Kateryna has not seen her husband in over two years. He was captured by separatist forces from the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’. We met Kateryna Hlondar in a park in the town of Kropyvnytskyy. She is out walking with her young daughter, Anya. Her husband, Serhiy, chose the name himself whilst in prison. In fact, he also found out that his wife was pregnant with Anya, his second daughter, whilst in prison.

The eldest of his two daughters, Masha, is almost 4 years old. She knows that her father is in prison, but just doesn’t understand why. Masha keeps all the letters from her father under her pillow.

Kateryna talks about how they met, their wedding, and the fact that, even back then, she understood that Serhiy was in the military. “He’s always smiling,” Kateryna tells us, “even in his photos from prison. Our youngest looks just like him.”