Lyuba Yakimchuk

[1] Having moved to Kyiv, Yakimchuk was visiting her parents at their family home in Pervomaisk in 2014 when the area was occupied by Russian separatist forces.

[4] Maria G. Rewakowicz wrote in the Los Angeles Review of Books that "Both [Serhiy] Zhadan and Yakimchuk come from the conflict-ridden Donbas and, even though they no longer live there, have emerged as the region's trusted spokespersons.

[4] During the invasion, Yakimchuk managed to travel to speak at cultural events in Paris, Warsaw, and St Andrews, and intends to return to Kyiv.

[10][11][12] Abbey White, for The Hollywood Reporter, highlighted:Legend's performance featured a chorus and a backdrop of images from the crisis in Ukraine, as well as a segment from Lyuba Yakimchuk [...].

In a take on The Lord's Prayer, Yakimchuk described "parents whose house is in the line of fire and who won’t abandon it like a tomb," and said of our daily bread, "give to the hungry."