This is our land: One year after invasion of Ukraine, Gleeds employee explains why she stayed

2023-03-08T06:00:00

Sustainability consultant Tetiana Kanashchuk still lives with her son in a town outside Kyiv. On International Women’s Day she shares her daily challenge for survival and her hopes for a better future

I live in a small town close to Kyiv, where the hydro-electric power station on the Dnipro river is located. Unfortunately we are among the key targets when the Russians try to destroy Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

There have been several “successful” attempts, when the missiles reached the distribution stations. On another occaison they were less precise and the rocket landed on a residential building. A school and three nearby buildings were also damaged.

And people died. I can write about these things, but I am crying now.

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