Many Belarusian volunteers have joined the fight in Ukraine, helping to defend it from Russian attacks. For some, Ukraine has become a home and a family, and they protect it. Some even see this as a chance to return to their loved ones in Belarus sooner if Ukraine succeeds, but it’s a path for which many pay with their lives and health.
The photographs show their journey: from their departure to Ukraine and their war experience to the problems they face upon returning from a war to nowhere and the irreparable losses of loved ones who did not return from the war.
Through these personal stories, I create a portrait of the peculiar “borderline” state in which these people operate, a state in which the line between life and death, duty and sacrifice is blurred.
