‘They made me put on makeup and say we were fine’ How a Ukrainian doctor survived Azovstal with her four-year-old daughter — followed by months in a POW camp

‘They made me put on makeup and say we were fine’ How a Ukrainian doctor survived Azovstal with her four-year-old daughter — followed by months in a POW camp

Interview by Shura Gulyaeva. Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale.In 2014, 27-year-old Victoria Obidina moved from Ukraine’s Donetsk area to Mariupol and started working as a paramedic, and in 2021, she signed a... Read more »
I fled a dictator & lived in a refugee camp

I fled a dictator & lived in a refugee camp

FROM the surface wanting in, Georgiana Grudinschi has a charmed life – along with her envy-inducing Chelsea residence, good-looking boyfriend and her personal massively profitable haircare firm.  But the 28-year-old entrepreneur’s childhood... Read more »