I had a conversation with a girl from Mykolayiv who woke up on the morning of February 24th to the sound of artillery fire. Yulia had a long way to evacuate to Scotland, but many of her friends and relatives are currently in Ukraine.

From childhood, parents, and teachers knew that my future would be related to creativity. The young Ukrainian photographer Anastasia Nikolaychuk told us about choosing a profession, working during the war, volunteering and plans for the future.

Mark Butkin is a Ukrainian who has dreamt of traveling since childhood of visiting every corner of our planet. He is 22 years old, and now he is not only making his dream come true, but also helping others to do it.

On the condition of anonymity, I spoke with several LGBT+ people from the occupied Donbas about their life and childhood, which coincided with the beginning of the war.

I spoke with Oleksiy, a Ukrainian student in Kyiv, a volunteer of the international charitable organization “Red Cross”, who has been helping victims of hostilities since the beginning of the war.

Before the events that befell us on February 24, nineteen-year-old Mykyta was a student at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and a tennis player. What happened to him and his city after February 24th, read more about it in our material.

Eskender Bariiev, a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, shares with us his experience of the Russian-Ukrainian war. He told us how Crimean Tatars are going through occupation — as well as their representatives.

Psychologist Karina Perets will tell us how to stabilize your mental state and not fall into depression in the conditions of hostilities.

Today we spoke with Oleksandra Romankiv, who was in Kharkiv in the first hours of the invasion and after some time was able to evacuate and start a new life in Scotland.

Kateryna Chepela was an actress of the Kharkiv Drama Theater and a barista in her free time until February 24. Today the girl is a volunteer and works in the “Rescue Now” charity foundation. She raises funds for the needs of the Armed Forces via social networks and also helps to deliver ammunition from Turkey.

Today a 19 year old student named Viktoria shares her story of living through the wartime with us. She is a third year student of Tavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University, majoring in Germanic philology.

“No, you don’t get angry at all, you just listen to the sound of a flying plane that carries others to vacation, but in my country it brings death.”

We were trapped: without electricity, internet connection, shops and water supply, being in constant mortal danger. We had one task — to survive, because we understood what the “Russian piece” is.

The morning of February 24, it’s 6:07 a.m. A muffled phone call. I pick up the phone and hear a confused but surprisingly calm voice: «Wake up! Iro! Putin invaded Ukraine! War!».