Natalya Hrechko from Mykolayivka
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Hello! My name is Nataliya. I am 38 years old. I have 3 children. The oldest son Kyrylo is 17 years old, the daughter is 10 years old and the youngest son Andriy is 5 years old. We are migrants from the Donetsk region, Mykolayivka. Now we are in Kyiv, renting a 1-room apartment. I receive social benefits in the amount of 2100 UAH. We received certificates from the Red Cross to buy food in the supermarket, but they have already expired. Before the war, I worked as a shop assistant. When the war started, I was at work. I was very scared for my life and the lives of my children. I ran home to calm the children. After February 24, life changed dramatically. We were often in the bomb shelter for a month. But one day I decided that it could not go on like this and I had to take the children away from the war zone. We were taken to Kramatorsk to the station for the evacuation train. But we were not able to leave that day because it dropped a “Tochka U” missile at the station. My children and I suffered a minor concussion and were frightened, torn clothes, and a huge shock from what happened. Then we were evacuated by bus to the city of Dnipro. From there we went to Kyiv at our own expense. All my savings, which I had little, are running out. We need food and personal hygiene products. Most of all in the world I am afraid not to return home, to my homeland, to my lovely Donbas. I am afraid not to see my loved ones alive, my parents and grandmother stayed there. I am sure that Ukraine will survive. Ukraine is strong. The victory will be ours. Everything will be Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!