Meet Anastasia - Turning Tragedy into Hope

Born in Donetsk, part of Eastern Ukraine, Anastasia has been a refugee since 2014.  “For me the war started 8 years ago.”

Anastasia was born in a Russian speaking family.  “More than 30 years ago, most people in the eastern part were Russian speaking.  That was the main myth that Russian propaganda is made with.  That there are Russian speaking people in Ukraine.  Second part of myth is that Ukrainian speaking people are Nazis.  Russia then used that myth to explain why Russian speaking Ukrainians needed protection.  Though I was born in a Russian speaking family, I’ve never considered myself to be Russian.  I have always been Ukrainian.  I love Ukraine.  My homeland is Ukraine.”