On February 23, 2022, the director of the Kherson M. Kulish Regional Music and Drama Theater Serhii Pavliuk, returned home late. The theater was hosting the premiere of the Eternity and One Day play by Milorad Pavych. The next morning, life made a 180-degree turn. On the first day of the full-scale invasion, he moved his family from their apartment to a country house. So, Serhii and his wife, their five children, and two cats got settled in one room.
The theater director immediately joined the municipal guard and delivered humanitarian aid. And a few days later, on March 4, Serhii Pavliuk was streaming from Svobody Square in occupied Kherson, announcing a peaceful protest. But in addition to peaceful protests and rallies, which were attended by a huge number of Kherson residents, Serhii had to go to interrogations. After several such “meetings,” it became clear: neither the theater director nor his family would be left alone, and it was very dangerous to even move around the city.
They left the occupied Kherson on April 18. Serhii was carrying a trophy – a large flag of Ukraine that had its own story.
