Mariupol is an occupied city of contrasts: devastation and new buildings

Stories of the war in Ukraine, told in audio and text messages by ordinary people from different Ukrainian cities. In this second season of our podcast series, we tell you about how the participants of the past episodes are living, almost a year later.

Residents of the village of Malaya Rogan in Kharkiv Raion, in Ukraine, near the downed helicopter. Photo credit: Volodymyr Urko

Interview with Vlada from Kyiv, whose mother and sister left the destroyed Mariupol. Now her father, grandmother and grandfather remain in the occupied city. She spoke about moving abroad and how her relatives live in Mariupol now.