A refugee from Ukraine starts anew in Chisinau with an eye on home
Olesea’s family knew their home was not safe when a trip to the grocery store became so frightening: “I was coming home from buying bread for my family when I saw a fighter jet flying above me,” she recalls. “Lots of smoke was coming out of the plane. I got very scared and ran to the house, where I found my sister crying in fear while my mother tried to reassure her. At this moment we realized it was time for us to leave.” In this village near Mykolaiv, their house already bore signs of danger. “Before the war began, we had begun repairing [it], but never had the chance...