Invaded: Voicemails from Ukraine: Recent Episodes
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A collection of daily messages from inside Ukraine as the Russian invasion unfolds.
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It's been a while since we've heard from Kseniya, but she sent us this voicemail from Vienna.
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Tania returns to Kyiv on the same day the capital is bombed for the first time in a while.
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Life has changed a lot for Vera in Kharkiv. She now looks after a dog called Ozzy and he's a welcome distraction.
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Olga has left Odesa to take a break in Montenegro.
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Vera lives in the north eastern city of Kharkiv, where she says some parts of urban life are returning to normal.
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In this voicemail, Oksana in Kyiv tells us about the impact the war is having on the things she can buy in the city.
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Over the weekend Naliia decided to take some time off and leave Ukraine for a short holiday abroad.
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Tania is from Mariupol. In her first voicemail she describes what it's like talking to her parents who are still in the city that is now occupied by Russian forces.
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This is the first voicemail from Oksana, who left Kyiv at the start of the war, but has now returned.
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Olga explains why the fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk is causing salt shortages.
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Naliia's dad has started chemotherapy and is in less pain, but the war has affected medical supplies and even in the capital it’s not always easy to access what you need.
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Vera describes the decisions she has to make each night about where to sleep.
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Shelling of Kharkiv has subsided, which means Vera has been able to visit her mother's grave for the first time since the war began.
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Before the war Naliia's dad had cancer. He was in recovery, but over the past week she got some upsetting news. This is the story of seven days when Naliia had to grapple with the return of his illness at a time of war.
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Olga describes the impact that increased bombing of Odesa is having.
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Olga describes watching children play in a bomb shelter whilst Odesa is attacked.
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Mariia is still in Kyiv and has been thinking about how, even in the darkest of times, you can still find moments of happiness and hope.
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Vera describes how multicultural Kharkiv was before the war.
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Vera describes what it was like to play her violin in a concert in London via videolink from Kharkiv.
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Naliia talks about her mum's decision to leave Ukraine.
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Mariia has been back in Kyiv for a while now. In this voicemail she describes what the capital is like.
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For much of the war the southern city of Odesa has managed to avoid rocket attacks, but when many Ukrainians were celebrating Orthodox Easter the region was bombed. Olga sent us this voicemail about her experience of that weekend.
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Vera is still in Kharkiv in Eastern Ukraine where shelling has intensified. In this voicemail she describes how Easter Sunday quickly became one of the scariest days of her life
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This is our first voicemail from Tania. She’s from Dnipro in central Ukraine, but has moved to the city of Chernivtsi near the Romanian border. Like many of us she started her morning with a cup of coffee and looked at the news
Naliia describes what it was like seeing her dad for the first time since the war started.
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On Easter Monday Naliia sent this voicemail about the destruction she sees around her.
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Naliia has been catching up with friends in Kyiv. She's noticed they've changed physically since the war began.
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Olga is a professor at the university in Odesa. She has been wondering what history will textbooks will say about the war in Ukraine.
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Olga hasn’t had any issues accessing food and supplies in the southern city of Odesa, but many of her favourite Ukrainian brands have disappeared from supermarket shelves.
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In this voicemail, Naliia reflects on the many years of upheaval she’s experienced in her life and the strength it's taken to rebuild each time.
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Vera has been speaking to friends in occupied areas of Ukraine and the besieged city of Mariupol.
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Naliia spent the weekend catching up with friends all over Ukraine.
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Odesa hasn't been attacked for a while and Olga is finding the absence of air raid sirens eerie.
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Back in Kyiv, Naliia is helping volunteer soldiers in the capital.
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Odessa has been attacked by Russian missiles. Olga describes what it was like.
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After much consideration, Naliia has returned to Kyiv. In this voicemail she gives her visceral reaction to news of civilian killings in areas once occupied by Russian forces.
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Last time we heard from Kseniya she was in Poland. She has now travelled to Vienna.
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Naliia is shocked by some of the stories she’s seeing on social media.
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Vera remains hopeful that life in Kharkiv will return to normal.
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This is our first voicemail from Olga. She's a university professor living in Odesa, a city on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast.
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Naliia struggles to match up the reality of what is happening in Kyiv with what is being discussed at peace talks.
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Lutsk, where Naliia is living, was bombed over the weekend. Now she's thinking about going back to Kyiv.
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Nina arrives in Warsaw after making the decision to leave Ukraine a month into the war.
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In this voicemail, Vera tells us how difficult it is for people living in Kharkiv right now without any water, heating or electricity.
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Before the war started Nina moved to western Ukraine. Now she is going to Poland.
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In her first voicemail Olga tells us about the physical impact the war has had on her despite her city not being under direct attack.
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In an emotional message, Naliia reflects on life in Lutsk a month into the war.
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A violinist living in Kharkiv, Vera has been playing music in the basement of her house whilst sheltering from heavy Russian bombardment.
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This is Volodymyr's first voicemail. He has already had to flee his home once in 2014. Now he has been displaced by war again.
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Naliia describes how her emotions change from day to day.
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Nina is brought to tears by memories of her childhood and hometown.
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Mariia has had a busy week buying bulletproof vests for her friends.
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In her first voicemail Viktoria tells us how she was living abroad when her country was invaded and what it is like being separated from her family.
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This is an update on what we know about where people are and what they are doing just over three weeks into the invasion.
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Naliia gets some good news about her auntie, who lived in a house that was shelled.
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Naliia has just found out that her grandmother's house has been shelled.
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Naliia explains how some Ukrainian's feel about Russians at the moment and why she doesn't agree.
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Kseniya is leaving Krakow, but is always looking over her shoulder at what’s happening in Ukraine.
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Naliia is concerned for her dad, who lives in a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine.
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Nina is woken up by explosions at the local airport. It no longer feels safe anywhere.
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Naliia reminds us that despite the optimism in her last message, the war is never far away.
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Naliia is currently living in Lutsk in north-western Ukraine. Over the weekend, she returned to teaching.
Mariia has had some distressing news about a friend.
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Ivano-Frankivsk, where Nina is living, is attacked.
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Oleksandr has spent some time with volunteers preparing for a Russian attack.
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Nina is appalled by the attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol and worries about the fate of Ukraine's cities.
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Naliia is wondering how she can return to work as a teacher whilst war rages in Ukraine.
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Almost two weeks into the war, Oleksandr doesn't know what day it is anymore.
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Now a bit safer in north western Ukraine, Naliia has started to have nightmares and feels powerless to help
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Kseniya is now settled in Poland, but the effects of the war are never far away.
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Oleksandr worries burglaries and street crime may rise as people become more desperate.
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Naliia has made it to Lutsk in north west Ukraine, but she cannot avoid the brutality of the war.
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Every attack is personal for Nina as she worries about the people she knows in the towns and cities being bombarded.
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Naliia has left Kyiv and is heading west.
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Oleksandr gets some good news about his family.
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On Sunday Max sent this voicemail from a shelter in Poltava.
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The exhaustion caused by living in a war zone has finally set in and left Mariia unable to get out of bed.
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Nina is frustrated at the spread of Russian propaganda.
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Serhii has an update from his shelter in Lviv.
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Oleksandr describes the final night he spent with his wife before she left the country.
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In her first voicemail Daria describes what the first week of the invasion has been like in Kyiv.
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Mariia reflects on how a week of war has changed her.
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Oleksandr explains how the war is affecting his family.
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Max is near the market in Poltava, where he says some food is running low.
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Naliia is thinking about her friends in the city of Kharkiv, which is being bombarded by Russian forces.
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Nina reflects on how her life has changed.
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Today there is one thing on Mkola's mind – the bombing of the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial.
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Oleksandr explains how his teenage son's friends are helping the war effort.
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Mariia is finding that the days are all blurring into one.
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After escaping to Poland, Kseniya feels a sense of guilt about leaving Ukraine.
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Naliia struggles to to process seeing Russian attacks on civilian areas.
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This is Mykola’s first voicemail. He’s in his 30s and works in education in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
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In his first voicemail Oleksandr from Dnipro tries to find joy in the little things in life - caviar.
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In his first voicemail Max explains what life is like in an area that so far hasn't been attacked.
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After three days of driving and 30 hours of waiting, Kseniya has finally made it to safety with her family.
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In his first voicemail Serhii describes the anger he feels that his young son has become a child of war.
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Kseniya waits to cross into Poland and contemplates what she is leaving behind.
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It's not just shelling and tanks Ukrainians are dealing with, the barrage of misinformation is also weighing Mariia down.
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We last heard from Nina on her birthday. Over the weekend, she has been finding inspiration in the everyday Ukranian’s who are doing whatever they can to resist the Russian invasion.
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Naliia has her eyes on the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and her mood has changed from fear – to anger.
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Mariia tries to understand why Russia is invading her country.
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Naliia has a reminder to people listening elsewhere in Europe.
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Today is Nina's birthday. But as you might expect, she isn't celebrating.
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In the first of our Voicemails from Ukraine, Nina tells us how she found out "it" - the invasion - had begun.
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Mariia speaks about how she reacted to news of the Russian invasion, while also positive for Covid.
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Kseniya speaks about the mood in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the morning Russia declared war on her country.
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Naliia tells us how she woke up on the first day of the invasion to the sound of explosions.
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