Nataliia is a historian. She recalls how her colleagues predicted similar events long before the invasion. Although Nataliia did not believe in such a development of events, she was still partially mentally prepared. During the battles for Kyiv, Nataliia moved to the south of the capital, to the Feofaniia district. It was calmer there. From the windows of her house, she could see a squadron of helicopters flying towards the airport in Vasylkiv and being shot down in mid-air.