How NOT To Flee A War 

Award-winning Ukrainian journalist and Leeds alumna Maria Romanenko, and her partner Jez Myers, present a first-hand illustrated account of their escape from Ukraine following Russia's invasion

Award-winning Ukrainian journalist and Leeds alumna Maria Romanenko, and her partner Jez Myers, present a first-hand illustrated account of their escape from Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. They discuss the challenges they faced, the decisions they made, what they would do differently next time and how close it all came to going wrong. Their account of their distinctly amateur attempt to get to safety, backed by exclusive images taken along their journey, reveals what it was like to be in Ukraine at the start of the full-scale invasion.