Maryana Sych is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska, when asked what her message is to those who say they are tired of the war and that Ukraine needs to call for a truce with Russia, said it is "shameful" to blame Ukrainians who themselves are "tired of not being safe, knowing that every day your life can end."
Bohdan Yermokhin was taken at the age of 16 from his destroyed hometown of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine and forced by occupying Russian authorities to move to Moscow. On his 18th birthday, he got his wish and returned to Ukraine to pick up his life as an adult.
Ukrainians who fled to Israel following Russia’s full-scale invasion now find themselves scrambling to adapt to another war. A refugee center in Haifa says it has emphasized enabling Ukrainian refugees to adapt to the reality on the ground since some “have nowhere to return to” back home.
Ukrainian fashion designer Olha Sakhno fled the war in Ukraine. She ended up in Paris, the city of her dreams, where she's getting ready to put on her first show and wants to demonstrate that the fashion world is accessible to those with disabilities.
A Ukrainian woman has helped identify a Russian soldier who she says raped her while her village in Ukraine's Kyiv region was occupied by Russian forces. Investigators say they identified the suspect after he allegedly stole the victim's phone and used it.
![Along with her children, Tetyana Kosheva of Ukraine took refuge from the Hamas assault on Ashkelon in the corridor of her apartment building, reading on her cell phone that “terrorists have gotten into [the city], that they’ve shot people."](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-adab-08dbcbe7b949_cx0_cy48_cw0_w100_r1.jpg)
![Along with her children, Tetyana Kosheva of Ukraine took refuge from the Hamas assault on Ashkelon in the corridor of her apartment building, reading on her cell phone that “terrorists have gotten into [the city], that they’ve shot people."](https://gdb.rferl.org/01000000-0aff-0242-adab-08dbcbe7b949_cx0_cy48_cw0_w66_r1.jpg)
