I live in Kherson region, under occupation. I am a single mother of many children. I have 6 children. My children Oleksandr is 9 years old, Kateryna is 8 years old, Lilia is 6 years old, Victoria is 4 years old and Timur is 3 months old. My husband, the father of the children, left us three months ago, when I gave birth to my sixth child. We don't know where he is. We don't know if he is alive. Since then, he has not helped us even once.

It is very difficult to live under occupation, to live in fear of whether we will wake up tomorrow. Sometimes I am afraid to even let my children go outside. Living under occupation means always hearing explosions and the terrible sounds of a rocket flying over you. There is almost no work in the village, people left their fields and ran away, there is no more farming, which was our main work. It is not always possible to buy at least bread.

I am very afraid for my children, for their lives. I have to be strong, but without support it is very difficult. I repeatedly appealed to the head of the village and she helped with food and whatever she could. But we all live in poverty here.