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"We will definitely return home": a family from Bakhmut hopes their…

One year after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Olena still can’t believe what she sees on the news about her hometown of Bakhmut.

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"We will definitely return home": a family from Bakhmut hopes their…
At dawn on February 24, my son called from Azovstal, "Mom, it's war. Pack…

At dawn on February 24, my son called from Azovstal, "Mom, it's war. Pack…

At dawn on February 24, my son called from Azovstal, "Mom, it's war. Pack your things, I'm going to the military commissariat"

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“We would wash bed linen at our homes – and these were whole bags of it”: how…

As a shelter volunteer at the St. John Paul II Catholic Church in Lviv, Ms. Bronislava has heard dozens, maybe hundreds of stories. Stories of homes being gone, of leaving everything behind, of worry about those who stayed.

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“We would wash bed linen at our homes – and these were whole bags of it”: how…
The cats were the first to fall behind, and the dogs held on longer. I look…

The cats were the first to fall behind, and the dogs held on longer. I look…

Her town was wiped out by Russian aggressors. The only thing left of Mariinka are the foundations of houses and memories. Yuliia keeps these memories in her heart. They are her fragile talisman and amulet.

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When my son says: "Mom, you are the queen!" I forget everything. How…

Svetlana’s hometown in Ukraine is unrecognizable today. In Rubizhnye in the Luhansk region, barely a house remains, and in the former cozy courtyards and playgrounds you see only graves. Svetlana experienced both incredible happiness and…

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When my son says: "Mom, you are the queen!" I forget everything. How…
“We are alright now, but in our thoughts, we are back home.” Agnia Bohun from…

“We are alright now, but in our thoughts, we are back home.” Agnia Bohun from…

On February 24, 2022, Agnia Bohun woke up at dawn in her Kharkiv home to explosions. The air was roaring and houses were collapsing. Not far away, high-rise buildings were turning into charred skeletons. “We packed emergency suitcases and…

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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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My passport is all I could get, says 80-year-old Polina from Mariupol 
Laughter Offers Free Medicine in War: The story of a family from Chuguyev

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.

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"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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"Olha, take our child, we have to get away from here. The Kadyrovites have…
To survive death

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…

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People 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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People of the dungeon: A family from Kharkiv lived in a basement for 200 days
Любов, народжена в пісні

Любов, народжена в пісні

«Щаслива, що десять років тому послухала своє серце…»

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