Women in need

I am an orphan, a single mother of three children (15, 9, 7), their biological father voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine and died a year ago. We live in the Kharkiv region, Andriivka village.

After the birth of my third child, the biological father of my children started abusing alcohol and physically abusing me, so I found myself alone, on maternity leave, and without money.

I was forcibly evacuated with my grandson from Solydove to Dobrovelychkivka. There is no work in the city, we live in a school, and there are still three years until we retire.

I live in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region. This is the first line of the front. Explosions, shelling. I live with my grandmother: my mother is 78 years old. The children are in the occupied territory. My factory closed when the war started. There is nothing to live for.

In March 2022, I left for Kramatorsk with my children and dogs. My apartment and belongings remained there, and I cannot return because my brother is a military man and I have a travel ban. My apartment has already been privatized by the occupiers and given to someone "as needed". All those who did not attend the local elections lost their homes. I have no husband, I am a single mother for all my children. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

I was lying in the surgical department when the active shelling of my village began. Now there are terrible battles there, my house was destroyed. My husband died a long time ago, and my children do not keep in touch. I evacuated to Kharkiv.