"The one-metre thick walls in the barn were blown apart. I don't remember how I got out from under the rubble"

She survived the fierce fighting in Bakhmut. Halyna left the city only in February 2023. For almost a year after the start of the full-scale invasion, the Butko family did not dare to evacuate, hoping that Bakhmut would survive. Starting in May 2022, they lived in the basement. During the summer, shells flew into Halyna BUTKO's yard every month. During the next shelling, the woman found herself under the rubble of her own barn. She does not even remember how she got out from under the stones.