Anastasiya Mykhaylowska was fleeing from Kyiv to its suburbs — a town called Bucha. She didn’t know that pictures from Bucha after the Russian occupation would shock the whole world with their images of violence and brutality.

From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the team of the “War. Stories from Ukraine” project has been documenting testimonies and experiences of people who live in Ukraine, surviving and helping others to survive.

This is the story of two students, Valeriya and Nadiya, and we recorded it in Lviv, where they came after fleeing Kharkiv. We talked with them in a former photo studio, which now is a center for women with children who are escaping from war.

From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the team of the “War. Stories from Ukraine” project has been documenting testimonies and experiences of people who live in Ukraine, surviving and helping others to survive.

The story of Oleksandr Drimanov from Kryvyi Rih is a story of someone who had every reason to do nothing but take care of his own health and safety. His story is a story of courage and strength.

From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the team of the “War. Stories from Ukraine” project has been documenting testimonies and experiences of people who live in Ukraine, surviving and helping others to survive.

The story of Oleksandr Perebyinis we wrote down in March. The Russians killed his family near Kyiv when they were trying to evacuate.

From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the team of the “War. Stories from Ukraine” project has been documenting testimonies and experiences of people who live in Ukraine, surviving and helping others to survive.

In the middle of March, we recorded the story of Maryna, who is 23 and comes from Mariupol. By that time, there was no electricity, water, phone connection, and gas in the city, and the Russians were constantly shelling the city. Maryna was lucky, she made it out of Mariupol before the Russians wiped it off the face of the earth.

From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, the team of the “War. Stories from Ukraine” project has been documenting testimonies and experiences of people who live in Ukraine, surviving and helping others to survive.