Day: March 15, 2022

the whole world needs to know that people with disabilities in ukraine are left behind.
Podcast

“The whole world needs to know that people with disabilities in Ukraine are left behind”

Tanya Herasymova is one of the 2.5 million people who’ve fled Ukraine since Russian forces invaded on 24th February 2022. 

Tanya, who has a disability, has reached safety but says many disabled Ukrainians have been left behind, unable to leave. 

She talks about her own journey to safety as well as the work she’s doing with activist group Fight For Right which is working to provide evacuation assistance to disabled Ukrainians, and practical help and support for those who want to, or have no other choice but to stay.

© Natasha Lipman 2021