My family livedin Mariupol. My husband was a military man, he served in the "Azov" regiment. He died at Azovstal in April 2022. Until the end of 2022, he wasconsidered missing. I had high hopes that he would still be in captivity. But no, it has already been proven that he died. Now I'm drawing up documents toget help from the state.

The war caught us in Mariupol. "Hradi" flew to our house, but we managed to hide. InMarch 2022, they lived in a sports complex, the military brought some food. Igave them a letter for my husband to let him know we were alive. He came andthen we saw each other for the last time. At the end of March, my son and Iwere able to escape. My son was 18 at the time, I was afraid that Russian soldiers would kill him. They stripped him, but left him alive. I took out my husband's military awards and our joint photos under my clothes - he is in uniform, and I am in an embroidered dress. If the soldiers found it, they would kill me.

My son and I and our dog, who was also miraculously saved, settled in Dnipro. A man went missing on April 15. I began to have a very severe and very long depression with nervous breakdowns. I was in the hospital for a long time, I was put on drips. I could not work, I did not want to live. It was a long time before I started to come back to life. The son was studying to be a locksmith. We already have afallen warrior in our family. The son could not go to war. But last week he went to front.