“I wanted to enter the Kyiv School of Economics because of the teachers. All the teachers are very strong, motivated people; they really strive to teach us. My favorite teacher is Oksana Syroyid [a former Vice Speaker of the parliament, now mobilized ” 12/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Myroslava’s letter to her future self: a wish to live in Ukraine
In 2014, the city was occupied for a month. At that time, little Myroslava, upon hearing the news of the children’s deaths in Mariupol, wrote a letter to her future self: she wrote that she wants to live in Ukraine. 10/
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Russian Flag Replaces Ukrainian Flag During Occupation
The windows of our house faced the left-bank city administration, where the Ukrainian flag always flew. One day, in the morning, I opened the curtains – and there was already a Russian flag.” 9/
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Myroslava’s War: Twice in Mariupol
In Mariupol, Myroslava experienced the war twice. First at the age of nine in 2014 when Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Then – on February 24, 2022, already in the 10th grade 7/
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Child’s Memory of Invasion’s First Day
“I was 9 years old. I remember the first day: my parents took me out of school, I heard terrible explosions. It was very loud, but my parents decided not to leave the city. 8/
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Yana’s Journey: From Kherson Research to Kyiv School of Economics
In Kherson, before the war, Yana used to research bullying and the lives of children in Kherson during the Holodomor Now, she studies law at the Kyiv School of Economics thanks to the scholarship funded by donors like you! 5/
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Student from Mariupol returns to Ukraine after displacement
Myroslava Borysiuk is a first-year student from Mariupol who returned to Ukraine after a year and a half of living in Ireland 6/
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Testimony of Liberation at Ukrainian Checkpoint
“When we finally reached the Ukrainian checkpoint, people were getting out of cars and kissing the ground. It’s nice to understand that you are free.” 4/
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Family’s dangerous escape from occupied Kherson
But then the situation in Kherson got even worse and the family abandoned semi-official way to escape, but took a very risky path through backroads and fields 3/
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Student Yana’s survival during Kherson occupation and evacuation attempts
Our student Yana survived two months of occupation in Kherson. Once there was no food left and shelling became unbearable, her father tried to evacuate the family. They made several attempts but the Russian military turned them back every time 2/