Tatiana, Kyiv / Europe

Now we are in Europe, we have contacted local television here, we tell them about everything that is happening in Ukraine. My husband ran 52 km to the volcano with the flag of Ukraine to collect donations to help the army.

We left, but for 20 days I achingly want to go home. In my village (10 km near Kiev, cottage village) these scum, Russian soldiers, got into the neighbors’ houses, put on clothes, eat, drink, booze ride quad bikes, catch chickens, spread out at home… I’m just scared of the realization that someone is walking around our houses, sleeping in our beds, watching my tender pregnant pictures.

What a strange feeling not to have a home. I just talked to a neighbor, he was taking out five children, so they [Russian soldiers] were running around in cars, drunk, indiscriminately. They don’t do much, they just drink.

Plans for the return…. We want to go home more than anything, but while innocent people are being killed there, we cannot risk the lives of children. There are no plans. How we will continue to live, we do not know. We pray for our loved ones.