The government has set up many projects intended to mitigate the effects of war on the psychosocial health of the population remaining in Ukraine. The projects range from interactive cellphone apps to websites and TV public service announcements.
An interview with Ukrainian psychologist Anna Katruk: "People are living in a so-called napiv stabilizovanyy – "semi-stabilized" – environment: That’s the term I use to describe the situation of people living inside Ukraine but away from the front lines – people must withstand high levels of tension, uncertainty and exhaustion."
War isn’t only about bombs, bullets and deaths on the battlefield. It is also about people away from the fighting, struggling to maintain a modicum of normalcy and hope in their daily lives. “We obviously became stronger, even though we are broken inside,” said multimedia artist Olha Spytsia.
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