Stories of Our Children

Matvii grew up in southern Ukraine. When the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched their counteroffensive, his mother and grandmother—both ethnically...

Oleksii had lived with a foster family since he was a little boy. At the beginning of the full-scale...

Seventeen-year-old Mykyta prayed every day, morning and night. He came from a large family, and they often gathered together...

One day, Russian soldiers burst into 15-year-old Artur’s home. They were dressed in civilian clothes, wearing masks and balaclavas....

Yuliia was 15 years old, from the settlement of Novoaidar in Luhansk region, when on the very day of the full-scale...

Maryna would wake up to the sound of little Serhii crying. He was terrified of the dark. Terrified that...

Anastasiia survived the occupation, endured the abduction of her son-in-law, and spent two years watching her grandson, Roman, slowly...

At the beginning of September, russian soldiers — in civilian clothes, wearing masks and balaclavas — burst into the...

Emine is a Crimean Tatar — a mother of two daughters. And since the arrival of Russian authority, she...

Sofia is a 17-year-old foster child from the occupied South of Ukraine. When the Russians arrived in her home...