Trauma that breeds cruelty. How psychologist Tetiana Rudenko helps soldiers and their families.

15 years ago, Tetyana Rudenko entered the Faculty of Psychology to get an answer to a question that had interested her since childhood: how a person is made.

Ten years ago, when Russia had already annexed Crimea and the ATO began, Tetyana decided to help military personnel and their families in the best way she could – namely, to provide psychological support. She created the public organization "Free Choice" and, together with two other psychologists, began working as a volunteer.

Now "Free Choice" has 52 psychologists and about 1,700 consultations per month. As well as camps for families of fallen military personnel, a psychological support application used by over 40,000 people, support groups for teenagers, and many other areas of work.