Hanse MinaUkrainians have now lived with four years of war. They have lost limbs, loved ones, livelihoods and homes, but not hope. Here are some of their stories. All posed with photos taken before Russia’s full-scale invasion changed their lives.
M Schommer@hanse_mina
Dance teacher became sniper? Now I'm a bit… scared O.O
Dance teacher became sniper? Now I'm a bit… scared O.O
jack@hanse_mina @musevg I mean, both require excellent muscle tone and control
I was neither a dancer nor a sniper, but I used to target-shoot for fun and occasionally competitively. it's all about making veeery precise changes to exactly how you hold the gun, how you breathe, how you blink, your stance - in order to precisely punch a hole in a sheet of paper in a warm, well-lit, thoroughly safe and controlled, unhurried, converted underground car park in a London housing estate
she needs to do that outdoors in the snow at distances considerably further than 25yd while people are trying to kill her... so yeah, she'd better have the physical control of a dancer if she's gonna have a chance
Robin Barton@hanse_mina Canada and Europe need to support Ukraine until the Russian imperialism is defeated
ReallyCanadianFly@hanse_mina and none of this pain and misery was necessary.
Stefan Ihringer@hanse_mina What a badass woman and photo. But she also looks as if she‘s looking at us Westerners… because our countries could have stepped up more.
leftofcentre@hanse_mina now lests do a palestinian photo essay