War. Stories from Ukraine
“My mom was killed by a Russian sniper in front of my eyes. A bullet right in her forehead”, Tetiana, 20, a student from Bucha
On February 25, the Russian army fired at the archive of the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Chernihiv. As a result of the shelling, it burned down, and with it half a million documents stored there. A part of my family’s history burned down, too.
“The Russians aimed to shoot our Executed Renaissance for the second time, to destroy our memories,” Yaryna Tsymbal, Kharkiv
“This is my city. I will not run away from every bandit or loony who comes here”, Natalia Yakovenko, 79, historian, Kyiv
“I woke up and that’s good, everyone in my family is safe and sound and that’s good, too”, Stanislav Sierhieiev, 36, Kharkiv
“This place is much more than just a park and palace. It is more than just a museum. It’s part of my family history. But I could never imagine that a war would be part of it”, Anastasia Donets, 39, Maliivtsi village
“A 20-minute walk across the city shelled by heavy artillery is something close to suicide”, Volodymyr, Severodonetsk
“I pulled the children out from under the rubble while I was bleeding,” Yulia Matvienko, 33, Chernihiv
“A shell hit our apartment in Mariupol. It is unknown whether our grandmother was there at the time of the attack. I haven’t been in touch with my family for two weeks now”, Kateryna Radyk, 21, Mariupol—Kyiv
“I’ll do more good things where I am now. Where should I go?”, Oleksandr Zakletskyi, 43, Kyiv
