I live in a bigcity. My husband and I have been married for many years. We have two children:an 11-year-old girl and a 7-year-old boy. Domestic violence in our familystarted when I was pregnant with my second child. He started drinking alcoholand and beating me. He left his job. It was getting worse every day.

My husbandstarted beating me, and later the children - with his hands and feet. He wasstrangling me. He knocked out my tooth. He locked the children in the bathroom.He threw objects at me and the children. He broke the front door, pulled outsockets, tore my clothes. He didn't let me cook dinner for the children. Heturned on loud music at night.

Since 2014, Ihave constantly called the police. The court issued a restraining order to himtwice. He has no right to come within 300 meters of our house. But he oftenviolates this prohibition. He waits for children under the entrance, scaresthem. He sends me threats through his friends. He promises to kick the door andstrangle me. Children are afraid and cry. I applied to the court for a newrestraining order for my husband.

For a very longtime, he has not given money for child support. I applied for alimony. He doesnot pay them. There is already UAH 79 thousand of debt. I work as a cook in ahospital. I have a small salary, enough only for food. There are large debtsfor communal services. And this is our big problem. This is what I am askingyou to help me with.

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