Meet Oksana, an unassuming woman and mother with a heart of gold, and incredible courage. We had the opportunity to talk with Oksana in the volunteer center as they were getting ready for a midnight supply run into Bakhmut, the city that has been under siege for months. This trip is a combination of food, medical supplies and trenching material. The school children drew pictures and they will hand them out to the solders.

She has gone on over 600 missions since the war began in 2014.

[first published April 10, 2023]

In the winter of 2023 I went to Ukraine to get past the news stories and see how the people were doing. Having lived in Ukraine for four years I wanted to record what it is like to live in a war with your children fighting a few hundred miles away. These are the stories of the Ukrainian people, the real hero’s. Slava Ukraini! (Glory to Ukraine) Heroiam slava! (Glory to heroes).