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Belight belightsoft.com BeLight’s Story: Survivor Counselling and “Bandera’s Smoothies” One of the first to come to our attention here at MacDirectory was BeLight Software. They took on a lot of the tasks graphics-oriented Mac users favor and released a string of user-friendly, easy-to-learn, and inexpensive applications such as Swift Publisher, Art Text, and leading up to Live Home 3D Pro. They also publish the utilities Get Backup Pro and Concealer. As everywhere in Ukraine, their lives changed on February 24, when Russian tanks rolled into the country and missiles, bombs and artillery shells began to fall. Odessa, being one of the country’s key shipping ports is a primary, albeit well-guarded, target. We reached out to them to get their stories of life during the invasion in words and pictures. As with many of the contributors to this story, their names have been obscured for their safety. Tania, PR Specialist Since the beginning of the war, the life of every Ukrainian has changed. We at BeLight have been operating remotely since early 2020, which allowed us to work from anywhere in the world, but on February 24, 2022 the vast majority of the team was in Ukraine. When the war began with explosions in major cities, everyone was so shocked that the only thing we could do was just sit and check the news 24/7. When the first shock passed, we focused on working and helping others however we can. Some are donating money to our army and humanitarian organizations, others are helping Territorial Defense with supplies, or with the preparation of “Molotov cocktails” (a special explosive substance used by civilians to fight the occupants), some joined the Red Cross. Oleksii, Lead Software Developer, Odessa Recently, I’ve been combining developing apps and helping Territorial Defense to prepare Odesa for defending the city in case of Russian troops’ invasion. Recently, I’ve been combining developing apps and helping Territorial Defense to prepare Odesa for defending the city in case of Russian troops’ invasion. Territorial Defense is the military reserve component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Civilians in the cities are helping Ukrainian Armed Forces by doing their best to defend their hometowns. From February 24, I participated in various activities to support our resistance: fundraising money and buying different types of supplies for Odesa Territorial Defense, buying bags to fill them with sand, loading and distributing sandbags to different locations around the city, arranging anti-tank obstacles, the so-called hedgehogs–metal constructions that are spread around the streets to prevent tanks from moving.