Olga Mykhajlychenko, 46, from Kirovohrad, Ukraine, a lawyer working as a prosecutor in Kyiv. After the invasion began, she waited to decide whether to leave or not, but she and her 14 year-old daughter, Sofiia, lived near a military base and there was constant shooting and helicopters circling. Some friends were leaving and they decided to go with them; her building was bombed. “Before the war, I had a lovely life, work and a home that I was dreaming of for 20 years. Life has now been separated into before and after war.”
Photographed in London, England, 4 May2024.