“I hosted a 69-year-old Ukrainian lady for about fifteen days, we couldn’t communicate very well with her because she only spoke Ukrainian or Russian.” In an interview broadcast on Rtl 102.5, Gianni Morandi he recounted his experience of hosting a Ukrainian woman who fled the war. “She would lock herself in the room and cry […]
Tag: stories from the war
The Stories We are, Andrea Ricci on the border between Ukraine and Hungary: “This is how we help people on the run”
Phone cards, food, an internet connection to try to connect with loved ones left in Ukraine, a safe place. These are the things Ukrainian civilians ask for when they leave Ukraine. As the war becomes more and more violent and the images of the massacres are daily, from Zahony, just two kilometers from the Ukrainian […]
Ukraine, find other mass graves. Zelensky: “I can’t cry anymore”
Mariupol, Bucha, Kramatorsk, then Makariv. In Ukraine people continue to dig into the earth to find mass graves where the Russian military threw the killed civilians. We dig and we are careful to keep the evidence intact, because it is what the International Criminal Court could use to try the war crimes committed by Russia […]
The girl in the red coat from Schindler’s List is now in Ukraine
“She has always been a symbol of hope. Let it still be “. “She” is The Girl in the Red Coat from the Oscar-winning film Schindler’s List. Today that coat has turned blue and the features of the people around it are yellow. The symbol of hope today is dedicated to Ukraine. It was wanted […]
Ukraine: massacre at Kramatorsk station
The station of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, was attacked with Russian rockets. At least 50 have died, including 10 children, and over 100 injured. They are civilian victims, at the station there were people waiting to leave the city increasingly under attack. TV Ukraine 24 has published pictures of one of the missiles on […]
Anastasya from Kiev to Milan: “If I weren’t a mother I would have stayed to fight”
“If I didn’t have two small children I would have stayed to defend my country”. It’s hard to finish the sentence, to do it Anastasya has to swallow all the pain of her that got stuck in the middle of her throat and pushes to let her tears come out. «When you become a mother […]
Bucha, the story of Iryna, recognized by the red enamel
Her make-up teacher, make-up artist Anastasia Subacheva, recognized her from manicure. She is from a woman named Iryna Filykina the female hand – with red nail polish and a stylized heart on the nail of the ring finger – of a victim of the Bucha massacrewhich appears in what has now become one of the […]
Ukraine, Sasha the missing child found dead while fleeing with his grandmother
“We found Sashenka’s body today. I thank those who helped in the research, I thank everyone for their prayers and faith, thanks for the support. Sashenka, our little angel is already in heaven. Today his soul has found peace ». Sasha’s mom Anna Yahno broke the news with these words on Instagram. Sasha was 4 […]
Ukraine, Saint Javelin, the meme that raised a million dollars
An Orthodox Madonna, dressed in green, carrying a portable anti-tank missile launcher Javelin, one of the most effective weapons of the Ukrainian resistance, sent by the western allies to the Ukrainian forces. “Saint Javelin” is a meme created – a few days before the Russian invasion – by Christian Borys, a Toronto marketer who wanted […]
Ukraine, when children are born in war. The photos
I’m over four thousand girls and boys born in Ukraine since the war broke out on February 24th. Over a month ago. We immediately saw the images of the cradles and incubators transported to underground shelters that have become second homes for all the civilians left in the country. The only places to feel safe […]
