Ukrainian Mothers

It has been more than 100 days since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. I call it war, not conflict or any other socially acceptable term. These days, Ukrainians experience air strikes, need to flee their homes, life in refugee camps, constant fear for their lives and the fates of their kids,...

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Life Under Occupations

It’s when everything you believed in and worked on has been forcibly taken from you—the homeland, job, house, and relatives. They impose their own discretion while saying that they came to save us.It’s when 20 years old boys say that only in the USSR local citizens of Berdyansk were...

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Heroes are Made

Heroes aren’t born, they’re made . A story about a 15 year-old orphan-girl from Popasna, Ukraine, convinced me that it’s true. She was carrying 3 men and women to the hospital, when russians opened fire and shot her in both feet. This young girl drove 30 kilometers with wounded...

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Fill the Darkness With Light

For me, the last few months have been full of darkness. The war in Ukraine has disrupted my sense of stability and security. My life has become a mess. Now, I have to perform all the job-related duties, mom-responsibilities, and housekeeper-responsibilities, and still try to be human. It’s...

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