JR Travels to Ukraine and Produces Moving Tribute to Children Affected by the War

Iurchenko was close to the border with Poland and spent time photographing Ukrainian refugees.

From there, they took the tarp and drove into Lviv.

Again, social media was helpful as they put out a call for locals to help with the project.

Hundreds of people turned out in Lviv’s main square to assist in unfolding Valeriia’s image.

In one swift moment, her face was unfurled and JR’s message was clear.

In Tara Law’scover storyforTIME, we learn more about Valeriia and her mother Taisiia.

They fled from Kryvyi Rih, PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyys hometown in central Ukraine, on March 9.

They are now getting situated in Poland with Taisiia’s sister, nephew, and mother.

Theirs is just one of many similar stories in a war thatUkrainian officials sayhas already killed over 120 children.