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“To run away now is to run all your life”, Oleh Romaniuk, 36, Luhansk region — Kharkiv

“To run away now is to run all your life”, Oleh Romaniuk, 36, Luhansk region — Kharkiv

by Liza Siviets | Mar 6, 2022 | Kharkiv, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine

  Oleh Romaniuk is 36 years old. He is a nurse by training but recently has been working as a cook in a restaurant. Oleh is from Luhansk region. His former home is only 15 kilometers from the demarcation line, which was the boundary before the full-scale invasion...
“I am overwhelmed with fierce hate against the occupiers”, Yuliia Kabanets, 24, Donetsk — Kyiv

“I am overwhelmed with fierce hate against the occupiers”, Yuliia Kabanets, 24, Donetsk — Kyiv

by Liza Siviets | Mar 5, 2022 | Donetsk, Kyiv, War. Stories from Ukraine

  “I’m from Donetsk, so now Russia has come to occupy my home for the second time,“ says 24-year-old Yuliia Kabanets, a resident of Kyiv, and a communication manager for the Cedos think tank. In 2014, Yuliia graduated from school in her native Donetsk, then...
“I’m afraid of losing my relatives and friends. Afraid of running out of water and food”, Kateryna, 26, Berdiansk

“I’m afraid of losing my relatives and friends. Afraid of running out of water and food”, Kateryna, 26, Berdiansk

by Liza Siviets | Mar 4, 2022 | Berdiansk

Illustrated by Liubov Miau Kateryna, 26, is an analyst for an IT company and an environmental activist. Recently, she had lived in Lviv, but a couple days prior to the full-scale attack of Russian troops she arrived at her hometown, Berdiansk, to visit her family....
“I don’t know what else there is to be afraid of. The worst has already happened”, Bohdan Syniavsky, 28, Debaltsevo — Kharkiv

“I don’t know what else there is to be afraid of. The worst has already happened”, Bohdan Syniavsky, 28, Debaltsevo — Kharkiv

by Liza Siviets | Mar 3, 2022 | Kharkiv

  Bohdan Syniavsky is 28, he is an actor and musician. He was born in Debaltsevo, Donetsk Region. He has lived in Kharkiv since 2010, so he did not experience the battles for Debaltsevo and the occupation of the city in 2015. But he did experience battles for...
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