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23 January 2024

EDMONTON, CANADA - JANUARY 20, 2024: Ukrainian nesting dolls (Matryoshka Babushka Dolls) for children, set up for photos, seen on the first day of the 'Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival' with temperature around -17 ° C, on January 20, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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22 January 2024

EDMONTON, CANADA - JANUARY 21, 2024: Ukrainian nesting dolls (Matryoshka Babushka Dolls) for children, set up for photos, seen on the second day of the 'Deep Freeze: A Byzantine Winter Festival' with temperatures around -13 °C on January 21, 2024, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

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18 March 2022

Refugee woman who arrived from Ukraine are seen at the main railway station in Krakow, Poland on March 17, 2022. Russian invasion on Ukraine causes a mass exodus of refugees to Poland.

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26 July 2019

Matryoshka dolls for sale are seen in Lviv, Ukraine on 16 July 2019.

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#538004

22 April 2015

Czech photographer Iva Zimova trying to comfort Babushka as she often cry, lost hope for a better life sometimes. This was the second day we visited the bunkers. Last 12 and 15 of April 2015, with the help of Tomas Vlach, emergency coordinator for the NGO "People in Need", NurPhoto photographer visited families living in old cold war bunkers in the city of Marinka and Petrovsky - Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. They live there for two reasons: either their houses got demolished or damaged by the fighting in between Ukrainian army and the separatists. Or, they are just afraid, traumatize by the constant sound of the mortars, bombs, automatic weapons, etc so they prefer to abandoned their home and find refuge in these old underground concrete constructions. Most of the families began abandoning their houses last august as the battle between the protagonists was extremely intensive. These bunkers are located in the separatists control zone so access for humanitarian organizations is possible but very difficult to organize in a war area. Some of the bunkers have electricity but most of them don't have any water system. So either humanitarian organization bring bottles of water or they run during the day to their houses to fill-up bottle. The walls of the bunkers have no finish on it so, a constant white dust from the cement is lying on beds, tables, or raise-up when you walk even if the families do their best to clean it up. Since end of cold war, these bunkers are not in use so the owners (coal mines, municipality, etc.) tolerate these squatters for humanitarian reasons. Most of the mothers of family admit that they are alone with their kids, that they are either divorce, widow or the husband simply went away when the conflict began so abandoning families to its own fate. These families received close to nothing from municipalities. Sometimes, soldiers stop by and give them some of their foods. NGO "People in Need", visits them as often they can to have a clear vision of the

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#538003

22 April 2015

Tomas Vlach, emergency coordinator of the NGO "People in Need" in discussion with Babushka trying to have a better understanding of her family needs. Last 12 and 15 of April 2015, with the help of Tomas Vlach, emergency coordinator for the NGO "People in Need", NurPhoto photographer visited families living in old cold war bunkers in the city of Marinka and Petrovsky - Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. They live there for two reasons: either their houses got demolished or damaged by the fighting in between Ukrainian army and the separatists. Or, they are just afraid, traumatize by the constant sound of the mortars, bombs, automatic weapons, etc so they prefer to abandoned their home and find refuge in these old underground concrete constructions. Most of the families began abandoning their houses last august as the battle between the protagonists was extremely intensive. These bunkers are located in the separatists control zone so access for humanitarian organizations is possible but very difficult to organize in a war area. Some of the bunkers have electricity but most of them don't have any water system. So either humanitarian organization bring bottles of water or they run during the day to their houses to fill-up bottle. The walls of the bunkers have no finish on it so, a constant white dust from the cement is lying on beds, tables, or raise-up when you walk even if the families do their best to clean it up. Since end of cold war, these bunkers are not in use so the owners (coal mines, municipality, etc.) tolerate these squatters for humanitarian reasons. Most of the mothers of family admit that they are alone with their kids, that they are either divorce, widow or the husband simply went away when the conflict began so abandoning families to its own fate. These families received close to nothing from municipalities. Sometimes, soldiers stop by and give them some of their foods. NGO "People in Need", visits them as often they can to have a clear vision of their needs but

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#107840

11 May 2014

A babushka joins in prayers held in Independence Square. There was focus on the country staying united as todays referendum is held in the Eastern part of the country.

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