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This is where we saw the war. Many of our neighbors stayed here, pensioners and people who could not leave because of their father or mother. And they asked us,

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because we were located down the street... We had a friendly community. We supported and helped each other a lot. I had a grill in my yard. The electricity was cut off, and I cooked on that grill.

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We did not go anywhere, we stayed here all the time. During this period, I also helped people, and even fed dogs and cats. I can't say that I'm a big fan of them, that I love them very much, but when these animals came,

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they didn't just ask in words to be fed. Because people left, and they wanted to eat. So I brought food all over the street, fed the cats and dogs. There was a time when I was walking home and they followed me in a herd.

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They saw me and came up to ask for food. I was walking and heard a dog barking outside the gate, but there were no owners, they had left. So I took water and threw food over the fence, I felt so bad for the animals.

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Then there was another incident. A woman, her daughter, who was my age (41), and her granddaughter were walking through the settlement. They explained to me that their husband had left for Russia,

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and they had a house here, they lived here. There was no electricity, no heat. We were with my husband. He was recovering from a stroke. Just before the war, I had just taken my husband from Ivankiv, and this situation began. I invited them to my place, gave them a room,

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and they stayed with me for 3 weeks. We stayed, even though it was very scary, but I don't regret that I didn't leave. Although I was getting nervous and wanted to leave. We had a woman here, now she volunteers.

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She used to bake bread, and we used to run to her. The tanks were moving around the village, and we went and were afraid. We prayed until we passed them. We took this small bread and shared it with people.

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Once I went to get this bread, and the neighbors told me not to go, because it was dangerous. And I said that if I didn't go, she would give the bread to other people. That woman baked it and gave it out in turns.

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I was walking with this bread, and when the dogs saw that I was carrying the bread, they all ran up to me. And I divided the bread. I left a piece for 4-5 families, and divided the other piece among these dogs. They were like people.

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They came to the yard and sat waiting for us to feed them. It was a strange feeling... The Russian soldiers came up to the houses, looked for a good yard, entered, and looted those houses in front of us.

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Then my children called from Kyiv and told me to be careful, because in a day our soldiers would drive the Russians out of here. I cooked 200 dumplings and went down the street to give them to people.

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Because people stayed here, and there was nothing to eat and nothing to cook with. They shouted at me to run away, because tanks were moving here, to Marianivka. And the Russians were shooting with machine guns at those who were passing.

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I just managed to hide, because they would not have passed me by so easily. There were people who came to the houses, let's say, to visit their children. But the children had gone to the West. And those people had no bread, no sugar, no salt.

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Missiles were flying at Kyiv from the forest outside the village, and a woman came and asked: "Give me at least something". When we started bringing her food from every yard, she hugged us, kissed us,

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and said that Ukrainians would win the war anyway because we were a very kind and generous people. We gave her as much as we could, everything she asked for, because she said she didn't even have water in the house.

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We feel very satisfied that we are making at least some contribution to the victory, that we can do something to help our guys who are fighting. Young people work and help with money,

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and we help with this and do not regret that we are not paid for it. People ask us if we are paid a salary. We don't need any salaries. We have to contribute to the victory. There are about 22 of us,

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and we have been going almost every day for a year and a half now, weaving nets for four hours a day. We hope that we will have peace, that everything will be very good and that our Ukraine will prosper.

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We support our club manager. We sing. We have a choir called "Verbychenka". And when we win, we will organize a very nice concert here. The girls presented me with an embroidered picture for my birthday.

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I look at it and admire it. It's an embroidered picture of Ukraine prospering. And everything will be like that. Ukraine will be very beautiful and prosperous.