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Russophobia is thriving now and sustains our strength and faith in a swift victory
A psychotherapist on working with people traumatized by the war
Iryna Makovetska04/06/22
Women's Experience of War
Stories of women participating in the war and living through it. Among them are servicewomen, medics, female volunteers, mothers, wives, and civilians caught under shelling, in captivity, or during evacuation.
30 Testimonies
- Recording
You’re like a Spartan wife. If I die, it will hurt, but you’ll survive
A Muscovite moved to Ukraine to be with her soldier husband. In May 2022 he was killed; now she is struggling to stay in Ukraine
Tatiana Milennaia07/10/23 - Recording
Mom, who is Uncle Vova and why is he the president of the whole world?
A Ukrainian servicewoman went through captivity and brought back her children from occupation
Kateryna Skopina06/22/23 - Recording
To be near the treasures like a mother with her children — to protect, to tend, to cherish
A curator of the Kherson Museum stayed under occupation to protect the collection
Anna Skrypka05/13/23 - Recording
They told me that when I give birth, they’ll take the baby away
A female medic from the Armed Forces of Ukraine went through captivity while pregnant
Mariana Mamonova03/18/23 - Recording
Dad’s house is flooded, Mom left for Russia, my brother is in the Armed Forces
A Ukrainian woman on the consequences of the destruction of Kakhovka Dam for her family, her mother in Russia, and her brother at the front
Maryna Sokolenko06/08/23 - Recording
I was sent to the transit prison, and my daughter to Zaporizhzhia
A military paramedic from Azovstal was separated from her daughter and sent into Russian captivity
Viktoriia Obidina11/01/22 - Recording
No matter where a woman is, she always stays a woman on the inside
A female paramedic from Azovstal described what Russian captivity is like for a woman
Tetiana Vasylchenko11/02/22 - Recording
People made your home into a literal barn
A daughter and mother were evacuated from a village in Kherson Oblast. Their brother stayed and was captured
Viktoriia10/19/22 - Recording
Ukrainians are my brothers. Not a single dirty look throughout the entire war
A combat paramedic with a Russian passport serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Anastasiia Leonova06/03/22 - Text
A woman comes running: 'Girls, our guys are coming! '
A Balakliia resident on the occupation and liberation of the city
Anonymous09/10/22 - Text
Let’s scream together so they can hear us
A pregnant woman and her husband survived under the rubble of their home in Zaporizhzhia
Anna Kupriienko03/06/23
