Unexpected, unprepared, and unplanned. What would you do if you woke up and were told your country had been bombed and invaded? Would you stay and fight? Would you leave? And, if so, how would you do so, knowing you may never see those who stayed again? Where would you go and how would you get there?
Maria Romanenko, a Ukrainian journalist, strongly believed to be on a Russian kill list, faces precisely that dilemma.
Follow Maria and her British fiancé Jez’s journey of leaving Ukraine, entering Poland and attempting to make it to the UK in the first few days of the all-out Russian invasion in February 2022.
The couple shares their story, the challenges and the hurdles they face, and the struggles of those they meet along the way. As obstacles block their every move, where one error could have grave consequences, how do they make it out alive?
With the world’s media watching on and reporting on their every move, this is their extraordinary story of how they escape from Ukraine.
War is tragedy. There is heartbreak, fear, and pain all around. However, within that, there are glimmers of hope, love, compassion, and even laughter.