Uljana Ustinova
Vika. ‘Happiness is electricity, hot water, food and no bombs’
I’ve got used to bombing, but leaving, the feeling that people are far away in different cities and countries hurts much
Sofa from Pisky village: I wanted to cry over such a ‘present’
Ukraine is a multiethnic country. The “Ukrainians” of different ethnic origin are likely to be found among your colleagues and friends as well.
Lesia. Helping IDPs is lifestyle
My husband says about our daughter: "Well, it is clear that she will start to walk in Frolivska Street, but I wish we did not marry her off there."
Yevheniy. ‘I just want to survive, it’s the very same push…’
Everything happened literally overnight - I went to the railway station, bought tickets, and we arrived in Khmelnytsky the next day
Yulia. I want to have opportunity to return home
It is interesting to break the stereotypes when you come to the servicemen, talk with them, especially if you speak Ukrainian, they find out that you are from Luhansk and do not understand what's going on
Liudmyla. Ukrainian Janusz Korczak
I said I would not take children to shelled Luhansk...
Sasha. ‘Degree of help may be different’
Sasha is one of those volunteers, who were the first to provide assistance to the displaced persons from Crimea and eastern Ukraine.
Oleh. “Crimea has always been a sought-after region. All years of Ukrainian independence”
The conversations about #“Ukrainization” of Crimea were futile. It was impossible to find a postcard in Ukrainian for our Canadian friends in 1997-1998
Oleksiy. After the annexation of Crimea: ‘I won’t sing to these people…’
It is much easier to live with Ukrainian passport in Russian Volgograd than to live with Ukrainian passport somewhere in Crimea.
Svitlana. ‘I’ve refused Russian citizenship twice’
Sometimes I say stupid things but I don’t want to be killed, jailed or punished for my nonsense. It is very important for me to call a spade a spade, but it can’t be done now in Crimea.
Three friends
The events in Ukraine made girls get much more mature faster, though they still remain the same restless, ambitious, sincere Ukrainian teenagers.
Maryna. “I’ve started to draw again in Lutsk”
Support is very important at the beginning. It helps in difficult situations. Then you can already move on your own. There will be a person, who needs help more than you.
Vlad. ‘Donbas people may be different’
If I had not left, I would have had no opportunity to travel somewhere now and in future. These forced circumstances gave me opportunity to travel across Ukraine, to leave the settled place and start a new life.
Liusia. “I don’t like term ‘IDPs’”
"You can postpone a war but never jazz." We went to listen to jazz, when the administration was seized, the radio was seized.
