Olha Azarova from Druzhkivka
Good day! On the first day of the war, we all woke up to a loud explosion, many rockets flew into our town. There were victims. It was very scary, we did not understand what was happening at all. Since February 24, our life has changed a lot. We worked, and the children went to school and kindergarten. I have 3 daughters. Life was beautiful before. But we had to leave our home and town. The children would cry when they heard sirens or explosions, they would immediately start asking me to go down to the basement. The eldest daughter is 9 years older, she took a sedative because she could not calm down, she was very scared. I worked at Ukrtelekom. We saved money for a long time and planned to open our window salon, but we were never able to open it, February 24 was supposed to be the first day of operation of the store. We invested all our money in this store. We ran out of money. Now we have moved to the Kirovohrad region, the town of Oleksandriya. Previously we lived in the Donetsk region. Our house is rented. We pay the rent. There is not enough money even for fruit for the children. The scariest moment was when we had already decided to leave because it was unbearable to hear constant explosions at home. At night, rockets flew over our house, and the noise was terrible. My husband and I covered the children and hoped that the rockets would not fly into our house. We strongly believe that Ukraine will stand up, drive the occupiers out of our country, that we will return home and everything will be fine. This is my daughter, she is 3 years old. This is the elder daughter, she is 8 years old. The eldest daughter is 9 years old. The children’s names are Milena, Marianna, and Melaniya.