by Olexandra Lan'ko | Mar 10, 2022 | Kyiv
Illustrated by Liubov Miau In peacetime, 29-year-old Mykola Levchyk from Volyn prepares for marathons and trains children and adults. But since February 24, he has been preparing for armed combat and defense of Kyiv, where he has lived since 2010. Like many...
by Olexandra Lan'ko | Mar 7, 2022 | Kharkiv
Illustrated by Liubov Miau “Grandma, do you mind if I write a short text about you?” I asked my old grandmother during our first conversation after a long four-day break. In the Kharkiv area, where they live, there was no power, so charging the phone was...
by Olexandra Lan'ko | Mar 5, 2022 | War. Stories from Ukraine
Sofia Zolochevska is 26. She is a translator and a Polish teacher in Kharkiv. Even before the war, reading threatening news, she thought of leaving Kharkiv just in case, but her husband did not support her. “Firstly, he is an optimist, and secondly, many...
by Olexandra Lan'ko | Mar 3, 2022 | Kharkiv, Kharkiv, Kharkiv
Illustrated by Mari Kinovych Daria is 25, and she is from Aktobe, the second largest city in Kazakhstan. She got her degree in Kharkiv and then married a Ukrainian man named Serhiy. They bought an apartment in a new building in Kharkiv. Daria wanted to stay in the...
by Olexandra Lan'ko | Mar 2, 2022 | War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine
Illustrated by Anna Osadchuk 22-year-old Diana hails from Volnovakha. That very same town where “people are being buried alive, so to say.” She moved from the Donetsk region to Kharkiv several years ago. It’s been four days now that the situation in Kharkiv is...
