My friends, my family, me, and my country are attacked by Russian troops. Our reality has changed: hiding in basements, explosions, everyday an 8-hour marathon of scrolling the news, no sleep, tanks near our house, dead people on the street. This can’t be real! This is the 21st century!

I feel anxious and restless. I feel angry. I feel devastated. I feel grateful to feel and happy to have the possibility to do something. Design and drawing helps me deal with my emotions. This is my weapon. This is the best I can do for me and my country.

@katalinamaievska

It seems to me that for the first time I see light and darkness standing so close together. There are so many scary stories, we’ve seen so much death and cruelty. But we’ve also seen so many brave, beautiful, powerful and caring people!

I know we will overcome this. But we need support from the whole world to make it faster. And we need to punish this evil, so it won’t come back to our and other people’s homes.

Support:

https://bank.gov.ua/en/about/support-the-armed-forces
https://uahelp.monobank.ua
https://www.comebackalive.in.ua

Masha Foya

My name is Masha Foya, I am 29 years old. I was born, live and work in Kyiv. Kyiv is my hometown and my beloved city. Here I lived my wonderful life in peace until 4am on February 24, 2022.

More than 40 days of war have passed on our land, and I can’t imagine all the horror happening every minute in our cities and villages in my worst nightmares. The Russian occupiers are destroying our cities, killing civilians, torturing and raping innocent people, and hiding behind the fact that they are "saving" us from something. And all this is happening right now, here, in my country.

In my artwork, I wanted to show the pain and despair of reality. The Russian occupiers are destroying our beautiful country, a country of bright blue skies and golden fields. Sunflowers symbolize our land. It is a very popular flower in Ukraine. I made the background evil and hostile to emphasize the contrast with the bright and colorful plant. Unfortunately, this flower is also bleeding. But no matter what, I have strong beliefs that Ukraine is a brave, strong and fearless country and our victory is really close.

Support:

https://www.hospitallers.life/needs-hospitallers
https://dogcat.com.ua/en/page/help
https://linktr.ee/uanimals

Yurko Gutsulyak

Russia’s history, science, cuisine, art, literature and music are just great lies. Most Russian achievements are stolen from the western world or neighboring countries, primarily Ukraine. Many prominent Russians are not Russians at all and never considered themselves Russians.

The list of Russian lies is endless and will never be released in full because Russians will keep lying even after the war is over, a war that did not start on February 24th, 2022. This war has gone on for four centuries and many generations of Russians have worked hard to obliterate Ukraine. Why do they hate Ukrainians so much? Russian hate is the hate of a robber to its victim, as only those who survive can reveal the robbers’ crimes and demand justice. If you decide to blame Putin as the only person responsible for this war, blame Columbus as the only person responsible for slavery.

Support:

https://savelife.in.ua/en/donate/

Mykola Kovalenko

From the moment Russia attacked Ukraine, every Ukrainian wanted to say: “Russian troops go home!”

I used several symbols - upside down and broken Russian flags and half-bent legs returning home. I would very much like the Russian troops to be defeated and leave in disgrace.

The phrase “go home” has been repeatedly used in the world. At the moment it is relevant for Russian soldiers who are barbarously destroying Ukraine.