Three years after she fled Odessa with only her cats, laptop and camera, Anastasiia in Brussels is still struggling to imagine her future.

“No matter how hard I try to hold on to something that resembles my old life, it can never be. In the future, maybe I will be a functioning member of society here while very often visiting my home. Or I will find a job where I can contribute to restoring my country. We will see. For now, I am studying the language and searching for jobs. That’s it,” she tells the Belgian public broadcaster RTBF.