Each new member of the group arrives with a very personal sense of loss. Yulia Fatyeeva, 43, was a decade older than her husband, Oleksandr Khokhlov, when they met. “He stood up and told me, ‘I’m alive, don’t cry, I’m good.’”Image Yulia Fatyeeva with her late husband, Oleksandr Khokhlov and their daughter, Alisa. Each support group meets weekly for eight weeks and then once a month, to preserve a connection with others who have endured the same kind of loss. “It is important not to leave the women behind, but always be here for them,” Yaryna Herashchenko, the co-founder, said.

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