by Mary Banko | Aug 5, 2022 | 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 | Kyiv, Kyiv, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine
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
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 | Uncategorized
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...
