The war caught my daughter and I in the Bilozerskyy district of the Kherson region. This is my mom and dad's house. Father died a long time ago, even before the war. Our whole yard was a continuous flower garden - my mother loved flowers. She worked at a local school in the kitchen. Everyone in the village loved her very much. We came under occupation in March 2022 and lived there for 8 months.

On September 8, 2022, my mother died during shelling. She tried to save the dog and ran across the yard. A shell fragment hit her in the stomach. She bled. I tried to take her to the hospital, but she died on the way. Then the occupation authorities did not allow me to bury her until I made a Russian-style death certificate. I did. Then there were heavy shelling, and I have a small child. The neighbors hid my mother...

I with my daughter went to Mykolaiv after the liberation of Kherson and our village. Eva is now two years old. It is impossible to live in our house in the village - it was destroyed by shelling. Before maternity leave, I worked as a rehabilitation doctor. We have relatives in Mykolayiv - my old grandmother and my brother. My brother is sick with oncology. Grandma has diabetes. Their home in the village of Mykolayiv region was also destroyed by shelling. 

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