July 28, 2023
Project In: Baby Formula,Clothes,Diapers,Groceries,Medication,Need Help,Rent

Olena Androsenko from Ivanivka

$100 of $100 raised

Join Us We Need Your Help

$ Donation Amount:

Select Payment Method

PayPal
Zelle (Preferred)
Credit Card

Personal Info

First Name *

Last Name

Email Address *

Make this an anonymous donation.

Comment

Social Media Profile Link

Credit Card Info

This is a secure SSL encrypted payment.

Terms

Show Terms

Agree to Terms?

Donation Total: $100

When the war started on February 24, my family and I moved to my second mother-in-law’s house in the village of Ivanivka, where we have a house.We stayed there for a while so that if the enemy attacked the city of Chernihiv, we would have time to get the children out. But on the fourth day, they went through the forests to the settlements of Yahidne, then Ivanivka, Kolychivka.Or rather, they wanted to go there. And they settled down, they had their headquarters in the village of Ivanivka. And they settled there, and we found ourselves under a blockade.

Then there was a sweep, that is, a battle between our military and their military. The battle lasted for three hours. It was very scary because we were sitting with our children in the cellar.The cellar was opening up from the waves of these explosions and the shelling. It was just scary that it would fly into the cellar. But we more or less survived it.And the next day, the enemy entered every house, including ours. They told us to come out of the cellar one by one, because they were looking for our military.But they didn’t go into the cellar because they were afraid that maybe our military were there. And it was a scary moment when everyone came out except me and the children. And we thought it was the end.

here was a man, his brother, two of our mothers. And they all went into the house. I thought they would be shot, because all kinds of thoughts were already in my head. And thank God, they came out alive.But they took our phones and SIM cards and, let’s say, left us alive. That was the most important thing. After that, it was the fifth day since the beginning of the war, we were under occupation.A full-fledged occupation, where they kept their own order, inspected houses, took laptops, took valuables, took gold. But some of their generals lived on our side, so they were cleaning up, but not looting.

And there were different, very heavy memories, they dissipate over time. Because if it had been children, it might not have been so scary.I was afraid for the children. And every minute we asked, and I asked God to save their lives. Why did he give me children, if he would now let us stay here, or I would be left without children, or we would be gone.So these were prayers. For 24 days, as long as the full-fledged occupation lasted, these were prayers. It was scary when their planes started flying. It was scary when the enemy spent the night in the middle of our houses, hiding behind us.And this was the worst thing that happened, because we were under siege in the house, but we could not run out, hide in the cellar, because the house was moving, just moving. The walls were shaking, planes were flying, the house was shaking from the sound of the gunfire.

You can’t go out because they will shoot you. A week passed, and a new column came in and defended the village again.Then there was another attack, several times, every week and a half. The worst thing was the airplanes, because if you can still hide from the bullets, it’s much worse when they bomb from above.Thank God, we survived, but the psyhical damage, especially of children, is now beginning to show. If at that time it was a choice of adrenaline rush, now it is a sequence of all these events.My eldest child, who is now 9 years old, is emerging, he was 8 then. My father, a boy and a little girl, she was still breastfeeding. That saved some time when we were sitting in the cellar, when I could give her breast milk to somehow drown out the sound of the shooting when she was eating.

The children got used to sleeping with the sound of tanks nearby. There was a Belarusian garage with tractors near our house. They, their snipers, used to hide, cover themselves, and the tanks used to hide behind this garage.And after a while we got used to it, as our military say, you get used to everything. The most important thing is that we did not expect when they came out, when they left the village from March 30 to March 31 at night.From 2 a.m. they were leaving our villages in columns, taking everything in their tanks, armored personnel carriers, refrigerators, mattresses, scooters, children’s things, and even children. And the worst thing is that they took the children as cover so that our military would not shoot at them when they crossed the border.

And nothing could be done because you would be shot. Then we found out a few days later that in the village of Yahidne there was a convoy of cars that had been shot with children and adults during the occupation.Everyone who was sitting in the car, no one looked at who was sitting there. They just shot from their cars at point blank range. And for these 24 days, and for these 24 days, during this occupation, these cars with families were on the road.Later we learned that in the village of Yahidne they kept 300 people in the basement, a certain number of whom simply did not survive. Eventually, after the occupation, when the roads were cleared, we returned to Chernihiv with our children, to a rented apartment.

Our house in Livanivka is damaged, not critically, but damaged. The roof, windows, something is being rebuilt, something needs to be rebuilt by our own efforts. But all this needs to be done before the heating season, before the cold winter. It all needs to be finished. Children, they also need psychological support. Unfortunately, in our city and country, everyone wants to make money on this.That’s why the same psychologist, everyone needs a salary to survive. And the same psychologist, the same product seller, everyone wants to do something. But there is not enough money, because everything is more expensive. Food is more expensive. You have to pay for kindergartens and schools. Children need to be dressed and fed for something. And just today, thank God, we are alive, but we are surviving.

Therefore, we would like to ask you to listen to this audio recording if you have the opportunity, unfortunately, not the video, because there is no possibility. At the moment there is no way to show the video. It’s easier for me to tell you what happened on audio than on video. Although, God willing, everything will be fine and we will be able to get in touch. We are asking you, if you have the opportunity, to respond for our family.We don’t need much more than that. No. We just need to understand that we are not alone, that there is a person and a family who can help. You don’t want to think that you are alone in this world, in this country.

Tags: Donate to Ukraine without fees Donations for Ukraine Help families in Ukraine Help the children of Ukraine how can i help ukraine how can i help ukraine from australia how can i help ukraine from canada how can i help ukraine from uk how can i help ukraine from usa how to help ukraine from abroad Support Ukraine War in Ukraine

Join Us We Need Your Help

$ Donation Amount:

Select Payment Method

PayPal
Zelle (Preferred)
Credit Card

Personal Info

First Name *

Last Name

Email Address *

Make this an anonymous donation.

Comment

Social Media Profile Link

Credit Card Info

This is a secure SSL encrypted payment.

Terms

Show Terms

Agree to Terms?

Donation Total: $100

Olena Androsenko from Ivanivka

Join Us We Need Your Help

Join Us We Need Your Help

Quick Links

Join The Newsletter