stories | Humans of Kyiv

Olha Sakhno, master of folk art

"I’m happy that today I can speak Ukrainian without people giving me strange looks."

Victor Shkurba, co-founder of [isdgroup]

"We need to understand the types of shit and vote for less shit. It is our responsibility, the only way democracy works — in small steps."

Maksym, lieutenant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

"By preventing a person from doing what he wants, you can quickly lose him with a higher likelihood than even at war.”

Roman Pashkovskiy, photographer

"It's been two years since I opened my portrait studio on Reitarska St. I chose this location due to coincidence and conscious choice."

Volodymyr Smyrnov, spiilka design büro co-founder

"If there was a job “art director of the city,” I would try to fix all our chaos, and somewhere, on the contrary, would intensify it".

Zhenia Monastyrskyi, historian and social researcher

"When you lose your home, it feels like you gradually lose your voice. You feel like you’ve lost fundamental human rights".