Justin Sinclair peers through the viewfinder of his Canon 5D Mark III, and sees memories waiting to be captured. Justin borrowed his dad’s Canon T2i when he was 13. His father never did get the camera back and he was OK with that.
More than six million Ukrainians have fled the major cities and towns to villages, now considered safe havens, since they are rarely, if ever, targets of Russian missiles. Pastor Jeanna is caring for the souls of many displaced people.
I remember a Christmas—I had to have been about eleven—when my single mother took me aside one day and said, “Ash”—she probably really called me by my nickname SMASH—“I have to ask you a favor.”
In the beginning of the invasion, when Russian troops were located right outside Kharkiv, they were firing all kinds of artillery shells into the city day and night. Cluster, shrapnel, you name it. It was horrific.
As of January 2023, there were 6.2 million internally-displaced people (IDPs) in Ukraine. The United Nations estimates that more than 3.5 million children across the country have "severe to catastrophic levels of needs".
As millions fled Ukraine during Russia’s invasion, those with physical disabilities had to rely on the help of aid organizations to map out their best exit strategy. Natasha Nikolenko was one of those people.