by Tetiana Gonchenko | Jul 1, 2022 | Berdiansk, Kyiv, Mariupol
Illustrated by Tanya Guschina For over 4 months, Ukraine has been fighting for its survival against a neighboring state. Russia launches dozens of missiles at Ukraine every day, bombs peaceful cities, ruins infrastructure and destroys everything on its path. Over 20%...
by Tetiana Gonchenko | May 5, 2022 | Sumy
“Evacuation is hard for everyone, but for wheelchair users it’s ten, a hundred, a million times harder,” 37-year-old Hanna Rudenko says. Hanna spent two weeks in besieged Sumy, all the while trying to find a way to leave the city....
by Tetiana Gonchenko | Apr 13, 2022 | Bucha, War. Stories from Ukraine
Illustrated by Liubov Miau “My mom was killed by a Russian sniper in front of my eyes. A bullet went right in her forehead,” says 20 year-old Tetiana from Bucha. Tetiana’s mother, also named Tetiana, was killed on March 24. Bucha had been occupied by...
by Tetiana Gonchenko | Mar 21, 2022 | War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine
“I learned by chance from social media that a shell hit our apartment in Mariupol and it burned down. My grandmother could have been in the apartment. We asked her to go down to the shelter, but whether she was there at the time of the attack is unknown....
by Tetiana Gonchenko | Mar 14, 2022 | Kyiv region
Illustrated by Nastya Kryvonosiuk “A trayful of food would be drawn out from the grocery, and people would rush toward it to try and grasp at least something. I couldn’t believe that we were also characters in this scene,” recalls Vika, 46, a screenwriter in...
