Alona
She left her home in Irpin, near Kyiv on 31 March, 2022 because of the war.
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Alya
She left her home in Odessa with her mother and sibling on 6 April, 2022 after several missiles exploded near them.
Nasztya and Masha
The little girl and her mother left on 5 April, 2022 from near Kyiv because of the war.
Alina
An Import Manager, she left her home in Kyiv on 27 February, 2022 because of the war.
Marina
She is a writer, who left Kharkiv on 19 March, 2022 because of the war.
Irina
A Police officer, left her home in Kharkiv because of the war on 8 April, 2022.
Jana and Kiril
The boy and his mom left Irpin, near Kyiv on 7 March, 2022 because of the war.
Olga
She is a volunteer, she left Kharkiv in February 2022 because of the war.
Stephania
She left her home in Kyiv with her mother on 18 March, 2022 because of the war.
Nazar
He is a student, and left Odessa on 31 March, 2022 because he feared the war would spread.
Katarina and Jackim
The boy and his mother left Kharkiv because of the war on 25 March, 2022.
Senja
She is a mother, who left Kharkiv on 19 March, 2022 because of the war.
Olekszander
He and his mother came from near Kyiv on 5 April, 2022 because of the war.
Olga
She is retired, and left Uman on 19 March, 2022 because of her medical condition and the consequences of the war.
Guide me wind, my land give me strength
2022
At dawn on 24 February 2022, Russia launched a war against Ukraine as a continuation of an eight-year conflict after Russia occupied Crimea in 2014.
Since then, the number of refugees who have left Ukraine is more than five million.
The majority of those displaced are women and children.
Many have chosen to travel through war zones with their children, on foot or by car, into insecurity.
The majority of refugees who reach safety are not prepared to start a new life.
Leaving their ordinary lives behind, they have had to leave everything, relatives and friends, behind overnight. Many packed their bags in minutes, living for days amidst constant gunfire and bombardment, not knowing whether the next rocket would kill them or their loved ones or not.
They don't even know how far they will get, what awaits them on the way, how they can go, where they can go, and what awaits them there. Whether their husbands, fathers, and parents will live to see another day and, if so, when they will see them next.They have to cope with weeks of terrible mental strain, fear, stress, and depression.
At the moment, it is not known exactly how many women are left alone after losing a partner, an elderly person's child, a child's mother, or father.
And this loss, which can affect entire generations, is growing by the day.
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