The Future of Ukraine in the EU
It had been a year since Elena and her family left their home in Mariupol, a year since the war had torn through their lives like a storm no one could have prepared for. The morning they fled, the sky was painted with an eerie orange glow, not from the rising sun but from the fires raging in the distance. The sound of explosions, once unfamiliar, had become a part of their daily lives. But this day, Elena knew they had to leave. Her son, Maksim, had stopped asking when the war would end. Her daughter, Sofia, had grown quieter, no longer begging for stories about the future. They had to leave—for their children, for a chance at safety.
