Ukraine Mon Amour

Історії біженців з України

August 24. Ukraine’s Independence Day.

I’m walking with my children along the seashore in a beautiful town where I now live — Härnösand — a place I truly love. I look up and see a helicopter flying over the city. Suddenly, my older son, Heorhii, hides under a bench that stands along the sidewalk. He’s frightened. He asks me why a helicopter is flying here. He’s scared because he thinks the war has reached Sweden.

He is only four years old, but he already knows what war is!

The website Ukrainemonamour.com features unique photographic stories about people who managed to escape war-torn Ukraine and make it to Sweden. Step into their daily lives and discover how they are living today.

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Olena Andryeyenkova (Morkva)
Photographer/Founder

Email: info@ukrainemonamour.com

Olena Andryeyenkova (Morkva)

Stories from Ukrainian refugees

Kseniya

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From: Kramatorsk
Now: Lund
“April 5, 2022. Air raid alert across the whole country. It feels like being led to an execution every [ … ]
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Valentyna (Kharkiv)
From: Charkiv
Now: Blentarp
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Tetiana

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From: Sofiivska Borschahivka, Kyiv region
Now: Lund
“I will remember the summer of 2023 for my whole life. I felt the life for 100 percent – [ … ]
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Kateryna

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From: Lutsk
Now: Malmö
“Next to the perinatal center was the military commissariat, I looked out the window and saw a lot of [ … ]
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Alisa

Alisa - Donetsk
From: Donetsk
Now: Lund
“We became refugees for the first time. We lost our home, job, friends. Only three photos remained from that [ … ]
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Julia

Julia - Kyiv
From: Kyiv
Now: Lund
“My daughter’s health was also a reason why we decided to leave the country. She needs constant medical check-ups [ … ]
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Anastasiia

Anastasiia - Lviv / Місто Львів
From: Lviv
Now: Malmö
“There were a lot of people at the border, they’ve been standing with their bags, small children have been [ … ]
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Anastasiia

Anastasiia, Veletenske, Kherson-regionen / Анастасія, селище Велетенське, Херсонська область.
From: Veletenske, Kherson-region
Now: Härnösand
“Then we saw Ukrainian soldiers, it was the happiest moment of our lives. We haven’t seen our soldiers during [ … ]
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Anna

Anna, Kherson / Ганна, Херсон
From: Kherson
Now: Härnösand
“We are aware of the terrible things that happened in occupied territory. For example, when Russian soldiers have rounded [ … ]
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Olga

Olga / Kyiv
From: Kyiv
Now: Härnösand
“My children are safe but my heart hurts because the family is not together. I haven’t seen my husband, [ … ]
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Veronika

Veronika, Kyiv / Вероніка, місто Київ.
From: Kyiv
Now: Härnösand
“We were a happy family, expecting our second child, but we had to change everything” On February 24, 2022, [ … ]
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Maryana

Maryana from Kamianets-Podilsky
From: Kamianets-Podilsky
Now: Härnösand
“We have been married for 17 years and have never left each other for more than 1 day. The [ … ]
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Iryna

Iryna from Kyiv / Ірина місто Київ
From: Kyiv
Now: Härnösand
“I am very happy that my children are safe and do not have to experience the horrors of war, [ … ]
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Ksenia

Ksenia from Krememchuk / Ксенія місто Кременчук.
From: Krememchuk
Now: Härnösand
“The nights with sirens became more and more difficult for the children, panic and the feeling of powerlessness drove [ … ]
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Iryna

Iryna from Drogobych
From: Drogobych
Now: Härnösand
“Some women and children walked this 25 km on foot. Each child had their backpack and a stuffed animal [ … ]
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Nataliia

Nataliia / Наталія. From: Odesa / Одеса
From: Odesa
Now: Härnösand
“Save yourself and your child, don’t worry about father and me. Leave everything and go! As far away as [ … ]
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Olena

Olena from city Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi oblast of western Ukraine
From: Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi
Now: Härnösand
I was very worried and constantly thought about my children and their future; what did they do wrong? Why [ … ]
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Yulia

Yulia, Katyzhanka
From: Katyzhanka
Now: Härnösand
“We wanted to go as far away as possible, from all the horror, horror and hell that was in [ … ]
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