“What I went through,” said the woman, named Liudmyla, her voice wavering. “I was beaten, I was raped, but I am still living, thanks to these people.” Beginning in 2024, Liudmyla and two ...

But that is changing. Liudmyla in Ukraine’s Kherson region last year.Credit...Oksana Parafeniuk for The New York Times Supported by By Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko New York Times reporters ...