I have three children. Daughter is 9 years old, sons are 7 and 10 years old. We were left alone. I have been an orphan for a long time. My husband, the father of the children, died in June 2022. In April 2022, I ahn my children went abroad, running from the war. The police reported my husband`s death over the phone. We returned to Ukraine, but we could not get to the Donetsk region - there was intense shelling.

We stopped in Vinnytsia. We lived in centers for refugees. We could not rent an apartment in Vinnytsia. That is why we returned home to Dobropillja in the fall of 2022. Yes, our town is still being shelled. And we pay UAH 1,000 for renting a house. But this is our hometown.

Before the war, I did not work, I raised children. My husband worked and earned. And now we have no where to work. We heat the house with coal. Coal is three times more expensive this winter than it was last winter. That's why I buy in small bags. I am asking people for help, because it is very difficult for me.