The detachable calendar at my home is still on February 24. It feels strange to recall my pre-war life. There were so many fears to start...

When I will meet my friends. Every single time, I will recall how strongly I wanted to hug them. And I will be crying. When my son will...

“I visit the cemetery five times per day. Five crosses with photographs on them. That’s all,” says Volodymyr Obodzinskyi. His entire...

My schoolmate has managed to get out of Melitopol to Georgia. Unfortunately, through the parashia [russia], cause that was the only way....

What do I feel? It seems I’m in some kind of infernal reality show, where we — the military — are fighting for our lives, using every...

Fair-haired girl in poppy wreath. Ukrainian costume, traditional necklace, and bandura [a Ukrainian plucked string folk instrument — Ed.]...

Ukraine will prevail because Ukrainians have a dream. And we gave that name to the largest aircraft in the world not without a reason...

A boy lived with his mother, who worked as a cleaning lady at the railway station. When she was leaving for work, she gave him money to...

There was an unexpected and maybe a little harsh (but considering the circumstances) ethics lesson. Nana, who turned seven the other day,...

“During the first days of the war, the Russians were entering as numerous military convoys. Approximately 60 tanks came to our village...

His friend’s charred body has been lying in the apartment for more than a month. Bohdan takes us to the top floor of his house. Barely...

This is one of mine. It is 45 years old. My father once studied in Italy. He brought it from there. Back then he was a young atheist :)...

Volodka arrived after the liberation of the village. In camouflage, with an assault rifle, in armor. He was a little shell-shocked (but...

A family returned to one of the liberated villages in the Kyiv region. They cautiously walked into the yard, and they saw a brazier, a...

When I was in fifth grade, the house of my classmate went up in flames. The fire broke out in the kitchen, then moved on to the corridor....

A village called Yablunka used to be here. Later, a railway station looking like a knight’s castle was built. Then, the mass...

There are events that split our life in half, brutally ruining the world that you have carefully been building for many decades. This war...

They lived in a three-room apartment at the railway station and did not believe in any war. They were raising their two sons. One of them...

Russia's economy only mimics life. It may seem that the ruble is stable, and the Russian stock market is even growing. Banks work, and...

He was allowed 20 minutes to collect the scattered parts of his late friend and bury him. This is Mykola. He's 53 years old. He lives in...