This is Yaroslava Zhuravel. In the first photo, she is carrying a portrait of her father, who was killed by russians in 2020. The second photo was taken im 2023, when Yaroslava turned 18 and joined the army to avenge her father. Currently, she is serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

By this war, russia has set in motion a force that will hunt them for generations. Many Ukrainians have lost loved once, homes, livelihood. As James Baldwin said: “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”