On February 24, Ukrainians awoke to find their nation at war with Russia. Six months on and millions have fled their homes while others have taken up the fight at home. Those who have survived say they are determined to make sure their pain and suffering is not for nothing.
Parts of the country have been left in an uninhabitable state and experts warn the impacts could be felt for generations.
"Some cities are more or less totally destroyed. This debris is full of asbestos and probably countless other hazardous substances, and may not be dealt with in a safe and appropriate way. She is one of the 6.7 million Ukrainian refugees the UN has recorded across Europe. More than 7 million are thought to be displaced internally."I never [imagined] that I [would] be a refugee, that I [would] have to beg for food on a border," she told the ABC.
The 31-year-old fled Ukraine with her mother and cousin, in a treacherous journey across the vast country."The first two days we spent in the basement hiding in Kyiv and then we escaped with our neighbours to the west of Ukraine," she says. It took several more days before they eventually found themselves on a packed bus travelling to safety in Poland.
"We were just married, and in our plan, it was try to have babies this spring. Now I feel like war took this chance," she says.Iryna's mother, Oksana Borysenko says the war has changed their family forever.
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