by Anastasiia Kovalenko | Mar 20, 2022 | War. Stories from Ukraine
Illustrated by Lidiia Holosko “Running from your hometown is a big challenge. We refused several times, even when a green corridor was arranged. We believed Trostianets would be freed. We decided to leave after Russians came to us, pointed a weapon at us...
by Anastasiia Kovalenko | Mar 18, 2022 | Hostomel
Illustrated by Tanya Guschina “We were driving down the streets that had turned into a graveyard of military equipment and vehicles. We took a turn in a different direction: there was an occupiers’ tank. Our car was shot at, and my dad did everything possible to save...
by Anastasiia Kovalenko | Mar 18, 2022 | Irpin, War. Stories from Ukraine
“Irpin is Hell. There are plenty of Russian soldiers out there who just shoot people who enter private homes and, at best, just kick people out of their homes. They rape women and the dead are just being dumped. They open the basements where people are hiding...
by Anastasiia Kovalenko | Mar 17, 2022 | Mariupol
Illustrated by Дар’я Бороденко “A woman ran to our bomb shelter and asked for help: her husband had stepped on something and both his legs were torn off. Svitlana, a woman from our basement, helped put that man in the car, took the couple to the hospital,...
by Anastasiia Kovalenko | Mar 16, 2022 | Kyiv
“On our way to the railway station we didn’t know where we were going or how we would do it. We decided to leave because it was both dangerous and emotionally difficult to stay in Kyiv. The constant feeling of anxiety drove us crazy. Those days Putin threatened...