Life stories
My passport is all I could get, says 80-year-old Polina from Mariupol
Ms. Polina, 80, still remembers the scents and sounds that filled her home in Mariupol. The clock ticking, the creaking of the floor in the room, and the hissing of the kettle in the kitchen as she brewed her morning tea. She remembers the…
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Laughter Offers Free Medicine in War: The story of a family from Chuguyev
The city of Chuguiv, 20 km from Kharkiv, became a zone of intense shelling almost from the first day of the large-scale invasion.
Read more"Olha, take our child, we have to get away from here. The Kadyrovites have…
After the liberation of Sloboda village in Chernihiv region from the invaders, seven-year-old Ivanko learned to smile again and planted a "tree for victory"
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To survive death
This story won`t have photos, except two of them – a portrait of a person who has experienced the horror, and the photo of this horror. This story doesn’t have an end, except the hope – that someday a normal life will return. This story…
Read morePeople of the dungeon: A family from Kharkiv lived in a basement for 200 days
It is cool and drafty in the basement of this 16-story building on Northern Saltivka. Dusty communication pipes stretch along the walls, wires hang from the ceiling. It is hard to believe that people lived in these conditions for a long…
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"I've had a dream to help children with special needs. When we had a…
It is easy to get lost in Odesa courtyards - there are lots of similar doors. So Mrs. Valentyna's coming out to meet us and inviting us to the house. Here, in a rented apartment on the ground floor, she has been living with her husband,…
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That day, the church in our village burned down from shelling. Then it came to…
Late autumn in the village is the time to finally catch your breath. The vegetable gardens are done, the harvest is in safe storage, you can safely wait for winter.
Read moreThe drones flew at dawn. Then came the rockets. "Mom, why did the thunder…
"When you are already in the village, go down the main street until the end. There is a turn to the right, my son will meet you and show you the way", Mrs. Svitlana explains over the phone.
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A rocket hit our house and burnt everything down. Only the corner where my…
Through the broken windows, the draft boldly rushes into the house. And follows us like a watcher. From room to room. The draft has no problems with broken doors or cracked windows. Come in whenever you want, no one will stop you. Mr.…
Read more"It was our dream home... Everything disappeared in the blink of an eye……
The GPS navigator is dispassionate: it is quite easy for it. It brings us to the given address, as it should be. Both the street and the house number - everything matches. Only the house is gone. There is only the foundation left. Burnt…
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Stories of those escaping the war
Earlier we wrote about the pilgrimage center supported by Caritas-Spes Mission in western Ukraine, which became a new temporary home for many IDPs. The Center started working on February 25, on the second day of the full-scale Russian…
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