‘I feel really lost but not lonely’: a Kherson mother’s diary of flight from a war zone

Ukrainian soldier guards a checkpoint at the port city of Mykolaiv. Photograph: Scott Peterson/Getty Images

Olha spent weeks living under Russian occupation in her home town of Kherson, southern Ukraine. Now she tells her story of fleeing the violence and travelling across Europe with two children and a cat in tow.

‘We cheered for every car that escaped the city’