I live in the town Ukrayinsjk, it’s near Kurakhovo, Donetsk region. The war and the front are a couple of kilometers from us. I have three children: a 17-year-old son, a 15-year-old daughter, and a 5-year-old son. I am a single mother, the father of the children does not pay alimony and has generally disappeared somewhere.

A nephew lives with us.  He is 19 years old. He is from Mariupol. He studied here at the technical school for a miner. The war caught him here. His parents are in Mariupol, contact with them has long been lost. They are hardly alive. This is my sister and her husband. The nephew graduated his studies here. But now there is no place to work here - there are military actions everywhere, battles are going on, mines are not working. The boy has adisability of group 2, he has diabetes. Insulin is issued by the authority. But we still need test strips and needles. Hard to find, expensive to buy.

My old grandmother is still with us. She is 86 years old. Of course she is sick. And we also have two cats and a dog. Before the war, I worked in a confectionery, baking sweets and cakes. With the beginning of the war, the confectionery wasclosed. We plant a vegetable garden. We are preparing something for the winter. We don't plan to leave home, we have many family members and an old grandmother. We will be very grateful for your help.