Sasha and Nastia left Kharkiv after the Russian invasion and now live in a former student dorm in Lviv. Sasha, who’d worked in a cafe, spends his days watching the news or helping his dorm mates.
Photographer: Igor ChekachkovRemarks
How Some Displaced Ukrainians Are Reinventing Their Lives
The city of Lviv has provided shelter for people who have fled from other parts of the country.
Some 5.4 million Ukrainians were counted as internally displaced by the United Nations’ migration agency in January. Of that number, 58% have been displaced for at least six months. Here’s how a diverse group, mostly from Kharkiv in the northeast, are reinventing their lives in Lviv in western Ukraine.