Yulia Shevchuk: “It is very difficult not to fight when there is an ongoing war”
Student I am from the city of Lubny, Poltava region, and lived there with my grandmother until I…
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Dmytro Kozak: “When the injured go in for sports, they seem to be reborn”
A child of the military I was a good child. I did well at school. As a child,…
Oleksandr Budko: “I like to show people that it is possible to reach the top without legs, arms, or any other body parts”
Before the full-scale war I studied food processing engineering. So I worked as a barista in one of…
Vadym Maznichenko: “If not just one person, but a lot of people express their gratitude, it will give veterans confidence and understanding that they did not fight in vain”
The first year of the war “Until 2014, I worked in Kyiv installing metal structures. And I went…
Ihor Derman: “I want to show the world that we are still here, we have not all been killed yet, we are fighting and will continue to fight”
The beginning of the war When I was deciding where to go to school, I chose between a…
Veniamin Bondarchuk: “When you evacuate the wounded and killed, there is no time to think about how sorry you are for everyone”
A dream of the sea Since childhood, I wanted to be a sailor. I loved the sea. We…
Pavlo Luchkiv: “If you want to change something, you need to do something”
Earnings in Moscow Before the war in Ukraine, I used to go to work in Moscow. It was…
Nazar Vozniuk: “In the army, there is something you cannot find in any other circle – a sense of trust”
A premonition of a full-scale war I lived in Kryvyi Rih, happily, with my wife and small child,…
Kostiantyn Kobylianu: “I didn’t come to the Invictus Games on my own – I was brought by fate”
Part of the army I am from Zaporizhzhia. For the last four years, I had been working as…