Starting a new life sounds daunting to anyone, but for refugees, it is a permanent solution to an issue that they never thought they would have to solve.
It's been three years since Vladimir Putin’s Russian war machine invaded Ukraine. Since then, more than 6 million Ukrainians have fled across the globe. Since 2022, nearly 1 million have found refuge in Poland.
Poland has never had a history of accepting forced immigrants, but since the war began, Ukrainians have been allowed to cross borders without documentation.
According to the NGO Project Hope, 80% of refugees from Ukraine are women and children who were forced to leave after Russia’s invasion.
Many of these women have found purpose in different ways, but what they all share in common is that war has taught them what it means to be Ukrainian.
This project tells some of their stories.
