In Lviv, Illyas - an IT specialist, reflects on seeing his wife and sons cross into Poland. In Kyiv, Oksana, keeps a commitment to meet her family for breakfast, despite her parents' home being on the wrong side of the city, near the front-line.

These lives and more have been changed forever by the Russia/Ukraine war.
But what does the future hold?

Ukraine War Diaries follows experiences, lived and told by people whose lives have been twisted out of shape by war.

Week 1’s diary entries were first published on the Ukraine War Diaries podcast feed. To follow this series, search for Ukraine War Diaries wherever you get your podcasts.

From the producers of Sky News StoryCast.