Daryna Bondarenko

Daryna Bondarenko is a Ukrainian citizen from Odesa currently living in Central Asia, where she works as a teacher of English

Ukrainians are giving up hope

I am a 37-year-old Ukrainian woman, and have recently returned from Odesa, where I was born and grew up, and to which I’ve just had my ninth visit since the war began. I generally go back for two or three weeks each time, to see my parents who still live there. On these trips back