A makeshift chapel in the bomb shelter nuns have prepared to take shelter in when air raids go off, at the Hoshiv Women’s Monastery, where nuns have been taking in internally displaced people fleeing the war, in Ivano-Frankivsk region, western Ukraine, on April 6, 2022. Mattresses, blankets and benches also line the basement. But even when there are no sirens, children happily use the cavernous underground space.
The basement nuns have prepared to take shelter when air raids go off. When air sirens go off, the nuns warn the rest of the residents by ringing the monastery bells.