Russian military widows support each other to try and rebuild lives

Lyudmila's husband, an officer in the Russian army, died in Ukraine in September 2022.

To try to overcome the grief, she set up a support service to help other military widows deal with their loss.

"It was a huge shock.

I didn't understand what was happening.

I felt like the heroine in a very bad film," the 32-year-old says in an interview, describing the moment she found out her husband had died.