Volodymyr remembers very well what happened in his native Lysychansk in 2014. The man has always been pro-Ukrainian, as he was a member of the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists and was persecuted by the russian occupiers. However, through joint efforts, the city was liberated from pro-russian forces. Instead, in 2022, Volodymyr was forced to leave Lysychansk. Later he found out that his house had been destroyed.