“They saw a better life here and it seemed like they were taking revenge for it. They were mad about it”, Olha Simonova, 31, Dymer, Kyiv Region 2 May 2022 | Kyiv region
“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 13 April 2022 | 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. 5 April 2022 | Chernihiv, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine, War. Stories from Ukraine
“The Russians aimed to shoot our Executed Renaissance for the second time, to destroy our memories,” Yaryna Tsymbal, Kharkiv 4 April 2022 | Kharkiv
“This is my city. I will not run away from every bandit or loony who comes here”, Natalia Yakovenko, 79, historian, Kyiv 29 March 2022 | 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 26 March 2022 | 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 23 March 2022 | Khmelnytsky Region
“A 20-minute walk across the city shelled by heavy artillery is something close to suicide”, Volodymyr, Severodonetsk 23 March 2022 | Severodonetsk
“I pulled the children out from under the rubble while I was bleeding,” Yulia Matvienko, 33, Chernihiv 22 March 2022 | 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 21 March 2022 |
“I’ll do more good things where I am now. Where should I go?”, Oleksandr Zakletskyi, 43, Kyiv 21 March 2022 | Kyiv
“Russians came to us, pointed a weapon at us and said they needed our car keys”, Anastasiia, 22, Trostianets 20 March 2022 |