Tina and Tymofii Tyshchenko
7 years old and 3 years old
(I'd like to have) the superpower of fire because it can destroy. I would first destroy Putin, because he is very bad.
Tina and Tymofii Tyshchenko pose for a photo, showing me how they hide in the bathroom during air-raid sirens.
Sofiia Ovsieienko
3 years old
Sofiia plays with toys in her bathroom. She and her mother hide there during drone attacks.
Sofiia Ovsieienko drinks water in the basement of a house that residents use as a shelter.
Matvii Yakymov
4 years old
Matvii lies on the bathroom floor after playing and reading books, just as he does during air-raid sirens.
Matvii Yakymov's favorite book, "Battle for the City".
Matvii plays a game where he protects those around from Russian missiles in the bathroom at home.
Andrii Davydenko
10 years old
Andrii poses for a portrait in the pantry at the parking lot where his family hides during rocket attacks.
L: A shelf in Andrii Davydenko's room, filled with his toys and belongings. Among them, shell casings. R: Andrii Davydenko's ball and toy gun on his bedroom floor.
Andrii Davydenko sleeps in his parents’ dressing room, surrounded by his favorite panda and capybara toys.
Tymofii Moskalchuk
4 years old
L: Tymofii hides in a “cage” he built himself from a chair and a toy bag in the kitchen. R: Tymofii Moskalchuk's painting of explosions.
for The Kyiv Independent