Since October 2022 the editors Ivanna Kozachenko Andrii Ushytskyi Vsevolod Kazarin and
Sebastian Wells as well as the art direction around Anne-Lene Proff and Peter Bünnagel from
Kollektiv Scrollan and the Berlin-based publishing house SHIFT BOOKS have been working on a
second issue of the magazine. In addition to photography film contemporary art literature
and most importantly the everyday life of young people in Ukraine the magazine attempts to
convey the complex reality of life under the permanent gaze of Russian aggression through the
works of talented and already well-known Ukrainian artists. On 132 pages the new issue pays
special attention to the stories of people from the now-occupied territories of Luhansk
Donetsk and Crimea who have already been confronted with the war since 2014. The cover of the
new issue was designed exclusively for Söomiya by renowned artist Alevtina Kakhidze. It shows a
woman surrounded by missiles and drones raising her hand. Our hands became more skilful during
the war says Kakhidze who has already created hundreds of drawings during the war and drew a
tardigrade on the back cover of the magazine - the only creature to survive the Chernobyl
nuclear accident.
