Tetyana is packing a suitcase with clothes for her and her son. Although it is still summer, she includes clothes for autumn and winter, too. While they only need to leave their home in the Russia-led separatist-held territories of Donetsk Oblast for a few days to travel to Ukrainian-controlled territory so the teenager can take university exams, they have no idea when it will be possible to return.
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This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on April 16, 2020, shows Ukrainian soldiers standing guard at the Mayorske checkpoint in Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.