Invaded: Voicemails from Ukraine

It's been a while since we've heard from Kseniya, but she sent us this voicemail from Vienna. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tania returns to Kyiv on the same day the capital is bombed for the first time in a while. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Life has changed a lot for Vera in Kharkiv. She now looks after a dog called Ozzy and he's a welcome distraction. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olga has left Odesa to take a break in Montenegro. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera lives in the north eastern city of Kharkiv, where she says some parts of urban life are returning to normal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this voicemail, Oksana in Kyiv tells us about the impact the war is having on the things she can buy in the city. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Over the weekend Naliia decided to take some time off and leave Ukraine for a short holiday abroad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tania is from Mariupol. In her first voicemail she describes what it's like talking to her parents who are still in the city that is now occupied by Russian forces. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the first voicemail from Oksana, who left Kyiv at the start of the war, but has now returned. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olga explains why the fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk is causing salt shortages. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia's dad has started chemotherapy and is in less pain, but the war has affected medical supplies and even in the capital it's not always easy to access what you need. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera describes the decisions she has to make each night about where to sleep. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Shelling of Kharkiv has subsided, which means Vera has been able to visit her mother's grave for the first time since the war began. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Before the war Naliia's dad had cancer. He was in recovery, but over the past week she got some upsetting news. This is the story of seven days when Naliia had to grapple with the return of his illness at a time of war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olga describes the impact that increased bombing of Odesa is having. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olga describes watching children play in a bomb shelter whilst Odesa is attacked. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mariia is still in Kyiv and has been thinking about how, even in the darkest of times, you can still find moments of happiness and hope. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera describes how multicultural Kharkiv was before the war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera describes what it was like to play her violin in a concert in London via videolink from Kharkiv. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia talks about her mum's decision to leave Ukraine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mariia has been back in Kyiv for a while now. In this voicemail she describes what the capital is like. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For much of the war the southern city of Odesa has managed to avoid rocket attacks, but when many Ukrainians were celebrating Orthodox Easter the region was bombed. Olga sent us this voicemail about her experience of that weekend. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera is still in Kharkiv in Eastern Ukraine where shelling has intensified. In this voicemail she describes how Easter Sunday quickly became one of the scariest days of her life See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is our first voicemail from Tania. She's from Dnipro in central Ukraine, but has moved to the city of Chernivtsi near the Romanian border. Like many of us she started her morning with a cup of coffee and looked at the news See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia describes what it was like seeing her dad for the first time since the war started. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Easter Monday Naliia sent this voicemail about the destruction she sees around her. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia has been catching up with friends in Kyiv. She's noticed they've changed physically since the war began. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olga is a professor at the university in Odesa. She has been wondering what history will textbooks will say about the war in Ukraine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Olga hasn't had any issues accessing food and supplies in the southern city of Odesa, but many of her favourite Ukrainian brands have disappeared from supermarket shelves. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this voicemail, Naliia reflects on the many years of upheaval she's experienced in her life and the strength it's taken to rebuild each time. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera has been speaking to friends in occupied areas of Ukraine and the besieged city of Mariupol. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia spent the weekend catching up with friends all over Ukraine. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Odesa hasn't been attacked for a while and Olga is finding the absence of air raid sirens eerie. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Back in Kyiv, Naliia is helping volunteer soldiers in the capital. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Odessa has been attacked by Russian missiles. Olga describes what it was like. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After much consideration, Naliia has returned to Kyiv. In this voicemail she gives her visceral reaction to news of civilian killings in areas once occupied by Russian forces. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Last time we heard from Kseniya she was in Poland. She has now travelled to Vienna. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia is shocked by some of the stories she's seeing on social media. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Vera remains hopeful that life in Kharkiv will return to normal. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is our first voicemail from Olga. She's a university professor living in Odesa, a city on Ukraine's Black Sea coast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia struggles to match up the reality of what is happening in Kyiv with what is being discussed at peace talks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lutsk, where Naliia is living, was bombed over the weekend. Now she's thinking about going back to Kyiv. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nina arrives in Warsaw after making the decision to leave Ukraine a month into the war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this voicemail, Vera tells us how difficult it is for people living in Kharkiv right now without any water, heating or electricity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Before the war started Nina moved to western Ukraine. Now she is going to Poland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In her first voicemail Olga tells us about the physical impact the war has had on her despite her city not being under direct attack. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In an emotional message, Naliia reflects on life in Lutsk a month into the war. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A violinist living in Kharkiv, Vera has been playing music in the basement of her house whilst sheltering from heavy Russian bombardment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is Volodymyr's first voicemail. He has already had to flee his home once in 2014. Now he has been displaced by war again. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Naliia describes how her emotions change from day to day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nina is brought to tears by memories of her childhood and hometown. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.