I lived with my children in a village in the Vasylkiv district of the Zaporizhia region. Before the war, I worked as a saleswoman in a store. I have two daughters - 16 and 10 years old. And the son is 4 years old. We had our own little house. When we fled, our house and outbuildings were looted.

It was scary to live under occupation: Russian troops, Russian equipment. I was looking for a carrier who would take us out. In the end, I found one on social networks. It cost all the money we had. The young driver advised us to take a minimum of things so that it would not look like we were running away, but just going tovisit Zaporizhzhia. We passed 23 Russian checkpoints. Russian soldiers checked everything. After 5 checkpoints, we stopped packing them back.

So we ended up in Zaporizhzhia, without things, clothes, money and without anyone. The volunteers found a room for us in the hostel. The director has said more than once that he will evict us, but we are still living. Children dream of warm blankets. I do not work - I have not been able to find a job. Employers say that you are immigrants, they don't want to teach you, because you will soon return home. We live on social benefits.