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‘War on four paws’ — Serhii Neboha’s personal war

A vast number of animals have suffered since the beginning of the full-scale Russian aggression. Cynologist Serhii Neboha helps his colleagues save dogs and talks about the problems of evacuation, cases of cruelty to animals, and the destruction of kennels.

His mother was shot, and the place of work was destroyed — Russian occupation harshly affected the life of Trostianets resident Serhii Pentin

In just a month of occupation, the Russians destroyed the center of Trostianets, bringing death and injury to hundreds of families. The military shot Serhii's mother on the way to the hospital. Also, the biscuit shop where Serhii worked burned down at the chocolate factory.

‘We just love Ukraine. Why do they harm us?’ — a pensioner from Mariupol couldn’t hold back tears

Mariupol resident Vira Mykytivna Tiata worked as a kindergarten teacher for 48 years. Even in the worst nightmare, she could not imagine that she would have to hide in the basement from the bombing and that Russian invaders would destroy everything she had acquired.

When the building collapsed like a house of cards, she bade life farewell

Ninel Chernyshenko, a resident of Borodianka, saw with her own eyes how Russian planes deliberately dropped bombs on peaceful houses. Yet, against all odds, she believes in victory, peace, and the restoration of Ukraine.

‘I believe the war will end soon, and everything will be fine’

Blooming and beautiful — with these words, Liudmyla Halaka describes Borodianka. However, neither the beauty nor the amenities that struck the Russian occupiers prevented them from destroying not only the village but also human lives.

‘My husband and son were injured during an airstrike’

As a result of the airstrike, Iryna’s husband and a two-year-old son were injured. Their apartment was destroyed. But she wants to live in Borodianka and hopes to earn money for new housing.

‘For all the evil they have done, they will be held accountable before God!’

Despite the persuasions of the children, a couple of pensioners from Borodianka refused to evacuate. They survived the air raids and saw the helicopters flying low overhead. Then, one day, Russians broke into their yard and began an interrogation.

‘I fell face down in the glass and covered my head with my hands’

We met with Halyna Khoroshchak in her apartment in Borodianka, which was destroyed by air strikes. With tears in her eyes, the woman spoke about how the Russians dropped bombs on residential buildings, shot civilians, and looted.

‘There were more than five thousand of us in the shelter’ — account of the first war days in Mariupol

When the war began, servicewoman Valeriia Krokis was eight months pregnant. She lost contact with her husband, who went to serve. Nevertheless, she managed to escape the occupation, give birth to a child in Lviv, and reunite with her husband, who was wounded at the front.

‘My brother and enfeebled mother were left in the middle of the street’ — stories from Izium

Olena’s mother died in Izium from anorexia. She could not leave the occupied territory despite numerous evacuation attempts. The lack of treatment and the indifferent attitude of the invaders and collaborators killed an aged woman.

‘In Sloviansk, we watched out of the window as people held up the train tracks with crowbars so we could pass through’

An inhabitant of a village burned to the ground was evacuated from Kramatorsk one day before the tragedy at the train station.

She was about to turn 53. A citizen of Trostianets speaks about his wife’s detention and murder

Ihor Ivanov, an ethnic Bashkir who lives in Trostyanets, still cannot believe that his wife is no more. He did not want to leave the city during the occupation because he hoped she would return.

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