A mother and son returned to their home in Kharkiv, near the front lines.
, Yana, 33, the lonely mother of Roman, who is now 11, left the front-line city of Kharkiv with their relativs and spent seven months in Lviv, a city in the western part of Ukraine, farther from the fighting.
"It hurts when you can only witness your native city being burned but Kharkiv residents are not going to leave," Yana said. "After the strikes on critical infrastructure Kharkiv was swallowed by darkness and sounds of power generators -- we almost forgot about safety and any comfort,” Yana said. "But this spring of 2024 is very different, despite everything, a lot of new hairdressers, tattoo and beauty salons, coffee shops, bookstores have opened in the last couple of months," said Yana, expressing her strong faith in Kharkiv's future.
Even now the city hasn't restored its peace-time population. The regional authorities are constantly announcing new evacuation orders for civilians still living in some border communities of the Kharkiv region. Although Roman was enchanted by Lviv, its people and its culture, Yana said she is not considering the possibility of returning there, as it was also a painful experience for her son.
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