Zinaida Makishaiva, 82, who survived Russian occupation, tries to get a chicken out of her bedroom, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine April 12, 2022. Makishaiva was not too shaken when Russian tanks first showed up in early March, but then Grad missiles smashed into her home, destroying her chicken coup. “The doors were blown out. I took the chickens in because I needed something to eat. I didn’t have anything to eat except for potatoes, just that. There is no water, no gas, nothing,” said Makishaiva. When food was scarce, she still had the eggs laid by her own chickens. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
