Good day! My name is Yanina. I am from Mykolayiv. I have a wonderful family. My husband is a disabled person in the 3rd group, he survived a stroke. Daughter Valeriya is 8 years old, she entered the 3rd grade. Before the war, we lived in the city of Mykolayiv. My daughter was engaged in rhythmic gymnastics. I worked as a lawyer. The husband had his mill. Since February 24, everything has changed in our lives. I stopped working. The husband’s mill is under constant fire. My daughter no longer goes to school or gymnastics. We will remember February 24 for the rest of our lives, because we will never forget the sounds we heard instead of the alarm clock that day. It was scary explosions. We didn’t know what it was at first because we hadn’t heard anything like it before. From the news, we understood that these were rocket attacks by the russian federation. We understood that the war had begun. We hoped that this war would end quickly. We hoped for a diplomatic solution to the situation. We did not leave the city for a month. Things were packed, we slept dressed, and constantly ran out into the corridor when heavy shelling began, but we held on until the last. When I looked into my child’s eyes, I saw the horror in them, although the child was also trying to be calm. Then I realized that we had to leave. At first, we lived in the city of Lviv. Then they moved to another city. We issued the status of internally displaced persons. We receive social benefits, but they are not enough for a normal life. All our things remained at Mykolayiv. My biggest fear is that the war will last a long time and we won’t get home for a long time and won’t see our relatives who stayed in Mykolayiv. I’m afraid they might get hurt. My biggest wish is for this war to end, for everyone to remain alive and healthy, for people’s property not to be destroyed, and for people not to be forced to flee. I want us all to go home. I remember how the husband put me in the car for evacuation, I understood that I may never see him again and this fear is even more terrible for me than the fear of shelling. Thank God we met him. Everything is good.
We hope for your help and that you will hear us. We need money to buy food and pay for housing. We did not receive help from either UNICEF or the Red Cross. We count on you. Thank you, goodbye!