Teenager from war-stricken Ukraine documents her plight on TikTok – video

A 19-year-old Ukrainian has filmed her experience of leaving her home and becoming a refugee in Romania. Her videos have racked up millions of views on TikTok. Diana Totok fled Mykolaiv, a city in southern Ukraine, at the beginning of the Russian invasion. She told Guardian reporter Matilda Boseley: ‘In world war two, there were no gadgets and no filming … so I knew these videos would be historical.’ Totok is one of dozens of young people, mostly women, sharing their daily lives in Ukrainian conflict zones via TikTok Continue reading…

A 19-year-old Ukrainian has filmed her experience of leaving her home and becoming a refugee in Romania. Her videos have racked up millions of views on TikTok

Diana Totok fled Mykolaiv, a city in southern Ukraine, at the beginning of the Russian invasion. She told Guardian reporter Matilda Boseley: ‘In world war two, there were no gadgets and no filming … so I knew these videos would be historical.’ 

Totok is one of dozens of young people, mostly women, sharing their daily lives in Ukrainian conflict zones via TikTok

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