I saw a big flag of Ukraine in the store and wanted to buy it to wear around the city, but it was expensive for me. So I decided to sew a flag from pieces of fabric, and then it turned into an endless performance, constant movement from one place to another and constant attempts to settle down. For me, this is already a routine that I have been living for 8 years, and now it has become a part of the lives of many people forced to leave their homes, and they did not choose it. I remember how difficult it was for my mother to leave Luhansk, to leave everything she lived for all her life, how she waited for the first year that the war would end and everything would become as before. Then she gradually got used to the new place, and now it all repeats. It's much easier for me to get over it, but it hurts a lot for people who have lost everything they had. And I am very grateful for the help that I see everywhere, so many people around the world are ready to support Ukraine. This is the most powerful force of love — to be in unity, this makes us all victorious over inhumanity.

photos by Olesia Saienko & Olia Kowal