Father Vasyl, Mother Olia, with daughters Anya (10) Sasha (11), and Lilia (2) are from Donbas, East Ukraine. Originally from Horlivka, they first fled their home to Slov’yansk in 2014 when the separatist movement turned Donbas into a war-zone. They left behind their home, their garden, their jobs, to an unfamiliar community with unfamiliar faces. They had no idea what was in store for them, but their new neighbors “turned out to be good. People willing to help,” Olia smiled. The community invited them to a shashlyk (шашлик), neighbors gathered outside to cook together on the first warm day of spring. They had found a new home, until Russia’s invasion forced them flee again. As the first warm days of the year return Olia looks pensive, “we don’t want to leave Ukraine,” she sighs then adds, “at least we are together.”