The Veterans’ Theatre, founded in 2024 in central Kyiv, runs a four‑month school for servicemen, their wives and widows to write and perform plays. Their works, like “Twenty One” starring Kateryna Svyrydenko as Maryna, portray personal loss, trauma and hope, offering therapeutic catharsis for creators and audiences. The productions, discussed with veteran peers and professional instructors, travel to other Ukrainian stages, turning battlefield wounds into shared artistic expression. Read on aljazeera.com