"All the fighting that took place in Borodianka passed right by our house. Two bombs hit it"

For more than a month, Olha lived in occupied Borodianka — under explosions, shelling, and a fear that knew no limits. Her house stood in the very center of the settlement, so she saw the war up close: tanks, bursts of automatic gunfire, aerial bombs. On 2 March, two bombs struck her home directly. The fact that she and her mother survived is a true miracle. Olha spent another month under occupation, attempting to escape three times. The war destroyed her home and the local history museum where she worked, but it could not destroy the most important things — her faith, her light, and her love for life. A symbol of this faith became a collection of dolls in national costumes, crafted by Olha’s own hands. They survived by miracle and now travel through museums in Ukraine and abroad — as a reminder that even among ruins, beauty can be born, and life can continue.