- I spent 32 days in blocked Irpin, 4 of them - in captivity. I was there while it was bombed, drew the wounded people to the safe place and buried the killed ones. Also, I helped some families to leave this place. I have lost my house but I persevered with no sentiments. I cried only once when our soldiers came to the city and said: “Glory to Ukraine” and among different voices I recognized my best friend's. 

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- It was the happiest moment to take shower and wash clothes for the first time in a month. The scariest one was when a missile targeted my flat in the middle of the night. It broke the wall and landed next to my bed, made a noise, swung to the right and left and fell silent. After this I couldn’t sleep a wink for several days. 

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- Evacuation train reminded black wrinkled ribbon. People were standing in total darkness and silence. At the stations train conductors asked parents to calm down children so they didn’t cry and not to make any light with cell phones. Anyway, people outside were knocking the doors and windows persistently, demanding to let them in. We squeezed our head into our shoulders as hard as we could.

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- When a missile destroyed Nikolaev District Military Administration, the rumble was so strong as if Earth decayed from its orbit. I was home alone. Windows opened and the knife, which was on the kitchen table, flew to the corridor and hit the wardrobe.