Stories of Our Children

“On June 5, a guided aerial bomb hit our home. Rescuers began to pull us out from under the...

Vira Stepanova served in the border troops for many years and participated in the anti-terrorist operation launched in 2014...

War turns life upside down, but sometimes miracles happen when least expected. Sixty-one-year-old Viktor, from the frontline town of...

Danylo (name changed) became a complete orphan even before the war. His aunt was the only family he had...

“If children are running somewhere, it means there is danger; we need to hide,” thought 7-year-old Alisa when she...

“If you don’t come for me, I’ll do something to myself,” Vira wrote to her older sister when she...

“We warn you twice, and the third time, we’ll take the children from the family,” was the demand Tamila...

“Every morning, I woke up at 7 a.m. and went to the store. It was the only place where...

“Are you betraying us?” Mariana heard after being struck in the legs with a rifle butt, causing her to...

Eight-year-old Vitalyk (name changed) had to leave his hometown in Donetsk due to the war. Loud explosions, constant danger,...