Sofia Diryavka Diary

This short diary provides a glimpse into Olena's life during March 2022, when she was forced to move from Kyiv to Ivano-Frankivsk. At the beginning of the war, many Ukrainians not only traveled to Poland and abroad, but also tried to find safe places in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is also noticeable that for Olena, the issue of not only safety or anxiety, but also the use of the Ukrainian language became relevant at this time.

Anna Kharchenko is from Enerhodar, a city that serves a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. She met the war in Lviv, and as of 2024, her parents were still under occupation. This document is not a diary, but rather a personal testimony from the beginning of a full-scale war.