Olena Semyuk from Polohy
Good afternoon, my name is Olena, I’m from the town of Polohy. which has been under occupation since March 2 and is still there. Before the war, I worked as a switchboard operator on the railroad. I had my own house, everything was fine. Until all that horror started on March 2. Then they started shooting, closer and closer, until they cut off our electricity, water and all communications. Thanks to God and nature, there was some snow, it melted, and we collected that water to wash our hands and wash clothes, because we were saving water.
When our condition got to the point where we could no longer sleep because we were afraid when we heard an explosion, we decided to leave. There was no evacuation from our city, so this issue was on the shoulders of the people themselves. Thank God, we found a car, people agreed to take us out, charging us only for gasoline, which was 2000 hryvnias. We took three backpacks with us and left. We settled in the city of Zaporizhzhia, rented a house and are living there. I am not currently working, as I have two minor children. We really need financial support. Thank you!