Content creator documents Ukrainians moving from cities to villages during the war
Ukrainian content creator Ivanka Diachuk uses her YouTube channel to show people who, amid the war, have chosen to leave cities for villages and restore old rural homes. She says it's important to show positive stories alongside frontline news.
While most news about Ukraine focuses on events at the front, one content creator has chosen to highlight a different side of the country's reality. Ivanka Diachuk documents on her YouTube channel Ukrainians who, despite wartime conditions, decide to leave cities behind and start new lives in the countryside.
Diachuk herself lives in a rural house in the Volyn region, near the border with Poland. From there, she travels across Ukraine to meet and film people who have deliberately chosen to relocate from cities to villages. Many of them are restoring old, abandoned houses, giving them new life.
Positive stories during wartime
Diachuk says such stories matter a great deal. During wartime, when news coverage is often dominated entirely by military developments and losses, it is important to also show aspects of Ukrainian resilience that are not directly tied to the battlefield. People choosing to move to the countryside and rebuild old homes reflect a desire to keep building their lives and investing in the future despite the difficult situation in the country.
Such videos give viewers a chance to see Ukraine not only as a country affected by war, but also as a place where everyday life continues — where people make decisions about housing and their families' futures. The content creator's work thus adds to a broader picture of how Ukrainians are adapting to wartime conditions and finding new ways to preserve normalcy in their lives.
