Top 10 moments of the life of the Ukrainians during the war
The current war in Ukraine has been hard for more than two weeks at the moment, but from the beginning, the daily life of people has been upset.
The current war in Ukraine has been hard for more than two weeks at the moment, but from the beginning, the daily life of people has been upset. With nearly one million people - mainly women and children - are now out of the country, as refugees mainly in neighboring countries, but there are also people who have decided to stay. Their life has changed considerably at the moment, but many of them always keep the morale, sharing images of their daily reality on social networks, mainly on Tiktok and Instagram.
Their daily reality requires them to snuggle home, under the tables or in improvised anti-bomb shelters. The images show how children, parents and grandparents gather in small areas in the hope of avoiding the implications of a targeted or misplaced missile or a bomb shell.
We gathered for you some images and episodes that illustrate life in many Ukrainian cities right now.
- The trumpet player who sings the national anthem of Ukraine on bombing noise background
This trumpet player did an act of bravery: on the back of bomb sounds, he sings at the balcony the national anthem, an act of direct challenge to the Russian occupant, but also an encouragement to those who live under the stress of the attacks.
2. Little girl born in a refuge
In a refuge in kyiv, a woman gave birth to a girl, Mia. Many other children are born in these conditions in Ukraine in recent days. This beautiful new life born in the middle of the fields of death created by the Russian army is a symbol of hope that soon hopefully, life will soon come back to normal.
3. Prepare an emergency backpack with the essentials
Ukraine has a large population of young people, so little of them still remember the horrors of the Second World War. However, many have learned very quickly and instead of preparing their festive outfits, they set up emergency bags to take quickly with them in case military operations would approach. These kits include medications, clothes for a few days, the main identity documents and possibly chargers for their phones.
4. Sleep with loved ones in case of emergency
People experience in a terrible stress situation the need to stay together. In case of emergency, it is important to stay together so, many families get the elbows especially during the night, not only to warm up, but also to be ready to run together in an emergency.
5. Mother and four children snuggling together in a cold basement running like an anti-bombow shelter
Many new apartments in Ukraine, especially in large cities, do not have anti-bomb shelters. Therefore, many use basements to remain protected against bombs. Fortunately, many of these basements may have enough food and are cold enough to help supplies stay fresh, whatever the circumstances.
6. The inhabitants of kyiv spend the night in an improvised fortune anti-bombing shelter in an underground car park
In some cases, however, not everyone has the chance to have a basement. Recently, kyiv residents had to spend a night in an improvised anti-bomb shelter in underground parking. The conditions were not so bad, and indeed that offered the possibility of many residents to take advantage of this relative security.
7. Animals in anti-bombs shelters
Either this has to do with various immigration rules, these are situations when it takes them literally in the shelter, pets are in a difficult condition during these periods. Frightened by the explosions, feeling the despair of their humans, they are often in a situation of despair. However, people can be happy to have pets in their shelters because fur animals can offer a lot of comfort to those who are there, especially children.
8. Paste windows with scotch so they do not break
Another skill that people quickly learned from Ukraine in recent days is to protect themselves from the effects of bombing. One of the most important is to take care to be protected against glads of windows. Thus, the scoted windows at Scotch are a new visual reality of Ukrainian cities.
9. "Our house is destroyed"
Not only houses, but important institutions such as hospitals and public places are destroyed in mass in Ukraine. In some cases, bunkers are transformed into hospital facilities for children and their parents. Social media based in Ukraine have many examples of people standing in front of their destroyed homes, many of whom are not even completed.
10. A bunker in a basement of the family house
People were trying to bring in their bunker as many articles as possible: some even expected to do some work or at least to know about what was going on around them. Especially after two years of pandemics, people are used to staying together for a long time, but it nevertheless remains a stressful experience. Create a relative sense of family and intimacy helps after all overcoming the horror of the last days.
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