Since Russia’s invasion last February, more than 20.9 million people have fled Ukraine, according to the latest UNHCR figures. But in March, Ukrainian artist Katya Buchatska returned to her homeland and travelled to Izyum, the closest city to the Russian border still accessible by rail.
It then took her two days to reach Mostyska, near the Polish border, via her home, a video installation displayed in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral across two rows of six screens, evoking the familiar experience of train travel. Among mundane landscapes, though, are small but poignant reminders of the conflict: ruined buildings; lone travellers; abandoned children’s toys.