Oksana Vyshnevskaya, who moved from Kharkov to Melbourne: 'My life completely turned upside down after the war'

Oksana Vyshnevskaya

Source: Photo by Oksana Vyshnevskaya

On February 23, 2022, Oksana Vishnevskaya bought a new apartment in Kharkiv. All day, she and her husband were choosing furniture and appliances for the new flat, and the next day the war began. Her apartment and her parents' house were bombed, Oksana spent two weeks in the basement. Friends helped her to move to Melbourne, where she already got a job to be able to help her family back home.


Ukrainian house
Source: Photo by Oksana Vyshnevskaya
Ukrainian houses
Source: Photo by Oksana Vyshnevskaya
Ukrainian house
Source: Photo by Oksana Vyshnevskaya

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