05.08.2025
“If They Had Seen It, They Could Have Shot Us”: How 11-Year-Old Kira Escaped from Occupied Kherson
Kira woke up in the morning to loud explosions. It was February 24, 2022. She was only eight. Even then, her mother, Hanna, realized that the family was in danger, because she taught Ukrainian history, and such a profession could arouse suspicion among the occupiers.