by Mary Banko | Aug 5, 2022 | Kyiv, Kyiv, Lviv
Author: Mary Banko Editor: Mariia Semenchenko Illustrator: Nadiia Matviychuk Translator: Oksana Biliavska Russia’s full-fledged war against Ukraine radically changed the lives of Ukrainian artists and the work of cultural institutions. Some theaters are now...
by Mary Banko | May 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Illustrated by Aleksandra Fedarkova “Like everyone else, I live on a roller coaster of strong emotions. Specifically, today it hurts because after several weeks of hard struggle, I had to euthanize our cat: her kidneys failed, her condition worsened due to our...
by Mary Banko | Mar 23, 2022 | Khmelnytsky Region, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine
Anastasia Donets, 39, is the director of the History and Culture Museum in the village of Maliivtsi in Khmelnytsky Region. She organized a shelter at the museum for people who had escaped from the most dangerous areas at the beginning of the war. Maliivtsi is a...
by Mary Banko | Mar 21, 2022 | Kyiv, War. Stories from Ukraine
Oleksandr Zakletskyi is 43. Now he is defending the city in the Kyiv Territorial Defense unit. He says he knew that the war was coming back in 2008: if Russia attacked Georgia, Ukraine would be next. Oleksandr is a Maidan activist. When Russia annexed Crimea in...
by Mary Banko | Mar 21, 2022 | Mariupol
Alevtyna got out of hell, which is called Mariupol now. She was born and raised in this city. The woman worked as a TV host of a morning show and used to wake the city up with the words, “Mariupol, good morning!” Later on, she set up her TV project titled...
