An exclusive interview of Yana Litvinova, head of the Starobilsk city military administration, as part of a joint special project of the Interfax-Ukraine news agency and East Europe Foundation “Community Experience”.
Its purpose is to show the experience of Ukrainian communities in the adaptation and integration of forcibly internally displaced persons in order to increase the efficiency of the work of local self-government bodies.
Read more about effective involvement with IDPs in the free online course “Adaptation and integration of IDPs: experience and opportunities” on the educational "Zrozumilo!" platform. Author: Oleksandr Trokhymchuk The city of Starobilsk has been under temporary occupation since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia.
What was your morning on February 24, 2022 like? My morning began with a phone call. The voice on the receiver said that in a few hours war would be officially declared.