Nataliia

“Save yourself and your child, don’t worry about father and me. Leave everything and go! As far away as possible” Hi. My name is Natalia. I’m from Odesa, it’s a big beautiful city on the Black Sea. On the 24th of February I woke up to a strong explosion. I didn’t understand what it was. […]

Natalia

The evacuation was a very difficult test for me. I had a father under my care who could not move. Sometimes I had to carry him in my arms. On February 24, 2022, I woke up to my oldest son calling at seven in the morning. “-Mom, the war has started” I heard. The first […]

Olena

I was very worried and constantly thought about my children and their future; what did they do wrong? Why do they have to experience such a horrible thing. It was a normal working day and I woke up at 6 in the morning, my children were still sleeping. I have started to make my coffee […]

Svitlana

“Many questions and no answers. Soon we understood that it will be difficult to leave the city” On the 24th of February at 5 in the morning I was awakened by heavy explosions. I have never heard explosions before but I have guessed that it is the war that has started. We didn’t know what […]

Natalia Semenko

“My war has been going on for 8 years…” A sense of deja-vu does not leave me. The first time we were in Sweden was in 2014 after the war started in eastern Ukraine, namely in Donetsk. Packed our lives into two suitcases, left our apartments, jobs and school. Then we only lived in Sweden […]

Yulia

“We wanted to go as far away as possible, from all the horror, horror and hell that was in Ukraine. Our hearts were broken because it was our homeland. It was the first time in our lives that we tried to escape as far away as possible.” On the morning of February 24, we woke […]