On February 24, Nataliia, like most Ukrainians, woke up to the sound of explosions – Zhytomyr was being shelled. Nevertheless, the woman came to work – at the Zhytomyr Central City Library. She helped however she could: taping windows, keeping things in order. She worried not so much about herself, but about her loved ones, when she received the horrifying news - her relatives had died while trying to leave Bucha.