“My father was tortured with electrical shocks”. A story of a young girl from Kherson
“At that time I had already done enough to be killed” — the story of journalist Kostyantyn Ryzhenko, who was a guerrilla in occupied Kherson
“I believed that when I stitch eyes into icons, the war would end”: an embroiderer from occupied Kherson created a series of Ukrainian cities depicted as female characters
He quit his job in Poland and went to the front: this is the story of a defender of Kherson
“I was forced to run through a minefield,” – is the story of a man who escaped from occupied Kherson
Activist on participation in pro-Ukrainian rallies in occupied Kherson: “We were pelted with tear gas and stun grenades”
«Products were exchanged in city chat rooms»: how the journalist from Odesa lived in occupied Kherson
“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
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”
“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 hoped that the city was about to be liberated.” A story about occupied Kherson in the first months of the war
Stanislav Kotliar: “The driver of the car, who was following the third bus from our convoy, was shot by a sniper”
“We have a lot of strangers. They behave self-confidently, they go to the beach and say that they are here for a long time”: a resident of Kherson told about the situation in the city and region
Olga Kotrus told us about the life of her parents in occupied Kherson: “The psychological pressure was the worst part for them: the lack of freedom, the uncertainty of the future”
Liudmyla Stadnik: “Kherson is gradually becoming deserted, many people, especially the elderly are begging alms as they have no money to buy food”
Kaleria: “Nadia tells me all the realities of Kherson. And then hides the phone”
“A life under the occupation is like prisoning where the entire city is your prison cell”
Tetyana Danyliak: “I didn’t want my husband to give his life for russia”
Kateryna Oleksandrova: “They shamelessly stole you in front of the whole world, and forced you to live under a government you didn’t want”
“I lost my job because Russian soldiers put tripwires in a building where my office was”