Yuliya Chaplenko from Kherson
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Good morning! We are a family from Kherson. On February 24, war broke into our city. Shelling began, planes were flying and it was very scary. Our life has changed for the worse. We had to move to a bomb shelter, where we stayed with our children for 18 days. Then we wanted to come home, but it was dangerous there. Mykolaiv was bombarded with rockets that flew over us. In our area, houses were damaged, and their roofs were blown off. Very scary. Airplanes were flying, it was noisy. The children were very frightened by all this. Food products stopped being brought. All shops are closed. We didn’t know what to do. We were confused and had to leave our hometown. Now we are in the Mykolaiv region. They bring us water. We have to travel 30 km to buy food. There is almost nothing in the local store. The children have calmed down now, they are better. Before the war, they went to school and enjoyed life. I worked in a kindergarten. Many children were also enjoying life. When this war came, everyone dispersed to other cities. I have 3 children. Maksym is 8 years old, Olena is 14 years old, and Anastasiya is 15 years old. We do not receive government payments. They stopped paying us. We received humanitarian aid from the Red Cross in the form of food. We applied to UNICEF, but we did not receive anything. We need help with food, rent, and clothes for the children. When we left, we took a few things, because there was no way to take them with us. It will soon be cold, the children have no warm clothes. We see the future of Ukraine as it was before the war. The country prospered, children played and were not afraid to walk on the street, and were not afraid of loud noises, so everything was like before the war. The world should hear that Ukraine is strong, it is the best. Ukraine was and will be. Most of all, I want the war to end. I want that everything will be as usual. So that it will be warm and cozy and Ukraine was Ukraine.