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I am Tetiana Mykolaivna Kovalenko, born in 1952. I lived in Hola Prystan before the invasion. All my life I lived in Hola Prystan. 

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I worked in the construction organisation as an engineer, in the production department for a large part, then retired. Why did we leave? We lived in the occupation for almost a year.

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Life was, of course, terrible. My husband was almost shot, just for no reason at all. There was no reason at all. We were going to leave. 

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The children were very worried that we were in such a situation. The children lived here, in the Odesa region, the eldest daughter. 

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They were worried that we were in such a situation and asked us to leave. The impetus was the undermining of the Kakhovka HPP. Within literally two days we lost everything. 

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The water rose very quickly, and we were taken off the roof of the house into a boat. We were taken out by boat, and for 2 weeks we lived in a kindergarten, 

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and then we were invited by one person to stay with them. We stayed with them until the water came down and it was possible to leave. 

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And we left immediately, because the children were very worried about us. We couldn’t live there ourselves. The house is completely flooded, we can’t get into the house. 

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In general, this is the situation. This flooding was the impetus, or rather, it was a kick, so strong. Now we are settled here, living in Odesa. Our eldest daughter is here.

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They [the children] have rented us a flat, and we are gradually settling in. We want to go home very much, 

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but it seems unlikely that we will get home, because the left bank is occupied. And the russians are not going to leave. That’s how it is.