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Students’ War Stories: Life in Ukraine amid the Russian Invasion

Stories

Students’ War Stories

The Battle of Mariupol (also Siege of Mariupol, Defense of Mariupol) began immediately after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine and lasted from February 24 to May 20, 2022

I am from Mariupol

by Victoria Vasylenko Mariupol is a city that I had been living an ordinary, peaceful life until everything changed on...

A peasant plants sunflower in his garden between the damaged Russian tank and its turret in the village of Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

What is home?

What associations does the word “home” evoke in you? My system 1 unconscious is telling me that it is indeed...

Leia

Leia

Our Canine centre was shelled near Kyiv, I never thought that I would lose Leia just like that. I don't...

Most refugees are crossing the border into Poland, like this girl who travelled from Lviv. Photo by GETTY IMAGES

How To Be

During the day—to calm everyone, at night—to cry out everything that cannot be cried out during the day. This is...

Kyiv. "Retroville" Mall after the strike

The Beginning of the War

The evening of 23 February was eventful and at the same time usual. I remember all details of that evening...

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