health.” This is a story of a pregnant woman, who was forced to evacuate due to her allergy
“When the bridges in Kyiv started to block, we decided to leave so not to get stuck,” — the story of a woman fleeing war for the second time
“Helping the Armed Forces is my purposeful goal” – the story of a volunteer who evacuated from Kharkiv
“We managed to leave just in time — the very next day I went into labor”— the story of a woman from Kyiv, who had to evacuate a day before she gave birth
“I fell to the ground, and after 5-7 seconds there was an explosion and my dog was thrown 5 meters away” – the story of a woman who evacuated from Kramatorsk
“In order to cross the border, we were standing in the middle of the forest, in the frost for 14 hours”, – the story of a woman from Zaporizhzhia who evacuated through the first days of the war
“I was forced to travel to other countries and I understand that the best place is where your home and family are” — the story of a woman who fled Zaporizhzhia for the United States
“The volunteer said just a few phrases into the phone, hung up, and said that we had fallen for fraudsters” – the story of evacuation from Odesa to Germany
“Russians broke into our houses: they looted everything, expelled people from there, mined everything and are using our homes for their needs”, — the evacuation story of the head of the project “Children’s Eco Village”
“It was very loud and scary in Kramatorsk, so one day we just got on the evacuation train and left,” – a story of a woman who was forced to flee the war for the second time
“We had no illusions about russia, that’s why we left Sloviansk on the very first day,” – the story of a woman fleeing russian aggression for the second time
“I felt shame for fleeing, but I reassured myself with a thought that children are the future of Ukraine and I had to save their lives”
“Until the last moment, I hoped that russia would not dare to launch a full-scale attack, but relying on 2014, I knew that someday it would happen,” – this is a story of a woman from Luhansk who is fleeing the war for the second time already
I heard such powerful explosions that I crouched down. After that I decided to flee the city. — This is a story of a woman from Kramatorsk, who escaped to Germany in the middle of March
“Before the invasion of russia, the special services called me and warned me that I should pack and be ready to leave as soon as the war starts,” — the story of a journalist who evacuated from Bakhmut
“In someone else’s house, without a basement, I brought my children to their death – that was what echoed in my head as I was crying my eyes out” – the story of a woman who, together with her children, escaped from occupied Kherson
“Now I’m scared of how many scum are trying to destroy us and wipe us out,” is the story of a woman from Chernihiv who, having left for Germany, could not withstand constant shelling
Iryna Mykhalchuk: “I feel that I will not be able to return to Kherson, but I am trying to plan the future for the sake of my daughter”
«The second army in the world» is a great shame. Dirty and disgusting». The story of a pensioner from Chernihiv region who had lived under occupation for 2 months
“I would not forgive myself if something happened to my children,” – the story of a woman from Bila Tserkva who managed to evacuate to Poland
“Kherson is dying now, little by little. It’s not life, it’s constant animal fear” – story of a teacher who managed to break free from the occupied city with her child
“I had a feeling that one day it might happen again,” – a story of a Lysychansk who for the second time experiences Russian aggression
“I secretly thought it would be better for a shell to hit us than I would go to an unknown place alone with my children and without my husband,” this is a story of a woman from Kyiv who is fleeing the war for the second time
“Our house was completely burned down, after it was hit by fragments of a downed rocket,” — the story of a resettled woman from temporarily occupied Melitopol
“I was the most afraid for our tiny daughter who hasn’t seen the world yet, and we desperately wanted to show it to her”. This is the story of a woman from Kyiv who was evacuated together with her daughter to Montenegro
Stanislav Kotliar: “The driver of the car, who was following the third bus from our convoy, was shot by a sniper”
Iryna Tarasenko: “It was difficult to accept the fact that you leave not because you want to, but because you have to”
“It broke my heart when my daughter asked for a warm bed and just to sleep on her birthday”
Shvets L. “At night our train was shelled, but it all worked out”
Liudmyla Stadnik: “Kherson is gradually becoming deserted, many people, especially the elderly are begging alms as they have no money to buy food”
Liudmyla Melnyk: “As soon as we crossed the bridge, we heard that they launched a ‘Grad’ firing”
Anastasiia Lysenko: “Russians were taking away phones from those who tried to call their relatives in Kherson”
Olena Trutneva: “What we saw cannot be described with words. It was like a scary movie about the end of the world”
Anna Bortnyk: “We spent three days in line at the border checkpoint!”
Eugenia Golovacheva: “We came across a Russian tank, which stands in the middle of the road, with a barrel aimed at us”
Inna Glushko: “There were 14 people in one compartment, the whole vestibule was also full of luggage and people”
Alina Peliukhivska: “It’s more frightening to be abroad without loved ones than to stay at home under shellings”
Liliia Volovelska: “It felt like a page of our life in Odessa was about to close”
Marina Frolova: “The word” Witches “was written in huge letters on a piece of paper and hung on the windshield”
Nataliia Vasylieva: “Survival instinct made me strong and determined”
Sergyi Khitryi: “The dairy of 12 days under occupation between Makariv and Borodyanka”
Dmytro Antonyuk: “The airfield in Starokostiantyniv was bombed just at the time when we refused to go that way”
Dmytro Yevtushenko: “We were shocked, I couldn’t accept the fact that we would leave our city for an indefinite time”
Mykola Miroshnik: “I felt like ironman during the evacuation”
Viktor Orlov: “If everyone would do something useful where they are, we will definitely defend and rebuild our country”
Yaroslav Tsvetkov: “On the first day of the war, I set my heart on becoming a volunteer”
Uliana Vasylieva: “Until recently, we didn’t believe that we would run away from our own home”
Khrystyna Kovalevska: “My boyfriend called me and even shouted at me, “You shall leave! You must stay safe!”
