Anya Pankratyeva, 60, with her granddaughter Maria, 15, both from Mykolaiv, Ukraine, has lived in the UK for 15 years. She went home on February 14, 2022, to visit her son and granddaughter and was there when the invasion started. In mid-March the city started evacuating civilians, and it was decided that Anya would bring Maria back to England under the Homes for Ukraine scheme. When Anya was asked how Maria is doing, she said, “She can’t sleep, and misses her father, but she never cries - she’s very strong."
Photographed in Pinner, England, March 20, 2024.