Volodymyr Voyt
Upon leaving his Kyiv home for relative safety in Lviv, Voyt was unable to bring any of his 15 banduras, traditional Ukrainian stringed instruments that resemble lutes. “We had just two small bags and one small bag with food for the train,” he says of the 10-hour journey, during which alarms frequently sounded, causing the train to shut off its lights and travel in eerie darkness. Voyt, 42; his wife; and their 2-year-old daughter are safe at his mother-in-law’s house, but he was unable to play music until a friend loaned him the bandura in this photo. “First week, I couldn’t hear any music,” he says. “We ate, but no appetite. After we move here, I understood the music is my life. I must play.”