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According to Ukraine’s National Police, more than 30,000 people have been reported missing in the last 24 months.
6) Larysa, 31, with her 4 y.o. daughter, Olha, await the return of her husband Mykola in Kyiv. Mykola, a Ukrainian serviceman with the 30th Brigade went missing during fighting in Ozarianivka, on Nov. 2, 2022. Ukrainian forces later reclaimed the positions, finding his armored vest, phone, and military ID card.
7) Maria Lezhnova, 52, sits surrounded by her pets as she waits for her son Hryhorii in Kyiv. Hryhorii Polevyi, 29, a military medic with the 120th Battalion went missing at the frontline in Mayorsk, on November 4, 2022. The day before he vanished, he sent a message to his mother saying simply: “Love you very much, I will go without connection for some time.”
8) Olena Diachenko, 38, along with her children Maksym, 13, Margaryta, 10, and Myroslava, 5, await the return of husband Oleksandr in Mala Ofirna. Oleksandr Diachenko, 37, serviceman of the 30th Brigade missed during fighting in Bohdanivka, on March 4, 2023. “Children don’t wish for presents on their birthdays; they wish for their father to come back,” Olena said.
9) Liubov Opanasenko, 72, sits at home waiting for the return of her husband Oleksandr in Svitilna. A local resident Oleksandr, 71, disappeared on March 9, 2022, during the Russian occupation of Svitilna. He was taken from his home by Russian forces and no one has seen him since. “Hope is all that’s left, but it’s there. Whenever someone returns from captivity, I immediately look to see if it’s him,” Liubov said.
10) Hanna Rudak, 27, sits in her rented apartment while waiting for the return of her husband Andrii in Kyiv. Andrii Rudak, 28, a Ukrainian serviceman disappeared during the fighting in Odradivka, on Oct. 15, 2022. Hanna dreams of Andrii returning to her alive. “You look at Russian Telegram channels, there lies a body, unrecognizable, and you scrutinize it by the uniform, by the hands, by the hair, hoping it’s not him.”
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