However, for one of the 140 remaining Ukrainian workers, the full-time job is a reprieve from the war and a symbol of hope for the future.
During the first days of the invasion, which Russia launched on Feb. 24, “my ordinary life changed once and forever,” Kychygina wrote in an email. “I couldn’t work fully, as the air bombs were targeted on Kyiv. We spent a lot of hours and even days in bomb shelters.” “Even during war time, I was able to get a promotion at brightfin, so I am sure about my future in this company, and in my country,” she said. Now, on the fourth month of the war, her job “still helps me to get away from news and be sure about my future and every Ukrainians’ future.”