War. Stories from Ukraine
“We lost our dreams within just a day”, – Lia, 32, Chernihiv–Warsaw
“I heard an explosion and felt the house jump up with me inside. In the opposite house, glass was falling”, Daria Horho, 32, Kyiv
“Any trip may turn into a one-way trip. But my cancer will kill me anyway”, Olexandr Drimanov, 46, Kryvyi Rih
“The Russian military is raping women, and the dead are just being dumped. They open the basements where people are hiding and shoot them”, Anastasia Taran, 30, Irpin — Lviv
“Corpses and parts of human bodies were scattered around the town, people were shot dead in their cars. We just got lucky”, Ulyana Pcholkina, world champion in parakarate, Bucha
“It’s hard to describe the whole spectrum of emotions, but mostly it’s anger and powerlessness,” Maryna, 23, Mariupol — Kyiv
“My wife and children were near the church when a mine landed there. A shockwave immediately killed them all,” Serhiy Perebyinis, 43, Irpin.
“The Russians kicked the door down and settled in the house of acquaintances of mine who had left before. They even wore their clothes”, Kateryna, 37, Bucha district
“You open the window and see black and deserted blocks of flats. Not so long ago, Bucha was a cozy and bright place. I can’t believe it…”, Viktoria Kurylenko, 46, Bucha
“No thoughts, just wild fear for your life. I just have been surviving all these days”, Karina Nagorna, 25, Irpin
