Why do they kill our people?
| Titel: | Why do they kill our people? : Russia’s war against Ukraine as told by Ukrainians / Olha Tatokhina (ed.), editor-in-Chief and with a preface by Volodymyr Yermolenko ; illustrations: Serhiy Zakharov; collected by Andreas Umland |
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| Veröffentlicht: | Hannover : ibidem, 2024 |
| Umfang: | 134 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 21 cm x 14.8 cm |
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Schriftenreihe/ mehrbändiges Werk: |
Ukrainian Voices ; vol. 84 |
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| ISBN: | 9783838220567 ; 3838220560 |
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- Preface
- 12
- Defending and Curing: Stories of Soldiers and Paramedics
- 15
- "I meet my friends in cemeteries." 20-year-oid writer Oksana became a soldier to defend her motherland
- 16
- "I have to be unbreakable." 19-year-old defender Ruslana lost her leg to Russian shelling
- 18
- He will never meet his friends again. Ukrainian soldier Ihor survived enemy fire but lost his comrades
- 20
- No happy birthday wishes. Ukrainian soldier Serhii spends his birthday in the trenches
- 24
- "I'll be here and do my best." Soldiers keep fighting through crushing fatigue
- 26
- This soldier lost his arms and a leg during the war. Zakhar was seriously injured and is now undergoing treatment abroad
- 27
- Living without both legs. Oleksii is a veterinarian who joined the army and was seriously injured in the war
- 29
- Volunteer doctors save the lives of the Ukrainian soldiers. A mobile hospital provides medical assistance at the frontline
- 31
- The Fragility of Life: Stories of Childbirth and Children Amidst War
- 35
- Childhood under fire. Valentyna's family fled the horrors of war
- 36
- An 8-month-old child was born under shelling. Kateryna, his mother, tells their story
- 38
- Giving birth on Day 1. Yuliia's son was born on February 24, 2022, in Kyiv
- 40
- "Almost nothing is left of our city." Anna tells the story of Lysychansk, where she recently had a baby
- 42
- "I had one goal." Olena fled the war with two small children
- 44
- With kids amidst missiles falling nearby. Yuliia evacuated her three children through a torrent of missiles
- 47
- "We will no longer have the life we had before," Yevheniia evacuated with her daughter due to continuous Russian shelling
- 51
- Saving her daughter from a city under fire. The story of Svitlana from Kharkiv
- 53
- In the Clutches of Grief: Stones of the Loss of Loved Ones
- 55
- Tears of a Soldier's Widow. A letter from a wife left behind
- 56
- Shattered Dreams and the Meaning of Life. The story of Maryna Baliaba from Bucha, whose husband died in the war
- 57
- "I want to take your hand and not let it go." Alla's boyfriend was killed by a Russian shell
- 58
- This father will never see his newborn daughter. Nataliia lost her husband Vitalii
- 60
- Russia killed Daria's husband and father of twins. Artem, a Ukrainian soldier, fell in Lysychansk
- 62
- "I am young, I am a widow." Nadiia's husband was killed in the war. She tells their story
- 64
- 10-year-old Nastia was killed by the Russians. The story of the Stoliuk family from a village near Kyiv
- 66
- His wife was kidnapped and murdered by the Russians. The story of Ihor from Trosrianets
- 68
- Surviving Atrocities: Tales of Life Under Russian Occupation
- 69
- "People were kidnapped from streets and caféls." Anastasiia from Berdiansk tells her story of occupation and evacuation
- 70
- "The nights were the scariest for me." Life during the siege of Mariupol
- 72
- "I will remember that night for the rest of my life." Mariia and her child lived through Russian occupation and bombing
- 76
- "Russians were shooting people at random." Tetiana survived the occupation of Borodianka with her family
- 78
- "We didn't have the medicines we needed." Serhii survived the Russian occupation of Izium
- 80
- "They put all the villagers in the school basement." Anzhelika tells the story of Yahidne
- 82
- "Russia is worse than a horde." Mykola survived the Russian occupation of Moshchun
- 84
- Surviving the bomb strike, The story of Larysa from Borodianka
- 86
- Journeys to safety: Evacuation Chronicles
- 89
- Bullets stuck in her body. Myroslava escaped death while leaving Irpin with her daughter
- 90
- Evacuating, returning home, and evacuating again. Kateryna fled the war from Zaporizhzhia with her young son
- 94
- "Children shouldn't live in fear." Tetiana left Kharkiv with her children
- 97
- Meeting empathy and help in Poland. Nadiia from Kyiv was evacuated to Poland with her children
- 99
- "My cat is my hero." Nataliia managed to evacuate from Mariupol with her old cat Marta. She tells her story
- 101
- The occupiers' furious faces. The story of deacon Mykola, whose family escaped Russian occupation
- 103
- "People were knocking on the train door, begging to be let on." Valentyna tells a story of her journey from Russian-shelled Kramatorsk
- 106
- "People were buried in public squares, parks, and next to their houses." Vira survived the apocalypse in Mariupol
- 108
- Shattered Homes: Stories of Ruin From Russian Bombing
- 111
- Russian missiles destroy apartments, but not the lust for life. Ania from Kyiv lost her home to the Russian shelling and tells her story
- 112
- "Son, they are bombing us!" The story of Mykola, who survived the horrific assault on Kharkiv
- 115
- "We don't have an apartment anymore." Kateryna lost her home in Kharkiv after a Russian strike
- 117
- "The Russians 'liberated' me from my own house." The story of Ihor from Moshchun
- 119
- A shell flew into the room, knocking out the wall and the window. Hanna's apartment in Horenka was hit by Russian bombing
- 121
- "I left my home in my trousers, boots, and a jacket." The story of Petro from Moschun
- 123
- "Dogs were pulling at human remains." The story of Ninelle from Borodianka
- 125
- Torment and Humiliation: Enduring Russian Brutality
- 127
- The Russians would come to your home at 5 a.m. Viktoriia describes searches in Russian-occupied Kherson
- 128
- Beaten with a hearing pipe. Vadym spent 110 days in a Russian torture camp in Kupiansk
- 130
- Bag on his head, string around his neck. Vitalii survived Russian torture in Borodianka
- 133
