23-year-old Anna about life under shelling in Mariupol: “It was like I was in the TV game “Fort Boyard”
“The constant whistling of shells overhead was no longer so frightening, but the night bombing of the city was really terrifying.” The story of a man from Chernihiv who lived through the siege of the city
“I overcame nearly 5000 kilometers on my own car” — Liudmyla Hanshyna, the woman from Kharkiv, who was fleeing the war moving to Ireland
“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
“If it happened again, I would still do the same”. The story of a nurse from Makariv
“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
“We were cooking food on the street while planes were flying past and the city was burning and glowing” — the story of a girl who spent 20 days in the besieged Mariupol
“A week after evacuation, our stable burned down”: the story of rescuing horses from Kreminna
“There was a collaborator among my colleagues,” — this is the story of Larysa Boyko, who has miraculously been evacuated from Sievierodonetsk
“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
“Mariupol is the “Brest Fortress” of Ukraine”. The story of the woman from Mariupol who spent two months in the destroyed city
At night we would go to bed, kiss and say goodbye: 45 days under shelling and evacuation on foot
“In order to survive, we melted the snow and drained the water from the batteries in the apartment.” The story of a family from Kharkiv that was living in a bomb shelter under constant shelling, without water and food
“I have very unique footage”: Oleksiy Merkulov from Kramatorsk worked at the railway station during civilian evacuation when it was hit by Russian missiles
“We were told – either save it now or it will be demolished” – a girl from Irpin lost her home and asks for help
About air raids and evacuation with two young children: the story of a pregnant woman from Izium
“Dnrvtsi collected and burned dead bodies at night so as not to leave evidence of their crimes,” – this is the story of a woman from Mariupol who had lived in a cellar for two months
“The walls of our houses heard more prayers than a church”. The story of a Kharkiv resident evacuated to the town of Shpola
“One day it was so quiet that it was terrifying”: how Donetsk region lives under daily shelling
“We are alive, Masha and I lost our legs”. The story of a family that was affected by the shelling in Zaporizhzhia oblast
“I don’t know a single person in Kramatorsk who is looking forward to russian world”: Karina Yefremova told about leaving the city, which came under the fire of invaders for the second time in 8 years
“I don’t have the right to go abroad, because I promised the boy with a disability and myself that I would bring him to the Ukrainian record.” The story of the evacuation of the Kharkiv athletics coach
The story of the owner of the outerwear brand: about life under the sounds of explosions, evacuation from Kharkiv and relocation of production
“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
“There were fighting 2 km from us. Our district was erased from the ground.” A girl told us about the siege of Chernihiv
Activist on participation in pro-Ukrainian rallies in occupied Kherson: “We were pelted with tear gas and stun grenades”
“In three months, eight rockets landed on the territory of the zoo”: how the Mykolaiv Zoo survives in the conditions of war
«There was a window frame on me and an icon next to it»: the private sector was fired upon in Dachne, Odesa region
“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
“My mother asked the doctor if I would walk, and the doctor replied: “Pray at all that she survives” – the story of the rescue of a girl who was injured as a result of a rocket attack on Kramatorsk
“It’s horrifying when children suffer.” Story of a family from Severodonetsk
«I turn my head to the window, and there I see two rockets, then an explosion, a glow and smoke». In Vinnytsia, a woman recorded a rocket hit and an explosion on a children’s video
Oleksii Maslo about large-scale evacuation from the occupied zones of Kharkiv region: “It costs 106 UAH in fuel to rescue one person”
“During each explosion my dog would fall to the ground”. How a woman from Irpin evacuated herself and her dog, and lost a home
Living under the muzzle of a machine gun:“ We couldn’t imagine how long it is going to be, what happened to our dearest and if we are to survive this night”
Women prayed aloud and it was like witnessing my own funeral. It’s a story about people who dwelled in a cellar and fled Irpin
“My kids still get scared of any loud noise.” The story of a woman from Kharkiv who had to bring her family 3,000 kilometres from their hometown
“To calm down, my son played chess in the basement.” The story of the rescue of a family from Chernihiv
«I believed it was not the house on fire but the life of some family». How the man from Irpin lived under intense shelling and sought shelter
“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
“We have been standing in a queue only to be given one apple and a bottle of water.” A story of woman from Kharkiv who told about her life under shelling and evacuation to Cherkasy
Ksenia Kayan: “My son was killed before my eyes”
“Frightened, we sat in the school basement. Azovtsi told us that everything is going to be alright, we will deal with everything, and we will win,” — this is a story of a woman from Mariupol who was at the hottest spot
“A two-meter window frame fragment flew into our apartment.“ The story of a Kyiv citizen who was left homeless due to shelling of the city
“Lying on the bed, I was holding my wife’s hand and thinking if a missile is going to hit me or not,” – a story of a man from Chernihiv who decided to stay rather than flee
About the arrival of a rocket in the house, the evacuation from Mariupol and the story of love with a captured “Azov” soldier: the story of 21-year-old Anna Babicheva
A Russian woman living in Ukraine: “This war was started by the president of Russia and all people with a burgundy passport are also responsible for his actions”
Editor-in-chief of Kharkiv publishing house “Vidkryttia”. Our office nowadays is a bench in the park
“I would have been at work in 5 minutes and then I heard a strong explosion”, a press secretary of the head of the Kharkiv Administration told us about peculiarities of her work during the war
“We knew that there were people in the city, and we needed to help them. Someone had to do it. That’s why we stayed there,” – the story of police officers from Sievierodonetsk
«It would be easier for me if it burned down»
Valentyna Artiuh “If we were in the house, no one would be left alive”
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”
Nikita Tretyakov: “There were only four of us: two elderly women, me and my uncle against twelve armed and angry rashists”
Olena Trutneva: “What we saw cannot be described with words. It was like a scary movie about the end of the world”
“As they started helicopter shelling, I fell down and covered my child with my body” – a story of one family from Kyiv region
Daria Shycheva from Mariupol: “Four of us were sharing a chocolate bar. It was the only food we had in days”
Sergyi Reznichenko: “Eight years ago there had been no shelling in Bakhmut. We thought this time it would be the same”
Vira Tuz about the evacuation from Pylypovychi: “March 3rd is the second birthday of our family”
Maksim Shevchenko: “Once when I stood with two 5-liters bottles in a queue, a missile flew just over my head. In a moment there was an explosion 500 meters away from me”
Tetiana Nesterenko: “Women are as if in a parallel world. Giving birth here, but their thoughts are somewhere else. I have never delivered babies in such conditions”
Lyudmila from Sumy: “The length of the column of military equipment, as we met, reached several kilometers. At night she was already bombing the city”
Nataliia Vasylieva: “Survival instinct made me strong and determined”
Tetiana Chernyshova: “I want to come back to Mariupol and find my child’s grave”
Alla Savchenko: “The only thing to think about is how to make the assignment hibernate happy in the current conditions. And then we will deal with the rest”
Karina Goroshkova: “We saw people burned alive in cars who just left at the wrong time”
Alyona Chausova: “In those days, many people lost their human form. I believed that life would go on, so we must remain human”
Dmytro Antonyuk: “The airfield in Starokostiantyniv was bombed just at the time when we refused to go that way”
Oksana Bersan: “In the course of a day, I knew there were no people left in Russia. Only slaves and butchers”
Oleh Husak: “You should look “Saving private Ryan” or “Sniper” films to realize what we survived in Mariupol”
Dmytro Yevtushenko: “We were shocked, I couldn’t accept the fact that we would leave our city for an indefinite time”
Liubov Kroshchenko: “Russians didn’t manage to reach us, so they fired the missiles deliberately”
Mykhailo Starodynov: “At first, they didn’t understand what happened to me, then they examined my leg, it was smashed like minced meat”
Anna Panova: “Orcs blocked the exit from the village and shot people who tried to escape”
Taras Turelyk: “When I left Popasna, that place could no longer be called a town. There was no undamaged building left”
Ksenia Laukhina: “I would never have imagined telling my children about the war not from the textbooks but from my own experience”
Nataliia Nikitina: “Every night I have nightmares about bombing as if I come back home and get under shelling”
Riabov Stanislav “I can say about the situation in Mariupol that it was a kind of hell on Earth…”
Tetiana Tymoshchenko: “That was the moment I realized how merciless the war can be”
Uliana Vasylieva: “Until recently, we didn’t believe that we would run away from our own home”
Karyna Ryzhkova: “A bullet stopped short of the body, pierced a jacket and a shirt, and scorched my mom’s back”
Olena Moiseeva: “Air strikes were the scariest. It was sunny and the sky was clear, and they saw whom they were firing at”
Oleksandr Semenchenko: “They knew we had no information, but they kept beating us”
Alla Kopylovska: “I had no idea I can hate so much”
Kateryna Myronenko: «Ways converged when both families were looking for salvation»
Olena Lesechko: «We left home and 15 minutes later it was shelled»
“I hope they liberate Donbas because if it’s not Ukraine, I’m not coming back”
Victoria Gaidai: “Knowledge that Kyiv is ours gave us the strength to live and fight”
Olha Berezka: “I wasn’t scared, I just asked God to take us all away at once. In one go. So that no one would suffer”
Kateryna Furman: “Polite people” are those who wish you a safe trip and then cover you with hail in the back”
Nataliya Chornovil: ‘It was like a movie about the apocalypse. Burned and overturned cars, destruction everywhere. I did not recognize my village”
Iryna Selyuk: “I was afraid that we would be buried under the rubble of the house, leaving the children orphaned”
Tetiana Raizova: “On March 13, the world was split into before and after”
Sukhorukova Nadiia “God left Mariupol. He was afraid of everything he saw”
