My apartment is destroyed, the city is occupied. During an air strike on a neighboring house, a piece of wall hit me in the back. My legs are paralyzed if I walk for more than 5 minutes. We moved to Kostiantynivka because of the cheap rent and proximity to the front line.  My only support now is my 13-year-old daughter.

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In mid-May 2022, when my 13-year-old daughter and I were in the yard of our still-intact house, a shell hit our neighbors' house. A large piece of the wall flew right into my back, not big enough to pin me down, so I ran to the basement with my daughter, scared and stressed. Later I realized that something was wrong. My whole back was covered in big bruises. There were no doctors, only a therapist on the other side of town, but it was scary to go there because of the constant shelling. I applied ointment and hoped it would go away. But over the past six months, the back pain has become incredibly severe, and if I stand on my feet for more than five minutes, my legs give out. I wash the dishes sitting down, and if I need to get somewhere, but there is no public transportation, I can't get there.

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There is no way to see a doctor because there are none and I have no money. I can't work because of back problems, and there are few jobs in the city. When I had money, I bought ointments that helped a little. In addition to my back problem, I have a third group of disability because of my eyesight. We live together with a cat and a dog who were evacuated from Bakhmut. We really need money for food and medicine

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