‘I don’t know if there is tomorrow’: Four years into the war in Ukraine, a family grows up under fire
Four years on, Popova still didn’t really know what to tell her sons about the war. Family photos at the home of Alyona Popova in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Oksana ParafeniukShe tried to remember to breathe, pressing a cold water bottle to her forehead to calm down and, in rare moments of solitude, crying. Photograph: Oksana ParafeniukOn Maidan, or Independence Square, a monument to fallen soldiers continues to grow. Photograph: Oksana ParafeniukOutside, snowmelt tapped against the metal roof and puddled on the sidewalks.
Source: The Irish Times February 24, 2026 06:08 UTC
