“My name was on Russia’s kill lists,” Mariupol journalist who joined territorial defense says
"I didn't want to leave Mariupol, but on the first night after the beginning of the full-scale Russian…
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“Let’s tell our daughters we love them if we’re about to die in the fire.” How Russian shell hit my home
“We didn’t plan to leave Kyiv under any circumstances. If it hadn’t happened to us and we had…
“They talked to us like we were criminals” – how Russian occupiers deported me from Mariupol
On 24 March, the Mariupol City Council reported that Russian forces started deporting about 15,000 Mariupol residents from…
“I’m sure I’ll die soon. It’s a matter of days” – resident of besieged Mariupol
Waiting for death I go outside in between bombings. I need to walk my dog. It constantly whines,…
“The Russian military rape women, the dead are just being dumped,” evacuee from Russian-occupied city says
“Irpin is Hell. There are plenty of Russian soldiers out there who just shoot people who enter private…
“Mariupol people melt snow, drink water from heating mains”: besieged city faces total destruction
"I learned by chance from social media that a shell hit our apartment in Mariupol and it burned…
“There are no words to describe that fear.” How I managed to escape the Russian siege alive
“We went out and down under the ruined bridge where there were like 300 people. When the guys…
“I understand that this is genocide.” Oleksandr, 34, Kharkiv
Oleksandr Shamrai, 34, comes from Luhansk Oblast. In 2009, he came to Kharkiv and stayed there. He is…