Photos by Antona Fedorova, March 2022.
Maryna Slobodianiuk, 39, is serving as a volunteer on the border between Ukraine and Romania through Porubne, which is in the Bukovina region.
“As a former lawyer and civic leader, I am putting every effort to make sure that mothers don’t get to sit on a cold earth, waiting for their turn. They are tired and their strength is exhausted. The children are crying. Many of them haven’t slept for 11 days, being in basements, then awaiting evacuation trains. During the journey, as many as 16 people could be in one compartment…” says she.
“Overall, I spent 24.5 hours behind a wheel without sleep, trying to get my child into a safe place, because throughout the entire trip we got into places on the road where there were shootings… I am afraid never to see my friends on a spring day in Kiev, and I don’t want to lose my faith in God, who protects my loved ones.”
Translated by: Kateryna Pyatybratova