A Ukrainian teenager returned to the apartment her family fled from at the start of Putin’s invasion to find unmade beds, an unfinished cake and a phone that had been charged for a year.
Anna Malygon from Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, has shared clips of her abandoned house after returning a year after the war started.
The 19-year-old was stunned to return home only to find that everything was exactly the same as when she went to study on board 18 months ago.
Anna had no idea when she left home when she first left, however, as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last year, it became difficult for her to get home unharmed.
“There was mold everywhere and food in the fridge that was a year out of date.”
‘The nuts and cereals were full of worms. The water was rusty. There was unfinished coffee and a cake that my mom didn’t finish because the war started.
Anna filmed a video of her homecoming for a TikTok video, showing moldy dishes left in the sink, phone still charging, and unwashed clothes on the floor next to the washing machine.
One of the clips showed his mother’s bed being made up after she “woke up because of the bombs”.
For the Ukrainian woman, it was a traumatic and heartbreaking experience to return to her family’s apartment and see the personal belongings she would use when living there.
Anna added: ‘I left Ukraine to go study abroad and I never thought I couldn’t come back.
Anna said: ‘It was heartbreaking. My apartment was dirty, cold and very smelly.
As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 last year, it was difficult for her to get home unharmed.
“Thank God my house was still standing and not bombed, like many others.”
Anna was met with a heartbreaking sight when she arrived home from Toronto, Canada, where she now lives: buildings collapsed, windows smashed and familiar places reduced to rubble.
