When Valentina’s small town in Russia came under heavy bombardment in March by Ukrainian forces, her daughter Alla, who lives a short distance across the border near Kharkiv, would text her mother to make sure she was all right.
Now that Kharkiv and its surrounding region are under heavy attack by Russia, it’s Valentina who is checking with her daughter to make sure that everything is fine.
The regular check-ins have continued as fighting intensified across the new front Russia opened this month.
“So she’s calling me asking, ‘Mom, how is it there?
Mom, be careful!’” said Valentina, a dual Russian-Ukrainian citizen who did not want to give her full name out of fear of repercussions for both herself and her daughter in Ukraine.
Persons:
Alla, it’s Valentina, ”, Valentina
Organizations:
Ukrainian
Locations:
Russia, Kharkiv, Russian, Ukrainian, Ukraine