“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
“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 found ourselves in the centre of a triangle, from each point of which there were artillery duels”: the story of a family from Mykhailivka
“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
“If it hadn’t been for the volunteers, I think that a city like Chernihiv could have fallen,” — a Kyiv citizen about the role of volunteers in the war with russia
“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 want to burn Moscow so much. After what they have done here, there is no pity for them”, territorial defense fighter tells about the defending of Makariv
From delivery of humanitarian aid to evacuation of people from hot spots — how the volunteer from Fastiv helps people in Donbas, risking his life
“We were told – either save it now or it will be demolished” – a girl from Irpin lost her home and asks for help
“Thanks, your scope worked well today”: the story of volunteer Olena Ivanova, who started helping Kyiv residents and the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the first days of the war
“The village prayed for us to deliver everything they handed over”: a Kyiv citizen about how he helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 and why he decided to join the army
Russians steal a toilet. A fighter from “Azov” told us about what he has seen in enemy positions
“Mother used to say: ‘Take it as a vacation’: the wife of a soldier told how she was leaving Kyiv under the explosions
“They did not know that they would die so quickly”: a serviceman of the National Guard of Ukraine about everyday life in combat
“We have made a decision not to return as long as there is a war.” A story about the life of a woman from Kyiv abroad
“Some russians don’t unsubscribe and constantly donate in line with their principals.” This is a story of the woman, who collect money from russians and gave them to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
“We were expecting the war, not the genocide of the Ukrainian people.” The story the married a couple’s evacuation of from Bucha in wheelchairs
“In the current conditions, all mothers have become stronger.” The story of a woman from Kyiv who escaped from the war and went to Germany
“Can you imagine, there are no sirens here and there will be no sirens…”: how a Ukrainian woman from Vyshhorod, fleeing shelling, ended up in Germany
“For me, the war did not start on February 24, 2022, but much earlier, back in 2014, when I lived in the Donetsk region.” The story of a woman with a diagnosis of cerebral palsy who evacuated to Georgia on her own
«Do not worry, everything is OK»: the message from her mother became the most terrifying memory for the Ukrainian writer living in Poland
From teacher to be requalified as a military serviceman: the story of a girl from Gostomel, who protects Ukraine
“Two days behind the wheel, five countries behind”: Tetiana Didenchuk from Kyiv found shelter in the Netherlands
“We were ready to give everything to our boys if only they would keep the city.” The story of a volunteer from Makariv
“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
“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
«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
“I don’t expect gratitude, I see it in people‘s eyes,” the story of a woman from Kyiv who actively volunteers even in the occupied territories
Head of NGO “Every animal” about vegan parcels for Armed Forces of Ukraine: “Such support is rather moral than material”
Yaroslav Voloshyn: “I didn’t have much choice because I’m a doctor by profession, and that’s probably the best thing I can do in this life”
Up to 80% of us will come out of this war without significant trauma, which would break us forever. A psychologist from Cherkasy told about the evacuation from Kyiv to Prague and adaptation in a new country
“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
«We realized that we want to do everything possible so that people can return to their previous lives» . The story of one volunteer project
“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
“I am going to shoot you right in the head If you don’t tell me password from your Facebook account,” – a story of a captive from Bucha
Olena Ralchuk: “When we were hiding from the shelling in the basement, my dad remained upstairs, confined to his bed. At the time, my soul was torn into pieces”
“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
“Crows had already eaten their eyes out, but they wouldn’t let us take the bodies” – a witness tells the story about the occupation of Bucha
Alyona Zaporozhets: “It’s as if I dropped my cameras from a cliff somewhere. Opened a new direction and ran into the other direction”
Liudmyla Afanasieva: “There is no “male” and “female” work during war. All are equal”
Oleksandra Kondrasheva: “We were leaving the place among shot cars, corpses, body parts, destroyed equipment that was still smoking”
Iryna Tarasenko: “It was difficult to accept the fact that you leave not because you want to, but because you have to”
«It would be easier for me if it burned down»
Shvets L. “At night our train was shelled, but it all worked out”
Kateryna Halyshka:“ My work is to do everything possible that could make women feel less frustrated about losing their loving husbands. The lost and pain that I went through”
“I stand by the position that there are no good Russians”, — the story of a Russian woman who left her homeland
“After we left Bucha, the Russian soldier killed my friends’ father”
“I have always been involved in volunteering during peacetime. Since the war started, even more,” – a story of a volunteer from the Kyiv region
Liudmyla Tomko about life in the occupation: “We understood that this moment could be the last”
Vitalii: “The most difficult thing was to keep calm during the shelling because the women were very afraid”
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
Mykhailo Lavrovsky: “The motto of our battalion is – “For the sake of every life”
Kyrylo Zaklunnyi: “We were leaving Bucha on foot. On our way, we bypassed the bodies of the mercilessly killed people”
Eugenia Golovacheva: “We came across a Russian tank, which stands in the middle of the road, with a barrel aimed at us”
Vira Tuz about the evacuation from Pylypovychi: “March 3rd is the second birthday of our family”
Alyona Babko: “Even a kilo of potatoes can save a grandmother’s emotional state for a few days”
Marfa Vyhovska: “The only thing that saved me from going insane after what I had seen was God”
Anastasya Rokytna: “Volunteering is always tough, you need to do several tasks simultaneously because you want to help everyone…”
Anton Fortunatov: “Things that were scary to do before the war are not scary at all now. On the contrary, it’s scary not to do it”
Sergyi Khitryi: “The dairy of 12 days under occupation between Makariv and Borodyanka”
Svitlana Malezhik: “It’s so scary when you know that someone is in trouble, but help in any way”
Dmytro Antonyuk: “The airfield in Starokostiantyniv was bombed just at the time when we refused to go that way”
Alyona Zaporozhets: “I was sure that I would meet love like the one I photographed”
Irina Mi: “I am in Munich with my body and in Mariupol with my heart”
Vira Hvust: “Every day I cry on my husband’s shoulder. I tell him I want home because I think I could do more at home”
Tetiana Sichkar: “Don’t say that we lost my Mom, she had made for all of us something we can never lose”
Oleksandr Stepanov: “There’s nothing to be afraid on war, even injury or death is expected although terrible thing”
Liubov Kroshchenko: “Russians didn’t manage to reach us, so they fired the missiles deliberately”
Marietta: “Volunteering is the motivation to fight for the lives of people we love when strangers become like family to us”
Anna Panova: “Orcs blocked the exit from the village and shot people who tried to escape”
Ksenia Laukhina: “I would never have imagined telling my children about the war not from the textbooks but from my own experience”
Olena Yarmolenko: “When there was shelling, I was very worried about my children. With each explosion sound, everything inside me turned upside down”
Nataliia Makhno: “War is like a scar on a body that will remain with all of us”
“I know how it feels to live every moment thinking it could be my last — to think that I might meet my unborn baby but in the otherworld”
Anastasiia Tykha: “When you go with 20 homeless dogs, there’s no time to fear”
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”
Yaroslava Kaminska: “This is not a war. The Ukrainian people are being wiped out. It is genocide”
Oleksandr Semenchenko: “They knew we had no information, but they kept beating us”
Svitlana Voloshyna: “I managed to save 26 years of selection work”
Kateryna Myronenko: «Ways converged when both families were looking for salvation»
Olena Lesechko: «We left home and 15 minutes later it was shelled»
Victor Boiev: “They took away our phones and shut us in the basement. They wouldn’t even let us go to the bathroom”
Victoria Gaidai: “Knowledge that Kyiv is ours gave us the strength to live and fight”
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”
