Recording
I was told to my face that we invited Russia ourselves, that it’s our own fault
A resident of Sievierodonetsk on evacuation — through Russia and Poland to Germany
Anonymous01/12/24
Life Under Occupation
Stories of residents of occupied towns and villages. Testimonies about life amid military action, inspections and searches, pressure from Russian soldiers, restrictions, and daily life under occupation.
39 Testimonies
- Recording
Kherson is now a face covered in wounds
The director of the Kherson Theater on art under shelling and performances in a shelter
Oleksandr Knyha02/28/23 - Recording
I’m not giving up my Donetsk identity
A volunteer helped war victims and was deported from Donetsk for it. She continued to help residents of the Donbas
Olha Kosse02/23/23 - Recording
They’ll have to drag me out in some creative way
A wheelchair-bound man from Kupiansk on his evacuation with his 98-year-old grandfather through Russia
Yevhen Yaroshenko08/31/23 - Recording
Our house in Kherson still stands — that gives us strength. The house in Abkhazia — nothing’s left but the foundation
The story of a Ukrainian woman and a Georgian man who 30 years ago fled the war in Abkhazia and now flee the war in Ukraine
Tetiana and Zauri Kviraia09/20/23 - 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
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
They loaded everyone: dogs, cats, a hedgehog
The home of Kherson retirees was flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam. Ukrainian soldiers evacuated them from occupied territory
Henadii and Olena Rotar06/09/23 - Recording
A bloody trail leads to you. About twenty meters
A resident of Kherson on his injury, the occupation, and shelling after the city’s liberation
Oleksandr Noskov12/27/22 - Recording
Children have been born, weddings have been held, but there has not been such joy since
A resident of Kherson stayed in the city under occupation and helped hang the first Ukrainian flag after liberation
Borys Aliiev11/22/22 - 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
All we have left of Vova are rubber slippers
An resident of Izium on life under occupation, her husband’s death, and evacuation
Liliia Maichenko09/09/22
