Virginia met the full-scale war when she was 9 months pregnant. February 24 was supposed to be the happiest day of her life as it was the day Virginia was to give birth to her first child. However, everything happened in another way.
Olga was born in Kherson. At the time of the full-scale invasion, she was at home with her family near Bucha, a town in the Kyiv region. There were heavy battles for several months.
Alisa together with her daughter Vasilisa and her mother Alina, lived in Zaporizhzhia before the full-scale invasion of Russia has started. After the Western media reported about a possible Russian attack on Ukraine, the family fled the city.
This is a documentary project dedicated to the stories of 15 Ukrainian women who were forced to leave their homes due to the full-scale war in Ukraine. The found protection and support in the United States. These are women´s voices narrating their stories intertwined with pain and loss.
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