Lena + Ivan
for Der Spiegel
by Fabian Ritter
A story about young love, courage and the tough realities of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
She is 17 and he is 18 when they fall in love at school. Then, under pressure from his parents, he goes back to his home country, Ukraine. And she? She follows him from Germany to the war.
She is 17 and he is 18 when they fall in love at school. Then, under pressure from his parents, he goes back to his home country, Ukraine. And she? She follows him from Germany to the war.