A tech worker describes what it was like leaving Ukraine during the war — and making the decision to return

Sun, 04/16/2023 - 09:28

a photo of Kate Kondakova wearing a long-sleeve, floor length navy blue dress outside of a building with plants growing around it — Kate Kondakova left her hometown of Odesa two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, but return a few months later.
Kate Kondakova

Kate Kondakova left Ukraine two weeks after Russia's unprovoked invasion, and lived in Moldova.
She returned to Ukraine after months of working in other countries, because she felt it was safe.
Kondakova talked to Insider about how the war in Ukraine has changed her and her colleague's lives.

Kate Kondakova didn't want to leave her home in the Ukrainian port city of Odesa after Russia's unprovoked invasion of her country last February, because she said she didn't feel in immediate danger.