Vira from Kyiv remembers how on the first day of the invasion, she and her mother went down to the basement, which was already full of people. The realization that it was real, that it was a war, came a few days later. The girl remembers how food in small shops was sold out in minutes, how mothers stood for hours at the pharmacy for medicine. Already in April, Vira returned to work. At the beginning of October 2022, she literally found herself between two shellings and realized that terrible things are happening, but people continue to communicate, work and support each other.