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In just a month of occupation, the Russians destroyed the center of Trostianets, bringing death and injury to hundreds of families. The military shot Serhii's mother on the way to the hospital.

Olena’s father died on the seventh day of the war, defending his house in the village of Yahidne. He was a pensioner, but when the Russian invaders entered the village, he picked up a hunting rifle and went against the enemy.

Unfortunately, not everyone came out of the basement when the Ukrainian army liberated the village. The Russians allowed women to go outside only once on 8 March, this was the way to congratulate them on International Women’s Day.

A vast number of animals have suffered since the beginning of the full-scale Russian aggression. The well-known cynologist Serhii Neboha helps his colleagues save dogs and talks about the problems of evacuation, cases of cruelty to animals, and the destruction of kennels.

Ihor Ivanov, an ethnic Bashkir who lives in Trostyanets, still cannot believe that his wife is no more. He did not want to leave the city during the occupation because he hoped she would return.

Okhtyrka resident lost her son on the second day of Russia’s invasion, he died while helping to equip a bomb shelter in a kindergarten. Due to constant shelling, they were able to bury him only three days later.

We spoke with the deputy director of the aggregate plant, which used to be called the ‘concentration camp’ of Russians.

Kharkiv resident Kateryna Ryndych talks about the bombing of Northern Saltivka.

An inhabitant of a village burned to the ground was evacuated from Kramatorsk one day before the tragedy at the train station.

Hanna Shevchyk, 31, used to work in a maternity hospital in Mariupol. She had to spend a month in the bomb shelter. Her war story is different from others due to medical details, and shows how you can still save lives when there’s a lack of medicines.

Oleksiy Symonov, 44, is a charismatic sports host. His communication skills helped him, he says, to lead all of his companions out of their shelter “through the asphalt deserts” to safety.

A Mariupol poet and public activist, Oksana Stomina lives today in western Ukraine. Her story records the plight of many.