From Ukraine to Sweden: Changing Life Because of the War

More than 11 million people are believed to have fled their homes in Ukraine since Russia's aggression in the country began. While 6.5 are believed to be Internally Displaced People, the rest is not scattered all across Europe and the USA.

How does it feel to have to move away from your own home, especially when some members of your family are still in danger? We have asked this Olesia, that fled Ukraine and is now based in Sweden.

Who's in the episode?

Cătălina Ceban holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Warsaw in the field of International Relations. She currently follows a Master’s degree program in Security and Strategic Studies at the University of Warsaw being connected with this topic by participating in different events as the CyberSec Forum, the Warsaw Security Forum, and activating as a member of the Women in International Security network. Recently she started to activate as a senior officer at the Moldovan National Focal Point Europol. Out of the security field, she is also very interested in the EU as a concept. This can be proved by her activity as Vice President for the Bringing Europeans Together Association in Poland, founder and Vice President for the students’ society named “My dla Europy”.

Olesia Bil is an aspiring film director and screenwriter. Now she is working on documentary and commercial projects.  

She also graduated from the Faculty of International Relations at the University of Warsaw.  Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine Olesia has been volunteering in cooperation with Caritas Charitable Foundation. She leads groups to help Ukraine from Sweden : Hjälp Ukraina and Ukrainavännerna. They are helping to provide civilians, Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense with the necessary aid.