Yuliya Mykhaylova from Kharkiv
Good morning! My name is Yuliya. I am a mother of many children. My children: Myroslava is 8 years old, and twins are 3 years old. Now we have become one of the victims of russia’s aggression against Ukraine, insidious, evil aggression, unjustified and unmotivated. Until 2014, my family lived in Donbas. In 2014, we were forced to leave our home because russia had already started to seize our territories in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. We moved to the city of Kharkiv. We lived there for 8 happy years. We didn’t know how happy we were then. On February 24, we lost everything again for the second time. Explosions, shots, heavy artillery, strikes on our city. We were under these blows for a week, but we couldn’t stand it anymore. Several times we went down to the basement, but with 3 children it is quite difficult to do that. The youngest at that time was 2 years old, it was winter, the month of February. So we decided to run away. We also ran away under fire. We were very worried. Now we live in the west of Ukraine. We rent housing. We had our own business in Kharkiv, which we lost. The office in which our company was located was destroyed. We are currently renting. The worst thing is to imagine that Ukraine will lose. I do not want to return to my city if it is under russian occupation. I believe in Ukrainian Kharkiv, I believe that our state will win, and we are independent. My big family has big needs. Rent is expensive for us now. My husband has a part-time job, but it does not enough for all the needs of our family. Children need to be prepared for school. I am asking for your help, we will be very grateful to you and we will never forget it! Thank you, and good luck to us all!