Vira Zakharchenko

"The frames are under my feet, and I feel like I have blood on my face"

Vira was already over 80 years old when the war broke out, the second in her lifetime. She was born during the Second World War. In early August 2023, a guided aerial bomb hit a neighbour's house. All the frames were blown out, the doors were twisted, the roof was blown off, and Vira was injured. But she is a true Ukrainian - she rushed out of the hospital because the potatoes were not yet harvested.

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Рreobrazhenka 2022 2023 2024 Video Civilian's stories women pensioners moving destroyed or damaged housing wounded psychological injury shelling safety and life support health elderly (60+) internally displaced persons the first day of the war

Place of Interview:

Zaporizhzhia

Location:

Рreobrazhenka

Time of interview:

23.02.2024

"The frames are under my feet, and I feel like I have blood on my face"

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